Mario Chitaroni

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Flag of Canada and Italy.svg  Mario Chitaroni Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 11, 1967
place of birth Cobalt , Ontario , Canada
size 170 cm
Weight 80 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1984-1987 Sudbury Wolves
1987-1988 Flint Spirits
1988-1989 New Haven Nighthawks
1989-1993 HC Alleghe
1993-1994 HC Devils Milano
1994-1995 Houston Eros
1995-1996 AS Varese Hockey
1996-2000 Polar bears Berlin
2000-2002 Nuremberg Ice Tigers
2002-2007 HC Milano Vipers
2007-2009 HC Alleghe

Mario Brian Chitaroni (born June 11, 1967 in Cobalt , Ontario ) is a former Italian - Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Eisbären Berlin and Nürnberg Ice Tigers in the German Ice Hockey League from 1984 to 2009 .

Career

Mario Chitaroni began his career as a hockey player with the Sudbury Wolves , for which he was active from 1984 to 1987 in the Canadian junior league Ontario Hockey League . Then the attacker played for three years for the Flint Spirits in the International Hockey League , where he was mainly used in his third professional year for the New Haven Nighthawks in the American Hockey League . From 1989 to 1993 he played for HC Alleghe in the Italian A1 series . With his team he won the Alpine League in the 1992/93 season . Following this success, he moved within Serie A1 to HC Devils Milano , with whom he became Italian champion straight away in the 1993/94 season . For the 1994/95 season he returned to North America in the IHL and played there for the Houston Eros . He was then signed by AS Varese Hockey , with whom he won the IIHF Federation Cup in 1995 after a 4-3 final victory over HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk from Russia .

From 1996 to 2000 Chitaroni played for the Eisbären Berlin in the German Ice Hockey League . He spent the following two seasons with their league rivals Nürnberg Ice Tigers . From 2002 to 2007 he ran for HC Milano Vipers in the A1 series and was Italian champion with the team in the first four seasons. In 2004 and 2005 he won the Coppa Italia with the Vipers and the Supercoppa Italiana in 2006 . Most recently, the Italian-Canadian competed in the A1 series for his ex-club HC Alleghe from 2007 to 2009.

International

For Italy , Chitaroni took part in the World Championships of Division I in 2004 and 2005 and the World Championships in 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 2000 , 2001 , 2007 and 2008 . He was also in his country's squad at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2004 Coppa Italia with HC Milano Vipers
  • 2005 Italian champion with HC Milano Vipers
  • 2005 Coppa Italia with HC Milano Vipers
  • 2006 Italian champion with HC Milano Vipers
  • 2006 Supercoppa Italiana with HC Milano Vipers

International

DEL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Main round 6th 305 80 99 179 769
Playoffs 5 30th 6th 6th 12 104
Relegation 1 10 6th 3 9 39

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personal data
SURNAME Chitaroni, Mario
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chitaroni, Mario Brian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Cobalt , Ontario , Canada