Rick Adduono

Rick Adduono
Born	(1955-01-25) January 25, 1955 (age 70) Fort William, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Boston Bruins Atlanta Flames Klagenfurt AC
NHL draft	60th overall, 1975 Boston Bruins
WHA draft	27th overall, 1975 San Diego Mariners
Playing career	1975–1982

Richard Norman Adduono (born January 25, 1955) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and retired professional ice hockey player in the World Hockey Association and National Hockey League.

Playing career

Rick Adduono was drafted by the Boston Bruins of the NHL in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft and by the San Diego Mariners of the WHA in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft. The Bruins took him in the fourth round, 60th overall, while the Mariners took him in the second round, 27th overall.

He began his short professional career by playing one game for the Boston Bruins in the 1975–76 NHL season. Adduono would not play in the big leagues again until the 1978–79 WHA season when he played a full 80 games for the Birmingham Bulls. He was quite productive in his only full season scoring 20 goals and 53 points. After the collapse of the WHA, Adduono went back to the NHL where he played three games for the Atlanta Flames.

Coaching career

In 1990, Rick joined the coaching staff of the Thunder Bay Flyers of the United States Hockey League. He became head coach of the Flyers in 1993 and left the team in 1995 to coach professional minor league hockey. From 1995 to 1998, he served as the assistant coach for the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. In 1998, he accepted the head coaching position for the Stingrays, leading them to their second Kelly Cup victory in 2001. Adduono left the Stingrays the following year. For 2002-2003 and 2003–2004, he coached the Greensboro Generals, leading them to a Kelly Cup playoff appearance in the 2002–2003 season.

Adduono was head coach of the Roanoke Valley Vipers of the United Hockey League. He resigned in September 2005 to pursue a higher paying job opportunity as a coach in the ECHL, ^[1] and for the 2005–06 season, Adduono was the head coach of the Pensacola Ice Pilots.

In July 2006, he was named head coach of the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the ECHL. One year later, he signed a contract for the Iserlohn Roosters of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga. After one year with the Roosters, he accepted the head coach position at fellow DEL side Krefeld Pinguine prior to the 2009–10 season. He guided the team to a second-place finish in the 2013-14 DEL regular season and was named DEL Coach of the Year. ^[2] He stepped down from his position on November 3, 2015, ^[3] but was named senior advisor.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1972–73	St. Catharines Black Hawks	OHA		55	45	64	109	58		—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	St. Catharines Black Hawks	OHA		70	51	84	135	24		—	—	—	—	—
1974–75	St. Catharines Black Hawks	OMJHL		55	27	39	66	31		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	Binghamton Dusters	NAHL		2	2	0	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	Rochester Americans	AHL		68	11	23	34	24		7	2	1	3	7
1975–76	Boston Bruins	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	Rochester Americans	AHL		77	29	45	74	38		8	3	1	4	2
1977–78	Rochester Americans	AHL		76	38	60	98	34		6	1	2	3	6
1978–79	Birmingham Bulls	WHA		80	20	33	53	67		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Birmingham Bulls	CHL		78	35	39	74	76		4	1	0	1	0
1979–80	Atlanta Flames	NHL		3	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL		51	6	12	18	57		4	0	1	1	6
1980–81	Klagenfurt AC	Aus		7	4	5	9	4		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Fredericton Express	AHL		5	1	1	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				4	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
WHA totals				80	20	33	53	67		—	—	—	—	—

References

1. Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South . Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 22. ISBN   1-894974-21-2.
2. "Krefeld Pinguine: Rick Adduono der Trainer des Jahres in der DEL". RP ONLINE. March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
3. "KEV-Trainer Rick Adduono tritt zurück". Westdeutsche Zeitung. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Hockey-Reference.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database