Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced on Wednesday that Vaughn Karpan has been named the team’s director of pro scouting.

The 53-year-old Karpan has spent 10 seasons with the Canadiens, the first five as an amateur scout and the last five as a pro scout. Before joining the Canadiens in 2005, he worked for 13 seasons with the Winnipeg Jets and then the Phoenix Coyotes when the franchise moved south of the border.

As a player, Karpan was a left-winger and spent one year with the WHL’s Brandon Wheat Kings and another year with the New Westminster Royals of the BCJHL. After that, he played for the University of Manitoba, where he was captain, and was with the Canadian national team from 1983-84 through 1987-88, playing at the 1984 Saravejo Olympics and the 1988 Calgary Olympics