Minor-League Coaching Legend Back in the Game in Junior Hockey

Roy Sommer had called it a career. After setting an American Hockey League record with 828 coaching victories over 25 seasons and being named to the AHL’s Hall of Fame in October, the Oakland, California native had retired to Montana. He was all set for hunting season. “It was my first year being able to do that,” Mr. Sommer told The Epoch Times. “I had all my spots picked out and my cabin back in the woods that I bought like 46 years ago. I was ready to go.” A scouting trip with his son, Castan, who is a college assistant coach at Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, changed everything. The two ran into Seattle Kraken scout Doug Wilson Jr., who had been with the San Jose Sharks during part of Mr. Sommer’s 24 years in that organization....