Peter Ciavaglia
{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1969)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| position = Center
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 180
| ntl_team = USA
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|7|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Albany, NY, USA
| career_start = 1991
| career_end = 2000
| draft = 145th overall
| draft_year = 1987
| draft_team = Calgary Flames
| played_for = Buffalo Sabres
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}}
Peter Anthony Ciavaglia (born July 15, 1969) is an American retired professional ice hockey center. After graduating from Nichols School in Buffalo in 1987, Peter was selected in that year's NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. Deciding to take the college route, he played four seasons at Harvard University, where he was part of the 1989 national championship team, and eventually played in five games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres between 1991 and 1993. He spent most of his professional career, which lasted from 1991 to 2000, in the International Hockey League with the Detroit Vipers.
Awards and honors
| class="wikitable"
! Award ! Year ! |
| All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team
| 1987–88 |
| ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team
| 1988 | |
| All-ECAC Hockey Second Team
| 1988–89 |
| All-ECAC Hockey First Team
| 1990–91 |
| AHCA East Second-Team All-American
| 1990–91 |
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! 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 | ||||||||
| 1985–86
| CISAA | 60 | 84 | 113 | 197 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1986–87 | Nichols School | CISAA | 58 | 53 | 84 | 137 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88
| ECAC | 30 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89 | Harvard University | ECAC | 34 | 15 | 48 | 63 | 36
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90
| Harvard University | ECAC | 28 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1990–91 | Harvard University | ECAC | 28 | 24 | 39 | 63 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92
| NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92 | AHL | 77 | 37 | 61 | 98 | 16
| 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| 1992–93
| Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1992–93 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 64 | 35 | 67 | 102 | 32
| 17 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 12 |
| 1993–94
| Intl | 18 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1993–94 | SEL | 39 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 34
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994–95
| IHL | 73 | 22 | 59 | 81 | 83
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995–96 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 75 | 22 | 56 | 78 | 38
| 12 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 12 |
| 1996–97
| Detroit Vipers | IHL | 72 | 21 | 51 | 72 | 54
| 21 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 32 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997–98 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 35 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 10
| 23 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 12 |
| 1998–99
| Detroit Vipers | IHL | 59 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 33
| 11 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1999–00 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 41 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | IHL totals ! 355 !! 108 !! 249 !! 357 !! 232 ! 72 !! 30 !! 50 !! 80 !! 72 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 1989
| WJC | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1994 | OLY | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994
| United States | WC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Senior totals ! 15 !! 3 !! 4 !! 7 !! 2 |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=10261}}
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Category:American men's ice hockey centers
Category:Buffalo Sabres players
Category:Calgary Flames draft picks
Category:Detroit Vipers players
Category:Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey players
Category:Ice hockey people from Buffalo, New York
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for the United States
Category:Rochester Americans players
Category:Sportspeople from Albany, New York
Category:NCAA men's ice hockey national champions