Carlo Colaiacovo
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| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg/14 st 4 lb) |
| NHL Team | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | January 27, 1983 , Toronto, ON, CA |
| NHL Draft | 17th overall, 2001 Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Pro career | 2002 – present |
Carlo Colaiacovo (pronounced /koʊleɪɒkoʊvoʊ/) (born January 27, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman of Italian descent currently with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. Colaiacovo also has an identical twin brother, Paulo Colaiacovo who is a goaltender currently playing for the Tilburg Trappers in the Netherlands.[1]
Colaiacovo was drafted 17th overall by Toronto in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Colaiacovo has been bothered by injuries that have hindered him from becoming an NHL regular, but the Maple Leafs still consider him to be a good prospect. He scored his first career NHL goal on November 8, 2005 against the Washington Capitals.
On January 23, 2006, Colaiacovo missed a hipcheck on Vaclav Varada in a game against the Ottawa Senators, smashing head-first into the boards. He was taken off the ice in a stretcher. The injury was a major concussion, and missed the end of the 2005-06 NHL season.
Colaiacovo recovered fully from his concussion, but later injured his hand in his first game back into the Toronto Marlies lineup. On December 4, the Maple Leafs recalled Colaiacovo from the Marlies and on December 16, he scored his first goal of the season against the New York Rangers. Colaiacovo underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on April 29, 2007.[2]
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[edit] Awards and achievements
- 2001 - Voted Best Defensive Defenceman - OHL Western Conference
- 2003 - WJC First All-Star Team
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999-00 | Erie Otters | OHL | 52 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 2000-01 | Erie Otters | OHL | 62 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | ||
| 2001-02 | Erie Otters | OHL | 60 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 49 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 20 | ||
| 2002-03 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Erie Otters | OHL | 35 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 62 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 49 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2005-06 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006-07 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 48 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2007-08 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 101 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 51 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
[edit] Notes
- ^ Cox, Damien (2007). Hockey twins leagues apart. Toronto Star. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ "Leafs' Colaiacovo undergoes knee surgery", 2007-04-30. Retrieved on 2007-05-01.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- ESPN.com
- Carlo Colaiacovo's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Hockey's Future
- SI.com
- Yahoo Sports
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