Zac Rinaldo
Zac Rinaldo ( born June 15, 1990 in Mississauga, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Since 2011 he plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League for the position of right winger.
Career
Zac Rinaldo was from the 2007/ 08 squad to the root of the Ontario Hockey League clubs Mississauga St. Michael's Majors, where he soon distinguished himself by his physical game. NHL Entry Draft 2008, the Canadian was selected in the sixth round to total 178 position of the Philadelphia Flyers. After a total of 107 games for the St. Michael's Majors Rinaldo was transferred to the London Knights 6 January 2009 in exchange for Kale Kerbashian. The winger completed in the regular season of OHL 2008/ 09 56 games, but he received 201 penalty minutes; more than any other player in the OHL.
On 11 August 2009 Zac Rinaldo signed an entry-level contract with the Flyers. After 34 appearances for the Knights in the season 2009 /10 of the striker 9 January 2010 was transferred in exchange for Chris DeSousa to the Barrie Colts. Rinaldo finished the season 2009/10 a total of 255 penalty minutes and was as last season the most frequently punished players the Ontario Hockey League. In the 2010/11 season of the American Hockey League, the player belonged to the permanent staff of Philadelphia's farm team Adirondack Phantoms. Rinaldo presented at the end of the season with 331 penalty minutes a team-internal record; the league had this season only Pierre- Luc Létourneau - Leblond with 334 penalty minutes a higher number. After the end of the regular season AHL he was nominated for two NHL play-off games in the cadre of Philadelphia Flyers.
After five appearances for the Flyers at the start of the NHL season 2011/12 Rinaldo was sent back to the Phantoms. The winger completed four games for Philadelphia's AHL farm team, before he was appointed back in the NHL squad. As a result, Rinaldo earned a regular place in the squad of the Philadelphia Flyers. Even in the NHL remained Zac Rinaldo his hard play and faithful gathered in the 66 games that he came in the regular season for use, 232 penalty minutes. He was punished in the second Commonly players of the National Hockey League behind Derek Dorsett. In addition, he received 48 penalty minutes in five playoff games. In addition, Rinaldo was locked in his rookie season in the NHL on February 13, 2012 after a foul against Jonathan Ericsson check from the league for two games.
Career Stats
( 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 )