Don Rigazio Explained

Birth Date:July 3, 1934
Birth Place:Cambridge, MA, USA
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:161
Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
Played For:Indianapolis Chiefs
Louisville Rebels
Cleveland Barons
Ntl Team:USA
Career Start:1958
Career End:1960

Donald Edmund Rigazio (born July 3, 1934) is a former American ice hockey goaltender who was a member of the silver medal-winning United States team in ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics.[1]

Rigazio played for the United States men's national ice hockey team for three seasons, from 1954 to 1958. He was named best goaltender of the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships. Rigazio then turned professional, playing 61 games in the IHL with the Indianapolis Chiefs and Louisville Rebels during the 1958–59 season, and winning the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the IHL's goaltender with the fewest goals allowed during the regular season.

Rigazio also played three games in the American Hockey League with the Cleveland Barons during the 1959–60 AHL season.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223544/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/don-rigazio-1.html Don Rigazio at Sports Reference