Dino Ciccarelli
Dino Ciccarelli ( born February 8, 1960 in Sarnia, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player of Italian descent, who from 1980 to 1999 for the Minnesota North Stars, Washington Capitals, Detroit Red Wings, Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League played.
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Career
Ciccarelli began his junior career with the London Knights in the highest junior league Ontario. Due to injury, was his third season there not as successful and no team wanted him, who was a year ago in the All Star team of the OHA, pick in the draft. The Minnesota North Stars took him in September 1979 under contract, and after the season in London was over, he was still allowed to deny some games with the Stars farm team in Oklahoma.
The 1980/81 season he began again in Oklahoma, but towards the middle of the season he made his breakthrough in the National Hockey League. He was always among the Topscorern the team before he was released in March 1989 on the Washington Capitals. The Capitals had to surrender to the Stars in exchange Mike Gartner and Larry Murphy. In Washington, he was in his first full season top scorer. After three years in the U.S. capital, he moved to the Detroit Red Wings. After four seasons with the Red Wings, where he got it into the finals for the Stanley Cup once, the path led him to Florida, but not for retirement. After one and a half years in Tampa yet was followed by a quick trip to the Florida Panthers before he finished his career.
Together with his brother Robert acquired Ciccarelli 1994, the rights to the Newmarket Royals of the Ontario Hockey League, they relocated to Sarnia, where the team plays since then under the name Sarnia Sting.
In 2010 he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- U20 Junior World Championship 1980
- World Cup 1982
- 1987 World Championships
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )
Team Records
- 55 goals in one season with the Minnesota North Stars (NHL 1981/82 ) together with Brian Bellows
- 106 points as a right-winger in a season with the Minnesota North Stars ( 55 goals and 51 templates; NHL 1981/82 )
- 7 points in a game with the Washington Capitals ( 4 Goals and 3 Assists, March 18, 1989 )