Tony Tuzzolino

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Flag of the United States and Italy.svg  Tony Tuzzolino Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 9, 1975
place of birth Buffalo , New York , USA
size 189 cm
Weight 91 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 5th lap, 113th position
Québec Nordiques
Career stations
1989-1990 Amherst Knights
1990-1991 Buffalo shelves
1991-1993 Niagara Scenics
1993-1997 Michigan State University
1997-1998 Kentucky Thoroughblades
1998-2000 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
2000-2001 Hartford Wolf Pack
2001-2002 Providence Bruins
2002-2003 Houston Eros
2003 Binghamton Senators
2003-2004 HC Asiago
2004-2005 HC Bolzano
2005-2006 SG Cortina
2006 MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik
2006-2007 Flint Generals
2007-2008 SV Renon
2008-2009 HC Asiago
2009-2010 Flint Generals
2010 HC Eppan Pirates

Anthony Charles "Tony" Tuzzolino (born October 9, 1975 in Buffalo , New York ) is a former Italo - American ice hockey player on the position of the center , which during his active career, among other things, nine NHL games for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , New York Rangers and Boston Bruins graduated from the National Hockey League . His brother Nick is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

After Tony Tuzzolino had played for several years for various teams in lower-class US junior leagues, including the North American Hockey League , the striker began studying at Michigan State University in the 1993/94 season . For their ice hockey team, the so-called Spartans , the right - shooter was active for four seasons in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association . After Tuzzolino had only scored seven points in his rookie season , he managed to increase his points yield in the following three seasons. During this time he was selected in the fifth round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft at a total of 113th position by the Québec Nordiques . After the franchise was relocated to Denver in June 1995 and renamed Colorado Avalanche , these continued to retain the NHL rights to the attacker. Since the Avalanche could not conclude a contract with Tuzzolino and the exclusive rights had now expired, he signed a contract with the New York Islanders as a free agent in April 1997 .

However, he was denied the leap into the NHL squad of the Islanders, so the offensive player was still during the 1997/98 season , on February 6, 1998, together with Travis Green and Doug Houda in exchange for Joe Sacco , Jean-Jacques Daigneault and Mark Janssens was transferred to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . For the Californians he finally made his debut a short time later in the National Hockey League , but this was his only NHL assignment for the Mighty Ducks. Tuzzolino spent the following two seasons mainly with their farm team , the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks , in the American Hockey League . During the 1999/2000 AHL season , the Mighty Ducks parked him on loan at Hartford Wolf Pack , with whom the striker won the Calder Cup for the first time in his career at the end of the season . Then the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim did not extend the striker's contract, so Tuzzolino joined the New York Rangers as a free agent in February 2001 .

For the Blueshirts , he played six NHL games without scoring a point. For the 2001/02 season , the US-Italian dual citizen received a contract with the Boston Bruins . As before in Anaheim and New York City , Tuzzolino came to the Bruins only very sporadically to NHL missions, while the offensive player in the jersey of the Providence Bruins ran regularly. For the following season he agreed on a contractual relationship with the Minnesota Wild , but was only active for their farm teams, in addition to the Louisiana IceGators from the East Coast Hockey League and the Houston Eros in the AHL. With the Houston Eros Tuzzolino added the second Calder Cup victory to the trophy collection at the end of the 2002/03 season after the success in the final series against the Hamilton Bulldogs . After starting the following season with the Binghamton Senators , the right-handed shooter decided at the end of 2003 for the first time in his career for a commitment in Europe and hired the Italian first division club HC Asiago . In the 2003/04 season he failed with the Venetians in the playoff finals against the eventual champions HC Milano Vipers .

Tuzzolino continued his career mainly in Italy and was hired for one season each with HC Bozen and SG Cortina . During the 2005/06 season, however, a short detour to the Swedish Elite Series to MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik followed . For the 2006/07 season the striker returned to the North American minor leagues and was on the ice in 14 games for the Flint Generals in the United Hockey League . During his further professional career until the summer of 2010, Tuzzolino was again in the service of HC Asiago and the Flint Generals, in between he was also involved with SV Ritten and in spring 2010 the attacker finally signed a contract with HC Eppan Pirates in the A2 series until the end of the season .

International

For Italy , Tuzzolino took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . The striker has been on the ice in four tournament encounters and made a name for himself in the statistics with one assist in the 7-2 loss to Canada . His 32 penalty minutes, all of which he received in the last preliminary round game against the Czech Republic, mainly due to a game misconduct penalty, were the most of the entire tournament. In addition, he achieved a plus / minus statistic of −1 and fired four shots on goal.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991/92 Niagara Scenics NEAR 45 19th 27 46 82 - - - - -
1992/93 Niagara Scenics NEAR 50 36 41 77 134 - - - - -
1993/94 Michigan State University CCHA 38 4th 3 7th 50
1994/95 Michigan State University CCHA 39 9 19th 28 81
1995/96 Michigan State University CCHA 41 12 17th 29 120
1996/97 Michigan State University CCHA 39 14th 18th 32 120
1997/98 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 35 9 14th 23 83 - - - - -
1997/98 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 13 3 3 6th 6th - - - - -
1997/98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1998/99 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 50 4th 10 14th 55 - - - - -
1998/99 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 15th 2 4th 6th 22nd - - - - -
1999/00 Huntington Blizzard ECHL 20th 6th 13 19th 43 - - - - -
1999/00 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 15th 0 3 3 8th - - - - -
1999/00 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 32 3 8th 11 41 19th 2 2 4th 16
2000/01 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 47 12 23 35 136 5 0 2 2 6th
2000/01 New York Rangers NHL 6th 0 0 0 5 - - - - -
2001/02 Providence Bruins AHL 59 10 19th 29 123 1 0 0 0 0
2001/02 Boston Bruins NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2002/03 Houston Eros AHL 50 9 6th 15th 92 23 4th 4th 8th 43
2002/03 Louisiana IceGators ECHL 12 8th 7th 15th 47 - - - - -
2003/04 Binghamton Senators AHL 13 1 3 4th 12 - - - - -
2003/04 HC Asiago Series A1 16 6th 9 15th 67 12 7th 3 10 30th
2004/05 HC Bolzano Series A1 32 13 19th 32 78 9 3 3 6th 24
2005/06 SG Cortina Series A1 26th 12 12 24 87 - - - - -
2005/06 MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 11 2 1 3 14th 5 0 0 0 12
2006/07 Flint Generals UHL 14th 4th 15th 19th 28 - - - - -
2006/07 SV Ritten-Renon Series A1 15th 7th 9 16 14th 8th 2 5 7th 24
2007/08 SV Ritten-Renon Series A1 20th 5 18th 23 34 13 3 6th 9 24
2008/09 HC Asiago Series A1 37 12 30th 42 60 - - - - -
2009/10 Flint Generals IHL 37 5 12 17th 69 - - - - -
2009/10 HC Eppan Pirates A2 series 6th 2 4th 6th 6th 13 5 10 15th 36
NAHL total 95 55 68 123 216 - - - - -
CCHA total 157 39 57 96 371
UHL / IHL total 51 9 27 36 97 - - - - -
ECHL total 32 14th 20th 34 90 - - - - -
IHL total 15th 2 4th 6th 22nd - - - - -
AHL total 314 51 89 140 556 48 6th 8th 14th 65
NHL overall 9 0 0 0 7th - - - - -
Series A2 overall 6th 2 4th 6th 6th 13 5 10 15th 36
Series A1 overall 146 55 97 152 326 30th 8th 14th 22nd 72
Elitserien total 11 2 1 3 14th 5 0 0 0 12

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
2006 Italy Olympia 4th 0 1 1 32
Men overall 4th 0 1 1 32

( 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 Tuzzolino, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tuzzolino, Anthony Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo , New York