| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 195 |
| Played For: | Detroit Red Wings Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Birth Date: | December 31, 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Cordenons, Italy |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 1971 |
| Career End: | 1976 |
Nelson Flavio Debenedet (born December 31, 1947, in Cordenons, Italy and raised in Copper Cliff, Ontario) is an Italian-born Canadian retired ice hockey forward. He was the first Italian-born player in the NHL.
Debenedet began his National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings, playing his last season at top level with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1966–67 | Michigan State University | WCHA | 27 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Michigan State University | WCHA | 29 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Michigan State University | WCHA | 28 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | University of Toronto | CIAU | — | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Tidewater Wings | AHL | 22 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Fort Worth Wings | CHL | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Port Huron Wings | IHL | 30 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Virginia Red Wings | AHL | 76 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 64 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1973–74 | Virginia Red Wings | AHL | 39 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 25 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1974–75 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 31 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 69 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | ||
| NHL totals | 46 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||