Humboldt Broncos name former NHLer Nathan Oystrick as head coach after bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. — The new head coach and general manager of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team says he’s excited to get started but will never forget the tragic circumstances that brought him to the role.
The team announced Tuesday that Regina-born former NHL defenceman Nathan Oystrick will be filling the vacancy left by Darcy Haugan, who was among 16 killed when the team’s bus and a semi-truck collided at a rural intersection in April. Thirteen others were injured in the crash.
“I did not know Darcy Haugan. But like so many people in this world today, I wish I had,” Oystrick hold a news conference at Humboldt’s Elgar Peterson Arena.
“I believe in his commitment to not just developing skilled hockey players, but developing great human beings and I hope that I can make him proud while doing this job.”