John Grainda Bio

2005-2006 Team: Peewee AA - BTHL
2005-2006 Position: Head Coach
Email: john.grainda@alcoa.com
Phone: 317-818-9214
Assistants: n/a

Hockey Background:
The 2005-06 season will be John's 12th year coaching youth hockey. Over this period, John has coached competitive hockey in three USA Hockey regions - Rocky Mountain, Southeast and Mid-Am. Since moving to Indianapolis in 1998, John has coached Mites, Squirts and Pee Wees at the AAA, AA, A, All-Star & House levels under the Racers and Checkers banners. As a player, John played four years of college hockey at Penn State University, and was inducted into Penn State's Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005. John played hockey for the Hershey Icers (Junior B) in Hershey, PA and grew up in Mechanicsburg, PA. John has two sons playing for the Carmel High School Icehounds and another who will play Pee Wee Checkers this season.