Tom Kostopoulos

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Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
Nickname(s) TK, Kosto, T-Dog
Height
Weight		 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
204 lb (93 kg/14 st 8 lb)
NHL Team
F. teams		 Montreal Canadiens
Los Angeles Kings
Pittsburgh Penguins
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born December 1, 1979 (1979-24-01) (age 28),
Mississauga, ON, CAN
NHL Draft 204th overall, 1999
Pittsburgh Penguins
Pro career 2001 – present

Thomas Kostopoulos (born January 24, 1979 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player. Kostopoulos is of Greek descent.

Kostopoulos was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the seventh Round of the 1999 NHL draft. Before that he played junior hockey with the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. He made his professional minor-league hockey debut with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. Kostopoulos made his National Hockey League debut with the Penguins in the 2001–2002 season and enjoyed his best season so far with Pittsburgh in 2003–2004. During the 2005 off season, he played with the Manchester Monarchs, having signed a free-agent contract with the Los Angeles Kings. On July 3rd 2007 he signed a free-agent contract with the Montreal Canadiens.

Kostopoulos is known as the team joker in the dressing room. He once sewed someone's keys inside their pocket. [1] The joker stories from the team are not limited to this; in fact there are numerous other stories that have surfaced around the team.

Kostopoulos was featured on a January 2007 episode of MADtv with several of his teammates, including Sean Avery.

On January 22, 2008, he recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick in a 8-2 victory against the Boston Bruins. His fight victim was Shane Hnidy­.

On February 11, 2008, Kostopoulos and teammate Ryan O'Byrne were arrested outside a Tampa Bay, Florida nightclub following a purse-snatching incident. While O'Byrne was charged with theft, Kostopoulos was charged with resisting the officers. Both were released on bail shortly after. [1] On February 22, Tampa police dropped the charges against Kostopoulos following a letter of apology written by him and that he also promised to perform community service. [2]

Tom Kostopoulos being honored by the Hellenic Community of Montreal (HCM) as Grand-Marshall at the Montreal Annual Greek Parade on March 2008 on Jean-Talon street.
Tom Kostopoulos being honored by the Hellenic Community of Montreal (HCM) as Grand-Marshall at the Montreal Annual Greek Parade on March 2008 on Jean-Talon street.


On March 30, 2008, Kostopoulos was chosen to be the Grand Marshal of the Hellenic Community of Montreal/Montreal Greek community [3]. [2] [3] [4] [5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Brian Cazenuve, "Streaking Ducks, sinking Sens and other notes", 'Inside Hockey', November 8, 2006. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/brian_cazeneuve/11/08/news.notes.color/index.html
  2. ^ Greek community honours past and celebrates its future. The Gazette, Montreal Newspaper. Retrieved on 2008.
  3. ^ The Flower hasn't lost his poise. The Gazette, Montreal Newspaper. Retrieved on 2008.
  4. ^ Greek Independence Day Parade in Montreal. Flicker. Retrieved on 2008.
  5. ^ Hellenic Community of Montreal Official Web site. Hellenic Community of Montreal Official Web site. Retrieved on 2008.
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NAME Kostopoulos,Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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