Stefano Giliati

Stefano Giliati
Born (1987-10-07) October 7, 1987 (age 37)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
ECHL team
Former teams		 Fort Wayne Komets
Toronto Marlies
Norfolk Admirals
SaiPa
Espoo Blues
KHL Medveščak Zagreb
HC Davos
Schwenninger Wild Wings
SCL Tigers
HC Bolzano
Asiago HC
National team  Italy
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present

Stefano Giliati (born October 7, 1987) is a Canadian-born Italian professional ice hockey left wing who plays currently for the Fort Wayne Komets in the ECHL.

Playing career

Giliati played major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Shawinigan Cataractes and the Lewiston MAINEiacs.

Originally signed as a free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs, on August 27, 2010, Giliati was traded by the Maple Leafs (along with Alex Berry) to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Matt Lashoff.[1]

At the conclusion of his entry-level contract, and released as a free agent by the Lightning, Giliati opted to pursue a career abroad in signing with Italian club, HC Bolzano of the Serie A. Of Italian heritage, Giliati spent a single season with HCB in Italy, helping claim the Italian Championship, before leaving for the Finnish Liiga with SaiPa. After two seasons with SaiPa, Giliati transferred to fellow Finnish club, Espoo Blues on a one-year contract on April 28, 2014.[2] Giliati scored his first goal for Blues on September 20, 2014 in a 5-4 away loss to Oulun Kärpät.

On July 13, 2015, Giliati left Finland as a free agent to sign a two-year deal with Croatian-based KHL entrant, KHL Medveščak Zagreb.[3] He left Zagreb after one year and headed to Switzerland,[4] where he played in three games for HC Davos of the National League A (NLA) at the beginning of the 2016-17 campaign. In October 2016, he transferred to the Schwenninger Wild Wings of the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[5]

In his third season with the Wild Wings in 2018–19 and with the club well out of playoff contention, Giliati left in the final season of his contract to sign for the remainder of the year with Swiss outfit, the SCL Tigers of the NL, on February 7, 2019.[6]

After 11 European seasons, Giliati opted to return to North America in agreeing to a one-year contract with the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL for the 2022–23 season on July 21, 2022.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 54 9 5 14 23 3 0 0 0 2
2005–06 Lewiston Maineiacs QMJHL 70 21 28 49 72 6 2 0 2 6
2006–07 Lewiston Maineiacs QMJHL 68 24 33 57 73 17 4 11 15 22
2007–08 Lewiston Maineiacs QMJHL 65 40 47 87 103 6 1 3 4 10
2007–08 Toronto Marlies AHL 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 1 0
2008–09 Toronto Marlies AHL 53 6 9 15 16 — — — — —
2009–10 Reading Royals ECHL 46 23 32 55 76 13 4 4 8 18
2009–10 Toronto Marlies AHL 25 3 6 9 8 — — — — —
2010–11 Norfolk Admirals AHL 69 7 14 21 39 6 1 0 1 0
2011–12 HC Bolzano ITL 40 17 34 51 42 12 5 10 15 26
2012–13 SaiPa SM-l 53 18 18 36 107 3 0 0 0 2
2013–14 SaiPa Liiga 35 4 14 18 78 13 2 5 7 12
2013–14 SaPKo Mestis 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2014–15 Espoo Blues Liiga 56 17 23 40 79 4 0 2 2 6
2015–16 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 53 8 8 16 65 — — — — —
2016–17 HC Davos NLA 3 0 2 2 0 — — — — —
2016–17 Schwenninger Wild Wings DEL 22 6 5 11 12 — — — — —
2017–18 Schwenninger Wild Wings DEL 49 14 12 26 34 2 0 0 0 8
2018–19 Schwenninger Wild Wings DEL 38 5 11 16 87 — — — — —
2018–19 SCL Tigers NL 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 0
2019–20 HC Bolzano EBEL 46 12 17 29 26 3 1 3 4 4
2020–21 HC Bolzano ICEHL 41 8 15 23 18 16 0 3 3 10
2021–22 Asiago HC AlpsHL 34 15 22 37 14 10 2 7 9 10
2022–23 Fort Wayne Komets ECHL 34 7 17 24 39 — — — — —
AHL totals 148 16 29 45 63 19 1 1 2 0

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2021 Italy WC 16th 7 1 0 1 18
2021 Italy OGQ NQ 3 0 0 0 2
Senior totals 10 1 0 1 20

References

  1. ^ "Lightning acquire pair of prospects from Toronto". Tampa Bay Lightning. August 27, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  2. ^ "Blues sign Giliati from SaiPa" (in Finnish). Twitter. April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  3. ^ "Stefano Giliati will play for Bears" (in Croatian). KHL Medveščak Zagreb. July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  4. ^ "Davos verpflichtet Stefano Giliati". Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  5. ^ "Schwenninger Wild Wings: News-Detailseite". www.wildwings.de. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  6. ^ "SCL Tigers sign Stefano Giliati" (in German). SCL Tigers. February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "Komets sign three". ECHL. July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.