Domenico Pittis (born October 1, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He is currently an assistant coach with the Calgary Wranglers in the American Hockey League (AHL).
Playing career As a youth, Pittis played in the 1988 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Calgary.
He was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round (52nd overall) of the 1993 NHL entry draft.
After playing three seasons with the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the Western Hockey League and three more in the International Hockey League, Pittis appeared in one game in the NHL with the Penguins during the 1996–97 season. Pittis spent the next seven seasons mostly in the American Hockey League, appearing intermittently in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, and Nashville Predators. In total, he appeared in 86 NHL games. He scored five goals and added 11 assists.
He played for Team Canada at the 2007 Spengler Cup.
Pittis played two seasons in Switzerland, playing in Nationalliga A with the Kloten Flyers. In the 2009-2010 season, he joined ZSC Lions of the Swiss National League A, leading the team to becoming Victoria Cup champions. In 2012, he joined the team EHC Visp Nationalliga B and subsequently signed a multi-year deal extending his contract until 2015.
On September 1, 2013, Pittis announced his retirement from professional hockey. As of the 2013-2014 season, he is now employed by the Calgary Flames as an Assistant coach for their AHL affiliate the Stockton Heat.
Awards WHL East Second All-Star Team – 1994 John B. Sollenberger Trophy (top scorer in American Hockey League): 1998–99 season. Rochester Americans Hall of Fame inductee January 31, 2020.
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Calgary Flames Midget AAAAMHL3523547743————— 1991–92Lethbridge HurricanesWHL65617234850224 1992–93Lethbridge HurricanesWHL6646731196943368 1993–94Lethbridge HurricanesWHL7258691279384111516 1994–95Cleveland LumberjacksIHL621832506630222 1995–96Cleveland LumberjacksIHL7410283810030002 1996–97Long Beach Ice DogsIHL652343669118591426 1996–97Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL10000————— 1997–98Syracuse CrunchAHL752341649051344 1998–99Rochester AmericansAHL763866104108207142140 1998–99Buffalo SabresNHL30002————— 1999–2000Rochester AmericansAHL5317486585214263028 1999–2000Buffalo SabresNHL71016————— 2000–01Edmonton OilersNHL474594930002 2001–02Edmonton OilersNHL220668————— 2002–03Nashville PredatorsNHL20002————— 2002–03Milwaukee AdmiralsAHL301121326562468 2003–04Rochester AmericansAHL75205777137165141930 2003–04Buffalo SabresNHL40004————— 2004–05Kloten FlyersNLA43172845110————— 2005–06Kloten FlyersNLA391318316611471120 2006–07Kloten FlyersNLA401734517511281055 2007–08Kloten FlyersNLA357283546————— 2007–08ZSC LionsNLA13310131016381120 2008–09ZSC LionsNLA421521365041018 2009–10ZSC LionsNLA37724314852136 2010–11ZSC LionsNLA501527426852356 2011–12ZSC Lions NLA491219314613551027 2012–13EHC VispNLB321139506251672 2012–13EV Zug NLA————— 81234 NHL totals 86 5 11 16 71 3 0 0 0 2 AHL totals 309 109 233 342 485 68 19 61 80 19 NLA totals 348 106 209 315 519 73 20 34 54 146
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