Gaetano Orlando

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Gaetano Orlando
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Orlando in 2018
Born (1962-11-13) November 13, 1962 (age 60)
LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Buffalo Sabres
National teamFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
NHL Draft 164th overall, 1981
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1980–1999

Gaetano "Gates" Orlando (born November 13, 1962) is a Canadian-born Italian former ice hockey centre and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres between 1984 and 1987. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1984 to 1999, was mainly spent in the Italian Serie A and Swiss Nationalliga A. Internationally Orlando played for the Italian national team at several World Championships and at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics. He later coached in the minor leagues for a few years, and also worked as a scout for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. His father's ancestry hails from Agnone, Isernia, Molise, Italy.

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International play

By virtue of his Italian ancestry and playing in Italy, Orlando acquired Italian citizenship and was eligible for the Italian national ice hockey team.

He participated in the following tournaments:

Orlando wore jersey number 17 in the national team.

Artificial heart and Heart Transplant

A sarcoidosis patient, in March 2011, Orlando was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He was participating in a clinical study of Life Vest, a wearable defibrillator. On May 22, the defibrillator saved his life after his heart stopped for 40 seconds. Orlando was the first participant in the study to have required the vest to deliver a shock. [1]

On April 4, 2012, Orlando received an artificial heart to extend his life while he waits for a donated biological heart. The operation, performed at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was the first such operation in Upstate New York. [2]

A donor heart became available February 4, 2013 so the transplant teams were mobilized for surgery that day at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He was able to return home 25 days later. [3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1979–80 Montréal Juniors QMJHL 7028447250965118
1980–81 Providence College ECAC 3124325645—————
1981–82 Providence CollegeECAC2818183631—————
1982–83 Providence CollegeECAC4030396932—————
1983–84 Providence CollegeECAC3423305352—————
1983–84 Rochester Americans AHL 118715218410146
1984–85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 113696504414
1984–85 Rochester AmericansAHL492630566220116
1985–86 Buffalo SabresNHL6013122529—————
1985–86 Rochester AmericansAHL340410—————
1986–87 Buffalo SabresNHL27281016—————
1986–87 Rochester AmericansAHL4422426442189132214
1987–88 HC Merano ITA 3649449366101071723
1987–88 Rochester AmericansAHL13413171872686
1988–89 HC Bolzano ITA344039796610176230
1989–90 HC BolzanoITA366462126186810186
1990–91 HC BolzanoITA2739337229108152312
1991–92 HC Devils Milano ITA18212243121111172842
1991–92 HC Devils Milano ALP 1187152—————
1992–93 HC Devils MilanoITA16918271411591423
1992–93 HC Devils MilanoALP2519274646—————
1993–94 HC Devils MilanoITA201644601088101827
1993–94 HC Devils MilanoAL3016314729—————
1994–95 SC Bern NDA 3624315558637108
1995–96 SC BernNDA3415264162111081845
1996–97 SC BernNDA4626568234137101712
1997–98 SC BernNDA3816324873763918
1997–98 SC Langnau SWI-2 —————41458
1997–98 SG Cortina ITA—————23034
1998–99 HC Lugano NDA271220323411651110
2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL10000—————
ITA totals187238262500215687074144137
NHL totals9818264451504414

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1990 Italy WC B 794136
1991 ItalyWC B784122
1992 Italy WC 50334
1993 ItalyWC61012
1994 Italy OLY 73694
1994 ItalyWC63476
1995 ItalyWC612312
1996 ItalyWC62576
1997 ItalyWC854914
1998 ItalyOLY41234
1998 ItalyWC63252
1999 ItalyWC30114
Senior totals7136377366

Coaching career

After retiring from pro ice hockey by the end of 1998–99 with HC Lugano, Orlando become a coach. At the World Championships he served as an assistant coach with the Italian national team while still being a player.

  
SeasonTeamLeagueType
1999 – 00 Rochester Junior A Americans NAHL Head Coach
2000 – 01 Adirondack IceHawks UHL Head Coach
2001 – 02Adirondack IceHawksUHLHead Coach
2002 – 03 Albany River Rats AHL Assistant Coach
2003 – 04Albany River RatsAHLAssistant Coach

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1983–84 [4]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 1983–84 [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 3, 2011
  2. ↑ "URMC docs perform area's first artificial heart transplant | Rocheste…". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Gates Orlando finally gets his new heart - Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network". 15 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
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