Carricato to assist U18 Hounds
Sean Gagnon is adding an accomplished, seasoned hand to the bench of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League in the person of newly-named assistant coach Pat Carricato.
Gagnon, who earlier this off season was named as the new head coach of the U18 Hounds, has a prior coaching alliance with Carricato. It was several years ago when Carricato was the high achieving head coach of the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and Gagnon was his top assistant. The two worked well together.
Carricato has deep coaching roots in the Twin Saults. Besides coaching in the NOJHL with the Thunderbirds from 2005 to 2010, he also manned the bench for the U18 AAA Soo Indians of the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association from 2013 to 2015 and again from 2019 to 2022.
Carricato is a son of legendary Sault Ste. Marie hockey coach Abbie Carricato.