Robert Sanguinetti (born February 29, 1988) is an
American
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professional
ice hockey
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defenseman
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who is currently playing with
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in the
Deutsche Eishockey Liga
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(DEL). He previously played within the
New York Rangers
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,
Carolina Hurricanes
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,
Buffalo Sabres
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and
Vancouver Canucks
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organizations in the
National Hockey League
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(NHL). He was originally drafted 21st overall by the Rangers in the
2006 NHL Entry Draft
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The draft order for the first 14 picks was decided during a lottery held on April 20, 2006. The draft was ...
.
Playing career
Born in
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784.[Lumberton Township, New Jersey
Lumberton is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township’s population was 12,803, reflecting a 1.9% from the 12,559 enumerated at the 20 ...]
.
Sanguinetti's peewee team, the New Jersey Rockets, won the 2001 Tier 1 USA National Championship. He played in the 2002
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
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with the Philadelphia Flyers
minor ice hockey
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team. He later played hockey at
Lawrenceville School
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for his freshman and sophomore years, leaving school after being drafted.
[Hageny, John Christian]
"Hockey: Where are they now? Call Lawrenceville's Sanguinetti a Hurricane"
NJ.com
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, February 24, 2013. Accessed February 8, 2018. "Bobby Sanguinetti was born in Trenton, grew up a New York Rangers fan and even wore number 22 for a time in his career in honor of his favorite player, Brian Leetch, while skating at Lawrenceville.... Sanguinetti grew up in nearby Lumberton, N.J. and began his hockey career under Dan O'Brien while skating for the NJ Rockets.... The following year he enrolled at The Lawrenceville School in Mercer County where he played his freshman and sophomore seasons amassing six goals, 22 assists and 28 points in 51 games under coach Etienne Bilodeau."
In the
2006 NHL Entry Draft
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The draft order for the first 14 picks was decided during a lottery held on April 20, 2006. The draft was ...
, Sanguinetti was selected by the
New York Rangers
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with the 21st pick in the first round. Sanguinetti, who grew up a Ranger fan, has said he tries to model his game after former Ranger great
Brian Leetch
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, and has worn 22 to honor Leetch, who wore number 2.
Sanguinetti had a breakthrough year during the
2006–07 season, finishing second among all
Ontario Hockey League
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(OHL) defensemen in goals scored (23), and tenth with 53 points. The
Owen Sound Attack
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were eliminated in four games in the playoffs, but Sanguinetti played well, with three goals and three assists in the four games. With his team eliminated Sanguinetti was called up to the Rangers'
American Hockey League
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(AHL) affiliate, the
Hartford Wolf Pack
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. In seven regular season games for the team, he put up five assists and had one point in the playoffs. Sanguinetti was signed to his first professional contract in April 2007 by the Rangers. During the
2008 Stanley Cup playoffs
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, Sanguinetti would greet fans outside the arena and sign autographs.
Sanguinetti was promoted to the Rangers for their game on January 10, 2009, but did not play and was returned to Hartford the following day. In 2009, Sanguinetti was selected for the AHL's all-star game, playing for PlanetUSA, along with
Russia
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n teammate
Artem Anisimov
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. Sanguinetti led PlanetUSA in the hardest shot competition.
In the 2009–10 season, Sanguinetti was again selected to the AHL all-star game, and won the fastest skater competition, setting a new AHL record.
During the season, he was called up to the Rangers twice, from November 26 to December 1 and from December 16 to December 19. He made his NHL debut on December 27 against the
Tampa Bay Lightning
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, playing 16.14 minutes on 22 shifts.
He played a total of 5 games for the Rangers, with no points and four penalty minutes.
He took five shots and had an even plus/minus rating.
![Bobby Sanguinetti (48039014967)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Bobby_Sanguinetti_%2848039014967%29.jpg)
On June 26, 2010, Sanguinetti was traded to the
Carolina Hurricanes
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in exchange for a second-round draft pick in 2011 and a sixth-round draft pick in 2010.
During the
lockout
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-shortened
2012–13 season, Sanguinetti scored his first NHL goal on February 24, 2013, on the road against the
New York Islanders
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. He played in a career-high 37 games with the Hurricanes recording 6 points.
Sanguinetti and the Carolina Hurricanes were not able to agree to contract terms for the
2013–14 season, so he signed as a free agent in the Russian
Kontinental Hockey League
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(KHL) on a two-year contract with
Atlant Moscow Oblast
Hockey Club Atlant Moscow Oblast (russian: ХК Атлант Московская область, en, Atlas Hockey Club Moscow Region) was a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast. They were members of the Bobrov ...
on July 11, 2013.
On July 1, 2014, he signed a one-year free agent contract to return to the NHL with the
Vancouver Canucks
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.
On July 2, 2015, Sanguinetti left the Canucks organization as a free agent and signed a one-year, two-way contract with the
Buffalo Sabres
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. He made 40 appearances for Buffalo's AHL affiliate
Rochester Americans
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in the 2015–16 season, tallying seven goals and eight assists, and did not see any NHL action.
Upon the conclusion of the season, he took up an offer from Switzerland, signing with
Kloten
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History
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of the
National League A
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(NLA) on July 6, 2016. He finished the season with 29 points, including 9 goals in 44 contests, missing a few games with concussion-like symptoms.
On May 24, 2017, Sanguinetti agreed to a one-year contract with
Lugano
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. The contract contained an option for a second year but no NHL-out clause. In the
2017-18 season, Sanguinetti led the blueline in scoring among Lugano, contributing with 11 goals and 29 points in 46 games.
As an unsigned free agent into the mid-point of the
2018–19 season, Sanguinetti returned to his former club, the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL, for the remainder of the campaign on January 1, 2019. He appeared in 10 playoff games, posting 6 points to help the Checkers claim their maiden
Calder Cup
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.
As a free agent, Sanguinetti opted to return abroad, securing a one-year contract with German club, EHC München of the DEL, on September 8, 2019.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Awards and honours
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
American men's ice hockey defensemen
Atlant Moscow Oblast players
Brampton Battalion players
Carolina Hurricanes players
Charlotte Checkers (2010–) players
EHC München players
Hartford Wolf Pack players
Ice hockey players from New Jersey
EHC Kloten players
Lawrenceville School alumni
HC Lugano players
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
New York Rangers draft picks
New York Rangers players
Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Owen Sound Attack players
People from Lumberton Township, New Jersey
Rochester Americans players
Sportspeople from Trenton, New Jersey
Utica Comets players