 Busniuk then returned home to Thunder Bay, where he served in a similar capacity with the Lakehead Thunderwolves, eventually filling in as an interim coach after Joel Scherban was fired four games into the 2012-13 season.He also taught at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, an all First Nations school in Thunder Bay.In 2013 Busniuk returned to Brunico, Italy to be head coach of HC Pustertal Wölfe, the same city he played for from 1982-1985.