BREAKING :: Laforet and Mustangs sever ties In breaking news, HSN have been informed that Steve Laforet has been told by the Melbourne Mustangs that his services will not be required in the 2013 AIHL season.  Andrew Hewitt reports. ic :: The Melbourne Mustangs Ice Hockey Club -- Facebook HSN received information from inaugural Melbourne Mustangs Head Coach Steve Laforet that the club has decided that he is not to coach the Mustangs in 2013. Mr Laforet contacted the author directly and informed him that the Mustangs had made a decision that he was not to be made Head Coach of the team in the future. The tenure of Laforet at the Mustangs has certainly not been without controversy with the then Head Coach accepting the result of an altercation at a game against the Gold Coast Blue Tongues during the 2011 season.  Laforet was temporarily replaced by Doug Stevenson, current coach of the Melbourne Blackhawks in the AJIHL for the remainder of the 2011 AIHL season. In 2012, the Mustangs hired an import Head Coach in Bill Wilkinson which unfortunately did not end in the fairy tale many had hoped for with Wilkinson and the club severing ties mid way through the season.  Wilkinson's Assistant Coach was Steve Laforet and without question slid into the role of Head Coach and helped the club to a 5-0-2-0-1 record. HSN contacted the Mustangs and Head of Hockey Operations at the Melbourne Mustangs Andrew McDowell wished Mr Laforet all the best in