Frank Nigro
Born (1960-02-11) February 11, 1960 (age 64)
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
National team  Italy
NHL Draft 93rd overall, 1979
Toronto Maple Leafs
HC Gherdëina
HC Merano
HC Varese
HC Bolzano
Playing career 1980–1992

Frank Nigro (born February 11, 1960) is a Canadian-born Italian former professional ice hockey player.

Career

He played 68 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs between 1982 and 1984. In the latter stages of his playing career, he joined Merano and later HC Varese of Italy's Serie A hockey league. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Winter Olympics for Italy.[1] As a youth, he played in the 1973 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Richmond Hill.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1976–77 Richmond Hill Rams OPJAHL 40 31 35 66 22 — — — — —
1976–77 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 4 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
1977–78 London Knights OMJHL 68 35 52 87 37 11 7 0 7 6
1978–79 London Knights OMJHL 63 33 56 89 64 6 0 1 1 0
1979–80 London Knights OMJHL 46 12 26 38 30 5 0 0 0 0
1980–81 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1981–82 Cincinnati Tigers CHL 49 24 26 50 24 4 1 3 4 2
1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 51 6 15 21 23 3 0 0 0 2
1982–83 St. Catharines Saints AHL 30 20 13 33 8 — — — — —
1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 17 2 3 5 16 — — — — —
1983–84 St. Catharines Saints AHL 41 17 24 41 16 7 0 6 6 9
1984–85 HC Gherdëina ITA 26 37 43 80 16 4 7 7 14 6
1985–86 HC Merano ITA 34 68 64 132 6 6 7 9 16 0
1986–87 HC Merano ITA 33 36 51 87 14 — — — — —
1987–88 HC Merano ITA 35 36 36 72 30 8 12 5 17 2
1988–89 HC Varese ITA 43 39 52 91 12 — — — — —
1989–90 HC Varese ITA 33 21 50 71 10 6 5 5 10 0
1990–91 HC Varese ITA 35 39 45 84 7 10 12 12 24 0
1991–92 HC Bolzano ITA 18 5 22 27 — 7 8 10 18 8
ITA totals 257 281 363 644 95 41 51 48 99 16
NHL totals 68 8 18 26 39 3 0 0 0 2

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1989 Italy WC-B 7 2 8 10 14
1990 Italy WC-B 7 4 8 12 2
1991 Italy WC-B 7 5 3 8 0
1992 Italy OLY 7 0 3 3 6
Senior totals 28 11 22 33 22

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Nigro Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-11.

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