Jim Camazzola
Born (1964-01-05) January 5, 1964
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Chicago Blackhawks
HC Asiago
HC Courmaosta
HC Varese
Berlin Capitals
Augsburger Panther
HC Bolzano
National team  Italy
NHL Draft 196th overall, 1982
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 19842002

James "Jimmy" Camazzola (born January 5, 1964) is a Canadian-born Italian retired professional ice hockey forward. He played 3 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1983-84 and 1986–87 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1984 to 2002, was mainly spent in top leagues of Germany and Italy. Internationally he played for the Italian national team at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics, and the 1992 World Championships. His older brother, Tony Camazzola, also played in the NHL with the Washington Capitals.

Playing career

His only National Hockey League appearances were three games with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1983-84 and 1987. He played three seasons in North America before playing several more in the top leagues of Germany and Italy. He was also the Coach from Associazione Sportiva Asiago Hockey.

Camazzola represented Italy internationally at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics.[1]

Camazzola was an assistant hockey coach at Simon Fraser University from 2011 to 2019. In 2018, Camazzola was named the first head coach of the Vancouver NE Chiefs.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1982–83 Kamloops Junior Oilers WHL 66575811554 74152
1983–84 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 10000
1983–84 Seattle Breakers WHL 31120
1983–84 Kamloops Junior Oilers WHL 2926245025 1712193144
1984–85 New Westminster Bruins WHL 2519294825 111012224
1985–86 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 30000
1985–86 Saginaw Generals IHL 4216223810 803315
1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 20000
1986–87 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 4813183131 30000
1987–88 Maine Mariners AHL 6213233680 101788
1988–89 HC Asiago ITA 338293758 11681410
1989–90 HC Asiago ITA 3411496012 62576
1990–91 HC Asiago ITA 2411193051 52240
1991–92 HC Asiago ITA 16610169 1169152
1992–93 HC Asiago ITA 1156112 80660
1993–94 HC Courmaosta ITA 18912216 63588
1994–95 HC Courmaosta ITA 2818163441 62688
1995–96 HC Varese ITA 22312156 82686
1996–97 Berlin Capitals DEL 428132156
1997–98 Augsburger Panther DEL 505141934
1998–99 Augsburger Panther DEL 44671359 51012
1999–00 Augsburger Panther DEL 498101850 31122
2000–01 Augsburger Panther DEL 4212122438
2001–02 HC Bolzano ITA 2910102037
ITA totals 21078162240220 6626487432
NHL totals 30000

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1992 Italy OLY 702218
1992 Italy WC 511210
1994 Italy OLY 72244
Senior totals 1935832

References

  1. "JIMMY CAMAZZOLA". olympic.org. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  2. "Major and Minor Midget GM and Head Coaches Announced". vancouvernechiefs.com. April 12, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
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