Aaron Volpatti

Aaron Volpatti
Date of birth	May 30, 1985
place of birth	Revelstoke , British Columbia , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 24
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2003-2006	Vernon Vipers
2006-2010	Brown University
2010-2011	Manitoba mosses
2011-2013	Vancouver Canucks
2013-2015	Washington Capitals Hershey Bears

Aaron Volpatti (* the 30th May 1985 in Revelstoke , British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player , who most recently with the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League was under contract and in parallel for their farm team, the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League for Use came.

Career

Aaron Volpatti began his career as a hockey player with the Vernon Vipers, for which he was active from 2003 to 2006 in the Canadian junior league British Columbia Hockey League . He then attended Brown University for four years , for whose ice hockey team he also played in ECAC hockey . On March 22, 2010, the winger received a free agent contract with the Vancouver Canucks , for whose farm team Manitoba Moose from the American Hockey League (AHL) he made his professional ice hockey debut towards the end of the 2009/10 season when he was in scored a total of 13 games, two goals and one assist. In the 2010/11 season , the Canadian made his debut for the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League , for which he scored a goal and an assist in 15 games. At the same time, he continued to play predominantly for the Manitoba Moose in the AHL.

The 2011/12 season began Volpatti as a regular in the NHL team of the Vancouver Canucks, before he had to end the season prematurely after a serious shoulder injury in December 2011. At the end of February 2013, Volpatti , who was on the waiver list, was selected by the Washington Capitals . In the following 2013/14 season he was a regular member of the Capitals squad and played almost half of the regular season's games. Due to an operation on the cervical spine , he missed a large part of the 2014/15 season and only rejoined the team in February 2015, although he only made two missions and was given away from the AHL following the Hershey Bears .

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team
• 2008 ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team
• 2009 ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team
• 2010 ECAC Hockey Third All-Star Team

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	5	114	5	2	7th	137
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

Web links

• Player biography on the Washington Capitals website
• Aaron Volpatti at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Aaron Volpatti at legendsofhockey.net (English)