Mike Rosati

Mike Rosati
Date of birth	7th January 1968
place of birth	Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size	173 cm
Weight	78 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1988 , 7th lap, 131st position New York Rangers
Career stations
1985-1988	Hamilton Steelhawks
1988-1989	Niagara Falls Thunder
1989-1990	Erie Panthers
1990-1996	HC Bolzano
1996-1998	Adler Mannheim
1998	Washington Capitals
1998-1999	Portland Pirates
1999-2003	Adler Mannheim
2003-2004	Heilbronn EC

Michael Anthony Rosati (born January 7, 1968 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Italo - Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper .

Career

As a junior he played in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League with the Hamilton Steelhawks and was selected during the NHL Entry Draft in 1988 by the New York Rangers in 131st position, where he never played. In the summer of 1990 he moved to HC Bozen in South Tyrol . There he made a significant contribution to winning the national championship titles in 1995 and 1996.

When the Italian A1 series was in crisis in the mid-nineties, Mike Rosati moved to Adler Mannheim in the German Ice Hockey League , with which he was German champion in the 1996/97 and 1997/98 seasons . In 1997 he was the best goalkeeper of the regular season in the DEL with an average of 2.35 goals / game . After the second season, a scout from the Washington Capitals noticed him and he moved to the USA as the team's third goalie. When the second goalkeeper was injured and later the first goalkeeper, Olaf Koelzig , was eliminated during the game against the Ottawa Senators on November 7, 1998, he made his debut in the NHL. In the 28 minutes played, he did not concede a goal. However, he could never really assert himself in the team of the Capitals and played predominantly in the farm team of the Capitals, the Portland Pirates in the American Hockey League .

In the summer of 1999 he moved back to Mannheim. At the end of the 2000/01 season he again won the German championship title with the Eagles. From the 2003/04 season he still played in the second German division with the Heilbronner Falken . In the 2004/05 season he worked as a coach assistant under Stéphane Richer in turn for the Adler Mannheim team.

International

For Italy , Rosati took part in the B World Cup in 2003 and the A World Cup in 1994 , 1995 , 1997 , 2000 , 2001 and 2002 . He was also in his country's squad at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994 and in Nagano in 1998 .

Achievements and Awards

1995 Italian champion with HC Bozen 1996 Italian champion with HC Bozen 1997 German champion with the Adler Mannheim

1998 German champion with the Adler Mannheim 2001 German champion with the Adler Mannheim 2002 German runner-up with the Adler Mannheim

After the career

Rosati now runs an ice hockey school for goalkeepers in Alliston .

social commitment

Together with the Adler Mannheim he is the initiator of Rosy's Kids Corner . The initiative collects donations for the fight against leukemia .

Web links

• Mike Rosati at hockeydb.com (English)
• Mike Rosati at eurohockey.com
• Mike Rosati at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Mike Rosati at hockeygoalies.org
• Homepage of Rosy's Kids Corner
• Homepage of Mike Rosati