Frank Nigro
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1960)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| position = Centre
| shoots = Right
| played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs
HC Gherdëina
HC Merano
HC Varese
HC Bolzano
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 182
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|2|11}}
| birth_place = Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
| ntl_team = ITA
| draft = 93rd overall
| draft_team = Toronto Maple Leafs
| draft_year = 1979
| career_start = 1980
| career_end = 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.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/frank-nigro-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012226/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/frank-nigro-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Frank Nigro Olympic Results |accessdate=24 May 2019}} As a youth, he played in the 1973 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Richmond Hill.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-11|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1976–77
| Richmond Hill Rams | OPJAHL | 40 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1976–77 | OMJHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977–78
| OMJHL | 68 | 35 | 52 | 87 | 37
| 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
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| 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 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1980–81 | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82
| CHL | 49 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 24
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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| 1982–83 | NHL | 51 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 23
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982–83
| AHL | 30 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 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 |
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| 1984–85 | ITA | 26 | 37 | 43 | 80 | 16
| 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 |
| 1985–86
| ITA | 34 | 68 | 64 | 132 | 6
| 6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
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| 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 |
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| 1988–89 | ITA | 43 | 39 | 52 | 91 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90
| HC Varese | ITA | 33 | 21 | 50 | 71 | 10
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1990–91 | HC Varese | ITA | 35 | 39 | 45 | 84 | 7
| 10 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991–92
| ITA | 18 | 5 | 22 | 27 | —
| 7 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 8 |
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! colspan="3" | ITA totals ! 257 !! 281 !! 363 !! 644 !! 95 ! 41 !! 51 !! 48 !! 99 !! 16 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 68 !! 8 !! 18 !! 26 !! 39 ! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 1989
| Italy | WC-B | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
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| 1990 | Italy | WC-B | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| 1991
| Italy | WC-B | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1992 | Italy | OLY | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
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! colspan="4"| Senior totals ! 28 !! 11 !! 22 !! 33 !! 22 |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Italy
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Canadian ice hockey centres
Category:Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
Category:Cincinnati Tigers players
Category:Ice hockey people from Richmond Hill, Ontario
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Category:Italian ice hockey centres
Category:London Knights players
Category:Naturalised citizens of Italy
Category:New Brunswick Hawks players
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Italy
Category:Peterborough Petes (ice hockey) players
Category:St. Catharines Saints players
Category:Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks
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Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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