Anthony Aquino

Anthony Aquino
Date of birth	August 1, 1982
place of birth	Mississauga , Ontario , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 3rd round, 92nd position Dallas Stars
Career stations
1999-2002	Merrimack College
2002-2003	Oshawa Generals
2003-2004	Gwinnett Gladiators
2004-2005	Ritten sport
2005-2006	Adler Mannheim
2006	IFK Arboga IK
2006-2007	HC Pustertal
2007-2009	SG Pontebba
2009-2011	HC Valpellice Bulldogs
2011–2012	Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38
since 2012	HC Valpellice Bulldogs

Anthony Aquino (born August 1, 1982 in Mississauga , Ontario ) is an Italian - Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Valpellice since September 2012 in the Italian A1 series . His brother Luciano is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

The 1.82 m tall striker began his career with the Merrimack College team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's league operations and with the Oshawa Generals in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League , before finishing 92nd in the third round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft the Dallas Stars was selected.

However, Aquino was never in the NHL roster of stars and only played a few games with the Chicago Wolves in the American Hockey League . In 2004 he finally moved to Ritten Sport in the A1 series . After a one-year detour to Adler Mannheim in the 2005/06 DEL season , the Italian-Canadian finally returned to Italy, where he was on the ice for HC Pustertal in the 2006/07 season . In 2007 he moved to league rivals SG Pontebba . In the summer of 2009, the Aquino moved to HC Valpellice , where his contract was extended the following summer. In Valpellice he played in a team with his brother Luciano . In early July 2011 he received a contract with Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38 from the French Ligue Magnus . In summer 2012 he signed with HC Innsbruck in the EBEL , where he was released before the start of the season and then returned to HC Valpellice.

International

Aquino was part of the Italian national team for the qualifying games for the 2010 Winter Olympics . He scored one goal in three games, but Italy failed to qualify for the tournament.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1999/00	Merrimack College	NCAA		36	15th	14th	29	12
2000/01	Merrimack College	NCAA		38	17th	25th	42	22nd
2001/02	Merrimack College	NCAA		36	24	20th	44	20th
2002/03	Oshawa Generals	OHL		14th	10	9	19th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Chicago Wolves	AHL		5	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Chicago Wolves	AHL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Gwinnett Gladiators	ECHL		62	27	26th	53	34		8th	1	2	3	0
2004/05	Ritten sport	Series A1		26th	16	10	26th	20th		6th	0	0	0	0
2005/06	Adler Mannheim	DEL		48	2	5	7th	33		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	IFK Arboga IK	HockeyAllsvenskan		3	0	0	0	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	HC Pustertal	Series A1		19th	9	14th	23	6th		4th	4th	2	6th	0
2007/08	SG Pontebba	Series A1		31	18th	12	30th	34		5	2	7th	9	0
2008/09	SG Pontebba	Series A1		47	21st	20th	41	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	HC Valpellice	Series A1		39	20th	25th	45	14th		5	4th	2	6th	2
2010/11	HC Valpellice	Series A1		40	17th	32	49	40		8th	5	2	7th	25th
2011/12	Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38	Ligue Magnus		16	8th	15th	23	8th		20th	9	9	18th	18th
NCAA overall				110	56	59	115	54
ECHL total				62	27	26th	53	34		8th	1	2	3	0
DEL total				48	2	5	7th	33		-	-	-	-	-

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Anthony Aquino at eurohockey.com
• Anthony Aquino at hockeydb.com (English)
• Anthony Aquino at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Anthony Aquino at sonice.it