Bruno Zarrillo
Bruno Zarrillo ( born September 5, 1966 in Winnipeg, Manitoba ) is a former Italian- Canadian professional ice hockey player who was active during his career, including for the Kölner Haie and for the Nuremberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In addition, he participated in a total of nine world championships, as well as in the Olympic Games in 1992 and 1994 with the Italian national team.
Career
As a player
Zarrillo began his career in 1986 in the Canadian Junior Football League Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League at the River East Royal Knights. There he was in his first season on the best scorers the league and could be increased in the following year again. So he scored in the two years he played for the Royal Knights, in 77 games 277 points scorer. In the summer of 1989 he moved to Italy's Serie A for HC Bolzano, with whom he won the championship in 1990, 1995 and 1996.
After he was for several years the Topscorern the Serie A1 in the HC Bolzano, some clubs from stronger European leagues were aware of the then 30 -year-olds. In the summer of 1996 he received a contract with the Cologne Sharks. In Cologne he was 74 scorer points in 48 games at first topscorer of the season 1996 / 97th In the playoffs, the Sharks dropped out in the first round, so Zarillo the season with SC Bern in the top Swiss Hockey League, the National League A ended. However, he completed only two games for the Mutzen in the playoffs the NLA, but was with the team Swiss championship.
In the following six years he continued to play for the Sharks, before he left the club at the end of the 2000 / 01 and moved within the league to the Nuremberg Ice Tigers, where he signed a one-year contract not renewed in the final analysis was. Zarrillo then returned again to Switzerland, where he continues to stand for the HC Sierre in the National League B went on the ice. There, the right-handed shooter could in nine games in which he was used, 13 times points.
Finally, he signed in the summer of 2003 a contract with the HC Milano, with whom he won the Italian championship in 2004. Then finished Bruno Zarrillo Hockey his active career at the age of 37 years.
As a coach
Later Zarrillo tried ice hockey coach, he coached in the season 2004/ 05, immediately after his retirement as a player, the HC Bolzano, for which he was already active as a player. A season later, he stood in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League with the Winnipeg Saints of the gang.