Stefano Giliati

Stefano Giliati (born October 7, 1987) is a Canadian-born Italian professional ice hockey left wing who plays currently for the Fort Wayne Komets in the ECHL.

Stefano Giliati
Born	(1987-10-07) October 7, 1987 (age 37) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shoots	Left
ECHL team Former teams	Fort Wayne Komets Toronto Marlies Norfolk Admirals SaiPa Espoo Blues KHL Medveščak Zagreb HC Davos Schwenninger Wild Wings SCL Tigers HC Bolzano Asiago HC
National team	Italy
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2008–present

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

On July 13, 2015, Giliati left Finland as a free agent to sign a two-year deal with Croatian-based KHL entrant, KHL Medveščak Zagreb.^[3] He left Zagreb after one year and headed to Switzerland,^[4] where he played in three games for HC Davos of the National League A (NLA) at the beginning of the 2016-17 campaign. In October 2016, he transferred to the Schwenninger Wild Wings of the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).^[5]

In his third season with the Wild Wings in 2018–19 and with the club well out of playoff contention, Giliati left in the final season of his contract to sign for the remainder of the year with Swiss outfit, the SCL Tigers of the NL, on February 7, 2019.^[6]

After 11 European seasons, Giliati opted to return to North America in agreeing to a one-year contract with the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL for the 2022–23 season on July 21, 2022.^[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				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		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Espoo Blues	Liiga		56	17	23	40	79		4	0	2	2	6
2015–16	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	KHL		53	8	8	16	65		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	HC Davos	NLA		3	0	2	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Schwenninger Wild Wings	DEL		22	6	5	11	12		—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Schwenninger Wild Wings	DEL		49	14	12	26	34		2	0	0	0	8
2018–19	Schwenninger Wild Wings	DEL		38	5	11	16	87		—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	SCL Tigers	NL		1	0	2	2	0		2	0	3	3	0
2019–20	HC Bolzano	EBEL		46	12	17	29	26		3	1	3	4	4
2020–21	HC Bolzano	ICEHL		41	8	15	23	18		16	0	3	3	10
2021–22	Asiago HC	AlpsHL		34	15	22	37	14		10	2	7	9	10
2022–23	Fort Wayne Komets	ECHL		34	7	17	24	39		—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals				148	16	29	45	63		19	1	1	2	0

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2021	Italy	WC	16th		7	1	0	1	18
2021	Italy	OGQ	NQ		3	0	0	0	2
Senior totals					10	1	0	1	20

References

1. "Lightning acquire pair of prospects from Toronto". Tampa Bay Lightning. August 27, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
2. "Blues sign Giliati from SaiPa" (in Finnish). Twitter. April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
3. "Stefano Giliati will play for Bears" (in Croatian). KHL Medveščak Zagreb. July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
4. "Davos verpflichtet Stefano Giliati". Retrieved October 13, 2016.
5. "Schwenninger Wild Wings: News-Detailseite". www.wildwings.de. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
6. "SCL Tigers sign Stefano Giliati" (in German). SCL Tigers. February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
7. "Komets sign three". ECHL. July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.

External links

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