November 21, 2018 – In this edition of Talkin’ With the Gravey Train, our host Peter Graves talks with Louis Bouchard, long-time coach of Canadian great Alex Harvey. Bouchard was recently named as Head Coach by Cross Country Canada (CCC) and has been a World Cup coach for Canada for the past eight years while also leading the National Training Centre in Mont Ste-Anne, Qué. at the Centre National d’Entraînement Pierre-Harvey (CNEPH).
Cross Country Canada also recently announced that Norwegian Erik Braaten has been hired to share the coaching responsibilities with Bouchard – read more here – while leading the Canadian team into a new era as a number top-level athletes have retired including Devon Kershaw, Graeme Killick, Jesse Cockney and Knute Johnsgaard – more on the current national team here. In addition, Nic Lemyre, took over as High Performance Advisor at CCC back in June as long-standing HP Director, Thom Holland, announced his retirement at the start of last season.