Patrick "Pat" Curcio (born September 6, 1973) is a

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professional

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coach, executive and former professional ice hockey player. Pat is now a Partner with Optima World Sports

Playing career

Curcio played professionally in the

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for the Dayton Bombers,

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and

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and in the

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for the Saginaw Wheels and

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. In 1995, Curcio signed with the HC Devils Milano of Italy and had stints in the Swiss NLB with SC Herisau and in Germany in the following years. He played a total of 133 games for the

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in the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey League (DEL) and spent time with German minor league teams EV Ravensburg and ESV Bayreuth.

Coaching and managing career

He began his career behind the bench in 2001. In the 2006–07 season, he served as head coach of the

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of the

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. From 2007 to 2009, Curcio served as assistant coach of OHL's

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, followed by assistant coach stints with the

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(ECHL) and the Sault Sainte Marie Greyhounds (OHL). In 2009, he organized the Euro Can Cup in London, Ontario, that included teams like

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of Switzerland,

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of Germany and

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of Austria. He was the Founder, President, General Manager and Head Coach of the former San Francisco Bulls Professional Hockey Team. Curcio, along with his wife Elouise, brought professional hockey back to San Francisco, when they were granted a team in the

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in 2011. A year later, the Bulls debuted on October 12, 2012 to a capacity crowd of 8,277 at the

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. The Bulls were the farm team of the NHL

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. The Bulls folded on January 27, 2014. In the 2014-15 campaign, he was the head coach of

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in the

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. He started the 2015–16 season as head coach of fellow Italian Serie A team

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, but left in November 2015 to take the position as assistant coach of

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in the Swiss top-tier

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(NLA). Curcio was promoted to Associate coach in September 2016. He has helped the team advance to 3 finals in 2 years: 2 silver Medals at

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and the NLA Championship finals in 2016. He and head coach

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were sacked by HCL on January 16, 2017. In June 2017, the Italian-based

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Team

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hired Curcio as head coach for the 2016–2017 season. He parted company with the club in late November 2017. re-Hired in March 2018, by Hockey Club Bolzano to help sign the team for the 2018–2019 season as a special consultant to the GM.Curcio left the position in June 2018 to become a full time partner with Optima World Sports Pat Curcio is now a partner with Optima World Sports. For over 25 years Optima has been representing Hockey Players in all of Europe, Asia and the KHL.

Early career

Statistics

Coaching career overview

http://www.eliteprospects.com/staff.php?staff=3469 *2003-2004 Wexford Raiders AAA Asst Coach *2004-2005 Wexford Raiders AAA Head Coach *2005-2006 Toronto Redwings AAA Head Coach *2006–2007

Head Coach (OPJHL) *2007–2008

) Asst Coach *2008–2009 London Knights (OHL)* Asst Coach *2009–2010

(ECHL)Asst Coch *2010–2011 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)Asst Coach *2012–2013

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GM/ Head Coach (

) San Jose Sharks affiliate NHL *2013–2014 San Francisco Bulls GM/ Head Coach (ECHL) San Jose Sharks affiliate NHL *2014–2015 Hockey Milano Rossoblu Serie A Head Coach (voted by fans coach of the year) *2015 HC Valpellice Bulldogs (left Nov,1. 2015) Serie A Head Coach *2015-2016 HC Lugano NLA Asst. Coach *2016-2017 HC Lugano NLA Asst Coach *2017- current HC Bolzano EBEL Head Coach

References

External links

SFBulls.comPat Curcio: big-league determinationNo bull: these things really happenedBulls by the horns: S.F. embraces hockey
{{DEFAULTSORT:Curcio, Pat 1973 births Living people Brantford Smoke players Businesspeople from the San Francisco Bay Area Buffalo Stampede players Canadian ice hockey coaches Charlotte Checkers (1993–2010) players Dallas Freeze players Dayton Bombers players Hannover Scorpions players HC Milano players Huntsville Blast players Ice hockey people from Ontario Ottawa 67's players Prince Albert Raiders players Ravensburg Towerstars players Saginaw Wheels players SC Herisau players Sportspeople from Toronto Wedemark Scorpions players Canadian ice hockey right wingers Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Italy