Gaetano Orlando Explained

Position:Centre
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:5
Height In:8
Weight Lb:175
Ntl Team:Italy
Birth Date:November 13, 1962
Birth Place:LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
Draft:164th overall
Draft Year:1981
Draft Team:Buffalo Sabres
Career Start:1980
Career End:1999
Played For:Buffalo Sabres

Gaetano "Gates" Orlando (born November 13, 1962) is a Canadian-born Italian former ice hockey centre and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres between 1984 and 1987. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1984 to 1999, was mainly spent in the Italian Serie A and Swiss Nationalliga A. Internationally Orlando played for the Italian national team at several World Championships and at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics. He later coached in the minor leagues for a few years, and also worked as a scout for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. His father's ancestry hails from Agnone, Isernia, Molise, Italy.

International play

By virtue of his Italian ancestry and playing in Italy, Orlando acquired Italian citizenship and was eligible for the Italian national ice hockey team.

He participated in the following tournaments:

Orlando wore jersey number 17 in the national team.

Artificial heart and Heart Transplant

A sarcoidosis patient, in March 2011, Orlando was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He was participating in a clinical study of Life Vest, a wearable defibrillator. On May 22, the defibrillator saved his life after his heart stopped for 40 seconds. Orlando was the first participant in the study to have required the vest to deliver a shock.[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20160117103009/http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110603/NEWS01/106030333

On April 4, 2012, Orlando received an artificial heart to extend his life while he waits for a donated biological heart. The operation, performed at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was the first such operation in Upstate New York.[2]

A donor heart became available February 4, 2013 so the transplant teams were mobilized for surgery that day at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He was able to return home 25 days later.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1979–80Montréal JuniorsQMJHL70 28 44 72 509 6 5 11 8
1980–81Providence CollegeECAC31 24 32 56 45— — — — —
1981–82Providence College ECAC28 18 18 36 31— — — — —
1982–83Providence College ECAC40 30 39 69 32— — — — —
1983–84Providence College ECAC34 23 30 53 52— — — — —
1983–84Rochester AmericansAHL11 8 7 15 218 4 10 14 6
1984–85Buffalo SabresNHL11 3 6 9 65 0 4 4 14
1984–85Rochester AmericansAHL49 26 30 56 622 0 1 1 6
1985–86Buffalo SabresNHL60 13 12 25 29— — — — —
1985–86Rochester AmericansAHL3 4 0 4 10— — — — —
1986–87Buffalo SabresNHL27 2 8 10 16— — — — —
1986–87Rochester AmericansAHL44 22 42 64 4218 9 13 22 14
1987–88HC MeranoITA36 49 44 93 6610 10 7 17 23
1987–88Rochester AmericansAHL13 4 13 17 187 2 6 8 6
1988–89HC BolzanoITA34 40 39 79 6610 17 6 23 0
1989–90HC BolzanoITA36 64 62 126 186 8 10 18 6
1990–91HC BolzanoITA27 39 33 72 2910 8 15 23 12
1991–92HC Devils MilanoITA18 21 22 43 1211 11 17 28 42
1991–92HC Devils Milano ALP11 8 7 15 2— — — — —
1992–93HC Devils MilanoITA16 9 18 27 1411 5 9 14 23
1992–93HC Devils Milano ALP25 19 27 46 46— — — — —
1993–94HC Devils MilanoITA20 16 44 60 108 8 10 18 27
1993–94HC Devils Milano AL30 16 31 47 29— — — — —
1994–95SC BernNDA36 24 31 55 586 3 7 10 8
1995–96SC BernNDA34 15 26 41 6211 10 8 18 45
1996–97SC BernNDA46 26 56 82 3413 7 10 17 12
1997–98SC BernNDA38 16 32 48 737 6 3 9 18
1997–98SC LangnauSWI-2— — — — —4 1 4 5 8
1997–98SG CortinaITA— — — — —2 3 0 3 4
1998–99HC LuganoNDA27 12 20 32 3411 6 5 11 10
2003–04Albany River RatsAHL1 0 0 0 0— — — — —
ITA totals187 238 262 500 21568 70 74 144 137
NHL totals98 18 26 44 515 0 4 4 14

International

YearTeamEventGP G A Pts PIM
1990ItalyWC B7 9 4 13 6
1991ItalyWC B7 8 4 12 2
1992Italy WC5 0 3 3 4
1993Italy WC6 1 0 1 2
1994ItalyOLY7 3 6 9 4
1994Italy WC6 3 4 7 6
1995Italy WC6 1 2 3 12
1996Italy WC6 2 5 7 6
1997Italy WC8 5 4 9 14
1998ItalyOLY4 1 2 3 4
1998Italy WC6 3 2 5 2
1999Italy WC3 0 1 1 4
Senior totals71 36 37 73 66

Coaching career

After retiring from pro ice hockey by the end of 1998–99 with HC Lugano, Orlando become a coach. At the World Championships he served as an assistant coach with the Italian national team while still being a player.

  
SeasonTeamLeagueType
1999 – 00Rochester Junior A AmericansNAHLHead Coach
2000 – 01Adirondack IceHawksUHLHead Coach
2001 – 02Adirondack IceHawksUHLHead Coach
2002 – 03Albany River RatsAHLAssistant Coach
2003 – 04Albany River RatsAHLAssistant Coach

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-ECAC Hockey First Team1983–84[4]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American1983–84[5]

Notes and References

  1. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 3, 2011
  2. Web site: URMC docs perform area's first artificial heart transplant | Rocheste… . https://archive.today/20120911024035/http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=190945 . 11 September 2012 . dead.
  3. Web site: Gates Orlando finally gets his new heart - Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network. 15 March 2013.
  4. News: ECAC All-Teams. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  5. News: Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners. NCAA.org. June 11, 2013.

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