John Vigilante

John Vigilante
Date of birth	May 24, 1985
place of birth	Dearborn , Michigan , USA
date of death	19th July 2018
Place of death	Dearborn , Michigan , USA
size	183 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2002-2006	Plymouth Whalers
2006-2008	Milwaukee Admirals
2008-2009	Syracuse crunch
2009	Quad City Flames
2009-2010	Grand Rapids Griffins
2010–2012	Asiago Hockey
2012-2013	IK Oskarshamn

John Vigilante (born May 24, 1985 in Dearborn , Michigan ; † July 19, 2018 ) was an American ice hockey player who spent most of his active career in the American Hockey League (AHL) between 2002 and 2013 . His brother Mike Vigilante was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Vigilante was selected at the OHL Priority Selection 2001 in the eleventh round by the Plymouth Whalers , for which he went on the ice from the 2002/03 season in the Ontario Hockey League . After a solid rookie season with 39 points scorer in 65 games of the regular season, the winger was able to increase his offensive values ​​considerably in the following year. In the 2005/06 season , his fourth season with the Plymouth Whalers, the American acted as team captain and ended the season as the most successful points collector within the team. After completing his junior career, Vigilante, who had never been drafted , continued his career in the American Hockey League .

There the winger first spent two seasons wearing the Milwaukee Admirals jersey . The American then acted at the Syracuse Crunch and on loan at the Quad City Flames . The 2009-10 season would be his last in North America, as Vigilante played 79 games for the Grand Rapids Griffins . This was followed by the jump to Europe, where the striker signed with the Italian first division Asiago Hockey . In his first season he won the Italian championship with the team, to which Vigilante, as the second best scorer in the playoffs after Adam Henrich, had a significant share. After another season in Veneto, the striker ended his career with the Swedish second division club IK Oskarshamn .

death

Vigilante died on July 19, 2018. Heart problems are suspected to be the cause of death.

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 Italian champion with Asiago Hockey

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2001/02	US National Team Development Program	NEAR		37	14th	10	24	33		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Plymouth Whalers	OHL		65	15th	24	39	31		18th	6th	3	9	8th
2003/04	Plymouth Whalers	OHL		66	30th	38	68	25th		9	1	7th	8th	8th
2004/05	Plymouth Whalers	OHL		68	24	38	62	17th		4th	0	0	0	0
2005/06	Plymouth Whalers	OHL		55	24	53	77	34		13	4th	12	16	0
2006/07	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		62	8th	19th	27	10		2	0	0	0	2
2007/08	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		73	15th	31	46	12		6th	0	1	1	0
2008/09	Syracuse crunch	AHL		52	7th	8th	15th	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Quad City Flames	AHL		24	7th	8th	15th	2		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		79	11	14th	25th	31		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Asiago Hockey	Series A1		39	18th	27	45	16		17th	7th	15th	22nd	8th
2011/12	Asiago Hockey	Series A1		36	11	23	34	16		4th	2	2	4th	2
2012/13	IK Oskarshamn	Allsvenskan		52	9	17th	26th	50		6 1	0	1	1	2
OHL total				254	93	153	246	107		44	11	22nd	33	16
AHL total				290	48	80	128	69		8th	0	1	1	2
Series A1 overall				75	29	50	79	32		21st	9	17th	26th	10

( 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

• John Vigilante at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Asiago mourns John Vigilante. sportnews.bz, July 20, 2018, accessed March 30, 2020 .