Ted Donato
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Sep 18, 2026
Nick VillanoHOST
I'm curious of the impact of the assistant coaches.
Nick VillanoHOST
I'm curious what Ted Donato is going to bring.
Nick VillanoHOST
Because that's a guy who was a development coach for 20-something years.
Nick VillanoHOST
He was at Harvard.
Ed TrefzgerHOST
Harvard, a new coach behind the bench.
Ed TrefzgerHOST
And Jim, we were talking before we started recording about a couple of decades ago when Ted Donato was hired at Harvard and how there was anticipation about whether he would get the job and how excited people were to see this alumnus behind the bench and a guy who'd had a great playing career as well.
Ed TrefzgerHOST
He announced in May that he was stepping down and coming back to the program, former assistant Rob Rassi, who came from Michigan, where he had gone to three Frozen Fours with that squad in four seasons there, he now comes in as the head coach at Harvard.
Ed TrefzgerHOST
It seems to me that all the Ivies, and even a program as storied as Harvard, has had a hard time since COVID.
Jim ConnellyHOST
That's something that always has played against the Ivies.
Jim ConnellyHOST
The scholarship limitation, no scholarships for Ivy League schools, that's all right there.
Jim ConnellyHOST
And When I think about it, this was the most surprising coaching announcement of the summer, not the hiring of Rassi, but the retirement or the stepping aside of Ted Donato.
Jim ConnellyHOST
Everything I was told was that, you know, just weeks before he stepped down, it didn't seem like there was anything that was going to change at Harvard.
Finn SmithHOST
So getting rid of Dave Rogalski, who's a guy we have not been happy with in his past, uh, Replacing him with those two guys, definitely an upgrade.
Finn SmithHOST
They also brought in two new assistant coaches, taking out Jeremy Colleton and Sergey Breland, and bringing in Ted Donato of Harvard and A.J. McClain, formerly of the Sioux Greyhounds, coaching with Sheldon Keefe.
Finn SmithHOST
And Keefe, still in there, still retained for this season, so...
Finn SmithHOST
For
Zach BermanHOST
John Tortorella, who after what he did with Vegas, like, dude, I am all in on Torts potentially being the coach of this team.
Zach BermanHOST
Maybe even Ted Donato, who was brought in to be an assistant coach.
Zach BermanHOST
He's effectively taken away.
Zach BermanHOST
Well, he's taken over for Jeremy Colliton as the power play coach.
Zach BermanGUEST
They, or not, is it, no, oh my God, it's Leo Luongo.
Zach BermanGUEST
I'm thinking of Ted Donato, who was the other assistant coach we brought in as the old coach at Harvard.
Zach BermanGUEST
Leo Luongo is in, of course, the brother of Roberto, as the goalie coach and director of goaltending development.
Zach BermanGUEST
So we'll see what happens with him.
Blake CreamerHOST
We talked about it on the projection pod.
Blake CreamerHOST
But the Devils have brought in Ted Donato, who was a coach at Harvard there.
Blake CreamerHOST
He ran a pretty successful power play there.
Blake CreamerHOST
He's going to likely run the power play here in New Jersey.
Adam PellerinGUEST
I love Ray Bork, love Cam Neely, like growing up.
Adam PellerinGUEST
Um, I actually loved Teddy Donato back in the day.
Adam PellerinGUEST
Like it was just like, all of these names from the past that I actually get to see in my current job, which is crazy.
Adam PellerinGUEST
But anyway, yeah.
Nathan StraussGUEST
I mean...
Nathan StraussGUEST
i think of them because when i was an undergrad you know they were such a force in the beanpot and with who they were putting out into the nhl but really since that matt coronado team and really since to be honest since that that uh the macar out dueling adam fox ncaa tournament game it's been it was a bit of a downhill trend and i think you know we obviously heard a lot about ted donato from ted donato in his departure and you know wishing him the best of luck now with the devils but you I think Harvard, as an institution, had some troubles.
Nathan StraussGUEST
It was harder to get transfers.
Nathan StraussGUEST
It was harder to get athletes in.
Zach BermanHOST
But you can't redo everything.
Zach BermanHOST
So another thing that seems to be confirmed is that Ted Donato, who has been brought into the coaching staff after a lengthy, like, 20-year stint as the head coach of the Harvard Crimson, seems like it's gonna be his role to run the power play.
Zach BermanHOST
Taking over almost verbatim what Jeremy Colliton's role was.
Zach BermanHOST
And to me, that is really, really, really intriguing.