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Vanderhoof native hired as assistant coach with Abbotsford Canucks
Aug 15, 2024 | 1:49 PM
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ABBOTSFORD — Someone from Vanderhoof has been hired by the American Hockey League’s (AHL’s) Abbotsford Canucks.
Harry Mahesh will serve as assistant coach after spending last season as a coaching development associate for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Prior to joining the Maple Leafs, Mahesh was an assistant coach with the BCHL’s Power River Kings as well as serving as both general manager and head coach of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s WInnipeg Freeze.
Mahesh became the first ever general manager of South Asian descent in Canadian Junior A hockey when he was hired by the Freeze in 2021, and has been affiliated with the NHL Coaches Association BIPOC Coaches Program.
