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Rick Bragnalo
Rickbragnalo
Position Centre
Shoots Left
Height
Weight
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
155 lb (70 kg)
Teams Washington Capitals
Nationality Flag of Canada Canadian
Flag of Italy Italian
Born (1951-12-01)December 1, 1951,
Fort William, ON, CAN
NHL Draft Undrafted
Pro Career 1974 – 1992

Richard James Bragnalo (born December 1, 1951 in Fort William, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey centre.

He played junior hockey for the Fort William Canadiens from 1968 to 1970 and for the University of Denver from 1970 to 1974. In 1974 Bragnalo signed as a free agent with the Dayton Gems. He won the Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy and Gary F. Longman Memorial Trophy in 1974-75.

Signed by the Washington Capitals as a free agent in 1976, Bragnalo played parts of four seasons for the Capitals. After playing a few years in the minors, Bragnalo moved onto playing hockey in Italy in 1980 with the team of the Brunico SG. He signed for HC Milano Saima in 1990, scoring the goal that permitted Milano to win the league in 1990/91. He retired in 1992.

Bragnalo, who is of Italian descent, took up Italian citizenship and played for Italy in several World Championships in the 1980's.

In the NHL he played in 145 games and scored 15 goals and 35 assists.

Career statistics[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1968–69 Fort William Beavers TBJHL 2 0 0 0 2
1968–69 Fort William Canadians TBJHL 36 35 37 72 17 5 4 3 7 11
1969–70 Fort William Canadians TBJHL 23 15 16 31 23
1970–71 University of Denver NCAA 36 13 16 29 20
1971–72 University of Denver NCAA 38 11 7 18 24
1972–73 University of Denver NCAA 34 12 21 33 52
1973–74 University of Denver NCAA 29 24 22 46 22
1974–75 Dayton Gems IHL 75 41 72 113 50 14 10 7 17 36
1975–76 Dayton Gems IHL 48 29 34 63 55
1975–76 Washington Capitals NHL 19 2 10 12 8
1976–77 Washington Capitals NHL 80 11 12 23 16
1977–78 Washington Capitals NHL 44 2 13 15 22
1977–78 Hershey Bears AHL 30 11 17 28 15
1978–79 Washington Capitals NHL 2 0 0 0 0
1978–79 Hershey Bears AHL 77 21 39 60 41 4 0 1 1 2
1979–80 Hershey Bears AHL 1 0 0 0 0
1979–80 Port Huron Flags IHL 67 22 61 83 26 11 3 10 13 12
1980–81 HC Brunico Italy 28 29 43 72 24 15 6 10 16 45
1981–82 HC Brunico Italy 32 33 48 81 63 6 7 8 15 2
1982–83 HC Brunico Italy 32 49 59 108 21
1983–84 HC Brunico Italy 26 26 42 68 44 7 7 8 15 20
1984–85 HC Brunico Italy 18 18 27 45 12 6 4 8 12 4
1985–86 HC Brunico Italy 36 23 43 66 36 5 4 7 11 2
1986–87 HC Brunico Italy 42 25 37 62 38
1987–88 HC Brunico Italy 35 21 30 51 38 8 4 14 18 8
1988–89 HC Brunico Italy 41 27 30 57 40
1990–91 HC Milano Saima Italy 35 10 23 33 8 10 2 8 10 6
1991–92 HC Milano Saima Italy 14 4 9 13 2 13 1 3 4 0
1991–92 HC Milano Saima Alpenliga 20 4 3 7 2
NHL totals 145 15 35 50 46

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