With their coaching staff now set in place, the Battlefords North Stars will now be looking to fill another hole within their organization.
It was announced during Wednesday’s press conference at the Civic Centre to introduce head coach and general manager Brandon Heck and assistant coach Boyd Wakelin that president Troy Slywka has stepped down from his role with the team.
“His dedication is something that we’ll all miss around here as he picked up the slack whenever it was needed,” North Stars vice president Tanner Daniels said. “He was on every committee, he was at every event and I can’t think of many games that he missed over the last couple of years.
“What also stands out is just how kind of a guy Troy is. He has time to chat with everybody hear them out and that level headed approach is something else that we will miss.”
Slywka had served as the North Stars president for two years.
At the moment, Daniels will be serving as an interim president until the North Stars board of directors holds a meeting during the next couple of weeks to fill the vacancy.
“We don’t want to have a role like that left open for a long period of time,” Daniels said.
The only other vacancy yet to be filled by the North Stars is with their trainer position.
Robbie Tanner left that role earlier in the off-season after two years with the club.
