Tony Cimellaro
Tony Cimellaro (born June 14, 1971) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators during the 1992–93 NHL season.
| Tony Cimellaro | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
June 14, 1971 Kingston, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Ottawa Senators | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1992–2000 | ||
Playing career
Cimellaro also played in various European leagues, beginning in 1993 with a spell in Serie A with Asiago followed by a season in the British National League for the Durham Wasps and the Blackburn Hawks. He then moved to Denmark to play in the Oddset Ligaen for Vojens IK followed by two seasons in Germany, playing for the Ratingen Löwen in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and Adendorfer EC of the German 1. Liga Nord before returning to North America.
Cimellaro spent two seasons in the Western Professional Hockey League with the Waco Wizards as a player/coach before finishing his career in the United Hockey League with the Adirondack IceHawks after the WPHL folded. Since 2003 he has been the assistant coach of the Kingston Frontenacs in the Ontario Hockey League.he has taken an assistant coaching position with the AHL Belleville Senators.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1988–89 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Kingston Raiders | OHL | 47 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 62 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1990–91 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 64 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 48 | 39 | 44 | 83 | 61 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 1992–93 | New Haven Senators | AHL | 76 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | P.E.I Senators | AHL | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Waco Wizards | WPHL | 61 | 28 | 54 | 82 | 110 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1999–00 | Waco Wizards | WPHL | 27 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Adirondack IceHawks | UHL | 46 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| OHL totals | 232 | 81 | 108 | 189 | 138 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | ||||
| WPHL totals | 88 | 42 | 69 | 111 | 162 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| UHL totals | 46 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AHL totals | 95 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Coaching career
From 2003 to 2010, he was an assistant coach with his former junior team, the Kingston Frontenacs in the Ontario Hockey League. He then was hired as an assistant coach with Queen's University Golden Gaels.[1] In December 2017, he was brought in as a midseason replacement assistant coach with the Belleville Senators on the American Hockey League, but was not kept the following season.[2]
References
- http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2662865
- "B-Sens add assistant bench boss". Quinte News. December 21, 2017.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database