Stefano Giliati

Stefano Giliati
Stefano Giliati
Born	October 7, 1987 (age 37); Montreal, QC, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
Liiga team; Former teams	Espoo Blues; Toronto Marlies; Norfolk Admirals; HC Bolzano; SaiPa
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2008–present

Stefano Giliati (born October 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Left Wing who is currently playing with Espoo Blues of the Finnish Liiga.

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 20th 2014 in a 5-4 away loss to Oulun Kärpät.

Career statistics

			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	—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals			148	16	29	45	63	19	1	1	2	0

References

^ "Lightning acquire pair of prospects from Toronto". Tampa Bay Lightning. 2010-08-27. Retrieved 2010-08-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Blues sign Giliati from SaiPa" (in Finnish). Twitter. 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2014-04-28. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Template:Persondata

This biographical article relating to a Canadian ice hockey winger born in the 1980s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Lightning acquire pair of prospects from Toronto". Tampa Bay Lightning. 2010-08-27. Retrieved 2010-08-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] "Blues sign Giliati from SaiPa" (in Finnish). Twitter. 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2014-04-28. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[1]

[2]