Luca Caputi

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CanadaCanada  Luca Caputi Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 1, 1988
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Left wing
number # 33
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 4th lap, 111th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
2003-2004 Toronto Junior Canadiens
2004-2007 Mississauga IceDogs
2007-2008 Niagara IceDogs
2008-2010 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2010–2012 Toronto Maple Leafs
2012-2013 Norfolk Admirals
2013-2014 VIK Västerås HK
2014-2015 IK Oskarshamn

Gianluca "Luca" Caputi (born October 1, 1988 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who has played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Toronto Maple Leafs, among others .

Career

Luca Caputi began his career in his hometown of Toronto . In the 2003/04 season he played for the Toronto Junior Canadiens in the Greater Toronto Hockey League . He then moved to the Ontario Hockey League for the Mississauga IceDogs . After two seasons with a total of only nine scorer points, the striker was able to score 65 points in 68 games in the 2006/07 season and thus made a decisive contribution to the play-off participation of his team. Many scouts gave Caputi a good chance of being selected in the second round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft due to his size and good technical skills . Ultimately, the Pittsburgh Penguins secured the rights to him in the fourth round in 111th place. The main reason for the later choice were mainly deficits in physical play. In 2007 Caputi started the season with the Niagara IceDogs and was able to increase his points yield as a front row striker.

On April 23, 2008 he signed a three-year contract with his NHL team and was active in the AHL play-offs for the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins , with whom he was defeated by the Chicago Wolves in the final of the Calder Cup . In the 2008/09 season Caputi first played in the American Hockey League and made his debut in the National Hockey League on February 3, 2009 in the game against the Montréal Canadiens . 14 seconds after he hit the ice for the first time, he scored 1-0 for the Penguins. Four more games followed before the striker was sent back to the farm team. On March 4, 2009, he was ordered to the Wheeling Nailers in the third class ECHL for disciplinary reasons . After three games with three points, management brought Caputi back to the AHL.

In March 2010 he was given to the Toronto Maple Leafs together with Martin Škoula in exchange for Olexij Ponikarowskyj . The 2009/10 season ended the offensive player in the NHL squad of the Leafs, for which he posted a hit and five assists in 19 games. The following season, Caputi was sent to the Toronto Marlies after the training camp in the farm team , with the Canadian also gaining game practice in the NHL during the season. After he had not managed to secure a place in the Toronto NHL squad for the 2011/12 season , he only played in the Leafs AHL farm team until the beginning of 2012.

On January 3, 2012, they transferred him to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Nicolas Deschamps . The following season he spent exclusively in the minor leagues and mainly acted with the Norfolk Admirals in the American Hockey League. He was also on the ice in 15 ECHL games for the Fort Wayne Comets . For the 2013/14 season he signed a one-year contract with the Swedish second division club VIK Västerås HK with play in HockeyAllsvenskan . He let his career end in the following season with league rivals IK Oskarshamn .

After finishing his active career, Caputi started working as a coach. First he was from 2015 to 2018 as an assistant coach for the Guelph Storm in the Ontario Hockey League behind the gang. He has been an Associate Coach at Kingston Frontenacs since the 2018/19 season .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2003/04 Toronto Junior Canadiens GTHL 53 52 55 107 127
2004/05 Mississauga IceDogs OHL 48 5 1 6th 25th - - - - -
2005/06 Mississauga IceDogs OHL 32 3 0 3 43 - - - - -
2006/07 Mississauga IceDogs OHL 68 27 38 65 66 5 2 1 3 0
2007/08 Niagara IceDogs OHL 66 51 60 111 107 10 8th 9 17th 14th
2007/08 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL - - - - - 19th 4th 4th 8th 8th
2008/09 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 66 18th 27 45 45 12 3 5 8th 10
2008/09 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 3 2 1 3 0 - - - - -
2008/09 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5 1 0 1 4th - - - - -
2009/10 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 54 23 24 47 61 - - - - -
2009/10 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 4th 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
2009/10 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 19th 1 5 6th 10 - - - - -
2010/11 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 7th 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2010/11 Toronto Marlies AHL 13 1 4th 5 30th - - - - -
2011/12 Toronto Marlies AHL 21st 2 1 3 10 - - - - -
2011/12 Syracuse crunch AHL 39 10 12 22nd 19th - - - - -
2012/13 Norfolk Admirals AHL 35 3 15th 18th 23 - - - - -
2012/13 Fort Wayne Comet ECHL 15th 6th 8th 14th 17th - - - - -
2013/14 VIK Västerås HK HockeyAllsvenskan 45 14th 21st 35 36 7th 0 2 2 6th
2014/15 IK Oskarshamn HockeyAllsvenskan 39 10 9 19th 36 - - - - -
OHL total 214 86 99 185 241 15th 10 10 20th 14th
AHL total 228 57 83 140 188 31 7th 9 16 18th
NHL overall 35 3 6th 9 20th - - - - -

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Caputi, Luca
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caputi, Gianluca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario, Canada