Joe Sacco had to change up his routine on Thursday night.
After all, an opportunity to coach one’s hometown hockey team doesn’t come around very often.
“I tried to prepare the way I normally would,” Sacco said Thursday night. “Obviously, it’s a different day for me, because I actually stayed at the rink today all day. Typically, I go home in between the morning skate and the game.
“But I stayed at Warrior [Ice Arena] today, and I was just able to just relax and kind of get my thoughts together. I want to try to enjoy the day too, as well as the night, because I knew that this was the first one.