Mike Foligno

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Mike Foligno

| image = Mike Foligno coaching.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Foligno in 2012

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|1|29}}

| birth_place = Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 195

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Right

| played_for = Detroit Red Wings
Buffalo Sabres
Toronto Maple Leafs
Florida Panthers

| ntl_team = CAN

| draft = 3rd overall

| draft_year = 1979

| draft_team = Detroit Red Wings

| career_start = 1979

| career_end = 1994

}}

Michael Anthony Foligno ({{IPAc-en|f|ə|ˈ|l|iː|n|oʊ}}; born January 29, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League for fifteen seasons from 1979–80 until 1993–94. He was a scout for the Vegas Golden Knights.

Playing career

Foligno was born in Sudbury, Ontario, but spent his early years in Italy where he took up the sport of soccer, participating as a goalkeeper. When Foligno returned to Canada with his family at the age of 10, he was introduced to hockey.{{cite web |url= http://sabreslegends.blogspot.com/2006/12/mike-foligno.html |title = Mike Foligno's Player Profile |publisher = Greatest Hockey Legends.com |accessdate= March 22, 2010}}

Foligno was drafted 3rd overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. He played 1018 career NHL games, scoring 355 goals and 372 assists for 727 points, while adding 2049 penalty minutes. His best offensive season was the 1985–86 season with the Buffalo Sabres, when he scored 41 goals and 80 points, both career highs. On December 23, 1991, while with the Maple Leafs, he broke his foot while playing against Winnipeg, causing him to miss a majority of the season.

Foligno is perhaps best known for his trademark jump, dubbed the "Foligno Leap", after scoring a goal. Both of his two sons have carried on the tradition of the Foligno Leap. Foligno is also known for the custom helmet he was required to wear throughout his career due to his fontanel not fully developing. {{cite web|url=http://www.oleantimesherald.com/sports/article_a21610c2-6e5f-11e1-b6a0-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Sabres foil Foligno's leap|first=Bill Hoppe Olean Times|last=Herald|date=15 March 2012 |publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=nhl&id=3069827|title=Senators rookie brings back father's 'Foligno Leap' in 4-3 win over Canadiens|publisher=}}

Coaching and management career

Foligno has worked as an assistant coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Avalanche, Anaheim Ducks, and New Jersey Devils.Eric Stephens, OC Register reporter, Via Twitter, https://twitter.com/icemancometh/status/16945589561 He was previously the general manager of the Sudbury Wolves, and was also the head coach of the club, including the time when both of his sons, Nick and Marcus, played prior to playing in the NHL.

On September 21, 2016, it was announced that Foligno was hired as a scout for the expansion Vegas Golden Knights.{{cite web |url = https://www.vegasishockey.com/news-detail?recordNum=194 |title = MIKE FOLIGNO JOINS #VEGASISHOCKEY AS PROFESSIONAL SCOUT |publisher = Vegas is Hockey |accessdate = November 7, 2016 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160925015032/https://www.vegasishockey.com/news-detail?recordNum=194 |archivedate = September 25, 2016 }}

Transactions

December 2, 1981: Traded to the Buffalo Sabres along with Dale McCourt and Brent Peterson in exchange for Danny Gare, Jim Schoenfeld and Derek Smith.

December 17, 1990: Traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Buffalo's 8th round pick in the 1991 Draft (Tomas Kucharcik) in exchange for Brian Curran and Lou Franceschetti.

November 5, 1993: Traded to the Florida Panthers in exchange for cash.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1975–76 \| Sudbury Wolves \| OMJHL \| 57	22	14	36	45 \| 16	4	3	7	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1976–77 \| Sudbury Wolves \| OMJHL \| 66	31	44	75	62 \| 6	3	1	4	7
1977–78 \| Sudbury Wolves \| OMJHL \| 67	47	39	86	112 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1978–79 \| Sudbury Wolves \| OMJHL \| 68	65	85	150	98 \| 10	5	5	10	14
1979–80 \| Detroit Red Wings \| NHL \| 80	36	35	71	109 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1980–81 \| Detroit Red Wings \| NHL \| 80	28	35	63	210 \| —	—	—	—	—
1981–82 \| Detroit Red Wings \| NHL \| 26	13	13	26	28 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1981–82 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 56	20	31	51	149 \| 4	2	0	2	9
1982–83 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 66	22	25	47	135 \| 10	2	3	5	39
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1983–84 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 70	32	31	63	151 \| 3	2	1	3	19
1984–85 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 77	27	29	56	154 \| 5	1	3	4	12
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1985–86 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 79	41	39	80	168 \| —	—	—	—	—
1986–87 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 75	30	29	59	176 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1987–88 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 74	29	28	57	220 \| 6	3	2	5	31
1988–89 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 75	27	22	49	156 \| 5	3	1	4	21
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1989–90 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 61	15	25	40	99 \| 6	0	1	1	12
1990–91 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 31	4	5	9	42 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1990–91 \| Toronto Maple Leafs \| NHL \| 37	8	7	15	65 \| —	—	—	—	—
1991–92 \| Toronto Maple Leafs \| NHL \| 33	6	8	14	50 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1992–93 \| Toronto Maple Leafs \| NHL \| 55	13	5	18	84 \| 18	2	6	8	42
1993–94 \| Toronto Maple Leafs \| NHL \| 4	0	0	0	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1993–94 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 39	4	5	9	49 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 1,018 !! 355 !! 372 !! 727 !! 2,049 ! 57 !! 15 !! 17 !! 32 !! 185

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1981

| Canada

| WC

| 7

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 8

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1986

| Canada

| WC

| 10

| 0

| 5

| 16

1987

| Canada

| WC

| 10

| 0

| 4

| 34

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! colspan=3 | Senior totals

! 27

! 2

! 9

! 11

! 58

Honors

Foligno was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.{{cite web | url=https://www.buffalosportshallfame.com/member/mike-foligno/ | title=Mike Foligno – Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame | date=25 July 2012 }}

Coaching record

rowspan="2"\|Team	rowspan="2"\|Year	colspan="7"\|Regular season	colspan="1"\|Post season
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G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
HER\|\|1998–99 \|80\|\|37\|\|32\|\|10\|\|1\|\|85\|\|3rd in Mid-Atlantic\|\|Lost in first round
HER\|\|1999–00 \|80\|\|43\|\|29\|\|5\|\|3\|\|94\|\|2nd in Mid-Atlantic\|\|Lost in third round
HER\|\|2000–01 \|80\|\|34\|\|39\|\|4\|\|3\|\|75\|\|5th in Mid-Atlantic\|\|Lost in third round
HER\|\|2001–02 \|80\|\|36\|\|27\|\|11\|\|6\|\|89\|\|2nd in South\|\|Lost in second round
HER\|\|2002–03 \|80\|\|36\|\|27\|\|14\|\|3\|\|89\|\|2nd in South\|\|Lost in first round
SUD\|\|2003–04 \|68\|\|25\|\|32\|\|6\|\|5\|\|61\|\|5th in Central\|\|Lost in first round
SUD\|\|2004–05 \|68\|\|32\|\|23\|\|6\|\|7\|\|77\|\|4th in Central\|\|Lost in second round
SUD\|\|2005–06 \|68\|\|34\|\|28\|
\|6	74	3rd in Central	Lost in second round
SUD\|\|2006–07 \|68\|\|29\|\|30\|
\|9	67	3rd in Central	Lost in OHL Finals
SUD\|\|2007–08 \|68\|\|17\|\|46\|
\|5	39	5th in Central	Missed playoffs
SUD\|\|2008–09 \|68\|\|26\|\|35\|
\|7	59	5th in Central	Lost in first round
SUD\|\|2009–10 \|68\|\|26\|\|35\|
\|7	59	5th in Central	Lost in first round

Personal life

Foligno was married to wife Janis until her death in 2009 during his time as coach in Sudbury. They have four children:

Cara (teacher in Buffalo and formerly in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic school board)http://www.dpcdsb.org/NR/rdonlyres/B12B7971.../BdMin08091.pdf{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Lisa Carey (lacrosse player at Canisius College){{cite web|url=http://www.gogriffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20500&ATCLID=1465002|title=Canisius College|website=www.gogriffs.com}}
Nick was drafted in the first round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators, made the 2007–08 Senators team and was the captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets from 2015 until April 11, 2021 when he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs,{{cite web |title=Foligno traded to Maple Leafs by Blue Jackets in three-team deal |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/toronto-acquires-foligno-in-three-team-trade-with-columbus-and-san-jose/c-323539360 |website=NHL.com |access-date=11 April 2021}} one of Mike's former NHL teams, and currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks where he is captain.
Marcus was drafted 104th overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres.{{cite web|title=Marcus Foligno|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=106815|publisher=hockeydb.com|

accessdate=2011-05-24}} Marcus won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and joined the Sabres in the 2011–12 season,{{cite web|title=2011 Canada U20 Roster|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/236/IHM2360CAN_32E_1_0.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505145827/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/236/IHM2360CAN_32E_1_0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=May 5, 2021|work=IIHF|access-date=2011-05-24}}{{cite web|title=Gold Medal Game Summary|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/236/IHM236131_74_3_0.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505213644/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/236/IHM236131_74_3_0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=May 5, 2021|work=IIHF|access-date=2011-05-24}} and currently plays for the Minnesota Wild