You can come home again.
Such is the case for former Aviators forward and Brooklyn-native Dominick (Dom) Sacco who returns to the Aviators to finish out his junior career following a five-season, 162-game United States Hockey League career.
Sacco last played for the Aviators junior program in 2012-13 for his father, former Aviators coach John Sacco. Prior to playing for the Aviators, Sacco had played the better part of two seasons with the USHL’s Omaha Lancers where he compiled 10 points in 30 total games as a 16 and 17 year old.
Following his one season with the Aviators, Sacco was drafted in 2013 by the Lincoln Stars in the USHL and the Wenatchee Wild of the NAHL and put together his best two seasons of his USHL career while in Lincoln, even being named Associate Captain in 2014-15. During his two seasons with the Stars, Sacco had 52 points in 112 games.
This season Sacco had moved to the Muskegon Lumberjacks in the USHL, playing 19 games and scoring just once before returning to Brooklyn as the Lumberjacks look to a youth movement for their future.
In his five USHL seasons, Sacco tallied 29 goals and 35 assists for 64 points in 162 games.
A team already stacked with offensive talent, the Aviators, with the addition of Sacco, instantly becomes not just one of the most potent offenses in the NA3EHL, but in all of Tier III junior hockey.
Sacco and the Aviators next have a home-and-home series against the Skylands Kings Jan. 16-17. Game one is Saturday, Jan. 16 at 9 p.m. at Aviator Sports and Events Center, followed by Sunday, Jan. 17 at 12:30 p.m. at Skylands Ice World in Stockholm, NJ. As always, Aviators games are available on www.fasthockey.com.
(Reprinted with permission of Aviators)
