Wintoneak, who is originally from Thunder Bay brings lots of experience to his new team. Larry coached the Bombers starting early in the 1995-96 season and stayed with the franchise til 2001, when they hosted the National Championship guiding the Bombers to a second place finish in the country.
That year, Flin Flon finished the regular season at 44-15-3 with 91 points which is the highest in franchise history.
Wintoneak also went on to coach the Laronge Ice Wolves and Kindersley Klippers taking them to the league final his second year with the team. He has also coached the Thunder Bay Flyers and Dryden Ice Dogs.
The Walleye released a statement on social media and Wintoneak had this to say about joining his new team.
“First I would like to thank Kevin, Derek, and the ownership group for giving me this great opportunity to be the head coach of this franchise,” Wintoneak said. “It’s a first class organization and it has everything that a player or coach would want. Hockey is a great game and it’s a privilege to be able to coach Junior A hockey. With 100 plus teams in the CJHL I am grateful to be one of those coaches.”
Larry will make his debut behind the Fighting Walleye bench this Friday at Norwest Arena.
