TONY GRANATO | Ice Guardians Ep 51

Kelly Chase and Brett Hull are joined in studio this week by former NHL forward and coach, Tony Granato. The guys all discuss how they met and how Hully has known Tony for most of their lives. Tony tells Chaser what kind of a player Brett was as a mite. Granato tells Chaser about his time trying out for the US Olympic team in 1984 and how that led to him playing at Wisconsin and ultimately making it to the NHL. Granato asks Hully about how he ended up playing for Team USA instead of Team Canada on the international stage and the guys talk about some great memories from their time together on those teams, and Chaser relives his time watching Hully score to win the Cup in Dallas. Tony talks about his short time playing for the New York Rangers and some of the lessons he learned while he was there before getting traded to LA to play with Gretzky. The guys talk about the Kings Cup run in 1993 and how the team was able to get to a good spot without Gretzky. Hully asks Granato about the transition from playing to coaching and Tony goes into some of the details of getting that first job in Colorado. Kelly has a bone to pick with Tony about a disagreement they had when Granato was a coach in Pittsburgh and Chaser was working at NHL Network, and Kelly relays the story of how he found out he won the King Clancy.

Ice Guardians, presented by Siteman Cancer Center, comes to you from the Window World Studios.

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