Brian Gionta
Brian Gionta was born in Rochester, New York, United States on January 18th, 1979 and is the Hockey Player. At the age of 45, Brian Gionta biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Brian Joseph Gionta (born January 18, 1979) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Gionta began his NHL career with the New Jersey Devils in 2001 and has served as the captain of the Montreal Canadiens and the Buffalo Sabres.
He was also the captain of the United States in the 2018 Winter Olympics, when he stepped away from the sport for the first time since 1994.
He appeared briefly for the Boston Bruins after the team's demotion from the playoffs, right after the Olympics.
Personal life
Gionta is Sam and Penny Gionta's middle child. Harvest He and his wife, Harvest, have three children. Stephen Gionta has a brother, Stephen, who competed for the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders. Joe, the older brother of Joe, who played for the Aquinas Institute Hockey Team and graduated in 1994, has a brother who played for the Aquinas Institute Hockey Team. Brian Gionta has a home in the Rochester, New York area, where his parents now live.
Playing career
Gionta, a youth, competed in the 1993 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, partnering a youth ice hockey team from Rochester, New York, with a minor ice hockey team.
In the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, Gionta was drafted 82nd overall by the New Jersey Devils. The diminutive but fiery forward attended high school at Aquinas Institute in Rochester, New York, where he was selected as their Rookie of the Year in 1993-94. He then skated for Boston College from 1997 to 2001, winning a national championship as Eagles captain in the 2000-2001 season. As the Eagles defeated the University of Michigan in the national championship game in Boston, he was mentored by former NHL forward Marty Reasoner, a Rochester resident, and enjoyed his best statistical season in his freshman year on a line with Reasoner, scoring 30 goals and 62 points in 40 games.
Gionta's sophomore year was his best since being banned by their Hockey East rival, University of Maine, in the Frozen Four semi-finals. He had a 33-goal, 56-point season when the Eagles lost to University of North Dakota in that year's national championship game.
Gionta's point total dropped even more in his senior year as captain. Nevertheless, Boston College defeated North Dakota 3–2 in overtime in Albany, New York, resulting in a national championship. He led the country in goal-scoring with 33 goals, including a victory against the University of Maine in which he scored on each of his first five shots.
Gionta, a member of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals-winning team that defeated the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 2001–2002, was a member of the New Jersey Devils' 2001–02 season. He appeared for the Albany River Rats, the Devils' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, during the 2004-05 NHL lockout. He was a member of the 2006 United States' men's team that competed in Turin, Italy, in 2006.
Gionta, who appeared on the right wing of the Devils' prolific "EGG" line, alongside Patrik Eliá and Scott Gomez, was one of the Devils' most versatile offensive players during his time in New Jersey. Gionta scored 40 goals in a season for the first time since Eliá and Alexander Mogilny both scored in the 2000–01 season.
Gionta broke Pat Verbeek's franchise record for goals in a season by finishing with 48 points in the last game of the 2005–06 season. He also finished with his highest point total to date, with 89 in all 82 games of the regular season. In the second period of a 4–1 loss to Ottawa, Gionta scored the first Devils' goal in the Prudential Center's history. (Chris Neil scored the first time)
In comparison to 67 Stanley Cup Playoff games, Gionta played 473 regular season games for New Jersey. Gionta also set the franchise all-time power play record in a season, with 24 people as of 2011.
Gionta and the Montreal Canadiens announced on July 1, 2009, a five-year deal for $25 million. It brought him and former Devils comate Scott Gomez together.
Gionta became the second American-born player to serve as team captain of the Canadiens after Chris Chelios in 2010-2011.
Gionta played in all 48 games of the lockout-shortened season and finished with 14 goals and 12 assists, as the Canadiens led the Eastern Conference to their 23rd Eastern Conference championship. Gionta scored his 20,000th NHL goal in the Canadiens' history on March 5, 2013 in a game against the New York Rangers. [note 1] Gionta strained his bicep in Game 1 and was forced to do season-ending surgery to fix it, making him the second seed against the Ottawa Senators in the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Gionta signed a three-year free-agent contract with the Buffalo Sabres, which is worth $4.25 million a year. Gionta was appointed captain of the Sabres on October 7, 2014, becoming the first New York native to be selected to the post. Gionta appeared in his 1,000th NHL game against the Florida Panthers in Buffalo on March 27, 2017.
Gionta's season with the Boston Bruins came to an end on February 25, 2018.