PC Women's Hockey Alum Granato Becomes NHL's First Ever Female Pro Scout
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PC Women's Hockey Alum Granato Becomes NHL's First Ever Female Pro Scout
Granato was hired by the NHL’s new expansion franchise in Seattle, which begins play in the 2021-22 season.
"I want to stress that Cammi's resume is why she got the job. She knows the pro game and its players. When we talked about the role and how it is going to work, I mentioned the [Seattle] organization's overall commitment to diversity. It probably didn't hurt that Ray and I are friends and former [Hartford Whalers] teammates,” said Seattle General Manager Ron Francis in a statement.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTOther than Granato, Seattle’s team of pro scouts includes former NHL players Ulf Samuelson, Stu Barnes, Dave Hunter, and John Goodwin
The Seattle team does not yet have a name.
About Granato
While at Providence College, Granato was a four-time ECAC All-Star and a three-time ECAC Player of the Year.
In 1996, she was also named USA Hockey Player of the Year.
Granato is atop the leaderboards in points (256) and goals (139) at PC.
Following her career at Providence, Granato captained the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team to a gold medal in the 1998 Olympics and a silver medal in the 2002 Olympics.
“Catherine "Cammi" Granato's extraordinary playing career, particularly at the international level, has played a key role in the growth of women’s hockey not only in the United States, but across the world,” reads her bio in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.
Granato became the first woman ever inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010.
She was inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.
2019 RI Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees
Brian Boucher
Selected in the first round of the NHL Draft in 1995 by the Philadelphia Flyers, the Woonsocket native and former Mount St. Charles goalie played 13 seasons in the NHL.
He holds the league record with five straight shutouts and 332 consecutive scoreless minutes during the 2003-04 season.
He is currently an analyst for NBC Sports.
Jack Capuano
An All-American defenseman at Maine, the Cranston native turned to coaching after playing for three NHL teams.
He coached the New York Islanders for seven seasons and is now the associate coach of the Florida Panthers.
Brother Adelard Beaudet
A founder and coach of the iconic Mount St. Charles Academy team, Brother Adelard helped organize and nurture high school hockey in Rhode Island after emigrating from Quebec in 1911.
Malcolm Greene Chace
A world-class tennis and ice polo player in the 1890s, Chace eventually switched to ice hockey and introduced and promoted the game in New England and the Northeast.
Brian Burke
Born in Providence, Burke grew up in Minnesota.
He returned to Rhode Island to attend Providence College, where he was captain of the hockey team.
He has had a three-decade career as an NHL executive, building a Stanley Cup winner with the Anaheim Ducks in 2007.
Pete Demers
After starting out with the Providence Reds, Providence native Demers went on to spend 34 seasons as a trainer for the Los Angeles Kings.
He has a plaque in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Judge James Dooley
A leading sports figure in Rhode Island, Dooley was the founder and owner of the Providence Reds, as well as a founder of the Canadian-American (Can-Am) Hockey League, which later evolved into the American Hockey League.
Tom Eccleston
Regarded as one of the game’s great teachers and motivators in Rhode Island, Eccleston won multiple state championships as the coach at Burrillville High School.
He coached for eight seasons at Providence College and led the Friars to their first ECAC title and the NCAA final four in 1964.
David Emma
A three-time All-Stater at Bishop Hendricken and two-time All-American at Boston College, Emma won the Hobey Baker Award in 1991, the only Rhode Islander to do so.
The pride of Cranston played for the U.S. in the 1992 Olympics.
Margaret Degidio 'Digit' Murphy
After a great career as a player at Cornell, the Cranston native won 318 games as Brown’s women’s coach.
She has been a tireless advocate for women’s hockey and women’s sports for two decades on the national and international stage.
