Hawks collect trio of SJHL awards
Three members of the Nipawin Hawks, including the team’s head coach, are among the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s (SJHL) annual award winners.
The league announced the winners Sunday afternoon, naming Doug Johnson the back-to back winner of the coach of the year award. The eight-year coach and general manager of the organization said the entire town deserves to share the credit.
“I’ve always said this is an organization award than an individual award,” Johnson told northeastNOW. “We’re not doing it without the staff, the board, the billets, everybody in Nipawin.”
Johnson has led the club to a Sher-wood division championship this season, and can lock down the top spot in the standings with a victory Tuesday over La Ronge at the Centennial Arena. The coach of the year award is the lone honour voted on by peers, which Johnson said makes the award extra special.