Mike Peluso (ice hockey player, 1974)

Mike Peluso
Date of birth	2nd September 1974
place of birth	Bismarck , North Dakota , USA
size	186 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1994 , 10th lap, 253rd position Calgary Flames
Career stations
1992-1994	Omaha Lancers
1994-1998	University of Minnesota-Duluth
1998-2000	Portland Pirates
2000-2001	Worcester IceCats
2001-2003	Norfolk Admirals Chicago Blackhawks
2003-2004	Philadelphia Phantoms

Mike Peluso (* 2 September 1974 in Bismarck , North Dakota ) is a retired American ice hockey player , who during his playing career between 1994 and 2004 among other 38 games for the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League on the Has contested the position of the right winger . Most of the time, Peluso played in the American Hockey League . His cousin of the same name, nine years his senior, was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Peluso spent his junior years between 1992 and 1994 with the Omaha Lancers in the United States Hockey League . With the team he was able to win the Clark Cup in both seasons and was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1994 in the tenth round in 253rd place by the Calgary Flames from the National Hockey League . The striker was initially drawn to the University of Minnesota-Duluth , where, in addition to his studies, he played for the university team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . He stayed at the university for a total of four years and received numerous individual awards.

After the Calgary Flames had not provided their former draft election with a contract, Peluso was hired as a free agent by the Washington Capitals in October 1998 , but only joined their farm team , the Portland Pirates , in the course of the following two years until November 2000 . used in the American Hockey League . Through an exchange with Derek Bekar , the striker was under contract with the St. Louis Blues from November 2000 . There he did not get beyond a squad place with the cooperation partner Worcester IceCats in the AHL.

In the summer of 2001, after his contract with St. Louis expired, Peluso joined the Chicago Blackhawks as a free agent . In the service of the Blackhawks, the attacker made his NHL debut during the 2001/02 season and completed 37 encounters. In his second year of contract he played exclusively for the farm team Norfolk Admirals in the AHL. After the expiring contract was not extended again in the summer of 2003, the American moved to the Philadelphia Flyers . When he was there in the course of the 2003/04 season only once in the NHL and played again mainly in the farm club, he ended his active career early at the age of 30 before the 2004/05 season.

After the end of his career and a break of several years, Peluso looked after the team at Bismarck High School in his hometown between 2009 and 2012 . In addition, he was in the 2011/12 season as an assistant to the Bismarck Bobcats from the North American Hockey League behind the gang.

International

For his home country, Peluso took part in the 2000 World Cup in Saint Petersburg , Russia . There the winger completed all seven tournament encounters for the US team and collected four scorer points. The Americans finished the tournament in fifth place.

Achievements and Awards

1993 Clark Cup win with the Omaha Lancers 1994 Clark Cup win with the Omaha Lancers 1995 WCHA All-Rookie Team 1996 WCHA Third All-Star Team

1997 WCHA Second All-Star Team 1998 WCHA Third All-Star Team 2000 AHL All-Star Classic 2003 AHL All-Star Classic

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1992/93	Omaha Lancers	USHL		45	21st	12	33	31		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Omaha Lancers	USHL		48	36	29	65	77		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	University of Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA		38	11	23	34	38
1995/96	University of Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA		38	25th	19th	44	64
1996/97	University of Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA		37	20th	20th	40	53
1997/98	University of Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA		40	24	21st	45	100
1998/99	Portland Pirates	AHL		26th	7th	6th	13	6th		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Portland Pirates	AHL		71	25th	29	54	86		4th	2	0	2	0
2000/01	Portland Pirates	AHL		19th	12	10	22nd	17th		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Worcester IceCats	AHL		44	17th	23	40	22nd		11	3	3	6th	4th
2001/02	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		29	18th	9	27	4th		4th	1	0	1	0
2001/02	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		37	4th	2	6th	19th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		74	24	31	55	35		9	1	2	3	4th
2003/04	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		72	13	18th	31	87		5	0	1	1	4th
2003/04	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
USHL total				93	57	41	98	108		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				153	80	83	163	255
AHL total				335	116	126	242	257		33	7th	6th	13	12
NHL overall				38	4th	2	6th	19th		-	-	-	-	-

International

Represented the USA at:

• World Championship 2000

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000	United States	WM	5th place		7th	2	2	4th	0
Men overall					7th	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

• Mike Peluso at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Mike Peluso at eliteprospects.com (English)