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Delta Hockey Academy Director Ian Gallagher announced today that Scott May聽will be leaving his role as the Director of Business Operations and the Head Coach of the Female Prep team. Scott will be moving to Kelowna with his wife, Megan, and two young daughters where he will be taking on the General Manager position for the Okanagan Hockey Academy’s Penticton location.

“I would like to personally聽thank Scott for his friendship and聽hard work聽over the past six years,” said Gallagher. “I am grateful for his commitment to our development and I聽wish Scott and his聽family all the best.”

Gallagher also announced that Owen Pighin,聽Director of Female Hockey and Head Coach of Female Varsity,聽will be stepping in as the new Director of Business Operations. Pighin will continue to lead the female program and serve as聽the Head Coach of the Female Varsity team. Pighin brings extensive experience to the business operations role with a professional background that includes over聽12 years managing business operations for Shoppers Drug Mart and 13 years managing聽operations for Pharmasave Pacific.

“I look forward to having Owen step into this聽role,” said Gallagher. “It聽will be a natural transition for Owen to apply his strong management skill聽set to a program that he has great聽passion and enthusiasm聽for.”

Gallagher confirmed that Kate Wheeler,聽Assistant Coach of the Female Prep team聽since its inception in 2017, will continue in her role on the bench as the assistant coach.聽Wheeler is a graduate of Quinnipiac University where she聽earned a full NCAA Division 1 athletic scholarship and served as an assistant captain from 2010 to 2012. After graduation, Wheeler played for the Neuberg Highlanders in the DEC League in Austria for the 2012/2013 season. She also played for Team Ontario聽in 2005 and was the captain聽of Team Ontario Blue聽in 2007. She played junior hockey for the聽Oakville聽JR聽Ice and the Toronto聽JR聽Aeros.

Wheeler will be joined by Development Coach Yogi Svejkovsky and Skating Coach Kris Beech as part of the female development program.

The Delta Hockey Academy is currently in negotiations with聽potential candidates for the Female Prep Head Coach聽position and plan to finalize the hire in the next few weeks.