Gary Gambucci

Gary Allan "Gubbio" Gambucci (born September 22, 1946 in Hibbing, Minnesota) is an American retired ice hockey forward who played in 51 games in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota North Stars and 112 games for the Minnesota Fighting Saints of the World Hockey Association between 1971 and 1976. Internationally Gambucci played for the American national team at four World Championships.

Gary Gambucci
Born (1946-09-22) September 22, 1946
Hibbing, Minnesota, USA
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Center
Shot Left
Played for Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota Fighting Saints
National team  United States
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 19691976

Playing career

Before turning professional, Gambucci excelled as a scorer for the United States national team at the 1969, 1970 and 1971 1971 World Championships as well as the University of Minnesota hockey team. Gambucci was signed as a free agent by the Montreal Canadiens in the spring of 1971 after scoring seven goals in ten games for Team USA at the 1971 world championships in Bern (he was also elected to the tournament all star team at the world championship "Pool B" qualifying tournament in 1970). The Canadiens immediately traded him and Bob Paradise to the North Stars for cash. However, Gambucci failed to become a regular in Minnesota and left the NHL for the Minnesota Fighting Saints of the rival World Hockey Association following the 1973–74 season. Gambucci retired from professional hockey in 1976 after playing 112 WHA regular season games for the Fighting Saints as well as representing the United States at the 1976 World Championships in Katowice, Poland.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1965–66 University of Minnesota B1G 2823174018
1966–67 University of Minnesota B1G 2917102723
1967–68 University of Minnesota B1G 3112294131
1968–69 Rochester Mustangs USHL
1968–69 American National Team Intl
1969–70 Muskegon Mohawks IHL 42135
1969–70 Rochester Mustangs USHL
1969–70 American National Team Intl 63144
1970–71 American National Team Intl 5051479830
1971–72 Minnesota North Stars NHL 91010
1971–72 Cleveland Barons AHL 5610112137 600010
1972–73 Cleveland/Jacksonville Barons AHL 7526507647
1973–74 Minnesota North Stars NHL 421789
1973–74 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 21232
1973–74 Portland Buckaroos WHL 2111152620
1974–75 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 6719183719 124046
1974–75 Johnstown Jets NAHL 71782
1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 451061614
WHA totals 11229245333 124046
NHL totals 512799

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1969 United States WC 101126
1970 United States WC-B 7117184
1971 United States WC 1073104
1976 United States WC 1014517
Senior totals 3720153531

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-WCHA Second Team 1965–66
All-WCHA First Team 1967–68
AHCA West All-American 1967–68
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