Rico Rossi

Rico Rossi (born June 22, 1965) is a Canadian-Italian professional ice hockey coach and a former player.

Playing career

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Rossi attended Northeastern University from 1985 to 1989. He was named the team's Rookie of the Year in 1986[1] and played a total of 135 games for NU in his four-year NCAA career.[2]

A Canadian of Italian descent, he spent his pro career almost entirely in Italy with the Hockey Club Milan, except the 1992-93 season, when he made 39 appearances for CHL's Dallas Freeze. Rossi played a total of five years for Milan,[3] claiming three Italian championship titles, he retired in 1995.

Coaching career

In Rossi's single season (1996–97) at the helm, HC Milan made it to the Serie A finals. He then took over EHC Nordhorn from Germany, coaching the team starting 1997, before signing with German third-division side EV Duisburg during the 1998-99 season. Rossi served as Duisburg head coach until 2001,[4] followed by a one-year stint at fellow third-division club ESV Bayreuth.[5]

The 2002-03 campaign saw him move to Germany's top-flight, Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL): Rossi joined the Adler Mannheim coaching staff as an assistant[6] and left after two years to take over German third-division team Heilbronner Falken as head coach. In his nine-year tenure, Rossi led the Falcons to promotion to Germany's second-tier.[7] In 2013-14, he served as sport director of the club.

Prior to the 2014-15 season, he accepted the head coach position with German DEL2 outfit Kassel Huskies.[8] In the 2015-16 season, Rossi guided the Huskies to the DEL2 championship title.[9]

Personal life

Rico Rossi has a daughter, Nicole Rossi who has recently involved herself in rep soccer and is hoping to pursue a successful soccer career. Rico also has a son named Rico Junior who is following the hockey lifestyle like his father.[10][11]

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Northeastern University Athletics - Men's Hockey - Individual Honors and Awards". mobile.usablenet.com. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  2. ↑ "Northeastern Huskies - Men's Hockey - All-Time Individual Career Stats • N-R". www.gonu.com. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  3. ↑ "Milanosiamonoi - il sito". www.milanosiamonoi.com. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  4. ↑ "Rico Rossi". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  5. ↑ "RODI-DB - Die deutsche Eishockey-Datenbank". www.rodi-db.de. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  6. ↑ EISHOCKEY.INFO. "Adler Mannheim: Adler verlängern mit Rico Rossi um ein weiteres Jahr - Trainergespann wird unverändert hinter der Mannheimer Bank stehen". EISHOCKEY INFO. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  7. ↑ "Falken ohne Rico Rossi". Hockeyweb. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  8. ↑ peter. "Rico Rossi neuer Headcoach der Kassel Huskies". www.esbg.de. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  9. ↑ "Huskies gewinnen DEL2-Meistertitel". www.eckasselhuskies.de. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  10. ↑ "Video: Rico Rossi ist neuer Trainer der Kassel Huskies". http://www.hna.de. Retrieved 2016-02-16. External link in |website= (help)
  11. ↑ "Rico Rossi". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
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