By Brady Ratzlaff

PRSD schools to wear green on Monday for Darcy Haugan

Apr 8, 2018 | 10:39 AM

The Peace River School District is having a ‘green day’ in honour of Peace River native Darcy Haugan.

Haugan was killed along with 14 other members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team, staff, and broadcast crew when their bus collided with a semi-truck on Friday in Saskatchewan. The accident also injured 14 others.

Haugan who attended the T.A. Norris Middle School and was the Coach/General Manager of the North Peace Navigators has known Principal Wade Johnson for nearly all his life and meant so much to the area.

Johnson said that Haugan supported the school’s hockey academy and imparted his hockey knowledge and wisdom to many of the grade 6’s and 7’s.

“When school resumes Monday, T.A. Norris is asking all community members to join our staff and students in wearing Saskatchewan green in support for the Humboldt Broncos and the families affected by Friday’s fatal bus crash,” added Johnson.

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The president of the Humboldt Broncos, Kevin Garinger, said Haugan was an incredible coach who often talked about his vision for the team.

“The Humboldt Broncos were about — not building hockey players — but creating amazing young men. And that’s what we had in our organization, amazing young men,” said Garinger.

“That was Darcy’s belief and through that they would ultimately become great hockey players too.”

Before becoming a coach, the 42-year old played junior hockey in the league in the 1990s.

Steven Wilson, a radio play-by-play announcer in Weyburn, Sask., called Haugan “the classiest guy” in the league who always had time to chat.

He said the last time he saw Haugan, the coach was playing video games in his office with one of his two young sons.

“He was very dedicated to his family and at the same time he was a hockey guy.”

Wilson said Haugan’s wife, Christina George-Haugan, worked as the team’s office manager.

“He will always be a great man in our hearts,” Haugan’s sister posted on Twitter under the name Debbie Jayne. “The tears just keep coming.”

w/files from the Canadian Press