Rob DiMaio
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
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International
- 1988 gold medal at the Junior World Championship
Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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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 | |
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1988 | Canada | June World Cup | 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 )
Web links
- Rob DiMaio at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Rob DiMaio at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Rob DiMaio at hockeydb.com (English)
personal data | |
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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 |