Nate DiCasmirro

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| image = 20160205 ZNO vs HCB 4073.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|9|27}}

| birth_place = Atikokan, Ontario, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 194

| position = Right Wing

| shoots = Left

| played_for = Hamilton Bulldogs
Toronto Roadrunners
Edmonton Roadrunners
Grand Rapids Griffins
Providence Bruins
San Antonio Rampage
Syracuse Crunch
HC Bolzano
Timrå IK
EC VSV
Brunico SG
HC Valpellice
Sheffield Steelers
HDD Jesenice

| ntl_team = Italy

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2002

| career_end = 2019

}}

Nate DiCasmirro (born September 27, 1978) is a Canadian-born Italian former professional ice hockey right winger who was born in Atikokan, Ontario, but grew up in Burnsville, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. He most notably played in the American Hockey League and for the Italian national team.

Personal life

He holds dual Canadian and U.S. citizenship{{cite web| url = http://hockeysfuture.com/articles/6672 | title = Q&A with Nate DiCasmirro] | publisher = Hockeysfuture.com | date = 2004-02-11 | accessdate = 2006-02-18}} and is of Italian descent.

Career

DiCasmirro left home as a teenager to play midget AAA hockey in Marquette, Michigan, and later played for St. Cloud State University.Marty Sundvall, [https://archive.today/20130205174617/http://www.uscho.com/news/id,3572/FortitudeofaLeader "Fortitude of a Leader: St. Cloud's DiCasmirro Has a Steely Resolve, and a Will to Win,"] USCHO.com, Jan. 17, 2002. He was signed as a free agent in 2002 by the Edmonton Oilers and was sent to play in the minor leagues. In 2006, he signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Boston Bruins and was assigned to play right wing for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL).[https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?name=Nate+DiCasmirro&hubname=nhl-bruins Nate DiCasmirro] at tsn.com. On December 6, 2007, he was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes along with a 5th round draft pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft for goaltender Alex Auld.[http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=224518&hubname= TSN : NHL - Canada's Sports Leader]

He played several seasons in the AHL and then with Bolzano HC in the Italian Serie A, before being released on December 25, 2008.{{cite web | url = http://www.hcb.net/default.asp?seite=Holl%E4ndischer+Nationalst%FCrmer+Jamie+Schaafsma+ersetzt+Nate+DiCasmirro&idsp=1&idnews=615 | title = Holländischer Nationalstürmer Jamie Schaafsma ersetzt Nate DiCasmirro | accessdate = 2008-12-26 | date = 2008-12-25 | publisher = HC Bolzano | language = German }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} DiCasmirro then signed a short-term contract to play with Swedish team Timrå IK on January 6, 2009.{{cite web | url = http://www.timraik.se/index.php?article=242 | title = Nate DiCasmirro ansluter till truppen | accessdate = 2009-01-08 | date = 2009-01-06 | publisher = Timrå IK | language = Swedish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100822134644/http://www.timraik.se/index.php?article=242 | archive-date = 2010-08-22 | url-status = dead }} Having played ten games for the Elitserien team, he continued his visit to Sweden by signing for HockeyAllsvenskan newcomers Örebro HK on September 11, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.orebrohockey.se/nyhet.php?id=889 |title=DiCasmirro klar för Örebro |accessdate=2009-09-11 |date=2009-09-11 |publisher=Örebro HK |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008214740/http://www.orebrohockey.se/nyhet.php?id=889 |archivedate=October 8, 2011 }} He moved later in the season to the Austrian Hockey League for EC VSV and in 2010 he signed for Brunico in Serie A.

On August 23, 2015, DiCasmirro returned to the Austrian EBEL, signing for a second stint with Italian club, HC Bolzano, as a free agent on a one-year contract.{{cite web | url = http://www.hcb.net/de/team/news/item/1293-bolzano-ancora-sul-mercato-arriva-nate-dicasmirro.html | title = From Valpellic to Bolzano: Nate DiCasmirro | publisher = HCB South Tyrol | date = 2015-08-23 | accessdate = 2015-08-23 | language = Italian | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150827014644/http://www.hcb.net/de/team/news/item/1293-bolzano-ancora-sul-mercato-arriva-nate-dicasmirro.html | archive-date = 2015-08-27 | url-status = dead }}

Following his seventeenth professional season at the conclusion of the 2018–19 campaign playing with EC KAC second tier Alps Hockey League team, DiCasmirro opted to conclude his career with the intention to remain within EC KAC as a junior coach on March 25, 2019.{{cite web| url = http://www.kac.at/de/news/erste-weichenstellungen-im-farmteam | title = First steps taken with farm club | publisher = EC KAC | date = 2019-03-25 | accessdate = 2019-03-25 | language = German}} In 2021, he was hired by the Minnesota Wild to be an assistant coach with their AHL affiliate, the Iowa Wild.{{Cite web |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/iowa-wild-announces-nate-dicasmirro-and-nolan-yonkman-as-assistant-coaches/n-5728515 |title=Iowa Wild Announces Nate Dicasmirro and Nolan Yonkman as Assistant Coaches |website=OurSports Central |date=2021-08-03}}

Career statistics

= Regular season and playoffs =

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

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

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1994–95

| Burnsville High School

| HS-MN

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| North Iowa Huskies

| USHL

| 38

| 1

| 8

| 9

| 28

| —

1996–97

| North Iowa Huskies

| USHL

| 51

| 18

| 22

| 40

| 86

| 12

| 0

| 6

| 22

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| North Iowa Huskies

| USHL

| 52

| 29

| 45

| 74

| 118

| 11

| 5

| 10

| 34

1998–99

| St. Cloud State University

| WCHA

| 34

| 6

| 8

| 14

| 46

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–2000

| St. Cloud State University

| WCHA

| 40

| 19

| 24

| 43

| 26

| —

2000–01

| St. Cloud State University

| WCHA

| 32

| 9

| 20

| 29

| 26

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| St. Cloud State University

| WCHA

| 41

| 17

| 33

| 50

| 58

| —

2001–02

| Hamilton Bulldogs

| AHL

| 1

| 0

| 10

| 0

| 5

| 6

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Hamilton Bulldogs

| AHL

| 49

| 5

| 12

| 17

| 22

| 16

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 8

2003–04

| Toronto Roadrunners

| AHL

| 71

| 17

| 18

| 35

| 37

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 0

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| 2004–05

| Edmonton Roadrunners

| AHL

| 77

| 7

| 18

| 25

| 48

| —

2005–06

| Grand Rapids Griffins

| AHL

| 72

| 16

| 36

| 52

| 97

| 16

| 3

| 6

| 20

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| 2006–07

| Providence Bruins

| AHL

| 68

| 10

| 18

| 28

| 59

| 13

| 4

| 0

| 4

| 10

2007–08

| Providence Bruins

| AHL

| 20

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 12

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| San Antonio Rampage

| AHL

| 23

| 6

| 2

| 8

| 16

| —

2007–08

| Syracuse Crunch

| AHL

| 20

| 3

| 10

| 13

| 8

| 13

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 12

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| HC Bolzano

| ITL

| 23

| 6

| 9

| 15

| 40

| —

2008–09

| Timrå IK

| SEL

| 10

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 4

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Örebro HK

| Allsv

| 19

| 2

| 4

| 6

| —

2009–10

| EC VSV

| EBEL

| 25

| 4

| 10

| 14

| 5

| 0

| 4

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| 2010–11

| HC Pustertal Wölfe

| ITL

| 40

| 16

| 21

| 37

| 56

| 15

| 4

| 11

| 15

| 20

2011–12

| HC Pustertal Wölfe

| ITL

| 26

| 5

| 10

| 15

| 26

| 13

| 5

| 4

| 9

| 10

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| HC Valpellice

| ITL

| 44

| 11

| 40

| 51

| 54

| 15

| 4

| 10

| 14

| 48

2013–14

| Sheffield Steelers

| EIHL

| 54

| 6

| 32

| 38

| 34

| 4

| 1

| 5

| 6

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| HC Valpellice

| ITL

| 34

| 13

| 25

| 38

| 44

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 4

2015–16

| HC Bolzano

| EBEL

| 54

| 6

| 13

| 19

| 24

| 6

| 1

| 5

| 6

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| HDD Jesenice

| AlpsHL

| 28

| 7

| 18

| 25

| 12

| 9

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 10

2016–17

| HDD Jesenice

| SVN

| —

| 5

| 4

| 8

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| HC Pustertal Wölfe

| AlpsHL

| 25

| 5

| 14

| 19

| 16

| 9

| 0

| 5

| 4

2017–18

| HC Pustertal Wölfe

| ITL

| 2

| 1

| 2

| —

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| 2018–19

| EC KAC II

| AlpsHL

| 18

| 2

| 6

| 8

| 4

| —

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 401

! 66

! 117

! 183

! 299

! 70

! 12

! 14

! 26

! 56

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! colspan="3" | ITL totals

! 169

! 52

! 106

! 158

! 222

! 47

! 13

! 26

! 39

! 82

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

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

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2013

| Italy

| OGQ

| DNQ

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

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| 2013

| Italy

| WC D1A

| 18th

| 5

| 1

| 2

| 6

2014

| Italy

| WC

| 15th

| 7

| 0

| 1

| 2

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| 2015

| Italy

| WC D1A

| 21st

| 5

| 0

| 4

2016

| Italy

| OGQ

| DNQ

| 3

| 0

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! colspan=4 | Senior totals

! 23

! 2

! 4

! 14

Awards and honors

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! Award

! Year

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| colspan="3" | USHL

Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year Award

| 1998

| {{cite web | url = http://www.ushl.com/news/story.cfm?id=3312 | title = USHL Awards | publisher = United States Hockey League | date = 2012-04-15 | accessdate = 2012-08-29 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807025238/http://www.ushl.com/news/story.cfm?id=3312 | archivedate = 2011-08-07 }}

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

| colspan="3" | College

All-WCHA Second Team

| 2001–02