Mario Scalzo

Mario Scalzo
Scalzo in 2024
Born	(1984-11-11) November 11, 1984 Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
DEL team Former teams	Adler Mannheim Iowa Stars Norfolk Admirals EC Red Bull Salzburg
National team	Canada
Playing career	2005–present

Mario Scalzo (born November 11, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Scalzo is currently playing for Eispiraten Crimmitschau in the DEL2.

Career

Born in Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Scalzo played junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the Victoriaville Tigres and the Rimouski Océanic. He is perhaps the most well known for his junior hockey days in Rimouski where he played on the 2005 Memorial Cup runner-up team captained by Sidney Crosby. Other major pieces of that team included Marc Antoine Poulliot and Dany Roussin, both linemates of Crosby. That year, the three along with Scalzo lead the Oceanic in scoring. After signing as a free agent with the Dallas Stars of the NHL in 2005, Scalzo spent three seasons in the American Hockey League playing for the Iowa Stars and the Norfolk Admirals. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning organization in 2007 for Bryce Lampman. Scalzo joined Red Bull Salzburg in 2008 and signed than on 7 April 2009 with Adler Mannheim. On April 29, 2011, Scalzo was added to the Canadian roster for the 2011 IIHF World Championship held in Slovakia .

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000–01	Collège Antoine-Girouard	QMAAA		6	0	1	1	4		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Collège Antoine-Girouard	QMAAA		40	8	27	35	50		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Victoriaville Tigres	QMJHL		1	0	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0
2002–03	Victoriaville Tigres	QMJHL		72	10	34	44	134		4	0	3	3	6
2003–04	Victoriaville Tigres	QMJHL		68	16	52	68	113		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Victoriaville Tigres	QMJHL		39	11	19	30	73		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Rimouski Océanic	QMJHL		23	13	31	44	31		13	7	14	21	10
2005–06	Iowa Stars	AHL		74	4	29	33	42		7	0	2	2	8
2006–07	Iowa Stars	AHL		73	4	21	25	89		9	0	3	3	10
2007–08	Iowa Stars	AHL		15	1	8	9	10		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		48	4	16	20	27		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	EC Salzburg	AUT		47	10	30	40	116		15	4	8	12	16
2009–10	Adler Mannheim	DEL		45	11	17	28	39		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Adler Mannheim	DEL		51	13	19	32	52		6	0	2	2	2
2011–12	EHC Biel	NLA		5	1	0	1	25		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	SC Bern	NLA		6	2	2	4	0		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	TPS	SM-l		38	4	10	14	50		2	0	0	0	2
2012–13	Graz 99ers	AUT		37	4	16	20	52		5	0	1	1	4
2013–14	Graz 99ers	AUT		32	1	10	11	16		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Piráti Chomutov	CZE.2		18	2	0	2	8		3	0	0	0	4
2016–17	Gamyo d'Épinal	FRA		26	0	9	9	32		4	1	2	3	12
2019–20	Kassel Huskies	DEU.2		28	3	15	18	24		—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals				210	13	74	87	168		16	0	5	5	18
AUT totals				116	15	56	71	184		20	4	9	13	20

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2011	Canada	WC		3	0	2	2	0

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database