Peter Geronazzo is a Canadian-Italian retired ice hockey center who was an All-American for Colorado College
Career Geronazzo began playing for Colorado College in the fall of 1992 as a walk-on. He had a rather pedestrian first season as a sophomore during which the Tigers finished dead-last in the WCHA. After a coaching change in the off-season, both the team and Geronazzo greatly improved; CC won the regular season title for the first time in 37 years with Geronazzo more than doubling his point production. As a senior, Geronazzo took a more prominent role in the Tigers' offense, tying for team lead in scoring and winning a second-consecutive WCHA title. Geronazzo continued to improve in his final season, leading the team in goals and points while finishing in the top ten for the nation. Geronazzo helped Colorado College march all the way to the NCAA championship game. He recorded a goal and an assist in the title match but it wasn't enough as CC fell 2–3 in overtime.
After college, Geronazzo travelled to Italy and played for HC 24 Milan. He averaged over a point per game in the playoffs as his team reached the league final. The following season he returned to North America. Outside of a brief stint with the Orlando Solar Bears, he spent the next 5 years with the Pee Dee Pride. He produced solid offensive numbers, helping the team win a regular season title in 1999. Geronazzo professional career came to an unsavory end during the 2002 ECHL playoffs when he was suspended indefinitely following an investigation that revealed he had verbally threatened an official.
In 2014, Geronazzo was inducted into both the Trail Sports Hall of Fame and the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame.
Statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1989–90 Penticton Knights BCJHL 18641018————— 1989–90 Estevan Bruins SJHL 3710414126611216 1990–91 Estevan Bruins SJHL 20581363————— 1992–93 Colorado College WCHA 24771422————— 1993–94 Colorado College WCHA 3619193856————— 1994–95 Colorado College WCHA 43292857111————— 1995–96 Colorado College WCHA 4236336981————— 1996–97 HC 24 Milan Alpenliga 4311193046————— 1996–97 HC 24 Milan Serie A 6011810861430 1997–98 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 30000————— 1997–98 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 7025376263813417 1998–99 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 57272552931325720 1999–00 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 702127485553034 2000–01 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 52211738441064108 2001–02 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 7213263934923524 SJHL totals 57 15 12 27 189 6 1 1 2 16 NCAA totals 145 91 87 178 270 — — — — — ECHL totals 321 107 132 239 289 36 12 12 24 49
Awards and honors Award Year All-WCHA Second Team 1994–95 WCHA All-Tournament Team 1995 All-WCHA First Team 1995–96 AHCA West First-Team All-American 1995–96 All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1996
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