EVERETT -- When the 2009-10 WHL season opens, the Everett Silvertips will once again have a former NHL coach behind the bench.
The Silvertips have hired Craig Hartsburg as their new head coach, a source within the organization confirmed Monday. Hartsburg is expected to be introduced at a press conference at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Everett Events Center.
Hartsburg, a native of Stratford, Ontario, who turns 50 later this month, has seven seasons of experience as a head coach in the NHL. That includes 48 games as the head coach of the Ottawa Senators last season, before he was fired in February.
