Paul Zanette

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| team = Free Agent

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| former_teams = Hamilton Bulldogs
Rockford IceHogs
HC Asiago
HC Bolzano
Edinburgh Capitals

| position = Forward

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|4|8}}

| birth_place = Nobleton, Ontario, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 190

| shoots = Left

| draft = Undrafted

| ntl_team = Italy

| career_start = 2011

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{{MedalCountry | {{ihj|CAN}} East}}

Paul Zanette (born April 8, 1988) is a Canadian-Italian professional ice hockey player. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for the Indy Fuel of the ECHL. In 2011, while playing for the Niagara University Purple Eagles, Zanette was named the Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year, and was a selected as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award.

Playing career

Not selected in the NHL draft in 2011, Zanette signed as a free agent with the Rockford Ice Hogs of the American Hockey League for the 2011–12 season, where he started the season until assigned to the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL.{{cite web | url = http://icehogs.com/news/icehogs/index.html?article_id=2994 | title = IceHogs ink Peter Leblanc and Paul Zanette | website = icehogs.com | date = 2011-06-28 | access-date = 2011-06-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120326083500/http://icehogs.com/news/icehogs/index.html?article_id=2994 | archive-date = March 26, 2012 | url-status = dead }}

With no substantial North American offers, he opted for HC Asiago of the Italian Serie A.{{cite web | url = http://www.asiagohockey.it/news_dettaglio.php?PID=1181&Tipo_News=ALL& | title = Paul Zanette completes move to Asiago | publisher = HC Asiago | date = 2012-08-31 | access-date = 2012-08-31 | language = Italian }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

After two successful seasons with Asiago, Zanette left as a free agent, along with brother Marc, to sign with Italian-based club HC Bolzano of the Austrian Hockey League on August 9, 2014.{{cite web | url = http://www.hcb.net/de/team/news/item/941-hcb-all-attacco-confermato-pance-ecco-i-due-zanette.html | title = Ziga Pance remains, Zanette brothers come | website = HCB South Tyrol | date = 2014-08-09 | access-date = 2014-08-09 | language = German | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160602002345/http://www.hcb.net/de/team/news/item/941-hcb-all-attacco-confermato-pance-ecco-i-due-zanette.html | archive-date = June 2, 2016 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }} Zanette successfully completed his trial and signed a one-year contract while his brother failed to catch on.

After his contract expired with Asiago, Zanette joined Scottish club, Edinburgh Capitals of the Elite Ice Hockey League, on a two-year contract.{{Cite web| url = http://www.edinburgh-capitals.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1165:capitals-sign-paul-zanette-to-a-two-year-deal&catid=2:news&Itemid=7 | title = Capitals sign Paul Zanette to a two-year deal | publisher = Edinburgh Capitals | date = 2015-08-06 | access-date = 2015-08-25 }} After just 35 games, Zanette's contract was terminated "by mutual consent." He then re-joined former club, HC Asiago, for the balance of the Italian 2015–16 season.

On July 21, 2016, Zanette returned to North America, signing a one-year ECHL contract with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits,{{cite web | url = http://www.swamprabbits.com/swamp-rabbits-add-dynamic-offensive-threat/ | title = Swamp Rabbits add dynamic offensive threat | publisher = Greenville Swamp Rabbits | date = 2016-07-21 | access-date = 2016-07-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160801054934/http://www.swamprabbits.com/swamp-rabbits-add-dynamic-offensive-threat/ | archive-date = August 1, 2016 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }} where he scored 20 points before being traded to the Indy Fuel on January 12, 2017.{{cite web | url = https://www.indyfuelhockey.com/indy-shuffles-roster-ahead-of-trip-to-quad-city | title = Indy shuffles roster ahead of trip to Quad City | publisher = Indy Fuel | date = 2017-01-12 | access-date = 2017-01-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075218/https://www.indyfuelhockey.com/indy-shuffles-roster-ahead-of-trip-to-quad-city | archive-date = February 11, 2017 | url-status = dead }}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! 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

ALIGN="center"

| 2004–05

| North York Rangers

| OPJHL

| 48

| 16

| 13

| 29

| 44

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| North York Rangers

| OPJHL

| 48

| 30

| 21

| 51

| 64

| —

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| 2006–07

| Aurora Tigers

| OPJHL

| 33

| 23

| 29

| 52

| 58

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Niagara University

| CHA

| 34

| 7

| 12

| 19

| 14

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2008–09

| Niagara University

| CHA

| 23

| 6

| 4

| 10

| 14

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Niagara University

| CHA

| 36

| 11

| 10

| 21

| 38

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2010–11

| Niagara University

| AHA

| 35

| 29

| 26

| 55

| 45

| —

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| 2010–11

| Hamilton Bulldogs

| AHL

| 7

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

| 11

| 2

| 0

| 2

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| 2011–12

| Toledo Walleye

| ECHL

| 26

| 5

| 9

| 14

| 4

| —

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| 2011–12

| Rockford IceHogs

| AHL

| 13

| 0

| 2

| —

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| 2012–13

| HC Asiago

| ITL

| 42

| 20

| 25

| 45

| 42

| 13

| 4

| 9

| 13

| 20

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013–14

| HC Asiago

| ITL

| 32

| 14

| 23

| 37

| 26

| 11

| 7

| 3

| 10

| 18

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| 2014–15

| HC Bolzano

| EBEL

| 45

| 8

| 13

| 21

| 27

| 1

| 0

| 2

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| 2015–16

| Edinburgh Capitals

| EIHL

| 35

| 19

| 20

| 39

| 48

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2015–16

| HC Asiago

| ITL

| 6

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 0

| 10

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 6

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| Greenville Swamp Rabbits

| ECHL

| 33

| 9

| 11

| 20

| 16

| —

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| 2016–17

| Indy Fuel

| ECHL

| 19

| 3

| 6

| 9

| 0

| —

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 20

! 1

! 0

! 1

! 4

! 11

! 2

! 0

! 2

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

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| 2016

| Italy

| OGQ

| NQ

| 3

| 0

| 3

| 4

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! colspan="4" | Senior totals

! 3

! 0

! 3

! 4

Awards and honours

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! Award

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All-Atlantic Hockey First Team

| 2010–11

|{{cite web| url = http://www.uscho.com/2011/03/17/niagaras-zanette-gets-atlantic-hockey-player-of-the-year-nod/ |title = Niagara's Zanette gets Atlantic Hockey player of the year nod | publisher = USCHO.com | date = 2011-03-17 | access-date = 2011-03-17}}

Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year

| 2010–11

AHCA East Second-Team All-American

| 2010–11

Hobey Baker Award Finalist

| 2010–11

| {{cite web | url = http://news.niagara.edu/paul-zanette-11-selected-as-hobey-baker-award-finalist/ | title = 11 selected as Hobey Baker finalists | publisher = news.niagara.edu | date = 2011-03-15 | access-date = 2011-03-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906001035/http://news.niagara.edu/paul-zanette-11-selected-as-hobey-baker-award-finalist/ | archive-date = September 6, 2015 | url-status = dead }}