| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 195 |
| Birth Date: | February 15, 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1989 |
| Career End: | 2000 |
| Draft: | 18th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1988 |
| Draft Team: | Boston Bruins |
| Played For: | Boston Bruins Toronto Maple Leafs |
Robert Nicholas "Rob" Cimetta (born February 15, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1988 and 1992. He later spent several years in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, retiring in 2000.
Cimetta was born in Toronto, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1983 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Young Nationals minor ice hockey team.[1] He was drafted in the first round, 18th overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. He played 103 games in the National Hockey League: 54 with the Bruins and 49 with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Cimetta was in the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 attacks. He was on the 61st floor in the Morgan Stanley office, and managed to exit the tower before its collapse.[2]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1986–87 | Toronto Marlboros | OHL | 66 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Toronto Marlboros | OHL | 64 | 34 | 42 | 76 | 90 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1988–89 | Toronto Marlboros | OHL | 58 | 55 | 47 | 102 | 89 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| 1989–90 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 47 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 29 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 24 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 19 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | ||
| 1992–93 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 76 | 28 | 57 | 85 | 125 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 32 | ||
| 1993–94 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 79 | 26 | 54 | 80 | 178 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 39 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 126 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 62 | ||
| 1995–96 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 50 | 22 | 41 | 63 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | ||
| 1996–97 | Berlin Capitals | DEL | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 36 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 36 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 14 | ||
| 1997–98 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 42 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 82 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | ||
| 1998–99 | Berlin Capitals | DEL | 34 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Berlin Capitals | DEL | 49 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 123 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| DEL totals | 258 | 102 | 147 | 249 | 553 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 129 | ||||
| NHL totals | 103 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||