Mike Matteucci

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{no citations|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 03

| weight_lb = 210

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|12|27|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Trail, British Columbia, Canada

| career_start = 1996

| career_end = 2004

| draft = Undrafted

| played_for = Minnesota Wild

}}

Michael Matteucci (born December 27, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 6 games in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota Wild between 2000 and 2002.

Playing career

Matteucci played four seasons of collegiate hockey at Lake Superior State University from 1992–93 to 1995–96, and was a member of the Lakers' championship team in 1994.

Undrafted after college, Matteucci played for the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League from 1996 to 2000. With the Ice Dogs, he became a fan favorite as an enforcer. In his four-plus seasons with the Ice Dogs, Matteucci racked up more than 900 penalty minutes.

Following his time with the Ice Dogs, Matteucci signed with the Minnesota Wild. He played 6 NHL games for the Wild in the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons. He spent most of the 2000–01 season with the IHL Cleveland Lumberjacks, and most of 2001–02 with the AHL Houston Aeros, where he served as team captain.

Matteucci signed a free agent contract with the New Jersey Devils in 2002, and spent the next two seasons as captain of the Albany River Rats, New Jersey's AHL affiliate. He then moved on to the Milwaukee Admirals.

Matteucci announced his retirement from the Admirals on December 4, 2004.

Post-playing career

In 2014, Matteucci was inducted into the Lake Superior State Athletic Hall of Fame, along with his 1994 championship team.

He currently lives with his wife, and two children in Traverse City, Michigan. Matteucci coaches for the Bay Reps and Traverse City North Stars. Matteucci is also a detective with the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Department.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! 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

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1990–91

| Estevan Bruins

| SJHL

| 62

51621226

| —

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| 1991–92

| Estevan Bruins

| SJHL

| 63

93544141

| —

1992–93

| Lake Superior State University

| CCHA

| 19

13416

| —

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| 1993–94

| Lake Superior State University

| CCHA

| 45

6111764

| —

1994–95

| Lake Superior State University

| CCHA

| 38

3111452

| —

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| 1995–96

| Lake Superior State University

| CCHA

| 40

3131682

| —

1995–96

| Long Beach Ice Dogs

| IHL

| 4

0007

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97

| Long Beach Ice Dogs

| IHL

| 81

448254

| 18

01142
1997–98

| Long Beach Ice Dogs

| IHL

| 79

178258

| 17

02257
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| 1998–99

| Long Beach Ice Dogs

| IHL

| 79

3912253

| 8

01112
1999–00

| Long Beach Ice Dogs

| IHL

| 64

044170

| 6

00016
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| Minnesota Wild

| NHL

| 3

0002

| —

2000–01

| Cleveland Lumberjacks

| IHL

| 69

077189

| 4

00015
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Minnesota Wild

| NHL

| 3

0002

| —

2001–02

| Houston Aeros

| AHL

| 69

31013128

| 14

11233
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Albany River Rats

| AHL

| 68

134133

| —

2003–04

| Albany River Rats

| AHL

| 73

11213107

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| Milwaukee Admirals

| AHL

| 15

11245

| —

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! colspan="3" | IHL totals

! 376 !! 8 !! 31 !! 39 !! 1131

! 53 !! 0 !! 4 !! 4 !! 142

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 6 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 4

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —