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Alex PIETRANGELO
North American Skater. Final Ranking: 6 Mid-term Ranking: 5 Niagara, OHL
Alex PIETRANGELO  
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Defense. Shoots Right. 6'3", 206 lbs. Born: King City, Ontario, January 18, 1990.
Hometown: King City, Ontario

·      Finished seventh in OHL scoring among defensemen with 53 points (13-40-53) in 60 games.

 

·      Participated in the OHL All-Star Classic and the CHL Top Prospects Game in 2008.

 

·      Represented Canada at the Ivan Hlinka Under-18 hockey tournament in the Czech Republic in 2007.

 

·      Former NHL goaltender, Frank Pietrangelo (Pittsburgh and Hartford), is his dad's second cousin.

 

·       Was selected third overall by the Mississauga Ice Dogs in the 2006 OHL Priority Draft – his first hockey team was the Nobleking Knights and he played for the Toronto Junior Canadiens for three years before being drafted into the OHL.

 

·      His nickname is "Petro" and he wears number 10 because he enjoyed watching Pavel Bure growing up.

 

·      His game time rituals include drinking "a bottle filled with half Gatorade and half water during intermission and chewing gum during warm-up".

 

·      If he wasn't playing hockey he would be a fisherman and the one thing he couldn't live without is his cell phone.

 

FAVORITES

 

NHL Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL Player: Chris Pronger

Shootout move: "Fake backhand, forehand, top corner."

Goal celebration: "Jump into the glass"

Practice Drill: Horseshoe

Video Game: NHL '08

Movie: Remember the Titans

TV Show: 60 Minutes

Actor:  Denzel Washington

Group: U2

Book: DaVinci Code

Website: facebook.com

Pump-up song: "City of Blinding Lights" by U2

Food to cook: Peanut butter sandwich

Activity away from the rink: Fishing and golfing

Toy growing up: Mini Sticks

Place to shop: Abercrombie

Place to visit: Northern Ontario


STATISTICS

Season Team League GP G A PTS PIM
2006-07 Niagara OHL 59 7 45 52 45
2007-08 Niagara OHL 60 13 40 53 94
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