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Victoria Royals Name Jake Heisinger General Manager

April 10, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Victoria Royals News Release


Victoria, B.C. - The Victoria Royals have promoted Jake Heisinger and named him as the Team's General Manager, the Club announced on Wednesday. The Royals did not name a General Manager during the 2023-2024 season.

Heisinger joined the Royals in August as the Team's Associate General Manager after six seasons with the Winnipeg ICE franchise. He served as the Vice President of Hockey Operations and Assistant General Manager of the ICE, after the team's relocation from Kootenay where Heisinger had served as the club's Manager of Hockey Operations and Director of Scouting since 2017.

During his time in Winnipeg, the team captured the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy in back-to-back seasons for the best record in the WHL as well as trips to the Eastern Conference Final and WHL Championship.

"Last summer, we began the process of charting a new direction for the Victoria Royals, which included a new leadership structure with Jake's onboarding" said Vice-President of Hockey Operations, Joey Poljanowski. "This move represents another step forward for the team in promoting an individual who's proven leadership and vision will best guide us towards our ultimate goal of bringing a Memorial Cup to Victoria."

The Royals returned to the post season this year for the first time since 2019 under new leadership of Poljanowski, Heisinger and James Patrick.

"I am looking forward to continuing to work collaboratively with Joey, Jeep (James Patrick) and the rest of our staff as we strive towards becoming one of the top programs in the CHL." Said Heisinger. "We have taken some good steps in the right direction this season, but we still have a ways to go to get to where we want to eventually get too."

With the announcement, Heisinger will become the third General Manager in Royals history.

Heisinger and the staff will now turn their attention to the WHL Prospects Draft which is slated for May 9th. The Royals head into the 2024 Draft with 7 picks in the first 4 rounds including 2 first round selections, 8th, and 18th overall, the most picks in the top 4 rounds in the organization's history.

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