| Robert Bortuzzo | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 18, 1989 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb) |
| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Right |
| NHL team (P) Cur. team |
Pittsburgh Penguins Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) |
| NHL Draft | 78th overall, 2007 Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
Robert Bortuzzo (born 18 March 1989) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League.
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Bortuzzo was picked up by the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League in 2006 after leading the Fort William North Stars of the Superior International Junior Hockey League to a league championship, a Dudley Hewitt Cup, and an overtime away from playing in the 2006 Royal Bank Cup final.
Bortuzzo was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 3rd Round (78th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League for the Kitchener Rangers. In his three years with the Rangers he recorded 49 points and 152 penalty minutes in 138 games.[1]
Bortuzzo won the Hamilton Spectator Trophy in his second year as a member of the 2007–08 Kitchener Rangers.[2]
On November 5, 2011, Bortuzzo made his NHL debut. Called up from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Bortuzzo was inserted into the Pittsburgh line-up to fill-in for Ben Lovejoy who had broken his wrist the previous game.[3]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2006–07 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 63 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 67 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2007–08 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 52 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 61 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 2008–09 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 23 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 75 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 79 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 111 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| AHL totals | 154 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 220 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||