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Six straight seasons of the “Everett Connection” leading the fortunes of the Saskatoon Blades from behind the bench has come to an end.
Brennan Sonne is leaving the Bridge City Bunch for the pro ranks, having accepted an assistant coach position with the American League’s Coachella Valley Firebirds, who are affiliated with the N-H-L’s Seattle Kraken. Three-year assistant or associate coach with the Blue and Gold, Saskatoon product Dan Da Silva (pictured), replaces Sonne as head coach.
Sonne joins newly-named head coach Derek Laxdal in Coachella Valley. Laxdal is a former champion head coach in the W-H-L with Edmonton. With the Bridge City Bunch as head coach for three seasons, Sonne had a record of 136-54-14, including three consecutive W-H-L playoff runs and two Eastern Conference Final appearances. This past season, Sonne led the Blue and Gold to a 105-point season, 50-13-5, earning the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as the W-H-L team with the best regular-season record.
This will be Da Silva’s first head coaching post at the major junior level, although he did fill in while Sonne was away at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Following are the news releases from the Blades, as well as various bits of audio with Da Silva, Sonne plus Blades’ President and G-M Colin Priestner plus pictures from a news conference/media availability Monday afternoon…..
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