According to Michigan Hockey’s Michael Caples, the Red Wings have hired Total Package Hockey founder Brandon Naurato as a member of their player development department:
Brandon Naurato has been building his hockey training resume in impressive fashion the last few years.
Turns out, his hometown team took notice.
The Detroit Red Wings have hired Naurato, a Livonia native, as a player development consultant.
Naurato, a Detroit Catholic Central and University of Michigan alum, will be working for director of player development Shawn Horcoff and player development assistant Dan Cleary in his new capacity with the Winged Wheel franchise.
“Like most kids in Michigan, I grew up a Red Wings fan, and my main goal now is, I’ve been given an opportunity within the organization in a player development role, and I want to help in any way I can,” Naurato told MiHockey. “I’m excited to learn from guys like Jeff Blashill and Dan Byslma and then Shawn Horcoff and Dan Cleary.”
The road to Hockeytown began with a meeting between Naurato and Kris Draper. Naurato, the director of player development for Total Package Hockey, showed Draper how he was constructing the training curriculum for TPH based around his own analysis from hockey’s highest level.
