Rob DiMaio

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CanadaCanada  Rob DiMaio Ice hockey player
Date of birth 19th February 1968
place of birth Calgary , Alberta , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 6th round, 118th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
1984-1985 Kamloops Blazers
1985-1988 Medicine Hat Tigers
1988-1992 New York Islanders
1992-1994 Tampa Bay Lightning
1994-1996 Philadelphia Flyers
1996-2000 Boston Bruins
2000 New York Rangers
2000-2001 Carolina Hurricanes
2001-2004 Dallas Stars
2004 SCL Tigers
2004-2005 HC Milano Vipers
2005-2006 Tampa Bay Lightning

Robert Charles DiMaio (born February 19, 1968 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current official of Italian origin who played 956 games for the New York Islanders , Tampa Bay Lightning , Philadelphia during his playing career between 1984 and 2006 Flyers , Boston Bruins , New York Rangers , Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League has graduated in the position of right winger . In addition, he won the title with the Canadian U20 national team at the Junior World Cup in 1988 .

Career

DiMaio started his junior career in the 1984/85 season, initially with the Kamloops Blazers in the Western Hockey League . Right at the beginning of his second WHL season, the striker was handed over to league rivals Medicine Hat Tigers , where he spent three extremely successful years of play until the spring of 1988. In 1987 and 1988, the Medicine Hat Tigers won both the President's Cup and the prestigious Memorial Cup . In the second Memorial Cup triumph, DiMaio emerged as the best player in the competition and was also awarded the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy and the election to the All-Star Team.

After the attacker had already been selected by the New York Islanders from the National Hockey League in the sixth round in the sixth round in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft in the National Hockey League , he switched to the organization of the Islanders and thus to the professional camp in the summer of 1988. In his first two years as a professional, DiMaio switched back and forth between the Islanders and their farm team , the Springfield Indians , from the American Hockey League . So he was also able to win the Calder Cup with the Indians at the end of the 1989/90 season . The 1990/91 season , however, meant a step backwards in the development of the young winger after he only played 13 games across the league due to injury. In the 1991/92 season , DiMaio finally worked out a regular place in the squad of the New York Islanders.

Still, the Canada's time with the Islanders came to an abrupt end in June 1992 after he was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning expansion franchise in the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft . In the Lightning, DiMaio was given a leading role and scored 24 points. In March 1994 Tampa separated from his striker and gave him for Jim Cummins and a four-round vote in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft to the Philadelphia Flyers . In Philadelphia, the striker spent two successful years in which the team was able to advance to the semi-finals in the play-offs of the 1994/95 season . Shortly before the start of the 1996/97 season , the paths between the player and the Flyers team fell apart when they put him on the waiver list. From there, the San Jose Sharks chose DiMaio, but immediately surrendered him to the Boston Bruins for a five-round vote in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft .

The striker stayed with Boston for four seasons and was only transferred to the New York Rangers for Mike Knuble at the end of the 1999/2000 season . During his time in Boston, DiMaio had set career highs in the 1996/97 season with 13 goals and 27 scorer points. His time with the Rangers was short-lived and only lasted twelve games. In August, he and Darren Langdon were given to Sandy McCarthy and another four-round vote in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft to the Carolina Hurricanes . Here, too, the right winger did not settle down. Since his expiring contract was not renewed in the summer of 2002, he signed as a free agent with the Dallas Stars . There DiMaio was part of the squad for three years until the summer of 2004.

Due to the lockout and the associated failure of the 2004/05 NHL season , DiMaio decided to bridge the time in Europe . First he played for the SCL Tigers in the Swiss National League A for a month from November to December . Shortly before Christmas he switched to the Italian Serie A1 for HC Milano Vipers . With these he won the Italian championship at the end of the season . For the 2005-06 season , the striker returned to North America and the Tampa Bay Lightning. In the summer of 2006 he finally ended his active career.

Subsequently DiMaio worked at the functionary level. In the 2007/08 season DiMaio Scout was with his ex-team Dallas Stars. He held the same position from 2008 to 2012 with the St. Louis Blues before he was promoted from management of the franchise to Director of Professional Scouting .

International

At the international level DiMaio represented his home country at the Junior World Championship in Moscow in 1988 . The striker was able to score a goal in seven tournament games alongside Joe Sakic , Mark Recchi and Theoren Fleury . At the end of the title fights, the Canadians won the gold medal.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1984/85 Kamloops Blazers WHL 55 9 18th 27 29 7th 1 3 4th 2
1985/86 Kamloops Blazers WHL 6th 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
1985/86 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 55 20th 30th 50 82 22nd 6th 6th 12 39
1986/87 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 70 27 43 70 130 20th 7th 11 18th 46
1987/88 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 54 47 44 91 120 14th 12 19th 31 59
1988/89 Springfield Indians AHL 40 13 18th 31 67 - - - - -
1988/89 New York Islanders NHL 16 0 1 1 30th - - - - -
1989/90 Springfield Indians AHL 54 25th 27 52 69 16 4th 7th 11 45
1989/90 New York Islanders NHL 7th 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 4th
1990/91 Capital District Islanders AHL 12 3 4th 7th 22nd - - - - -
1990/91 New York Islanders NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1991/92 New York Islanders NHL 50 5 2 7th 43 - - - - -
1992/93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 54 9 15th 24 62 - - - - -
1993/94 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 39 9 7th 15th 40 - - - - -
1993/94 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 14th 3 5 8th 6th - - - - -
1994/95 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 36 3 1 4th 53 15th 2 4th 6th 4th
1995/96 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 59 6th 15th 21st 58 3 0 0 0 0
1996/97 Boston Bruins NHL 72 13 15th 28 82 - - - - -
1997/98 Boston Bruins NHL 79 10 17th 27 82 6th 1 0 1 8th
1998/99 Boston Bruins NHL 71 7th 14th 21st 95 12 2 0 2 8th
1999/00 Boston Bruins NHL 50 5 16 21st 42 - - - - -
1999/00 New York Rangers NHL 12 1 3 4th 8th - - - - -
2000/01 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 74 6th 18th 24 54 6th 0 0 0 4th
2001/02 Utah grizzlies AHL 3 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
2001/02 Dallas Stars NHL 61 6th 6th 12 25th - - - - -
2002/03 Dallas Stars NHL 69 10 9 19th 76 12 1 4th 5 10
2003/04 Dallas Stars NHL 69 9 15th 24 52 5 0 1 1 2
2004/05 SCL Tigers NLA 9 2 3 5 8th - - - - -
2004/05 HC Milano Vipers Series A1 9 4th 8th 12 4th 15th 9 10 19th 16
2005/06 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 61 4th 13 17th 30th 2 0 0 0 0
WHL overall 240 104 124 228 361 63 26th 39 65 146
AHL total 109 42 50 92 158 16 4th 7th 11 45
NHL overall 894 106 171 277 840 62 7th 9 16 40
National League A overall 9 2 3 5 8th - - - - -
Series A1 overall 9 4th 8th 12 4th 15th 9 10 19th 16

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1988 Canada June World Cup gold 7th 1 0 1 10
Juniors overall 7th 1 0 1 10

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME DiMaio, Rob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES DiMaio, Robert Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary , Alberta