Soetaert returns to Silvertips

Published 9:00 pm Sunday, August 20, 2006

EVERETT — Doug Soetaert has been rehired as

general manager of the Everett Silvertips, the team

announced Monday during a press conference.

Soetaert was Everett’s general manager from

the team’s inception. He was the architect of the

team that won the WHL’s U.S. Division and reached

the league finals in its first season in 2003-04. He

resigned after the 2004-05 season to become

assistant genreal manager of the NHL’s Calgary

Flames, as well as president and general manager of

Calgary’s American Hockey League affiliate in Omaha,

Neb. He resigned his positions with the Flames

organization earlier this month after a one-year

stay.

Everett never hired a replacement for

Soetaert, instead spreading the general manager

duties between head coach Kevin Constantine,

director of business operations Zoran Rajcic and

head scout Scott Scoville. Constantine, Rajcic and

Scoville will return to the duties they had prior to

Soetaert stepping down.