Tony Cimellaro Explained

Played For:Ottawa Senators
Position:Centre
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:190
Shoots:Left
Birth Date:June 14, 1971
Birth Place:Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:1992
Career End:2000

Tony Cimellaro (born June 14, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators during the 1992–93 NHL season.

Playing career

Cimellaro also played in various European leagues, beginning in 1993 with a spell in Serie A with Asiago followed by a season in the British National League for the Durham Wasps and the Blackburn Hawks. He then moved to Denmark to play in the Oddset Ligaen for Vojens IK followed by two seasons in Germany, playing for the Ratingen Löwen in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and Adendorfer EC of the German 1. Liga Nord before returning to North America.

Cimellaro spent two seasons in the Western Professional Hockey League with the Waco Wizards as a player/coach before finishing his career in the United Hockey League with the Adirondack IceHawks after the WPHL folded. Since 2003 he has been the assistant coach of the Kingston Frontenacs in the Ontario Hockey League. He has taken an assistant coaching position with the AHL Belleville Senators.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1988–89North Bay CentennialsOHL11 2 1 3 7
1988–89Kingston RaidersOHL47 6 7 13 12
1989–90Kingston FrontenacsOHL62 8 31 39 267 1 4 5 2
1990–91Kingston FrontenacsOHL64 26 25 51 42
1991–92Belleville BullsOHL48 39 44 83 615 6 4 10 10
1992–93New Haven SenatorsAHL76 18 16 34 73
1992–93Ottawa SenatorsNHL2 0 0 0 0
1993–94P.E.I SenatorsAHL19 1 0 1 30
1993–94AsiagoITA16 16 11 27 13
1994–95Durham WaspsBHL4 2 5 7 10
1994–95Blackburn HawksBD124 40 33 73 76
1995–96Voyens IKDEN40 38 27 65 87
1996–97EC RatingenDEL48 5 11 16 44
1997–98Adendorfer ECGER-232 12 20 32 9718 13 19 32 34
1998–99Waco WizardsWPHL61 28 54 82 1104 2 1 3 4
1999–00Waco WizardsWPHL27 14 15 29 52
1999–00Adirondack IceHawksUHL46 11 24 35 462 0 0 0 0
2004–05Tamworth BravesEOSHL6 3 3 6 6
2005–06Kingston AcesEOSHL7 6 6 12 62 1 2 3 12
NHL totals2 0 0 0 0

Coaching career

From 2003 to 2010, he was an assistant coach with his former junior team, the Kingston Frontenacs in the Ontario Hockey League. He then was hired as an assistant coach with Queen's University Golden Gaels.[1] In December 2017, he was brought in as a midseason replacement assistant coach with the Belleville Senators on the American Hockey League, but was not kept the following season.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gaels hire ex-Frontenacs assistant coach . The Kingston Whig-Standard . July 10, 2010 . https://archive.today/20120912131909/http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2662865 . 2012-09-12 . dead .
  2. Web site: B-Sens add assistant bench boss . Quinte News . December 21, 2017.