Penticton Vees lose director of scouting to Vancouver Canucks<\/p>\n
Published 12:00 pm Wednesday, July 22, 2026<\/p>\n
The Penticton Vees have hired a new director of scouting after Adam Sergerie, who served in the role since April 2025, accepted a job with the Vancouver Canucks.<\/p>\n
Vees head coach and general manager Fred Harbinson said on Wednesday, July 22, that Jeff Urekar will take over for Sergerie as the new director of scouting.<\/p>\n
Urekar joins the Vees after spending four seasons as head coach for the Okanagan Hockey Academy\u2019s U15 programs. He was also a scout with the WHL\u2019s Wenatchee Wild and assistant general manager for the BCHL\u2019s Trail Smoke Eaters.<\/p>\n
\u201cJeff has built a tremendous reputation throughout the hockey world for his ability to identify talent, build strong relationships, and evaluate players with an exceptional level of detail,\u201d Harbinson said. \u201cHe\u2019s someone who shares our vision, our values, and our commitment to building a championship-caliber organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
Urekar\u2019s \u201cexperience, work ethic, and passion for the game make him the ideal person to lead our scouting department,\u201d Harbinson added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re confident he\u2019ll build a first-class scouting network that will have a lasting impact on the future of the Penticton Vees.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sergerie was the first person to serve in the role for Penticton after the city was awarded a WHL expansion franchise in 2025.<\/p>\n
He joined the Vees fresh off a four-year stint as general manager of the Sherwood Park Crusaders.<\/p>\n
\u201cFurthermore, I\u2019d like to thank Adam for the professionalism, dedication, and passion he brought to the Penticton Vees during his time with our organization,\u201d Harbinson said. \u201cWhile we\u2019re disappointed to see him leave, we\u2019re incredibly proud to see him earn this opportunity with the Vancouver Canucks. We wish Adam and his family nothing but success in the next chapter of his career.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is unknown in what role Sergerie is taking on with the Canucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penticton Vees lose director of scouting to Vancouver Canucks Published 12:00 pm Wednesday, July 22, 2026 The Penticton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-819318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}