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GAME DATES & TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE Get to the point. INFRASTRUCTURE UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS DATA CENTER SECURITY SERVICES 605.789.5700 Sioux Falls Office HighPointNetworks.com [email protected] NORTH DAKOTA | SOUTH DAKOTA | MINNESOTA | MONTANA | COLORADO MARTY MURRAY HEAD COACH LYLETON, MANITOBA | 1ST SEASON On April 28, 2020, the Sioux Falls Stampede named Marty Murray the eighth head coach and general manager in franchise history. Murray, 45, spent the last eight seasons as the head coach and general manager with the Minot Minotauros of the North American Hockey League (NAHL). During his tenure with the Tauros, he amassed a 254-194-44 record, including six-straight winning seasons between 2014 and 2020. He led the Tauros to a division championship in 2016-17 with a 38-18-4 record and a Robertson Cup runner-up finish in 2018. His accolades include NAHL Central Coach of the Year in 2015, NAHL Central General Manager of the Year in 2016 and 2017 and was named the 2019 NAHL and NAHL Central General Manager of the Year. The Minotauros organization was also awarded NAHL Central Organization of the Year honors for the efforts between the 2014-15 and 2016-17 seasons. His teams have made the playoffs for the past seven years, the second longest active streak in the league. Throughout his time in Minot, Murray has helped over 60 players land NCAA Division I scholarships and developed several professional hockey players, including Los Angeles Kings forward Blake Lizotte. The Lyleton, Manitoba, native started his playing career with the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League (WHL) between 1991 and 1995, scoring 392 points over 264 games. He earned WHL Player of the Year honors in 1995 and was named to the Wheat Kings’ all-time team in 2017. Drafted by the Calgary Flames in the fourth round, 96th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, Murray spent his f irst four seasons between the Flames and Saint John Flames in the American Hocfkey League. He captained Saint John to a Calder Cup Championship in 2001. His professional National Hockey League (NHL) career consists of 261 games, scoring 31 goals and 42 assists, between the Flames, Philadelphia Flyers, Carolina Hurricanes and Los Angeles Kings organizations. He also spent four seasons playing in European leagues between Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Murray has represented Team Canada on four occasions, winning three gold medals. He was named to the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019. The current coaching staff and Murray will begin to prepare for the USHL Phase I and II Draft that begins on Monday, May 4. Murray resides with his family in Brandon, South Dakota with his wife, Andrea, and three children, Allex, Cole and Aniston. BRETT SKINNER ASST. COACH BRANDON, MANITOBA | 4TH SEASON Brett Skinner is in his fourth season as an Assistant Coach for the Stampede. During the 2019 Clark Cup Championship season, Skinner worked with one of the league’s highest scoring offenses during the regular and postseason, with 12 players scoring 30 or more points, the highest in the USHL. A native of Brandon, Manitoba, Skinner spent 12 years playing professional hockey. He played in 11 NHL games for the New York Islanders, over 400 AHL games in North America, where he won a Calder Cup with Grand Rapids in 2013, and spent time in Russia, Germany, Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic. He was drafted 68th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2002 NHL Draft. Prior to his professional career, Skinner spent three seasons at the University of Denver, where he won back-to-back National Championships in 2004 and 2005. During the 2005 season, his team won the McNaughton Cup and the WCHA Playoff Championship. In the same season, he was awarded NCAA All-American honors and was a member of the WCHA First All-Star Team. He finished his collegiate career with 87 points in 124 games. RILEY COLVARD ASST. COACH LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA | 3RD SEASON Riley Colvard is in his third season as an Assistant Coach and the Director of Scouting for the Stampede. A native of Lino Lakes, Minnesota, Colvard assisted in the team’s success last season that culminated in a Clark Cup championship. He spends long hours on the road scouting throughout the United States for the future of Stampede hockey. Before his time in Sioux Falls, Colvard spent the 2017-18 season as an Assistant Coach and Director of Scouting with the NAHL Minnesota Wilderness. Colvard attended the University of Wisconsin, Stout, and played four seasons of collegiate hockey with the program between 2013 and 2017. He was named WIAC All-Conference Forward his senior season. While attending college, Colvard served as a part-time assistant coach and scout with the NAHL Austin Bruins. Prior to college, Colvard played with the Bruins between 2011 and 2013, serving as the team’s captain during the 2012-13 season. He recorded 13 goals and 21 assists for 34 points in 62 games played for the club over two seasons. CHRIS LONKE ASST. SCOUT DIR. PROCTOR, MINNESOTA | 1ST SEASON Chris Lonke is in his first season as the Assistant Scouting Director for the Stampede. Lonke will also play a role as the Assistant General Manager for the Minot Minotauros in the North American Hockey League (NAHL). Lonke is the former head coach at New Prague High School in New Prague, Minn. He joined Marty Murray’s scouting staff at Minot during the 2012 season and became the assistant general manager prior to the 2019-20 season. He has been coaching Minnesota high school hockey since 1997 and has also served as the assistant coach at Hamline University, where the Pipers won an MIAC championship in 2008. He previously led the Simley Spartans to a 2003 Minnesota High School Class A Tournament berth in 2003, and back-to-back berths between 2014 and 2015 New Prague, fi nishing third in 2014 and winning the consolation tournament in 2015. He was named the Minnesota High School State Class A Head Coach of the year in 2003. BRANDON WILDUNG GOALIE COACH NASSAU, MINNESOTA | 1ST SEASON Brandon Wildung is in his first season as Goaltender Coach for the Stampede. A native of Nassau, Minnesota, Wildung is also the goaltender coach for the Sioux Falls Power Tier 1 program. He played junior hockey for the Minot Minotauros in the NAHL with Head Coach Marty Murray, and played collegiately at Mercyhurst University. Wildung also played professional hockey in the East Coast Hockey League for the Utah Grizzlies and Manchester Monarchs, recently retiring following the 2018-19 season. While at Mercyhurst, Wildung, a four-year starter, recorded 3,037 saves, six shutouts and f ive assists in 103 games. He was named to the All AHC Tournament Team, 2-time Team MVP and Mercyhurst Scholar Athlete of the Year. He completed his college career with a 2.88 goals against average and .916 save-percentage and 7th all-time in Atlantic Hockey history with 38 wins.