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| Born | January 25, 1955 Fort William, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Boston Bruins Atlanta Flames Klagenfurt AC |
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| NHL Draft | 60th overall, 1975 Boston Bruins |
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| WHA Draft | 27th overall, 1975 San Diego Mariners |
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| Playing career | 1975–1982 | ||
Richard Norman Adduono (born January 25, 1955) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional player. He played in both the World Hockey Association (WHA) and the National Hockey League (NHL). After his playing days, he became a successful coach for many hockey teams.
Rick Adduono's Playing Days
Rick Adduono started his professional hockey journey in 1975. He was chosen by two different leagues in their drafts. The Boston Bruins picked him for the NHL, and the San Diego Mariners picked him for the WHA. Being drafted means a team selects a player to join them.
He played one game for the Boston Bruins in the 1975–76 NHL season. Later, in the 1978–79 WHA season, he played a full season for the Birmingham Bulls. He was a strong player, scoring 20 goals and getting 53 points in that season. After the WHA league ended, Adduono played three more games in the NHL for the Atlanta Flames.
Coaching Hockey Teams
After his playing career, Rick Adduono became a hockey coach. In 1990, he joined the Thunder Bay Flyers as part of their coaching team. He became the main coach for the Flyers in 1993 and stayed with them until 1995.
From 1995 to 1998, he was an assistant coach for the South Carolina Stingrays in the ECHL league. In 1998, he became the head coach for the Stingrays. He led them to win the Kelly Cup in 2001, which is a big championship in that league.
After leaving the Stingrays, he coached the Greensboro Generals for two seasons. He also coached the Roanoke Valley Vipers and the Pensacola Ice Pilots.
In 2006, he became the head coach for the Long Beach Ice Dogs. A year later, he moved to Germany to coach the Iserlohn Roosters. He then coached another German team, the Krefeld Pinguine, starting in 2009. He helped the Pinguine finish second in their league in 2013–14. Because of his great work, he was named the DEL Coach of the Year. He stopped coaching the team in 2015 but stayed on as a senior advisor.
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