Brent Parker is stepping down as president of the Regina Pats.
Parker made the announcement at a news conference Tuesday in Regina.
“I am honoured and humbled to have been a part of this storied franchise,” Parker said in a news release.
“While we did not achieve all our goals over the past 18 years, we have done a lot of good things in this community and I am proud of our many accomplishments.”
The Pats say Parker will be leaving the Western Hockey League club in June.
“I regret we were not able to win the championship that the hockey fans of Regina so desperately want and deserve, but it was not for lack of trying,” Parker said.
“I leave knowing that while not all my decisions were correct, every decision I made regarding this franchise was done with sole purpose of doing what I felt was going to give us the best chance to succeed on and off the ice.”
Pats owner Russ Parker thanked Brent Parker and wished him success in the future.
“No one has worked harder than Brent in an effort to make this franchise successful on and off the ice,” Russ Parker said in the release.
Brent Parker became general manager of the Pats in 1995. In 2008, he was diagnosed with fibrosarcoma, a type of cancer that develops in connective tissue. Chad Lang took over as GM two years later, while Parker stayed on as the team’s president.
The Pats announced Tuesday that Lang will now become the team's senior vice-president and governor.
