No other defender has been able to collect as many points in the Win2day Ice Hockey League in the past three basic passes as Randy Gazzola. The 31-year-old Italo-Canadian, who most recently played for Asiago Hockey, signed a one-year contract with the Vienna Capitals and thus completes the squad of the capital association. The right shooter recorded 108 points in the past three basic passages (22 goals + 86 assists). Last season, Gazzola brought it to an average of 1.27 points per game, the highest point cut in the entire Win2day Ice Hockey League. In Vienna, the 31-year-old will wear the number 13.
Randy Gazzola was born on September 13, 1993 in Thorold, Canada, ontario. At the highest junior level, the right shooter in the QMJHL was only active for the Halifax Mooseheads and subsequently for Val-d’Or Foreurs. In the 2013/14 season, his last in the QMHJL, the offensive defender marked a total of 98 points on the way to win the title (20 goals + 78 assists). Gazzola was appointed to the first All-Star team for his achievements.
The Italo-Canadian continued its way from the 2014/15 season at the University of New Brunswick. With the Unb Reds, he won the University Cup three times in five seasons, the highest price in the Canadian university ice hockey. Gazzola also had success away from the ice. The defense lawyer, who has achieved his Master of Business Administration at the University of New Brunswick, has been honored several times for outstanding academic achievements.
At the end of the Canadian university season, Gazzola started his professional career at Echl-Club Toledo Walleye in March 2019. Defender gained his first European experience in the 2019/20 season in the Alps Hockey League at the Rittner Buam. Gazzola won the Italian Supercup with the South Tyroleans, in 44 games in the Alps Hockey League, the native of Canadians recorded 34 points (10 goals + 24 assists). For the 2020/21 season, Gazzola moved back to the Fort Wayne Komets. With the team from the US state of Indiana, the defender won the Kelly Cup, the Echl championship. In the following season, Gazzola moved back to Toledo Walleye. At his old place of work, the defender played his point best Echl season with 64 goal participations (14 goals + 50 assists). In the course of the season, Gazzola was also allowed to play two AHL games for the Grand Rapids Griffins.
With the 2022/23 season, the right shooter moved back to Italy, but this time to Asiago Hockey in Win2day Ice Hockey League. In his first season, Gazzola blossomed with 45 points (9 goals + 36 assists) to the top best defender of the multinational ice hockey league.
The following season, Gazzola, who has Italian citizenship, completed his first caps for the Azzurri. The Italo-Canadian marked 38 points in the previous season in just 30 games (7 goals + 31 assists). Asiago hockey scored a total of 85 goals in the 30 season games that the defender played in the past season. Gazzola was thus involved in 44.7 percent of the goals in these games. His average of 1.27 points per game was the highest of the entire league. In three seasons for Asiago Hockey, the Italo Canadian collected 108 points in the basic round (22 goals + 86 assists). No other defense lawyer comes to more goal participations in the comparison period.
Statement Randy Gazzola: “I signed in Vienna because it is the ideal place for myself and my family – also from a sporting point of view – to continue my career. Through my conversations with Christian Dolezal and Gerry Fleming, I know that there will be something exciting. Notice how passionate the appendix in Vienna is and how much the fans support their team.
Statement Christian Dolezal, sporting director of the Vienna Capitals: “Randy has made a name for itself in Win2day Ice Hockey League in the past three years. We wanted to occupy the last defensive position with a right -wing shooter that can move the puck well. We have more than an adequate. Randy reads the game, can always put special accents on the offensive and is always in the power play In addition, we know that Randy will do the cabin.
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