laur

May 12 2008 16:57

Open discussion....

I’m thinking of naming my first born child Tony Amonte. Your thoughts?

jscags

Apr 03 2008 16:23

Found this information, I know it is old, but....

Later this season, Flyers winger Tony Amonte will (barring injury) attain a career number that only about 200 players have ever reached: 1,000 NHL games. At the start of this season, he had 933, meaning he needs to play only 67. And one thing about Amonte, more than probably any other current NHLer, is that he hardly ever misses a game. Since he first joined the Rangers at the start of the 1991-92 season, he has missed just 18 of his team’s games. Only the goal posts miss fewer games.

Another milestone that Amonte will certainly pass this year is 800 career points. At the time of this article’s writing, he already had 798. He started the year with 775, split almost evenly between goals (372) and assists (403). This shows how deadly Amonte is as both a playmaker and a finisher. On a two-on-one, Amonte might wrist one top corner, or he might feather a pass over to his teammate. You don’t know, and more importantly, neither does the goalie.

The accomplishment of 1,000 games played is a natural moment to pause and look back on Amonte’s career. Here, then, is a timeline of Amonte’s career with a few notes of interest:

Aug. 2, 1970 – born in Hingham, Massachusetts.

June 1988 – drafted with NY Rangers’ 3rd choice, 68th overall. Amonte’s future Team USA teammate Mike Modano goes first overall.

Spring 1991 – after a season with Boston University in which he gets 31 goals and 37 assists in 39 games, he is named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team.

March 31, 1991 – Boston U loses the NCAA championship game in triple overtime to Northern Michigan.

April 2, 1991 – two days after that loss, Amonte signs with the Rangers.

Spring 1991 – plays two playoff games with the Rangers. He records two assists.

Fall 1991 – makes the Rangers out of training camp. He never plays a single game in the minors.

Oct. 3, 1991 – scores his first NHL goal (and point), versus Boston, in his first NHL game.

Oct. 9, 1991 – records his first NHL assist, versus NY Islanders.

Nov. 1, 1991 – named Rookie of the Month in his first month as an NHLer.

Spring 1992 – after a rookie season in which Amonte records 35 goals and 34 assists in 79 games, he makes the NHL’s All-Rookie team. He also leads all rookies in goals and assists. In voting for the Calder Trophy, Amonte finishes third, behind winner Pavel Bure and runner-up Nicklas Lidstrom. The Rangers finish first in the NHL, for the first time since 1941-42.

March 21, 1994 – Amonte is traded to the Chicago Blackhawks.

April 23, 1994 – with his new team, he scores four goals in a playoff game versus Toronto.

September 14, 1996 – he scores the game- and tournament-winning goal in the final of the first World Cup of hockey. This is Team USA’s first major international victory since the 1980 Olympics. He finishes eighth in tournament scoring, with two goals and four assists in seven games.

February 1997 – Amonte plays in his first NHL All-Star game, in San Jose. He would also play in the All-Star game in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001 (so far).

1996-97 – for the first time in his career, Amonte leads his team in points. In 81 games he racks up 77 points (41g, 36a). He also leads the Hawks in short-handed goals (2), game-winners (4), and plus/minus (+35).

February 1998 – Amonte suits up for Team USA in the Nagano Olympics.

Oct. 6, 1999 – he records four assists in one game, a career high.

September 30, 2000 – with Doug Gilmour’s departure, the Hawks name Amonte the 31st captain in team history.

February, 2002 – on home soil, Amonte plays with Team USA in the Salt Lake City Olympics. In six games against the best talent in the world, he records two goals and two assists, en route to a silver medal, USA’s first Olympic medal in men’s hockey since 1980.

July 12, 2002 – he signs as a free-agent with Phoenix Coyotes.

2002-2003 – Amonte enters the season with the NHL’s longest active games-played streak (410). The streak would end at 453 on Jan. 11, when Amonte would miss the next eight games with badly bruised ribs.

March 10, 2003 – the day before the deadline, the Coyotes trade Amonte to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Spring 2003 – in the final 13 games of the season in Philadelphia, Amonte records better than a point a game on average (seven goals and eight assists).

???? 2003 – will record his 800th career point, and play in his 1,000th career game.

laur

Feb 26 2008 08:41

Should we change the name of the group

to Bring Tony Amonte Out Of Retirement? He needs to pull a Michael Jordan, except without the whole starting a baseball career thing.

laur

Feb 03 2008 02:39

February 26th

Let the countdown begin…..?

laur

Jan 06 2008 15:05

hot tip

I received a tip from Hot Tipper Eric that last night at the Flames and Kings game some sort of announcement was made about Tony and Luc Robitaille (sp?) and a charity event. Thanks E for keeping me updated!