Anthony Lewis Amonte (born August 2, 1970) is an American former professional

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player. He played

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over 17 seasons in the

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(NHL) for the

New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home ...

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Phoenix Coyotes The Arizona Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Coyotes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference and currently play at the Mull ...

Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games in Wells ...

and the

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. He previously served as the head coach of the

Thayer Academy Thayer Academy (TA) is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory day school located in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. The academy, conceived in 1871 at the bequest of General Sylvanus Thayer, known as the father of the United Sta ...

men's varsity hockey team. He is currently a scout with the

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Playing career

Drafted 68th overall in the

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by the

, Amonte is best known for his time as a scoring star with the

and for representing the United States in international play. Amonte made his debut in the 1991 playoffs. He impressed as a rookie, scoring over 30 goals and placing third in the balloting for the

Calder Memorial Trophy The Calder Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League (NHL)." It is named after Frank Calder, the first president of the NHL. Serving as ...

. He played three seasons with the Rangers, scoring 84 goals, before being traded to the Chicago Blackhawks with seven games to go in the 1993–94 season, the year the Rangers went on to win the

Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...

. He gained stardom in Chicago where he was initially reunited with former Thayer Academy teammate

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, scoring at least 30 goals six times and at least 40 three times, including having a five-season-long streak in which he did not miss a single game. Amonte, playing for Team USA, won the Gold Medal in the

1996 World Cup of Hockey The first World Cup of Hockey ( WCH), or ''1996 World Cup of Hockey'', replaced the Canada Cup as one of the premier championships for professional ice hockey. Inaugural ''World Cup of Hockey'' The first edition of the Cup featured eight teams d ...

tournament. Amonte scored the game-winning goal with just two and a half minutes left in the final against Team Canada. He began the 2002–03 season with the

and was traded to the

near the end of the season. Amonte signed with the

as a free agent on August 2, 2005, and scored his 400th NHL goal for the Flames on December 10, 2005, against the

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. As of March 2020, he is ranked 13th all-time in points among American-born players, with 900. He announced his retirement via his personal website. On January 21, 2009, the Chicago Blackhawks celebrated "Tony Amonte Heritage Night" at the United Center. They awarded the first 10,000 fans with special commemorative Tony Amonte pins.

Transactions

' 4th round draft choice in the

. *March 21, 1994 - Traded by the New York Rangers, along with Matt Oates, to the

in exchange for

Stéphane Matteau Stéphane Matteau (born September 2, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played over 800 regular-season games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the second round, 25th overall, by the Calgary Flames i ...

and

Brian Noonan Brian Noonan (born May 29, 1965) is an American former ice hockey right-winger. He played for the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues and Phoenix Coyotes. Originally selected in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft by t ...

. *July 12, 2002 - Signed as a free agent with the

. *March 10, 2003 - Traded by the Phoenix Coyotes to the

in exchange for

Guillaume Lefebvre Guillaume Lefebvre (born May 7, 1981) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Boston Bruins. Playing career Lefebv ...

, Atlanta's 2003 3rd round draft choice, and Phoenix's 2004 2nd round draft choice. *August 2, 2005 - Signed as a free agent with the

Awards and honors

NHL All-Rookie Team The NHL All-Rookie Team is chosen by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association from the best rookies in the National Hockey League at each position for the season just concluded based on their performance in that year. The team was first named a ...

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*Played in five

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s -

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

International play

Played for the United States in: * World Junior Championships – 1989, 1990 *

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- 1991, 1993 *

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

(gold medal) *

Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were he ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

(silver medal)

Coaching career

On June 11, 2010, Tony was named the new head coach of the hockey program at his alma mater,

in Braintree,

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

. On September 27, 2022, it was announced that Tony Amonte would step down as head coach of the

men's varsity hockey team. He stepped down in order to join the

as a scout.

Family

Amonte is married with four children. Amonte's sister is

Kelly Amonte Hiller Kelly Amonte Hiller is the head women's lacrosse coach at Northwestern University. She has coached Northwestern to eight NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championships. Amonte Hiller played for the University of Maryland Terrapins, and won two national c ...

, head coach of women's

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. Hiller has guided the team to seven National Titles. Hiller was also a four-time All-American at the

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and two-time NCAA Division 1 Player of the Year in 1995 and 1996. Amonte is the cousin of NHL player

Charlie Coyle Charles Robert Coyle (born March 2, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Minnesota Wild. Coyle played part of a single sea ...

, who currently plays for the

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References

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