BREAKING: Bonnyville Pontiacs hire Devan Praught as new head coach ahead of Game 1

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In a bombshell, the Bonnyville Pontiacs will have a new head coach behind the bench for tonight’s Game 1.

Devan Praught, formerly of the Swift Current Broncos, was announced as the new head coach on Friday afternoon.

Praught was with the Broncos as a head coach for two and a half years, but was let go in November after an incident where he allegedly violated the WHL’s standards of conduct.

He was brought into Bonnyville last week and has been running practices for several days.

This comes right before the puck is set to drop on the playoffs, where the Bonnyville Pontiacs will face the Drumheller Dragons for Game 1 at the RJ Lalonde Arena tonight.

Lakeland Connect is the home of the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs playoffs run. You can listen to every game with Michael Menzies on lakelandconnect.net/pontiacs.

• Friday, Mar. 15 – Game 1 in Bonnyville
• Saturday, Mar. 16 – Game 2 in Bonnyville
• Tuesday, Mar. 19 – Game 3 in Drumheller
• Wednesday, Mar. 20 – Game 4 in Drumheller
• Friday, Mar. 22 – Game 5 in Bonnyville (if necessary)
• Sunday, Mar. 24 – Game 6 in Drumheller (if necessary) 
• Tuesday, Mar. 26 – Game 7 in Bonnyville (if necessary)