Andy Chiodo

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| image = Chido Andy HPK.jpg

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| league = EBEL

| played_for = Pittsburgh Penguins
Jokerit
HPK
Kärpät
Dinamo Minsk
EC KAC
Tappara
Olimpija Ljubljana
KalPa
HC TWK Innsbruck

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 192

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|4|25}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 166th overall, 2001
New York Islanders
199th overall, 2003
Pittsburgh Penguins

| career_start = 2003

| career_end = 2017

}}

Andy Chiodo (born April 25, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Chiodo played eight games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2003–04 season, for whom he is presently a goaltending coach. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2003 to 2017, was mainly spent in European leagues.

Playing career

Chiodo was originally selected by the New York Islanders in the sixth round (166th overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. The Islanders were unable to sign him, and he was made draft-eligible again after the 2002–03 NHL season. The Pittsburgh Penguins chose him in 2003 NHL Entry Draft in the seventh round with the 199th overall pick.

Prior to playing in the Ontario Hockey League, Chiodo played with the Wexford Raiders of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. After playing three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors, Chiodo made his professional debut with Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, in the 2003–04 season. He also appeared in eight NHL games with Pittsburgh that season.

Chiodo has spent most of his professional career with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and with Pittsburgh's ECHL affiliate, the Wheeling Nailers. He signed with Kärpät in the Finnish SM-liiga for the 2006–07 season, but was sidelined with an injury for most of the autumn. Kärpät released Chiodo from his contract in November, and he signed with Jokerit for a one-month tryout, making his SM-liiga debut on November 16 against HIFK. After only two games, he was injured again. At the SM-liiga trade deadline in January, he signed with HPK.

On August 20, 2009, he was signed by the Ottawa Senators to a one-year, two-way contract. He split time between Ottawa's AHL affiliate in Binghamton and their ECHL affiliate in Elmira. After the completion of the 2009–10 NHL season, Chiodo was not offered a new contract and became an unrestricted free agent.

Chiodo returned to Europe in signing with EC KAC for the 2010–11 EBEL season. He played in 30 games with the team and had a league-best 2.60 GAA. Chiodo led EC KAC to the 2010–11 EBHL Finals before losing to Red Bull Salzburg four games to three. On April 14, 2011 Chiodo re-signed on a two-year contract extension with Klagenfurt.

On November 7, 2013, the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL signed Chiodo for the 2013–14 season.{{cite web| url = http://bakersfieldcondors.com/news/condors-sign-former-nhl-g-andy-chiodo/ | title = Condors sign former NHL goalie Chiodo | publisher = Bakersfield Condors | date = 2013-11-07 | accessdate = 2013-11-07}} After just four games with the Condors, Chiodo opted to terminate his contract and returned to the Finnish Liiga with Tappara.

On August 14, 2014, Chiodo returned to the Austrian EBEL, in signing a one-year contract with Slovenian club, HDD Olimpija Ljubljana. In the 2014–15 season, Chiodo appeared in 39 games as Ljubljana's starting goaltender, for 14 wins. With the club out of playoff contention, on January 28, 2015, Chiodo left to play for the remainder of the season in the Finnish Liiga with KalPa.

On April 5, 2015, Chiodo as a free agent, signed with his third EBEL club, on a one-year deal with HC TWK Innsbruck.{{cite web| url = http://haifischbecken.at/news-detail,pid,20,mbid,1284474290,smid,1430735512,lid,de.html | title = Master trio ends up in Innsbruck | publisher = HC TWK Innsbruck | date = 2015-04-05 | accessdate = 2015-04-05 | language = German}}

Coaching career

Chiodo began a post-playing career as a goaltending coach by joining the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League in 2017.{{cite web |title=67's add more experience to staff; Andy Chiodo and Derek Miller join Barber Poles |url=http://ottawa67s.com/article/67s-add-more-experience-to-staff-andy-chiodo-and-derek-miller-join-barber-poles |website=Official Website of the Ottawa 67's |accessdate=15 August 2018|date=August 25, 2017 }} He then made a return to the Pittsburgh Penguins organization when he was hired to serve as goaltending development coach in June of 2018, where he coached the Penguins prospect goaltenders in the minor leagues.{{cite web |title=WBS standouts Tom Kostopoulos, Andy Chiodo land new jobs with Pittsburgh |url=https://www.timesleader.com/sports/708677/wbs-standouts-tom-kostopoulos-andy-chiodo-land-new-jobs-with-pittsburgh |website=Times Leader |accessdate=15 August 2018|date=June 20, 2018 }} He was promoted to the team's NHL goaltending coach in 2021.{{Cite web |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/andy-chiodo-named-pittsburgh-goaltending-coach/n-5729082 |title=Andy Chiodo Named Pittsburgh Goaltending Coach |website=OurSports Central |date=2021-08-04}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="10" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"\|Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% ! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
1998–99 \| Wexford Raiders \| OPJHL \| 26	—	—	—	—	1519	105	0	4.05	— \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1999–00 \| Wexford Raiders \| OPJHL \| 24	—	—	—	—	1389	89	0	3.84	— \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01 \| Toronto St. Michael's Majors \| OHL \| 38	18	12	5	—	2069	86	4	2.49	.922 \| 9	2	6	479	30	0	3.76	.900
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2001–02 \| Toronto St. Michael's Majors \| OHL \| 33	14	10	3	—	1743	79	2	2.72	.913 \| 7	3	1	288	17	1	3.54	.888
2002–03 \| Toronto St. Michael's Majors \| OHL \| 57	26	18	6	—	3065	154	3	3.01	.915 \| 18	10	8	1021	56	1	3.29	.913
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003–04 \| Pittsburgh Penguins \| NHL \| 8	3	4	1	—	486	28	0	3.46	.892 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003–04 \| Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins \| AHL \| 44	18	19	2	—	2448	98	4	2.40	.908 \| 18	9	7	1048	38	3	2.18	.916
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003–04 \| Wheeling Nailers \| ECHL \| 2	0	2	0	—	86	9	0	6.26	.786 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05 \| Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins \| AHL \| 14	5	7	1	—	788	43	2	3.27	.879 \| 9	5	4	556	23	1	2.48	.906
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2004–05 \| Wheeling Nailers \| ECHL \| 22	9	10	2	—	1259	47	1	2.24	.926 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06 \| Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins \| AHL \| 14	8	4	—	2	840	31	1	2.21	.925 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Wheeling Nailers \| ECHL \| 17	10	5	—	1	950	45	1	2.84	.897 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07 \| Jokerit \| FIN \| 2	1	1	—	0	120	5	0	2.50	.928 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006–07 \| HPK \| FIN \| 6	4	2	—	0	360	16	1	2.66	.893 \| 9	5	4	609	15	1	1.48	.952
2007–08 \| HPK \| FIN \| 36	10	20	—	5	—	100	2	2.85	.912 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2007–08 \| Kärpät \| FIN \| 11	7	3	—	1	—	24	2	2.18	.924 \| 3	2	1	—	9	0	3.01	.899
2008–09 \| Dinamo Minsk \| KHL \| 26	5	12	—	3	1245	78	1	3.76	.866 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2009–10 \| Elmira Jackals \| ECHL \| 17	8	5	—	3	954	47	1	2.96	.905 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10 \| Binghamton Senators \| AHL \| 20	5	13	—	0	933	51	1	3.28	.901 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010–11 \| EC KAC \| EBEL \| 30	23	6	—	0	1776	79	2	2.67	.916 \| 17	11	6	—	—	1	3.28	.916
2011–12 \| EC KAC \| EBEL \| 24	11	13	—	0	1436	70	0	2.92	.920 \| 16	9	7	—	—	1	2.58	.929
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2012–13 \| EC KAC \| EBEL \| 30	16	14	—	0	—	—	0	2.83	.914 \| 2	1	1	—	—	0	3.52	.884
2013–14 \| Bakersfield Condors \| ECHL \| 4	1	3	—	0	223	10	0	2.69	.900 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2013–14 \| Tappara \| FIN \| 7	2	1	—	2	370	15	2	2.43	.913 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013–14 \| LeKi \| FIN-2 \| 11	—	—	—	—	656	—	0	3.37	.910 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2014–15 \| Olimpija Ljubljana \| EBEL \| 39	14	25	—	0	2245	114	2	3.05	.921 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014–15 \| KalPa \| FIN \| 14	5	4	—	5	858	23	2	1.61	.934 \| 3	0	3	—	—	0	3.03	.843
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2015–16 \| HC TWK Innsbruck \| EBEL \| 54	19	35	—	0	3272	172	0	3.15	.900 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016–17 \| HC TWK Innsbruck \| EBEL \| 52	24	28	—	0	3136	181	0	3.46	.899 \| 4	0	4	—	—	0	4.03	.883
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"\| NHL totals ! 8 !! 3 !! 4 !! 1 !! — !! 486 !! 28 !! 0 !! 3.46 !! .892 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! —