Peter Ferraro

Peter Ferraro
Ferraro in 2001
Born (1973-01-24) January 24, 1973 (age 51)
Port Jefferson, New York, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for New York Rangers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Boston Bruins
Washington Capitals
Södertälje SK
DEG Metro Stars
National team  United States
NHL draft 24th overall, 1992
New York Rangers
Playing career 1994–2009

Peter Joseph Ferraro (born January 24, 1973) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He and his twin brother Chris became the second set of identical twins to play on the same NHL team, (the New York Rangers) in the 1995–1996 NHL hockey season. The first was Ron and Rich Sutter.

Playing career

Peter Ferraro was born in Port Jefferson, New York. As a youth, he and his brother Chris played in the 1985, 1986 and 1987 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers minor ice hockey teams.[1]

He was the first of the twins to be drafted into the NHL, and was drafted in the first round (#24 overall) in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers.[2]

During his NHL career, he played for the New York Rangers, the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins and the Washington Capitals. Despite playing professional hockey for a combined thirty years, neither Ferraro managed to play over 100 NHL games. Peter has a career NHL total of 92 games played while his brother Chris played 74 NHL games.

Both brothers played for the DEG Metro Stars of the DEL in the 2005–06 season. Ferraro has signed a contract with the New York Islanders and attended the team's 2006–07 training camp. As he had previously indicated,[3] he accepted a position with the team's minor league club, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, as he failed to make the NHL team. On March 27, 2009, the Las Vegas Wranglers announced that Ferraro had been suspended for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs due to Ferraro spearing another player after an on-ice brawl.[4] During that same brawl, his brother Chris had suffered a broken leg, which also ended his season and career. On April 1, 2009 he was released from the Las Vegas Wranglers.[5]

The brothers were inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Hockey Category with the Class of 2012.

Personal

Ferraro currently runs Ferraro Brothers Elite Hockey with his brother Chris at Newbridge Ice Arena in Bellmore, NY. He was a finalist for the 2012 Portland Pirates Hall Of Fame.[6]

Earlier, he and his brothers built the Twin Rinks facility at Nassau County's Eisenhower Park. But cost overruns led to its bankruptcy in 2015,[7] and the Islanders purchased it to serve as their practice facility.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1988–89 Tabor Academy HS-MA — — — — — — — — — —
1989–90 Tabor Academy HS-MA — — — — — — — — — —
1990–91 Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL 29 21 31 52 83 8 7 5 12 10
1991–92 Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL 21 25 25 50 92 — — — — —
1991–92 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 21 23 28 51 76 4 8 5 13 16
1992–93 University of Maine HE 36 18 32 50 106 — — — — —
1993–94 United States National Team Intl 60 30 34 64 87 — — — — —
1993–94 University of Maine HE 4 3 6 9 16 — — — — —
1994–95 Atlanta Knights IHL 61 15 24 39 118 — — — — —
1994–95 Binghamton Rangers AHL 12 2 6 8 67 11 4 3 7 51
1995–96 New York Rangers NHL 5 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
1995–96 Binghamton Rangers AHL 68 48 53 101 157 4 1 6 7 22
1996–97 New York Rangers NHL 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1996–97 Binghamton Rangers AHL 75 38 39 77 171 4 3 1 4 18
1997–98 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
1997–98 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 36 17 23 40 54 15 8 6 14 59
1997–98 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 29 3 4 7 12 — — — — —
1998–99 Boston Bruins NHL 46 6 8 14 44 — — — — —
1998–99 Providence Bruins AHL 16 15 10 25 14 19 9 12 21 38
1999–00 Boston Bruins NHL 5 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
1999–00 Providence Bruins AHL 48 21 25 46 98 13 5 7 12 14
2000–01 Providence Bruins AHL 78 26 45 71 109 17 4 5 9 34
2001–02 Washington Capitals NHL 4 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2001–02 Portland Pirates AHL 67 21 37 58 119 — — — — —
2002–03 Portland Pirates AHL 59 22 41 63 123 3 0 2 2 16
2003–04 Springfield Falcons AHL 64 19 31 50 100 — — — — —
2004–05 Södertälje SK SEL 12 2 1 3 6 — — — — —
2004–05 Syracuse Crunch AHL 48 9 17 26 75 — — — — —
2005–06 DEG Metro Stars DEL 41 13 14 27 98 13 2 4 6 48
2006–07 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 37 10 10 20 37 — — — — —
2006–07 Peoria Rivermen AHL 12 3 3 6 6 — — — — —
2007–08 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 68 36 37 73 90 20 8 13 21 12
2008–09 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 52 16 14 30 73 — — — — —
AHL totals 620 251 340 591 1130 86 34 42 76 252
NHL totals 92 9 15 24 58 2 0 0 0 0

International

Medal record
Representing  United States
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Germany
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1992 United States WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 3 5 8 12
1993 United States WJC 4th 7 7 4 11 8
1994 United States OG 8th 8 6 0 6 6
2003 United States WC 13th 6 1 4 5 10
Junior totals 14 10 9 19 20
Senior totals 14 7 4 11 16

Awards and honours

Award Year
USHL
Forward of the Year 1992
Player of the Year 1992
AHL
First All-Star Team 1996
All-Star Game 1997, 2001, 2003 [9]
Calder Cup (Providence Bruins) 1999
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy 1999
International
WJC All-Star Team 1992 [10]

References

  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  2. ^ "Peter Ferraro". Hockey-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  3. ^ "Ferraro twins working to stay in pro hockey". Archived from the original on 2007-05-10. Retrieved 2006-09-02.
  4. ^ Steve Silver (March 27, 2009). "Peter Ferraro suspended for season". lasvegassun.com. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  5. ^ "ECHL TRANSACTIONS". oursportscentral.com. ECHL. April 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  6. ^ PortlandPirates.com: 2012 Pirates Hall Of Fame Nominees Archived 2012-05-11 at the Wayback Machine February 4, 2012
  7. ^ "Ice skating center files for bankruptcy".
  8. ^ "Report: Isles buy Twin Rinks as new practice spot". 31 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Canadian All-Stars 11, Planet USA All-Stars 10". American Hockey League. 2001-01-15. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  10. ^ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.523, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
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Preceded by New York Rangers first round draft pick
1992 		Succeeded by