Gaetano Orlando

Gaetano Orlando
Born	(1962-11-13) November 13, 1962 LaSalle, QC, CAN
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Right
Played for	Buffalo Sabres
National team	Italy
NHL Draft	164th overall, 1981 Buffalo Sabres
Playing career	1980–1999

Gaetano "Gates" Orlando (born November 13, 1962 in LaSalle, Québec) is an Italian-Canadian retired professional ice hockey Centre and later ice hockey coach.

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-ECAC Hockey First Team	1983–84
AHCA East Second-Team All-American	1983–84

• 1990 - Serie A Champion with HC Bolzano
• 1992 - Serie A Champion with Milano Devils
• 1993 - Serie A Champion with Milano Devils
• 1994 - Serie A Champion with AC Milan Hockey
• 1997 - NLA Champion with SC Bern
• 1999 - NLA Champion with HC Lugano

Career statistics

Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts
1979–80	Montreal Juniors	QMJHL		70	28	44	72
1983–84	Rochester Americans	AHL		11	8	7	15
1984–85	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		11	3	6	9
1984–85	Rochester Americans	AHL		49	26	30	56
1985–86	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		60	13	12	25
1985–86	Rochester Americans	AHL		3	4	0	4
1986–87	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		27	2	8	10
1986–87	Rochester Americans	AHL		44	22	42	64
1987–88	HC Merano	Serie A		46	59	51	110
1987–88	Rochester Americans	AHL		13	4	13	17
1988–89	HC Bolzano	Serie A		44	57	45	102
1989–90	HC Bolzano	Serie A		42	72	72	144
1990–91	HC Bolzano	Serie A		27	39	33	72
1991–92	Milano Devils	Serie A		29	32	39	71
1992–93	Milano Devils	Serie A		27	14	27	41
1993–94	Milano Devils	Serie A		28	24	54	78
1994–95	SC Bern	NLA		42	27	38	65
1995–96	SC Bern	NLA		34	15	26	41
1996–97	SC Bern	NLA		46	26	56	82
1997–98	SC Bern	NLA		38	16	32	48
1998–99	HC Lugano	NLA		28	12	20	32

International play

Since Gates Orlando is of Italian ancestry, he played for the Italian national ice hockey team.

He participated in the following tournaments:

• 8 A-World Championships: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

• 2 B-World Championships: 1990, 1991

• 2 Olympic Games: 1994 in Lillehammer and 1998 in Nagano

Orlando wore jersey number 17 in the national team.

Coaching career

After retiring from pro ice hockey by the end of season 1998/99 with HC Lugano, Gates Orlando got on to be become a coach. At the World championships he already assisted coaching the Italian national team while still being a player.

Season	Team	League		Type
1999 – 00	Rochester Junior A Americans	NAHL		Head Coach
2000 – 01	Adirondack IceHawks	UHL		Head Coach
2001 – 02	Adirondack IceHawks	UHL		Head Coach
2002 – 03	Albany River Rats	AHL		Assistant Coach
2003 – 04	Albany River Rats	AHL		Assistant Coach

Artificial heart

A sarcoidosis patient, in March 2011, Orlando was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He was participating in a clinical study of Life Vest, a wearable defibrillator. On May 22, the defibrillator saved his life after his heart stopped for 40 seconds. Orlando was the first participant in the study to have required the vest to deliver a shock. [1]

On April 4, 2012, Orlando received an artificial heart to extend his life while he waits for a donated biological heart. The operation, performed at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was the first such operation in Upstate New York.

External links

• Unofficial Web Home
• Eurohockey Stats
• Gaetano Orlando's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

• Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 3, 2011
• http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=190945