Paul Baranzelli

Paul Baranzelli
Date of birth	March 19, 1980
size	178 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2000-2001	Iron Range Yellow Jackets
2009	Sydney Bears
2011	Sydney Heat
2012-2014	Sydney Ice Dogs
2015-2017	Melbourne Ice

Paul Baranzelli (born March 19, 1980 ) is a former Australian ice hockey player who has played over 150 games in the Australian Ice Hockey League during his career .

Career

Paul Baranzelli began his career as a hockey player with the Iron Range Yellow Jackets in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. In the 2009 season he made his debut for the Sydney Bears in the Australian Ice Hockey League . After a year with Sydney Heat in the lower class East Coast Super League, he played from 2012 to 2014 for the Sydney Ice Dogs , with whom he won the Goodall Cup , the Australian national championship, in 2013. From 2015 he played for league rivals Melbourne Ice before retiring from active professional sport in August 2017.

International

For Australia Baranzelli first took part in the 2015 World Cup in Division II, when he and his team had to accept relegation from the A to the B group of the division. In 2016 , as the best defender of the tournament, he made a significant contribution to the immediate resurgence of his team and then played again in the A group of Division II at the 2017 World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

• 2013 Goodall Cup win with the Sydney Ice Dogs
• 2016 Promotion to Division II, Group A, at the World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2016 Best Defender at the World Cup Division II, Group B

Web links

• Paul Baranzelli at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Paul Baranzelli at hockeydb.com (English)