Jason Guerriro enters his third season with the Huskies for the 2024-25 slate. On July 18, 2022, Fernie Flaman Head Coach Jerry Keefe has announced that Jason Guerriero, ‘05, would return to the Northeastern men’s ice hockey program to serve as an assistant coach.
In his first two years with the Huskies coaching staff, Guerriero assisted in NU’s recruiting along with helping the forwards and defense with on ice skill development. Guerriero was also in charge of the penalty kill, where the Huskies finished first in Hockey East and seventh in the country during the 2022-23 season.
Guerriero, a four-year student-athlete for the Huskies from 2001-2005, returned to Huntington Avenue after coaching at Brown University for the past seven years. He spent four seasons as an assistant coach before being promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2019. Before Brown he coached at Yale, where he helped lead the Bulldogs to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014-15. In addition to his coaching duties, Guerriero played an active role in recruiting and the power play units. Before arriving at Yale, Guerriero spent two seasons as an assistant at Holy Cross, where he helped the Crusaders to back-to-back 20+ win seasons. He was in charge of the power play and recruiting efforts.
As a collegiate player, Guerriero put together an impressive four-year career at Northeastern, capped by a standout senior season when he led Hockey East in scoring, becoming the first-ever Northeastern player to do so. His senior year, he tabbed First Team All-American honors. The team captain posted 49 goals and 147 career points, highlighted by a career-high 17 goals and 48 points in 2004-05. He ranks 13th all-time among Northeastern scoring leaders. He was also named a Hockey East First Team All-Star, Northeastern’s Male Athlete of the Year and Rookie of the Year and Hockey East’s Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award winner. Guerriero, who was later named to the Hockey East 25th Anniversary All-Northeastern team and was also a New England Hockey All-Star and a Walter Brown Award runner-up.
Before moving on to coaching, Guerriero enjoyed a six-year professional career, including two seasons with the AHL Milwaukee Admirals where he posted 23 goals and 52 assists for 75 points in 137 games. He also played overseas in Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark.
