Hockey Operations

Mike is entering his 20th season as a member of the Spruce Kings staff and 13th season as General Manager. From 2005 to 2007, he filled the role of associate coach, including being on the bench as the team won a silver medal in the 2007 RBC Royal Bank Cup. Prior to the 2007/2008 season Mike accepted the role of Assistant General Manager and Director of Player Personnel. In April 2011 Mike was promoted to his current position of General Manager and Governor.

Before his tenure with the Spruce Kings, Mike was a WHL scout for six years. His playing days involved moving through the Prince George minor hockey system which led to four years of playing in the WHL (1986-1989) with the Spokane Chiefs, New Westminster Bruins and Tri-City Americans. As a 20 year old, Mike played one season in the BCJHL for the New Westminster Royals and Ladner Penguins.

Mike was born in Montreal, Quebec but has proudly called Prince George home for the past 37 years. He is married to wife Anita and has one son named Riley.

Brad Tesink is entering his fourth season with the Spruce Kings, and second as Head Coach, compiling a record of 51-31-4-1, leading the team to their first Coastal East Banner since 2018.  Hailing from Saint John, New Brunswick, Tesink played four seasons of major junior hockey, and in 2010, Tesink won the Maritime Junior Hockey League championship with the Woodstock Slammers. Tesink began his coaching career in 2016 serving as the assistant coach of the Saint John Sea Dogs U15 AAA. He later became the head coach of the team the following season.

Brad Tobin joined the Spruce Kings for the 2025-26 season. A native of North Delta,BC, he has been involved with junior hockey since 2010, having been behind the bench for over 800 junior games. Highly familiar with the BCHL, Tobin was involved with the Surrey Eagles for ten seasons in various roles of Assistant Coach, Assistant GM and Head Scout. He was a member of the 2012-13 team, capturing the Fred Page Cup and Western Canada Cup. During his tenure with the Eagles, he helped recruit and coach notable alumni including Devon Toews (108th overall, 2014-NYI), Danton Heinen (116th overall, 2014-BOS) and many other players who have gone on to play professionally in North America and Europe. He also spent one season as Head Coach of the Olds Grizzlys in the AJHL and four seasons as Head Coach/General Manager of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats in the KIJHL. Over the years he has been involved with numerous minor hockey associations and hockey academies, running development skates and team evaluations.

Brandon Manning has served as the Skills and Development Coach for the past two seasons, and is now the Assistant Coach and Director of Player Development.  He played 672 professional games between the NHL, AHL, DEL (Germany) and HockeyAllsvenskan (Sweden) from 2011 to 2024.

Jim Harder is entering his 9th season with the Prince George Spruce Kings. Harder served his first four years as an Assistant Equipment Manager, but has now taken the reigns the last 2 seasons. Harder's son, Greg is a Spruce Kings Alumni and has the most games played in Spruce Kings history.