Dave Capuano

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United StatesUnited States  Dave Capuano Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 27, 1968
place of birth Warwick , Rhode Island , USA
size 188 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1986 , 2nd lap, 25th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1986-1989 University of Maine
1989-1990 Muskegon Lumberjacks
1990-1991 Vancouver Canucks
1991-1992 Milwaukee Admirals
1992-1993 Atlanta Knights
1993 San Jose Sharks
1993-1994 Providence Bruins

David Alan Capuano (born July 27, 1968 in Warwick , Rhode Island ) is a former American ice hockey player of Italian descent who played between and among others 110 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins , Vancouver Canucks , Tampa Bay Lightning and San Jose Sharks played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . His brother Jack, two years older than him was also a professional ice hockey player and also active as a head coach in the NHL.

Career

Capuano initially played extremely successfully at the University of Maine from 1986 to 1989 and was selected several times in various All-Star Teams of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The Pittsburgh Penguins had previously secured the rights to his person in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft . There they had selected him in the second round in overall position 25.

In the 1989/90 season , the American then played his first NHL games for the Penguins. A total of six times he played there before he was given in January 1990 in a six-player swap deal to the Vancouver Canucks . The 1990/91 season then spent the left winger completely in the NHL with the Canucks. After a knee injury, which he had sustained in November 1990, he fell out almost the entire 1991/92 season and ran in only nine games in the American Hockey League .

In November 1992 he switched to the Tampa Bay Lightning , who mainly used him in the International Hockey League . For the Lightning herself, he was only on the ice six times. This then sent him in June 1993 in exchange for the Finn Peter Ahola to the San Jose Sharks , for which he only played four times. In November of the same year, the Sharks gave him to the Boston Bruins , where Capuano played 51 games for their AHL farm team Providence Bruins . After the season, in the summer of 1994, he ended his career in which he played 104 NHL games for four different teams and scored 55 points.

International

On an international level, Capuano completed the Junior World Championship in 1987 in Czechoslovakia with the U20 national team of the United States . He finished fourth with the team after the disqualifications against the USSR and Canada. In seven tournament games he contributed two scorer points .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1987 Hockey East All-Rookie Team
  • 1988 Hockey East First All-Star Team
  • 1988 NCAA East First All-American Team
  • 1988 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team
  • 1989 Hockey East Championship with the University of Maine
  • 1989 Hockey East First All-Star Team
  • 1989 NCAA East First All-American Team

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1986/87 University of Maine Hockey East 38 18th 41 59 14th
1987/88 University of Maine Hockey East 42 34 51 85 51
1988/89 University of Maine Hockey East 41 37 30th 67 38
1989/90 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 27 15th 15th 30th 22nd - - - - -
1989/90 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 6th 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1989/90 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 2 0 4th 4th 0 6th 1 5 6th 0
1989/90 Vancouver Canucks NHL 27 3 5 8th 10 - - - - -
1990/91 Vancouver Canucks NHL 61 13 31 44 42 6th 1 1 2 5
1991/92 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 9 2 6th 8th 8th - - - - -
1992/93 Hamilton Canucks AHL 4th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1992/93 Atlanta Knights IHL 58 19th 40 59 50 8th 2 2 4th 9
1992/93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 6th 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
1993/94 San Jose Sharks NHL 4th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1993/94 Providence Bruins AHL 51 24 29 53 64 - - - - -
NCAA overall 121 89 122 211 103
AHL total 55 24 30th 54 64 - - - - -
IHL total 96 36 65 101 80 14th 3 4th 7th 9
NHL overall 104 17th 38 55 56 6th 1 1 2 5

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1987 United States June World Cup 4th Place 7th 1 1 2 2
Juniors overall 7th 1 1 2 2

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ italiansrus.com, Italian hockey player - Complete List
personal data
SURNAME Capuano, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Capuano, David Alan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Warwick , Rhode Island , USA