Paul Zanette

Paul Zanette (born April 8, 1988) is a Canadian-Italian professional ice hockey player. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for the Indy Fuel of the ECHL. In 2011, while playing for the Niagara University Purple Eagles, Zanette was named the Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year, and was a selected as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award.

Not to be confused with Paul Zanetti.

Paul Zanette
Born (1988-04-08) April 8, 1988
Nobleton, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
team
Former teams		 Free Agent
Hamilton Bulldogs
Rockford IceHogs
HC Asiago
HC Bolzano
Edinburgh Capitals
National team  Italy
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2011–present
Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  Canada East
World Junior A Challenge
Silver medal – second place 2006 Yorkton

Playing career

Not selected in the NHL draft in 2011, Zanette signed as a free agent with the Rockford Ice Hogs of the American Hockey League for the 2011–12 season, where he started the season until assigned to the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL.[1]

With no substantial North American offers, he opted for HC Asiago of the Italian Serie A.[2]

After two successful seasons with Asiago, Zanette left as a free agent, along with brother Marc, to sign with Italian-based club HC Bolzano of the Austrian Hockey League on August 9, 2014.[3] Zanette successfully completed his trial and signed a one-year contract while his brother failed to catch on.

After his contract expired with Asiago, Zanette joined Scottish club, Edinburgh Capitals of the Elite Ice Hockey League, on a two-year contract.[4] After just 35 games, Zanette's contract was terminated "by mutual consent." He then re-joined former club, HC Asiago, for the balance of the Italian 2015–16 season.

On July 21, 2016, Zanette returned to North America, signing a one-year ECHL contract with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits,[5] where he scored 20 points before being traded to the Indy Fuel on January 12, 2017.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 North York Rangers OPJHL 48 16 13 29 44 — — — — —
2005–06 North York Rangers OPJHL 48 30 21 51 64 — — — — —
2006–07 Aurora Tigers OPJHL 33 23 29 52 58 — — — — —
2007–08 Niagara University CHA 34 7 12 19 14 — — — — —
2008–09 Niagara University CHA 23 6 4 10 14 — — — — —
2009–10 Niagara University CHA 36 11 10 21 38 — — — — —
2010–11 Niagara University AHA 35 29 26 55 45 — — — — —
2010–11 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 7 1 0 1 2 11 2 0 2 2
2011–12 Toledo Walleye ECHL 26 5 9 14 4 — — — — —
2011–12 Rockford IceHogs AHL 13 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2012–13 HC Asiago ITL 42 20 25 45 42 13 4 9 13 20
2013–14 HC Asiago ITL 32 14 23 37 26 11 7 3 10 18
2014–15 HC Bolzano EBEL 45 8 13 21 27 1 0 0 0 2
2015–16 Edinburgh Capitals EIHL 35 19 20 39 48 — — — — —
2015–16 HC Asiago ITL 6 2 1 3 0 10 1 3 4 6
2016–17 Greenville Swamp Rabbits ECHL 33 9 11 20 16 — — — — —
2016–17 Indy Fuel ECHL 19 3 6 9 0 — — — — —
AHL totals 20 1 0 1 4 11 2 0 2 2

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2016 Italy OGQ NQ 3 0 3 3 4
Senior totals 3 0 3 3 4

Awards and honours
Award Year
All-Atlantic Hockey First Team 2010–11 [7]
Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year 2010–11 [7]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 2010–11
Hobey Baker Award Finalist 2010–11 [8]

References
  1. "IceHogs ink Peter Leblanc and Paul Zanette". icehogs.com. June 28, 2011. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  2. "Paul Zanette completes move to Asiago" (in Italian). HC Asiago. August 31, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  3. "Ziga Pance remains, Zanette brothers come". HCB South Tyrol (in German). August 9, 2014. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  4. "Capitals sign Paul Zanette to a two-year deal". Edinburgh Capitals. August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  5. "Swamp Rabbits add dynamic offensive threat". Greenville Swamp Rabbits. July 21, 2016. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  6. "Indy shuffles roster ahead of trip to Quad City". Indy Fuel. January 12, 2017. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  7. "Niagara's Zanette gets Atlantic Hockey player of the year nod". USCHO.com. March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  8. "11 selected as Hobey Baker finalists". news.niagara.edu. March 15, 2011. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
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