Rico Rossi
Rico Rossi (born June 22, 1965 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian-Italian professional ice hockey coach and a former player.
Playing career
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
Rossi has a daughter, Nicole, and a son, Rico junior.[10][11]
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