Coquitlam Adanacs Shakeup Organization

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Coquitlam Adanacs shakeup organization

Gary McKenna / Tri City News February 5, 2016 04:20 AM

The Tri-City Bandits will now be called the Adanacs as part of a larger effort to unite the organization and share resources with the WLA club, according to Bandits president and Adanacs VP Randy Clough. Photograph By Submitted Photo

Senior B lacrosse is getting a bit of a shakeup in Coquitlam.

“I think the B team and the A team will be more connected,” he said. “We want to connect resources and the quality people that are working hard for lacrosse in this community.”

The senior B squad will still operate autonomously, but Clough said there will be more ability for players to develop and move up the ranks to the WLA.

As part of the changes, all of the Adanac teams will now share the same logo — the purple and yellow that is currently worn by the junior A squad.

There has also been a shakeup in the senior B front office, Clough added.

Chad Miller, a longtime goaltender for the Bandits, was named as the general manager of the club. He will be joined by Nick Delmonico, a coach of the junior A Port Coquitlam Saints, who will now take over as bench boss.

The duo will be accompanied by Tom Stevens, who has taken on assistant coaching responsibilities with the senior B squad. Clough told The Tri-City News that the goal is to make it possible for Coquitlam players to go from minor, to junior to senior lacrosse all in the same community.

The Western Lacrosse Association will be holdings its annual draft for all players graduating from the junior lacrosse ranks next week. Teams will make their selections on Feb. 10 and results will be broadcast through www.wlalacrosse.com