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Tony Granato

 
Pres., Alternate Governor - Colorado Avalanche LLC
 
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Company Name : Colorado Avalanche LLC
 
Company Website : www.coloradoavalanche.com
 
Company Address : Pepsi Ctr.
1000 Chopper Circle, Denver, CO,
United States,
 
Tony Granato Profile :
Pres., Alternate Governor - Colorado Avalanche LLC
 
Tony Granato Biography :

Tony Granato just completed his fourth season behind the Avalanche bench.

After joining the Avalanche as an assistant coach on June 18, 2002, Granato was introduced as the 11th head coach in franchise history on Dec. 18, 2002. He enjoyed a successful year-and-a-half as head coach, compiling a record of 72-33-17-11, which included a 32-11-4-4 stretch to close out the 2002-03 season with the franchise's NHL record ninth consecutive division title. Along the way, Granato reached the 50-win mark in 87 games, the 11th fastest mark among all-time NHL coaches.

He returned to his position as assistant coach in 2005-06 and will assume that role again this year.

Regarded as a feisty, two-way winger, Granato, 42, enjoyed a playing career that spanned 13 seasons in the National Hockey League. He skated in 773 regular season games with the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, and San Jose Sharks. During his tenure in the NHL, he posted 248 goals and 244 assists with 1,425 penalty minutes. At the time of his retirement after the 2000-01 season, he ranked 81st on the top-100 active points leaders list and 56th on the top-100 active goal scorers roster.

Originally drafted by the New York Rangers 120th overall in the 1982 Entry Draft, Tony spent a season and a half with the Rangers before being dealt to the Los Angeles Kings, where he played six and a half seasons, cracking the 30-goal barrier four times. He played his final five seasons with San Jose signing with the Sharks as a free agent in 1996.

Granato was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1989, played in the NHL All-Star Game in 1997, and won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, given for perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey, in 1997.

Prior to joining the professional ranks, Granato played for four years at the University of Wisconsin, where he was named to the WCHA Second All-Star Team for 1985 and 1987 and to the NCAA West Second All-Star Team in the same years. He was recently inducted into the University of Wisconsin's Hall of Fame. Granato was also a member of the 1988 US National and Olympic hockey teams.

A native of Downer's Grove, Illinois, Granato and his wife, Linda, have four children: Michael, Dominic, Nicholas, and Gabriella. His favorite hockey player growing up was Stan Mikita and he is an avid baseball fan and fisherman. Among his greatest highlights in sports was the day he spent with the California Angels while on a road trip to Milwaukee in 1992, taking batting practice and watching the game from the dugout. His sister, Cammi, served as captain of the gold medal winning US Women's National Hockey team at the 1998 Olympics and was a silver medallist in Salt Lake City in 2002.

 
Tony Granato Colleagues :
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Joel Quenneville

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Jacques Cloutier

Exec. VP, GM, Alternate Governor Please login

Jeff Hackett

Sr. VP, Communications, Business Operations Please login

Joe Sacco

Assist. GM Please login

Sylvain Lefebvre

VP - Hockey Operations Please login


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