Dino Ciccarelli

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Retired Minnesota North Stars Washington Capitals Detroit Red Wings Tampa Bay Lightning Florida Panthers
Nationality	Canada
Born	February 8, 1960, Sarnia, Ontario
Pro Career	1980 – 1999

Dino Ciccarelli (born February 8, 1960 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian former professional hockey player who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League, primarily with the Minnesota North Stars. He scored 1,200 points in his NHL career, and is the North Stars' all-time leader in that statistic. Dino is of Italian descent.

Dino is considered by many to be one of the best players in league history to never have won a Stanley Cup. The closest he came was making the Cup Finals in 1995 with the Detroit Red Wings, when they were beaten by the New Jersey Devils. He left the team and joined the Tampa Bay Lightning before the 1996-97 season, one that would see the Red Wings win the Cup.

Ciccarelli's career featured several controversial moments, both on and off the ice. In 1987 he pleaded guilty to indecent exposure and received probation. Then on January 6th, 1988, in a game played at Maple Leaf Gardens, Ciccarelli attacked Maple Leafs defenceman Luke Richardson with his stick. As a result of this incident, Ciccarelli was convicted of assault, fined $1000, and sentenced to one day in jail.

After retiring, Ciccarelli allegedly had several physical altercations with members of the media. Some have criticized the HHoF for focusing on issues other than hockey for his exclusion, but others point out that the induction committee has maintained such integrity in order to avoid tarnishing such an honour.

Dino and his brother Robert have been co-owners of the Ontario Hockey League's Sarnia Sting since 1994. Ciccarelli's number 8 was also retired by his junior team, the London Knights. The Ciccarellis are related to Hall of Famers Tony and Phil Esposito.

Dino owns the nightclub Club 22 in Shelby Township, Michigan.

1 Career Statistics
2 Achievements & Awards
3 Teams
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] Career Statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1976-77	London Knights	OMJHL	66	39	43	82	45	20	11	13	24	14
1977-78	London Knights	OMJHL	68	72	70	142	49	9	6	10	16	6
1978-79	London Knights	OMJHL	30	8	11	19	35	7	3	5	8	0
1979-80	London Knights	OMJHL	62	50	53	103	72	5	2	6	8	15
1979-80	Oklahoma City Stars	CHL	6	3	2	0
1980-81	Oklahoma City Stars	CHL	48	32	25	57	45
1980-81	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	32	18	12	30	29	19	14	7	21	25
1981-82	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	76	55	51	106	138	4	3	1	4	2
1982-83	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	77	37	38	75	94	9	4	6	10	11
1983-84	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	79	38	33	71	58	16	4	5	9	27
1984-85	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	51	15	17	32	41	9	3	3	6	8
1985-86	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	75	44	45	89	51	5	0	1	1	6
1986-87	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	80	52	51	103	88	--	--	--	--	--
1987-88	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	67	41	45	86	79	--	--	--	--	--
1988-89	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	65	32	27	59	64
1988-89	Washington Capitals	NHL	11	12	3	15	12	6	3	3	6	12
1989-90	Washington Capitals	NHL	80	41	38	79	122	8	8	3	11	6
1990-91	Washington Capitals	NHL	54	21	18	39	66	11	5	4	9	22
1991-92	Washington Capitals	NHL	78	38	38	76	78	7	5	4	9	14
1992-93	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	82	41	56	97	81	7	4	2	6	16
1993-94	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	66	28	29	57	73	7	5	2	7	14
1994-95	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	42	16	27	43	39	16	9	2	11	22
1995-96	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	64	22	21	43	99	17	6	2	8	26
1996-97	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	77	35	25	60	116	--	--	--	--	--
1997-98	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	34	11	6	17	42
1997-98	Florida Panthers	NHL	28	5	11	16	28	--	--	--	--	--
1998-99	Florida Panthers	NHL	14	6	1	7	27	--	--	--	--	--
OMJHL Totals			226	169	177	346	201	41	22	34	56	35
NHL Totals			1232	608	592	1200	1425	141	73	45	118	211