Stefano Giliati
Stefano Giliati (born October 7, 1987) is a Canadian-born Italian professional ice hockey left wing who plays currently for the Fort Wayne Komets in the ECHL.
| Stefano Giliati | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
October 7, 1987 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| ECHL team Former teams |
Fort Wayne Komets Toronto Marlies Norfolk Admirals SaiPa Espoo Blues KHL Medveščak Zagreb HC Davos Schwenninger Wild Wings SCL Tigers HC Bolzano Asiago HC | ||
| National team |
 Italy | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2008–present | ||
Playing career
Giliati played major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Shawinigan Cataractes and the Lewiston MAINEiacs.
Originally signed as a free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs, on August 27, 2010, Giliati was traded by the Maple Leafs (along with Alex Berry) to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Matt Lashoff.[1]
At the conclusion of his entry-level contract, and released as a free agent by the Lightning, Giliati opted to pursue a career abroad in signing with Italian club, HC Bolzano of the Serie A. Of Italian heritage, Giliati spent a single season with HCB in Italy, helping claim the Italian Championship, before leaving for the Finnish Liiga with SaiPa. After two seasons with SaiPa, Giliati transferred to fellow Finnish club, Espoo Blues on a one-year contract on April 28, 2014.[2] Giliati scored his first goal for Blues on September 20, 2014 in a 5-4 away loss to Oulun Kärpät.
On July 13, 2015, Giliati left Finland as a free agent to sign a two-year deal with Croatian-based KHL entrant, KHL Medveščak Zagreb.[3] He left Zagreb after one year and headed to Switzerland,[4] where he played in three games for HC Davos of the National League A (NLA) at the beginning of the 2016-17 campaign. In October 2016, he transferred to the Schwenninger Wild Wings of the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[5]
In his third season with the Wild Wings in 2018–19 and with the club well out of playoff contention, Giliati left in the final season of his contract to sign for the remainder of the year with Swiss outfit, the SCL Tigers of the NL, on February 7, 2019.[6]
After 11 European seasons, Giliati opted to return to North America in agreeing to a one-year contract with the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL for the 2022–23 season on July 21, 2022.[7]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 54 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Lewiston Maineiacs | QMJHL | 70 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2006–07 | Lewiston Maineiacs | QMJHL | 68 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 73 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 22 | ||
| 2007–08 | Lewiston Maineiacs | QMJHL | 65 | 40 | 47 | 87 | 103 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2007–08 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 53 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 46 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 76 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | ||
| 2009–10 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 69 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | HC Bolzano | ITL | 40 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | ||
| 2012–13 | SaiPa | SM-l | 53 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | SaiPa | Liiga | 35 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 78 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 2013–14 | SaPKo | Mestis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Espoo Blues | Liiga | 56 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 | KHL Medveščak Zagreb | KHL | 53 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | HC Davos | NLA | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | DEL | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | DEL | 49 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2018–19 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | DEL | 38 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | SCL Tigers | NL | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | HC Bolzano | EBEL | 46 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21 | HC Bolzano | ICEHL | 41 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2021–22 | Asiago HC | AlpsHL | 34 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 2022–23 | Fort Wayne Komets | ECHL | 34 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 148 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 63 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
References
- "Lightning acquire pair of prospects from Toronto". Tampa Bay Lightning. August 27, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- "Blues sign Giliati from SaiPa" (in Finnish). Twitter. April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
- "Stefano Giliati will play for Bears" (in Croatian). KHL Medveščak Zagreb. July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- "Davos verpflichtet Stefano Giliati". Retrieved October 13, 2016.
- "Schwenninger Wild Wings: News-Detailseite". www.wildwings.de. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
- "SCL Tigers sign Stefano Giliati" (in German). SCL Tigers. February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
- "Komets sign three". ECHL. July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database