by Bill Scott | Jun 28, 2017
Less than two weeks after it was announced that Don Granato was leaving to join the Chicago Blackhawks coaching staff, Wisconsin hockey head coach Tony Granato hired another former Badgers’ captain to take his brother’s place. Mark Strobel, who wore the...
by Bill Scott | Jun 15, 2017
It’s hard to keep good young hockey players in a program for long and Wisconsin head coach Tony Granato has found out it’s difficult to keep good coaches around very long too. The answer came this week when Associate Head Coach Don Granato accepted an...
by Bill Scott | Dec 5, 2016
Wisconsin sophomore forward Luke Kunin has been picked to join Team USA’s 27-man preliminary roster for the upcoming World Junior Championships in Montreal and Toronto from Dec. 26-Jan. 5. The Badger captain will join some of the best young American players in...
by Bill Scott | May 9, 2016
UW officials on Monday released the contract details for new head men’s hockey coach Tony Granato and his two associate head coaches, Mark Osiecki and Don Granato. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Tony Granato will be paid $2.75 million over the...
by Bill Scott | Mar 31, 2016
Tony Granato spent 13 seasons as a player in the NHL and has been a coach in the league for an additional ten-plus seasons. He’s been playing and coaching in the league that hockey people aspire to get to. Yet given the opportunity to coach the Wisconsin...
by Bill Scott | Mar 30, 2016
Since 1966, just four men have spent a season behind the bench as the leader of the Wisconsin men’s hockey program. Starting next season, Tony Granato will be the fifth. Granato, who is currently an assistant with the Detroit Red Wings, will be joined by...
