Rick Adduono

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Rick Adduono
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Born (1955-01-25) January 25, 1955 (age 69)
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.

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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 TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1972–73 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 55456410958—————
1973–74 St. Catharines Black HawksOHA70518413524—————
1974–75 St. Catharines Black Hawks OMJHL 5527396631—————
1975–76 Binghamton Dusters NAHL 22020—————
1975–76 Rochester Americans AHL 681123342472137
1975–76 Boston Bruins NHL 10000—————
1976–77 Rochester AmericansAHL772945743883142
1977–78 Rochester AmericansAHL763860983461236
1978–79 Birmingham Bulls WHA 8020335367—————
1979–80Birmingham Bulls CHL 783539747641010
1979–80 Atlanta Flames NHL30002—————
1980–81 New Haven Nighthawks AHL51612185740116
1980–81 Klagenfurt AC Aus 74594—————
1981–82 Fredericton Express AHL51122—————
NHL totals40002—————
WHA totals8020335367—————

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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.
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