Staff

Trevor Sprague

General Manager

Trevor Sprague will oversee both the Integrated and Female U18 AAA teams in Northern B.C. Sprague has been involved in hockey in the north for over 30 years and has spent the last 15 years working with teams in the BCEHL. He is entering his seventh season as the general manager of the Cariboo Cougars and third as the general manager of the Northern Capitals. Sprague coached in Prince George for over 20 years before moving to the management side of the game.

During his coaching and management career Sprague has won two provincial titles with the Cariboo Cougars’ U18 AAA team. Sprague is also a key driver behind the annual BC Hockey Winter Classic event that is held in Northern B.C. each winter.

Tyler Brough

U18 AAA Head Coach

Tyler Brough began his coaching career in the 2013-14 season. He is entering his eighth season with the Cariboo Cougars program His career coaching highlight is his first championship as head coach, in the 2017-18 season with the U18 AAA Cariboo Cougars.

During his playing days Brough won a National Junior A Championship with the Fort McMurray Oil Barons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) where he scored the game-winning goal. His stick and gloves from that game were taken to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

Stewart Lambert

U17 AAA Head Coach

Stewart Lambert is in his fourth-year coaching in the Cariboo Cougars organization. He is looking forward to continuing growing the hockey program in northern British Columbia and continue to develop athletes and giving back to the game that he loves.

Before he began coaching, Lambert played his youth hockey in Prince George. After he moved on from youth hockey, he played for the Prince George Spruce Kings in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). He is focused on player development and helping the local hockey community.

Derek Wood

U15 AAA Head Coach

Derek Wood will make his head coaching debut in the BCEHL this season with the Cariboo Cougars' U15 AAA team. He brings over 15 years of coaching experience at the minor hockey level with him, spending time with Prince George Minor Hockey Association and the North Central/North West U15 AA zone program.

Prior to spending time behind the bench, Wood played for Prince George Minor Hockey and eventually progressed to the Western Hockey League where he spent four years playing for the Lethbridge Hurricanes, Calgary Hitmen and Medicine Hat Tigers. He also played seven years of professional hockey from 1996 to 2003, highlighted by a stint with the American Hockey League's Rochester Americans in 1997-98.