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| Sonny Mignacca | |||
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| Born | January 4, 1974 Winnipeg, MAN | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 178 lb (81 kg; 12 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Played for | WPHL Tupelo T-Rex BISL London Knights Basingstoke Bison ECHL Tallahassee Tiger Sharks Raleigh Icecaps Wheeling Thunderbirds AHL Syracuse Crunch | ||
| NHL Draft | 213 overall, 1992 Vancouver Canucks | ||
| Playing career | 1994–2000 | ||
Sonny Mignacca (born January 4, 1974) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender.
Mignacca played major junior with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League, beginning in 1990–91. In 1993–94, he was awarded the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as league MVP after posting a 3.27 GAA and a 26-23-5 record. Mignacca was drafted two years prior by the Vancouver Canucks 213th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft.
After graduating from major junior, Mignacca was assigned to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League, the Canucks' minor league affiliate. Two years later, he joined the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks of the East Coast Hockey League. He spent one season in Tallahassee before going overseas to play in the British Ice Hockey Superleague for two seasons. Mignacca returned to North America and played one last season in the Western Professional Hockey League with the Tupelo T-Rex before retiring from professional hockey.
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | OTL | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 1990–91 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WHL | 33 | 17 | 9 | 2 | — | 1743 | 121 | 0 | 4.17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1991–92 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WHL | 56 | 35 | 19 | 0 | — | 3207 | 189 | 2 | 3.54 | 4 | 4.25 | .864 | ||||||||
| 1992–93 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WHL | 50 | — | 2724 | 210 | 1 | 4.63 | .870 | 10 | 3.76 | .902 | ||||||||||
| 1993–94 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WHL | 60 | 26 | 23 | 5 | — | 3381 | 183 | 2 | 3.27 | .901 | 3 | 5.67 | .841 | |||||||
| 1994–95 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 19 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 1097 | 85 | 0 | 4.65 | .863 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 377 | 26 | 0 | 4.14 | .870 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Raleigh IceCaps | ECHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 298 | 15 | 0 | 3.02 | .886 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Wheeling Thunderbirds | ECHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .939 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Tallahassee Tiger Sharks | ECHL | 38 | 19 | 12 | 5 | — | 2027 | 109 | 4 | 3.23 | .887 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 132 | 8 | 0 | 3.64 | .882 | ||
| 1997–98 | Basingstoke Bison | GBR | 17 | — | 934 | 51 | 3.28 | .905 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1998–99 | London Knights | GBR | 9 | — | 4.77 | .867 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Tupelo T-Rex | WPHL | 14 | 1 | 7 | 5 | — | 759 | 55 | 4.35 | .868 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| AHL totals | 27 | 6 | 16 | 2 | — | 1474 | 111 | 0 | 4.52 | .865 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| ECHL totals | 44 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2385 | 126 | 4 | 3.17 | .888 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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