Matt Amado

Matt Amado
Date of birth	May 7, 1983
place of birth	Langley , British Columbia , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2000-2001	Penticton Panthers
2002-2006	University of Notre Dame
2006-2007	Chicago Hounds Brisbane Blue Tongues
2007-2008	Radio X de Québec
2008-2009	HC Amiens Somme
2009-2010	Mont-Blanc HC Neumarkt Wild Goose
2011	Gold Coast Blue Tongues
since 2011	Brooklyn Aviators

Matthew "Matt" Amado (born May 7, 1983 in Langley , British Columbia ) is a Canadian - Portuguese ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Brooklyn Aviators in the Federal Hockey League since 2011 .

Career

Matt Amado began his career as a hockey player with the Penticton Panthers, for which he was active in the British Columbia Hockey League in the 2000/01 season . The attacker then attended the University of Notre Dame from 2002 to 2006 and played for their team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In the 2006/07 season , the left-shooter made his professional ice hockey debut when he played for the Chicago Hounds in the United Hockey League . He bridged the summer break with the Brisbane Blue Tongues in the Australian Ice Hockey League , for which he scored 62 points in 20 games, including 39 goals and 23 assists. This made him the top scorer in the entire league.

For the 2007/08 season Amado received a contract with Radio X de Québec from the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey . Then the Canadian with a Portuguese passport went to Europe for the first time, where he played for HC Amiens Somme in the French Ligue Magnus for a year . In 34 games he scored 29 goals and 23 assists, after which he was elected to the league's all-star team. He started the following season at Mont-Blanc HC , but left it after five games and was on the ice for the rest of the season for HC Neumarkt Wild Goose in the Italian A2 series . For the 2011 season Amado signed a contract with his former club from the AIHL, which is now playing under the name Gold Coast Blue Tongues. For the second time in his career he was the top scorer in the league.

For the 2011/12 season Amado was signed by the Brooklyn Aviators from the Federal Hockey League .

Achievements and Awards

• 2007: Top scorer in the Australian Ice Hockey League
• 2009: Ligue Magnus All-Star Team
• 2011: Top scorer in the Australian Ice Hockey League

Ligue Magnus statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	2	31	25th	21st	46	147
Playoffs	1	8th	4th	5	9	38

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Matt Amado at hockeydb.com (English)
• Matt Amado at eliteprospects.com (English)