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June 17, 2011
“This is a great opportunity for John,” said Gotkin. “He helped us tremendously last season and we wish him nothing but the best in the NHL.”
Prior to joining Gotkin, Rosso helped the USHL's Sioux Falls Stampede to a 27-24-9 record and a fifth-place finish in the Western Division in 2009-10, falling just one point shy of clinching a playoff berth. He also served as the team's top scout, recruiting and coaching 29 players that received NCAA Division I scholarships.
From 2005-08, he spent three seasons with the Alexandria Blizzard (NAHL), working under head coach and general manager Brad Willner. In his final season, the Blizzard compiled a 29-25-4 regular season record, won the Central Division Playoffs and earned a spot in the Robertson Cup Finals.
Rosso got his start in coaching at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska – Omaha, in 2004, serving as a volunteer assistant coach. The Mavericks excelled with him on staff, building a 19-16-4 record and reaching the CCHA Super Six for the first time in four years.
A 2001 graduate, Rosso earned a degree in history while playing four years of hockey under head coach Mike Kemp. Rosso's first season as a Maverick in 1997 was a memorable one, as the school reinstated hockey after a 21-year hiatus. Three years into his career the Mavericks made the move to the CCHA and, that same year, reached the conference final after a stunning 7-4 upset of Michigan in the CCHA Final Four.
During his career, Rosso was honored with several awards including the UNO Student Achievement and Most Improved Player Awards.
After graduation, Rosso spent three years working as a recruiting scout with the Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL) (2002), the Portland Winterhawks (WHL) (2003) and the Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) (2004) before returning to Omaha.
Mercyhurst's Rosso Accepts Scouting Position With NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning
Courtesy of Mercyhurst Sports Information
ERIE, Pa. – John Rosso, assistant coach for the Mercyhurst
College men's hockey team, has resigned to become a United States
Amateur Scout with the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay
Lightning.
Rosso, who spent one season with head coach Rick Gotkin, will
primarily cover Minnesota high school hockey, the United States
Hockey League (USHL) and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association
(WCHA) for Tampa Bay.
“This is a great opportunity for John,” said Gotkin. “He helped us tremendously last season and we wish him nothing but the best in the NHL.”
Prior to joining Gotkin, Rosso helped the USHL's Sioux Falls Stampede to a 27-24-9 record and a fifth-place finish in the Western Division in 2009-10, falling just one point shy of clinching a playoff berth. He also served as the team's top scout, recruiting and coaching 29 players that received NCAA Division I scholarships.
From 2005-08, he spent three seasons with the Alexandria Blizzard (NAHL), working under head coach and general manager Brad Willner. In his final season, the Blizzard compiled a 29-25-4 regular season record, won the Central Division Playoffs and earned a spot in the Robertson Cup Finals.
Rosso got his start in coaching at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska – Omaha, in 2004, serving as a volunteer assistant coach. The Mavericks excelled with him on staff, building a 19-16-4 record and reaching the CCHA Super Six for the first time in four years.
A 2001 graduate, Rosso earned a degree in history while playing four years of hockey under head coach Mike Kemp. Rosso's first season as a Maverick in 1997 was a memorable one, as the school reinstated hockey after a 21-year hiatus. Three years into his career the Mavericks made the move to the CCHA and, that same year, reached the conference final after a stunning 7-4 upset of Michigan in the CCHA Final Four.
During his career, Rosso was honored with several awards including the UNO Student Achievement and Most Improved Player Awards.
After graduation, Rosso spent three years working as a recruiting scout with the Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL) (2002), the Portland Winterhawks (WHL) (2003) and the Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) (2004) before returning to Omaha.
