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.
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.
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. 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. He left Zagreb after one year and headed to Switzerland, 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).
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.
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.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2004–05Shawinigan CataractesQMJHL5495142330002 2005–06Lewiston MaineiacsQMJHL702128497262026 2006–07Lewiston MaineiacsQMJHL6824335773174111522 2007–08Lewiston MaineiacsQMJHL65404787103613410 2007–08Toronto MarliesAHL10000130110 2008–09Toronto MarliesAHL53691516————— 2009–10Reading RoyalsECHL46233255761344818 2009–10Toronto MarliesAHL253698————— 2010–11Norfolk AdmiralsAHL69714213961010 2011–12HC BolzanoITL4017345142125101526 2012–13SaiPaSM-l5318183610730002 2013–14SaiPaLiiga3541418781325712 2013–14SaPKoMestis20002————— 2014–15Espoo BluesLiiga561723407940226 2015–16KHL Medveščak ZagrebKHL53881665————— 2016–17HC DavosNLA30220————— 2016–17Schwenninger Wild WingsDEL22651112————— 2017–18Schwenninger Wild WingsDEL491412263420008 2018–19Schwenninger Wild WingsDEL385111687————— 2018–19SCL TigersNL1022020330 2019–20HC BolzanoEBEL461217292631344 2020–21HC BolzanoICEHL4181523181603310 2021–22Asiago HCAlpsHL34152237141027910 2022–23Fort Wayne KometsECHL347172439————— 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 710118 2021 Italy OGQ NQ 3 0 0 0 2 Senior totals 10 1 0 1 20
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