Kamloops Blazers GM resigns after long separation from family in U.S. due to pandemic

The manager of a Western Hockey League team based in Kamloops, B.C., will quit next month, citing challenges of separation from his family in the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kamloops Blazers general manager Matt Bardsley announced his resignation on Tuesday and said he will transition out of his post in the coming weeks.

Bardsley, 49, joined the B.C.’s junior hockey team in 2018, after working for almost two decades with the Portland Winter Hawks, another WHL team, in various roles.