VIDEO: Prairie Rose School Division and Willie Desjardins partner to create hockey academy
DUNMORE, AB – Eight years after last coaching in southern Alberta, Willie Desjardins is coming home.
On Monday, the former Medicine Hat Tigers bench boss and the Prairie Rose School Division announced a partnership to create the Willie Desjardins South Alberta Hockey Academy for division students.
After stops in Dallas and Vancouver in the NHL and a bronze medal finish with Team Canada at the 2018 Pyeonchang Olympics, Desjardins said he’s thrilled to be back.