ROYALS’ DAVE LOWRY
NAMED HEAD COACH OF TEAM CANADA’S WORLD JUNIOR TEAM
For
Immediate Release
Monday,
March 23, 2015
Victoria,
BC- The Victoria
Royals are proud to announce that Head Coach Dave Lowry has been named the
bench boss for Team Canada at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships
taking place December 26th, 2015 – January 5th, 2016 in
Helsinki, Finland.
Lowry was a member of the gold medal winning team at
the 2015 World Junior Championships in Montreal, QUE, and Toronto, ON, where he
served as an assistant coach. Lowry was also the head coach for Team WHL in the
2014 SUBWAY Super Series against Team Russia.
It’s a great opportunity for Dave, and he’s earned
it,” said Royals’ General Manager Cameron Hope. “I think Hockey Canada sees the
same qualities that we do in Dave, including his ability to get the players
focused on details, and pull them together. These are important things in a
tournament format such as the World Junior Hockey Championships.”
In his third season with the Royals, Lowry led the
club to a second place finish in the BC Division with a 39-29-3-1 record.
Since joining the Royals for the 2012-13 season, Lowry
has posted a 118-75-6-7 regular season record as Victoria’s bench boss. In the
eight year history of the franchise, Lowry holds the all-time record for most
wins. He also holds the franchise mark in playoff victories with seven.
Last season, Lowry was the recipient of the Dunc
McCallum Memorial Trophy as the WHL’s Coach of the Year after he guided
Victoria to a franchise record 48-20-1-3 regular season. Lowry led the Royals
to numerous franchise records including wins (48) and points (100) to break the
records he established during his first season with the club. He also guided
the franchise to its first playoff series victory.
The Royals will have home ice advantage in the first round of the 2015
WHL Playoffs vs. the Prince George Cougars, with Game 1 & 2 of the
best-of-seven series occurring at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Game 1 will
take place on Friday, March 27th and Game 2 on
Saturday, March 28th. Puck drop for both contests is scheduled for 7:05
p.m. Individual playoff tickets, starting at $13.00, are now on sale at the
Select Your Tickets Box Office located at the arena, over the phone at 250-220-7777 or online at www.selectyourtickets.com.
