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Tony Rossi   Close Biography

Toni Rossi was born on April 9, 1941 in Illinois, USA. He began his administrative career in hockey in the 1970s in Illinois when he started a local hockey club for kids. Rossi was elected to the USA Hockey Board of Directors in 1983, and was named a director of the Central District in 1989.

In 1995, Rossi was named USA Hockey Treasurer where he helped develop the USA Hockey Foundation to promote the growth of hockey in the U.S. Rossi was elected USA Hockey Vice-President in 2003 and most recently was elected to the IIHF Council in 2008. He was re-elected to the Council at the 2012 IIHF General Congress in Tokyo, Japan.