Tony Amonte
Anthony Lewis " Tony" Amonte ( born August 2, 1970 in Hingham, Massachusetts ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player and current coach of Italian descent. During his playing career he played between 1991 and 2007 for the New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers and Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. Since 2010 he works as a trainer at the high school hockey program of the Thayer Academy. His cousin Charlie Coyle is also a professional hockey player.
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Career
Tony played at his high school time for Thayer Academy together with his friend Jeremy Roenick. At this time, the New York Rangers secured the rights to him in 1988 NHL Entry Draft in the fourth round when they picked out as 68. He moved to the Boston University and also played there during the varsity team, the Terriers two good years. During this time he also represented the U.S. in two World Junior Championships. Two days after losing the final of the 1991 NCAA Championship in the third overtime, he signed his first professional contract with the Rangers. So it came for the Rangers in 1991 also for the NHL to two playoff games in which he presented two goals.
From the 1991/92 season he played completely in the NHL and in his rookie season he could with 35 goals and 69 points to draw attention to themselves. In the election for Calder Memorial Trophy for the best newcomer of the League, he finished third behind Pavel Bure and Nicklas Lidstrom. Next year he profited from the opportunity to play in a row with Mark Messier. He increased his record to 76 points. In the years in which the Rangers missed the playoffs Amonte was always an issue for the U.S. ice hockey team. He played in the World Cup in 1991 and 1993.
Shortly before the final of the 1993/94 season, the Rangers gave him away to the Chicago Blackhawks. He missed winning the Stanley Cup with the Rangers, but was in Chicago, where he again met his friend Jeremy Roenick, the ability to develop into one of the top scorers in the league. But before that strike the NHL and Amonte played a few games for the end of 1994 SHC Fassa Levoni in Italy. In Chicago, he scored to 2001 every year more than 30 goals. His best season was 1999/2000 when he scored 43 goals and 84 points.
During his time in Chicago also be used at the World Cup of Hockey in 1996, at the Amonte fall the decisive goal to win the gold medal achieved, the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where the he U.S. team won the silver medal.
After nine years in Chicago Amonte was looking for a lucrative contract and the 2002/03 season pledged him the Phoenix Coyotes. But even before the end of the season gave the Coyotes Amonte, who could not fulfill the expectations from the Philadelphia Flyers. There, his path crossed again with Jeremy Roenick. He scored in the 2003/04 season 20 goals again. In summer 2005, he signed a contract with the Calgary Flames. There, he scored his 400th goal in late 2005 in the NHL.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- U20 World Junior Championships 1989
- U20 Junior World Cup 1990
- World Cup 1991
- World Cup 1993
- World Cup of Hockey 1996
- 1998 Winter Olympics
- 2002 Winter Olympics
- World Cup of Hockey 2004
( 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 )