Position Center Name Don Granato Siblings Tony Granato Playing career Weight 77 kg | NHL Draft Undrafted Height 1.83 m Played for Columbus Chill Role Ice hockey coach Nieces Gabriella Granato | |
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Born August 11, 1967 (age 56)
Downers Grove, IL, USA ( 1967-08-11 ) Education University of Wisconsin-Madison Nephews Michael Granato, Dominic Granato | ||
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Don Granato (born August 11, 1967) is an American former ice hockey player and current assistant coach with the Chicago Blackhawks. Granato was previously head coach of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program and the Worcester IceCats and Chicago Wolves of the AHL. He was also head coach of the Columbus Chill and Peoria Rivermen of the East Coast Hockey League (with whom he won the Kelly Cup as a coach in 2000). He also coached the Green Bay Gamblers and Wisconsin Capitols of the United States Hockey League. He most recently was an associate coach with the Wisconsin Badgers men's hockey team.
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During the 2000–01 AHL season, Granato won the Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award as the outstanding coach of the AHL.
In March, Granato assumed an assistant coaching position under his brother, Tony, with the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team. On June 15, he became an assistant coach, along with Ulf Samuelsson, under Joel Quenneville of the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks.
He is also the brother of Cammi and Tony, and the brother-in-law of Ray Ferraro.