Just two months ago, on October 14th, former Rock Ridge head coach Ben Johnson was promoted to be the NA3HL Wilderness head coach. On Monday, it was announced that Chris Ratzloff would take over the head coach and general manager positions.

Ratzloff returns to the league where he spent four seasons, one where he won a Fraser Cup Championship in 2022 and Coach of the Year for the 2020-21 season, both with the Rochester Grizzlies.

Ratzloff was most recently a head coach and general manager in the NAHL with the Chippewa Steel.

Johnson finishes his head coaching tenure with a 8-9-3 record.