Jeff LoVecchio

Jeff LoVecchio
Date of birth	August 26, 1985
place of birth	Buffalo Grove , Illinois , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 75
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2002-2004	River City Lancers
2004-2005	Omaha Lancers
2005-2008	Western Michigan University
2008-2010	Providence Bruins
2010-2011	Rochester Americans
2011–2012	Utah Grizzlies San Antonio Rampage
2012-2013	HC Alleghe
2013-2014	Lillehammer IK
2014-2015	Fehérvár AV19
2015	Lørenskog IK
2015-2017	Nippon Paper Cranes
2017-2018	Fehérvár AV19

Jeffrey LoVecchio (born August 26, 1985 in Buffalo Grove , Illinois ) is an American ice hockey player who was last under contract with Fehérvár AV19 in the Austrian ice hockey league .

Career

LoVecchio's career began in the United States Hockey League , where he played for the River City Lancers and Omaha Lancers between 2002 and 2005. He then moved to Western Michigan University , where he spent a total of three seasons while studying at the same time. In the last two he was also on the ice as team captain . In spring 2010 LoVecchio got an offer from the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League , the second highest division in North America. When farm team of the Boston Bruins Lovecchio spent two and a half years of playing before in the 2010/11 season with the Rochester Americans transferred.

For the 2011/12 season LoVecchio decided to switch to the ECHL . For the Utah Grizzlies he was on the ice a total of 26 times, scoring ten goals and 13 assists. For twelve games he was on the ice with the San Antonio Rampage during the season .

The first move to Europe took place in the summer of 2012, to the top Italian division for HC Alleghe . With 41 points in 43 games, he convinced the Norwegian top club Lillehammer IK , who signed him the following summer. There, too, LoVecchio was able to confirm his strong style of play and scored 58 points in 46 games.

For the 2014/15 season LoVecchio moved to the multinational Erste Bank Ice Hockey League for the Hungarian club Fehérvár AV19 . At the end of the season he spent nine games at Lørenskog IK in the Norwegian GET-ligaen .

In the summer of 2015, LoVecchio moved to Japan to join Nippon Paper Cranes , where he scored 108 points in 96 games over two years. Due to this strong performance, his former employer from the EBEL took notice of him again and signed the American for the 2017/18 season .

Achievements and Awards

• 2014 GET-ligaen All-Star-Team

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2002/03	River City Lancers	USHL		26th	1	2	3	28		5	0	0	0	5
2003/04	River City Lancers	USHL		58	16	13	29	29		3	0	1	1	2
2004/05	Omaha Lancers	USHL		57	17th	27	44	82		5	1	0	1	0
2005/06	Western Michigan University	NCAA		40	7th	11	18th	46		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Western Michigan University	NCAA		37	19th	15th	34	24		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Western Michigan University	NCAA		36	9	12	21st	28		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Providence Bruins	AHL		51	8th	8th	16	25th		6th	0	1	1	2
2009/10	Providence Bruins	AHL		65	15th	9	24	32		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Providence Bruins	AHL		22nd	0	3	3	9		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Rochester Americans	AHL		51	8th	8th	16	25th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Utah grizzlies	ECHL		26th	10	13	23	54		2	0	1	1	2
2011/12	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		12	0	0	0	12		3	3	6th	9	8th
2012/13	HC Alleghe	Series A1		43	21st	20th	41	54		5	1	3	4th	12
2013/14	Lillehammer IK	GET leagues		45	26th	32	58	106		12	5	9	14th	4th
2014/15	Fehérvár AV19	EBEL		39	21st	14th	35	53		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Lørenskog IK	GET leagues		9	3	2	5	14th		6th	2	1	3	18th
2015/16	Nippon Paper Cranes	ALIH		48	26th	30th	56	62		5	2	0	2	2
2016/17	Nippon Paper Cranes	ALIH		48	33	19th	52	58		2	2	2	4th	0

( 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

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• Jeff LoVecchio at eliteprospects.com (English)