Former Kootenay Ice netminder Taylor Dakers has moved back into the WHL, signing on with the Everett Silvertips to serve as the club's goaltending coach.

Dakers will be working with the three Silvertips tenders, drawing on experience gained through four years of WHL hockey followed by three years in the AHL and ECHL.

He has spent the last year working with the Euro Elite Hockey School in Vancouver, getting grounded in the world of coaching, with the desire to step up to higher levels.

"There are a lot of subtleties and intricacies with goaltending that you do need to learn from a coaching standpoint before you jump into something at this level," said Dakers. "I've had a lot of experiences with goalie coaches through my years and I paid attention, quite a lot, to what we were always doing, as goalies."

It was Jeff Chynowth, Kootenay Ice president, who connected Dakers with the Silvertips organization after hearing the club was looking for a goaltending coach.

Dakers will be spending a lot of time with Kent Simpson, the 19-year-old starter for the Silvertips last season and a second-round draft pick for the Chicago Blackhawks.

Dakers will also likely work with Luke Siemens, another 19-year-old and Andy Desautels, a 16-year-old, both on last year's roster.

"As 19 year olds, they're (Simpson and Siemens) pretty developed so it'll be nice to tweak some things with them and obviously with the younger guys, there will be much more of a steeper learning curve," said Dakers.

Dakers spent four WHL seasons with the Kootenay Ice from 2003 to 2007, playing 150 games in between the pipes. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the fifth round of the 2005 NHL entry draft.