Steelheads name Everett Sheen as head coach

BOISE, Idaho –President of Idaho Sports Properties Eric Trapp has named Everett Sheen, the team’s assistant coach, as the eighth head coach & director of hockey operations of the Idaho Steelheads.

The Steelheads are the ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars and the American Hockey League's Texas Stars.

Sheen, 32, marks his first head coaching position following three seasons as the organization’s assistant coach beginning in the 2016-17 season. Over that time, the Lethbridge, Alberta native led the defense and penalty kill units, and last season the team ranked in the top-10 in penalty kill percentage and shots allowed per game while also sitting in the top-five for goals against per game. In all three seasons, he aided the Steelheads into playoff appearances, helping to extend the organization’s playoff streak to 22-straight seasons since the inaugural 1997-98 season.

At 32-years-old, Sheen is the second youngest head coach in Steelheads history at the time of his hire as well as the second youngest head coach currently active in the ECHL.

Prior to coaching, Sheen played professional hockey for five seasons with time spent in the ECHL in all five years. He played 319 career ECHL games with the Reading Royals, Ontario Reign and Colorado Eagles, scoring 137 points (48g-89a), including 35 points (13g-22a) during his final season in 2015-16. He also spent time with the AHL's Providence Bruins during the 2011-12 season. Sheen played four seasons of college hockey at College of the Holy Cross, serving as captain in his junior and senior seasons.

Sheen is the sixth head coach during Idaho’s ECHL tenure and eighth overall since professional hockey arrived in Boise in 1997. Previous Steelheads ECHL head coaches include 2004 Kelly Cup champion John Olver (2000-05), 2007 Kelly Cup champion and Texas Stars Head Coach Derek Laxdal (2005-10), Hardy Sauter (2010-12), current Florida Everblades Head Coach Brad Ralph (2012-15) and Texas Stars Assistant Coach Neil Graham (2015-19).

He lives in Meridian, Idaho with his wife, Kayla, and their son, Parker.