Mario Chitaroni
{{short description|Italian-Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| image_size = 130px
| position = Left wing
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 7
| weight_lb = 176
| ntl_team = ITA
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|6|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
| career_start = 1986
| career_end = 2009
| played_for = New Haven Nighthawks (AHL
Flint Spirits (IHL
Houston Aeros (IHL)
HC Alleghe (Serie A)
HC Varese (Serie A)
Eisbären Berlin (DEL)
HC Devils Milano (Serie A)
}}
Mario Brian "Tiger" Chitaroni{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesudburystar.com/sports/local-sports/that-sudbury-sports-guy-tale-of-a-tiger-who-shone-in-wolves-clothing|title = That Sudbury Sports Guy: Tale of a Tiger who shone in Wolves' clothing}} (born June 11, 1967) is an Italian-Canadian retired professional ice hockey winger. He played major junior with the Sudbury Wolves but went undrafted playing minor pro in the AHL before moving to Italy where he eventually captained their national team.
International play
Mario played in the Olympics in 1998, 2006,{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/mario-chitarroni-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225448/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/mario-chitarroni-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Mario Chitaroni Olympic Results |accessdate=26 May 2019}} and helped Italy try to qualify for 2002 and 2010. Additionally he represented Italy in the World Championships fourteen times, being the captain in 2007 and 2008.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||
| 1982–83
| New Liskeard Cubs U18 AAA | GNML | | | | |||||||
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| 1983–84 | New Liskeard Cubs U18 AAA | GNML | | | | |||||||
| 1984–85
| OHL | 63 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 108
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985–86 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 45 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 127
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87
| IHL | 11 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 14
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1986–87 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 65 | 54 | 48 | 102 | 164
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88
| Flint Spirits | IHL | 80 | 49 | 47 | 96 | 156
| 12 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 60 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89 | Flint Spirits | IHL | 21 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 59
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89
| AHL | 54 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 97
| 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 57 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89 | Flint Spirits | IHL | 21 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 59
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90
| ITA | 36 | 39 | 35 | 74 | 87
| 10 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 29 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1990–91 | Alleghe Hockey | ITA | 31 | 37 | 48 | 85 | 73
| 10 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 10 |
| 1991–92
| Alleghe Hockey | ITA | 18 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 40
| 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92 | Alleghe Hockey | AL | 18 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 43
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992–93
| Alleghe Hockey | ITA | 14 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24
| 9 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 24 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1992–93 | Alleghe Hockey | AL | 28 | 21 | | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94
| ITA | 23 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1994–95 | IHL | 79 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 157
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 1995–96
| ITA | 32 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 76
| 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 36 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97 | DEL | 48 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 133
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 1997–98
| Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 42 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 130
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 64 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998–99 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 46 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 117
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 1999–2000
| Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 56 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 134
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01 | DEL | 59 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 106
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001–02
| Nürnberg Ice Tigers | DEL | 54 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 149
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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| 2002–03 | ITA | 39 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 66
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 2003–04
| Milano Vipers | ITA | 40 | 28 | 36 | 64 | 58
| 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 26 |
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| 2004–05 | Milano Vipers | ITA | 28 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 14
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 35 |
| 2005–06
| Milano Vipers | ITA | 45 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 62
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2006–07 | Milano Vipers | ITA | 26 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 61
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 35 |
| 2007–08
| Alleghe Hockey | ITA | 40 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 50
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008–09 | Alleghe Hockey | ITA | 39 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 114
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | IHL totals ! 191 ! 85 ! 102 ! 187 ! 386 ! 22 ! 15 ! 12 ! 27 ! 70 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | ITA totals ! 411 ! 249 ! 342 ! 591 ! 747 ! 99 ! 69 ! 62 ! 131 ! 233 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | DEL totals ! 305 ! 80 ! 99 ! 179 ! 769 ! 30 ! 6 ! 6 ! 12 ! 104 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||
| 1992
| Italy | WC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1993 | Italy | WC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1994
| Italy | WC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995 | Italy | WC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 1996
| Italy | WC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997 | Italy | WC | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| 1998
| Italy | OG | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998 | Italy | WC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 1999
| Italy | WC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1999 | Italy | WC Q | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 2000
| Italy | OGQ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000 | Italy | WC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2001
| Italy | WC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 60 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004 | Italy | WC D1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2005
| Italy | WC D1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006 | Italy | OG | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007
| Italy | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008 | Italy | WC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2009
| Italy | OGQ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Senior totals ! 95 ! 27 ! 34 ! 61 ! 214 |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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Category:Canadian ice hockey forwards
Category:Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
Category:Ice hockey people from Ontario
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Category:Italian ice hockey players
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Italy
Category:People from Cobalt, Ontario
Category:Sudbury Wolves players
Category:Flint Spirits players
Category:New Haven Nighthawks players
Category:Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Italy
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