The 100 Mile House Junior B Wranglers Hockey Club has enlisted goaltending coach Taylor Dakers to help the team in its inaugural season in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL).
He is the senior head instructor of World Pro Goaltending, based out of Calgary, and is also the goaltending coach of the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League (WHL).
Dakers played junior hockey in the KIJHL for Wranglers head coach Doug Rogers prior to playing four seasons with the Kootenay Ice of the WHL.
Drafted in the fifth round of the 2005 National Hockey League entry draft by the San Jose Sharks, Dakers played in the American Hockey League with the Worcester Sharks. He retired prematurely due to a series of hip injuries.
He will be making frequent trips to 100 Mile House to work with the Wranglers’ goaltenders throughout the 2013/14 hockey season.
Dakers says he would also like to take the opportunity to assist minor hockey goalies in the Cariboo while he is in town working with the Wranglers. He will be arranging mini-camps through World Pro Goaltending for those local area goaltenders seeking professional instruction.
Says coach Rogers: “We are extremely fortunate to have Taylor involved with the Wranglers franchise. He will provide the professional instruction and specialized assistance needed for our goaltenders.
“Taylor is well respected within the hockey community and believes in our philosophy of helping to develop players to achieve their maximum potential.”
Dakers will be in attendance at the Wranglers’ spring camp in 100 Mile House, April 19-21, to help analyze the attending goaltenders and provide some on-ice instruction.
