Patrick Iannone

Patrick Iannone
Date of birth	February 9, 1982
place of birth	Fruitvale , British Columbia , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	Left wing
number	#8th
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1999-2001	Kootenay Ice
2001-2002	Tri-City Americans
2002-2003	Regina Pats
2003-2005	AS Varese Hockey
2005-2006	Asiago Hockey
2006-2008	HC Milano Vipers
2008-2009	HC Pustertal
2009-2011	HC Valpellice
2011–2012	SG Pontebba
2012-2013	HC Pustertal

Patrick Nicholas Iannone (born February 9, 1982 in Fruitvale , British Columbia ) is a former Italian - Canadian ice hockey player . His father Dell Iannone was also an Italian international.

Career

Patrick Iannone began his career in the Western Hockey League with Kootenay Ice , where he went on the ice for two years. He then moved to the Tri-City Americans . In 2002 he signed a contract with the Regina Pats . In the 2003/04 season Iannone played for AS Varese Hockey and thus the first year in the Italian Serie A1 . After two years in Varese, he moved to Asiago Hockey for a year . In the summer of 2006 he signed a two-year contract with HC Milano Vipers . After the dissolution of this team and after his first call-up to the Italian national team , he moved to HC Pustertal in 2008 , before storming for HC Valpellice the following year . This was followed by the change within the league to SG Pontebba , before he returned to HC Pustertal for the 2012/13 season, where he ended his career.

International

For Italy , Patrick Iannone took part in the top division world championships in 2008 , 2010 and 2012, as well as division I of the 2009 , 2011 and 2013 world championships. At the 2013 World Cup, he not only rose again to the top division with the Italian team, but was also named best striker, most valuable player and member of the all-star team of Group A of Division I. He also represented Italy at the qualifying tournaments for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 and in Sochi in 2014 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group B
• 2011 promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A.
• 2013 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I, Group A.
• 2013 Most Valuable Player , Best Striker and All-Star Team of the World Cup, Division I, Group A.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1999/00	Kootenay Ice	WHL		58	1	5	6th	65		13	0	0	0	2
2000/01	Kootenay Ice	WHL		68	8th	4th	12	139		11	1	1	2	2
2001/02	Tri-City Americans	WHL		71	18th	13	31	129		5	1	3	4th	8th
2002/03	Regina Pats	WHL		66	18th	18th	36	111		5	0	0	0	11
2003/04	AS Varese Hockey	Series A1		28	19th	16	25th	54		5	5	5	10	18th
2004/05	AS Varese Hockey	Series A1		34	12	14th	26th	55		6th	1	2	3	16
2005/06	Asiago Hockey	Series A1		38	7th	16	23	28		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	HC Milano Vipers	Series A1		31	9	15th	24	38		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	HC Milano Vipers	Series A1		31	12	11	23	40		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	HC Pustertal	Series A1		31	12	11	23	40		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	HC Valpellice	Series A1		40	28	27	55	56		5	4th	2	6th	12
2010/11	HC Valpellice	Series A1		38	11	26th	37	40		9	3	4th	7th	14th
2011/12	SG Pontebba	Series A1		32	21st	17th	38	36		6th	4th	7th	11	18th
2012/13	HC Pustertal	Series A1		44	19th	24	43	66		10	4th	3	7th	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

• Patrick Iannone at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Patrick Iannone at eurohockey.com