Mike Fazio

Title

Assistant General Manager and Director of Player Enhancement

Mike Fazio joined the Steel during the 2022 offseason in the role of Associate Director of Player Enhancement.

Originally from Bartlett, Ill., Fazio played youth hockey at Fox Valley Ice Arena as a member of the Geneva Cyclones Amateur Hockey Club.

Most recently, Fazio held coaching positions in different capacities, starting in 2019, including Lead Instructor for MAP Hockey in Minnesota, Director of Player Development and Assistant Coach of the Hudson Havoc of the USPHL and Minnesota regional scout for the Jamestown Rebels of the NAHL.

As a player, the former forward skated for the University of Wisconsin - River Falls of the WIAC where he studied Exercise & Sport Science and Sports Management before playing two seasons of professional hockey for the Evansville Thunderbolts of the SPHL (2017-2018) and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL (2018-2019).

Fazio lives in St. Charles with his wife, Madison, and their two dogs, Winston and Bear.