Rich Costello
Rich Costello | |||
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Born |
Framingham, Massachusetts | June 27, 1963||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
Position | Center | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Toronto Maple Leafs | ||
National team | United States | ||
NHL draft |
37th overall, 1981 Philadelphia Flyers | ||
Playing career | 1984–1990 |
Richard Anthony "Rich" Costello (born June 27, 1963) is a retired American professional ice hockey player.[1]
Biography
As a youth, Costello played in the 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Boston.[2]
He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1981 NHL Entry Draft, but traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1982 for Darryl Sittler.[3] Costello was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, but grew up in Natick, Massachusetts.
Costello spent part of the 1983-84 season with the United States National Team. He spent the following three years in the Leafs organisation, in which he played a total of 12 games in the NHL, but spent most of his time in the American Hockey League. He later played professionally in Finland, Germany and Switzerland.
References
- ^ "Just like 'Slap Shot': Remembering the Albany Choppers hockey team" Albany Times Union. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Ex-Leafs GM Gerry McNamara: Ballard passed on Quinn, Lamoriello as coach" Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1963 births
- Albany Choppers players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- American men's ice hockey centers
- HC Davos players
- Eishockey-Bundesliga players
- Ice hockey people from Massachusetts
- Living people
- Newmarket Saints players
- People from Framingham, Massachusetts
- People from Natick, Massachusetts
- Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
- Providence Friars men's ice hockey players
- Ratingen EC players
- St. Catharines Saints players
- Schwenningen ERC players
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- Utica Devils players