Mario Scalzo

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Mario Scalzo
2024-02-16 Eispiraten Crimmitschau gegen Dresdner Eislowen (DEL2, Hockey Outdoor Triple Klingenthal) by Sandro Halank-017.jpg
Scalzo in 2024
Born (1984-11-11) November 11, 1984 (age 39)
Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
DEL team
Former teams
Adler Mannheim
Iowa Stars
Norfolk Admirals
EC Red Bull Salzburg
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2005present

Mario Scalzo (born November 11, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Scalzo is currently playing for Eispiraten Crimmitschau in the DEL2.

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Career

Born in Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Scalzo played junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the Victoriaville Tigres and the Rimouski Océanic. He is perhaps the most well known for his junior hockey days in Rimouski where he played on the 2005 Memorial Cup runner-up team captained by Sidney Crosby. Other major pieces of that team included Marc Antoine Poulliot and Dany Roussin, both linemates of Crosby. That year, the three along with Scalzo lead the Oceanic in scoring. After signing as a free agent with the Dallas Stars of the NHL in 2005, Scalzo spent three seasons in the American Hockey League playing for the Iowa Stars and the Norfolk Admirals. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning organization in 2007 for Bryce Lampman. [1] Scalzo joined Red Bull Salzburg in 2008 and signed than on 7 April 2009 with Adler Mannheim. [2] On April 29, 2011, Scalzo was added to the Canadian roster for the 2011 IIHF World Championship held in Slovakia . [3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2000–01 Collège Antoine-Girouard QMAAA60114
2001–02Collège Antoine-GirouardQMAAA408273550
2001–02 Victoriaville Tigres QMJHL 1011010000
2002–03 Victoriaville TigresQMJHL7210344413440336
2003–04 Victoriaville TigresQMJHL68165268113
2004–05 Victoriaville TigresQMJHL3911193073
2004–05 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL2313314431137142110
2005–06 Iowa Stars AHL 74429334270228
2006–07 Iowa StarsAHL734212589903310
2007–08 Iowa StarsAHL1518910
2007–08 Norfolk Admirals AHL484162027
2008–09 EC Salzburg AUT 4710304011615481216
2009–10 Adler Mannheim DEL 4511172839
2010–11 Adler MannheimDEL511319325260222
2011–12 EHC Biel NLA 510125
2011–12 SC Bern NLA62240
2011–12 TPS SM-l 38410145020002
2012–13 Graz 99ers AUT37416205250114
2013–14 Graz 99ersAUT321101116
2014–15 Piráti Chomutov CZE.2 18202830004
2016–17 Gamyo d'Épinal FRA 2609932412312
2019–20 Kassel Huskies DEU.2 283151824
AHL totals2101374871681605518
AUT totals11615567118420491320

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
2011 Canada WC 30220

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References

  1. "Mario Scalzo". The Hockey News. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016.
  2. Adler Mannheim präsentieren zehn Neuzugänge
  3. "The Official Website of Hockey Canada".