Doctors diagnosed the former head coach of the US national hockey team Tony Granato cancer – non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
— I was recently diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and will begin treatment this week. I would like to address everyone individually, but I think this is the best way to share the news. My family, my faith and my friends will be the strength that will help me during treatment. “I appreciate all the love and support I have already received,” the 59-year-old specialist wrote on the social network.
He also said that due to illness he would temporarily stop working as an analyst for NBC Sports and NHL Network.
Granato played in the NHL for the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks, and scored 492 points (248 goals and 244 assists) in 773 games. After finishing his playing career, he worked as head coach of the Colorado Avalanche and as an assistant with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings. Granato led Team USA at the 2018 Olympics, where the team finished seventh. In 2021, the coach was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
Source : MatchTV
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