Frank Nigro

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Frank Nigro
Born (1960-02-11) February 11, 1960 (age 64)
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
HC Gherdëina
HC Merano
HC Varese
HC Bolzano
National teamFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
NHL draft 93rd overall, 1979
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 19801992

Frank Nigro (born February 11, 1960) is a Canadian-born Italian former professional ice hockey player.

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Career

He played 68 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs between 1982 and 1984. In the latter stages of his playing career, he joined Merano and later HC Varese of Italy's Serie A hockey league. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Winter Olympics for Italy. [1] As a youth, he played in the 1973 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Richmond Hill. [2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1976–77 Richmond Hill Rams OPJAHL 4031356622
1976–77 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 40112
1977–78 London Knights OMJHL6835528737117076
1978–79 London KnightsOMJHL633356896460110
1979–80 London KnightsOMJHL461226383050000
1980–81 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 10000
1981–82 Cincinnati Tigers CHL 492426502441342
1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 51615212330002
1982–83 St. Catharines Saints AHL302013338
1983–84 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL1723516
1983–84 St. Catharines SaintsAHL411724411670669
1984–85 HC Gherdëina ITA 2637438016477146
1985–86 HC Merano ITA3468641326679160
1986–87 HC MeranoITA3336518714
1987–88 HC MeranoITA35363672308125172
1988–89 HC Varese ITA4339529112
1989–90 HC VareseITA3321507110655100
1990–91 HC VareseITA353945847101212240
1991–92 HC Bolzano ITA18522277810188
ITA totals257281363644954151489916
NHL totals68818263930002

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1989 Italy WC-B 7281014
1990 ItalyWC-B748122
1991 ItalyWC-B75380
1992 Italy OLY 70336
Senior totals2811223322

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Nigro Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-11.