Only a year after the University of Wisconsin’s men hockey program acquired Don Granato, the former associate head coach announced that he will be taking an assistant head coach position with the Chicago Blackhawks.
Granato, his brother and current head coach Tony Granato and fellow Wisconsin associate head coach Mark Osiecki came to UW back in 2016 following a rather unpleasant season under the leadership of Mike Eaves. The trio was sent in to help reform the once great men’s hockey program to its former glory.
With the 2015-16 season ending in a 8-19-8 record, it was clear that this new regime had a lot of work ahead of them.