From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joe Vitale (ice hockey)
Joe Vitale (ice hockey)
Joe Vitale
Born August 20, 1985 (1985-08-20)
St. Louis, MO, USA
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Joe Vitale, Pittsburgh Penguins
Position Center
Shoots Right college career as a freshman in 2005-06. He was named
Hockey East Rookie of the Week in February and received
NHL team (P) Pittsburgh Penguins
Northeastern’s Ed Arrington Memorial Rookie of the
Cur. team Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)
Year Award. In 2006-07, he was named alternate captain
NHL Draft 195th overall, 2005 of the squad as a sophomore and was named to Hockey
Pittsburgh Penguins East’s All-Academic Team. As a junior in 2007-08, he was
Playing career 2009–present named All-New England and New England’s Most Im-
proved Player, was named to the All-Hockey East Second
Joe Vitale (born August 20, 1985) is an American ice hock- Team, and was Northeastern’s Most Valuable Player.[1]
ey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins organization of the Vitale’s college career concluded when Northeastern lost
National Hockey League. Vitale began his professional ca- to Cornell in the first round of the NCAA tournament,
reer in 2009 with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of Northeastern’s first trip to the NCAA tournament in 15
the American Hockey League. years. He finished his career at Northeastern with 34
goals and 60 assists for 94 points and 268 penalty minutes
in 143 games.[3]
Playing career
Professional career
Amateur career On April 3, 2009, Vitale signed a one-year, entry level NHL
Joe Vitale graduated from Christian Brothers College contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins for the 2009-10
High School in St. Louis, Missouri, where he was part of season. He also signed an Amateur Try-Out contract with
three state championships, two undefeated seasons and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for the remainder
one national title. He also played for the St. Louis Jr. Blues of the 2008-09 season.[4] He recorded his first profession-
of the Central States Hockey League for two seasons, in- al goal and assist on April 4, 2009 against the Albany Riv-
cluding a national championship in 2003-04. In 2004-05, er Rats. He finished the season with 4 points in 5 regu-
he played for the Sioux Falls Stampede of the United lar season games. Vitale also played in all 12 of the Pen-
States Hockey League.[1] guins playoff games.[5] During the 2009–10 season, Vi-
On July 30, 2005, Vitale was drafted by the Penguins tale played in 74 games in the AHL, scoring six goals and
with the 195th selection in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.[2] recording 26 assists for a total of 32 points. In January
He enrolled in Northeastern University and began his
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2010, the Penguins and Vitale agreed to a two-year con- app?page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8471856&service=page&tab=bio
tract extension through the 2011–12 season.[6] Retrieved 9 July 2009.
Vitale made his NHL debut with the Pittsburgh Pen- [3] "Joe Vitale’s statistics profile at hockeydb.com".
guins on February 10, 2011 against the Los Angeles Kings. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/
On February 16, 2011, Vitale scored his first NHL goal pdisplay.php?pid=81048. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
against Peter Budaj of the Colorado Avalanche. [4] Bombulie, Jonathan. "Goalie of the Future -
Penguins Insider - Community Server".
Career statistics http://community.citizensvoice.com/blogs/
penguins/archive/2009/04/03/goalie-of-the-
Regular season Playoffsfuture.aspx. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM G "theahl.com
GP[5] A Pts PIM : Stats". http://stats.theahl.com/
2004–05 Sioux Falls USHL 53 11 20 31 62 stats/gamebygame.php?seasonId=16&id=3138.
— — — — —
Stampede Retrieved 9 July 2009.
[6] "Vitale re-signs to two-year contract". Pittsburgh
2005–06 Northeastern HE 31 8 8 16 71 — — — — —
Penguins. 2010-01-15. http://penguins.nhl.com/
University
club/news.htm?id=515251. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
2006–07 Northeastern HE 35 7 9 16 54 — — — — —
University
2007–08 Northeastern HE 37 12 23 35 75 External links
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University • Joe Vitale’s NHL player profile
2008–09 Northeastern HE 40 7 20 27 68 — — —
— •— Joe Vitale’s career stats at Eliteprospects.com
University • Joe Vitale’s career stats at The Internet Hockey
2008–09 Wilkes- AHL 5 2 2 4 2 12 0 Database 12
0 0
Barre/Scran- Persondata
ton Penguins Name Vitale, Joe
2009–10 Wilkes- AHL 74 6 26 32 70 4 0 2 2 0
Alternative names
Barre/Scran-
ton Penguins Short description American ice hockey player
2010–11 Wilkes- AHL 60 9 21 30 64 3 3 birth
11 Date of 6 18 1985-08-20
Barre/Scran- Place of birth St. Louis, MO, USA
ton Penguins Date of death
2010–11 Pittsburgh NHL 9 1 1 2 13 — — — — —
Place of death
Penguins
NHL totals 9 1 1 2 13 — — — — —
References
[1] ^ "Northeastern Men’s Hockey 2008-09 - #26 Joe
Vitale". http://www.gonu.com/mhockey/
vitale.shtml. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
[2] "Pittsburgh Penguins - Team: Joe Vitale Official
Player Page - Bio/News".
http://penguins.nhl.com/team/
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