Played For: | Toronto Maple Leafs Mighty Ducks of Anaheim SC Bern |
Position: | Center |
Shoots: | Right |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lb: | 190 |
Ntl Team: | USA |
Birth Date: | July 31, 1970 |
Birth Place: | Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Draft: | 195th overall |
Draft Year: | 1988 |
Draft Team: | Toronto Maple Leafs |
Career Start: | 1993 |
Career End: | 1998 |
David Anthony Sacco (born July 31, 1970)[1] is an American former professional ice hockey player. Drafted 195th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, Sacco played 35 games in the National Hockey League between 1994 and 1996 with the Maple Leafs and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, scoring a total of 5 goals and 13 assists for 18 points and collecting 22 penalty minutes. He represented the United States as part of the US national ice hockey team at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He spent one season in Switzerland for SC Bern before retiring.
His older brother Joe Sacco also played in the NHL and is currently an assistant coach with the Boston Bruins. He was born in Malden, Massachusetts and raised in Medford, Massachusetts.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
1987–88 | Medford High School | HS-MA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1988–89 | Boston University | HE | 35 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1989–90 | Boston University | HE | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | Boston University | HE | 40 | 21 | 40 | 61 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991–92 | Boston University | HE | 35 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Boston University | HE | 40 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | United States National Team | Intl | 32 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | San Diego Gulls | IHL | 45 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 57 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
1995–96 | Baltimore Bandits | AHL | 25 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
1995–96 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 23 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1996–97 | Baltimore Bandits | AHL | 51 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
1997–98 | SC Bern | NLA | 16 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 35 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
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1993 | United States | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1994 | United States | OLY | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | ||
Senior totals | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
Award | Year | |
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All-Hockey East First Team | 1991–92 | |
AHCA East First-Team All-American | 1991–92 | |
All-Hockey East First Team | 1992–93 | |
AHCA East First-Team All-American | 1992–93 | |
Hockey East All-Tournament Team | 1993 | [2] |