Andy Chiodo

Andy Chiodo (born April 25, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Chiodo played eight games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2003–04 season, for whom he is presently a goaltending coach. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2003 to 2017, was mainly spent in European leagues.

Playing career Chiodo was originally selected by the New York Islanders in the sixth round (166th overall) of the 2001 NHL entry draft. The Islanders were unable to sign him, and he was made draft-eligible again after the 2002–03 NHL season. The Pittsburgh Penguins chose him in 2003 NHL entry draft in the seventh round with the 199th overall pick.

Prior to playing in the Ontario Hockey League, Chiodo played with the Wexford Raiders of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. After playing three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors, Chiodo made his professional debut with Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, in the 2003–04 season. He also appeared in eight NHL games with Pittsburgh that season.

Chiodo has spent most of his professional career with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and with Pittsburgh's ECHL affiliate, the Wheeling Nailers. He signed with Kärpät in the Finnish SM-liiga for the 2006–07 season, but was sidelined with an injury for most of the autumn. Kärpät released Chiodo from his contract in November, and he signed with Jokerit for a one-month tryout, making his SM-liiga debut on November 16 against HIFK. After only two games, he was injured again. At the SM-liiga trade deadline in January, he signed with HPK.

On August 20, 2009, he was signed by the Ottawa Senators to a one-year, two-way contract. He split time between Ottawa's AHL affiliate in Binghamton and their ECHL affiliate in Elmira. After the completion of the 2009–10 NHL season, Chiodo was not offered a new contract and became an unrestricted free agent.

Chiodo returned to Europe in signing with EC KAC for the 2010–11 EBEL season. He played in 30 games with the team and had a league-best 2.60 GAA. Chiodo led EC KAC to the 2010–11 EBHL Finals before losing to Red Bull Salzburg four games to three. On April 14, 2011, Chiodo re-signed on a two-year contract extension with Klagenfurt.

On November 7, 2013, the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL signed Chiodo for the 2013–14 season. After just four games with the Condors, Chiodo opted to terminate his contract and returned to the Finnish Liiga with Tappara.

On August 14, 2014, Chiodo returned to the Austrian EBEL, in signing a one-year contract with Slovenian club, HDD Olimpija Ljubljana. In the 2014–15 season, Chiodo appeared in 39 games as Ljubljana's starting goaltender, for 14 wins. With the club out of playoff contention, on January 28, 2015, Chiodo left to play for the remainder of the season in the Finnish Liiga with KalPa.

On April 5, 2015, Chiodo as a free agent, signed with his third EBEL club, on a one-year deal with HC TWK Innsbruck.

Coaching career Chiodo began a post-playing career as a goaltending coach by joining the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League in 2017. He then made a return to the Pittsburgh Penguins organization when he was hired to serve as goaltending development coach in June 2018, where he coached the Penguins prospect goaltenders in the minor leagues. He was promoted to the team's NHL goaltending coach in 2021.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1998–99 Wexford Raiders OPJHL 26 — — — — 1519 105 0 4.05 — — — — — — — — — 1999–00 Wexford Raiders OPJHL 24 — — — — 1389 89 0 3.84 — — — — — — — — — 2000–01 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 38 18 12 5 — 2069 86 4 2.49 .922 9 2 6 479 30 0 3.76 .900 2001–02 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 33 14 10 3 — 1743 79 2 2.72 .913 7 3 1 288 17 1 3.54 .888 2002–03 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 57 26 18 6 — 3065 154 3 3.01 .915 18 10 8 1021 56 1 3.29 .913 2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 8 3 4 1 — 486 28 0 3.46 .892 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 44 18 19 2 — 2448 98 4 2.40 .908 18 9 7 1048 38 3 2.18 .916 2003–04 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 2 0 2 0 — 86 9 0 6.26 .786 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 14 5 7 1 — 788 43 2 3.27 .879 9 5 4 556 23 1 2.48 .906 2004–05 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 22 9 10 2 — 1259 47 1 2.24 .926 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 14 8 4 — 2 840 31 1 2.21 .925 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 17 10 5 — 1 950 45 1 2.84 .897 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Jokerit FIN 2 1 1 — 0 120 5 0 2.50 .928 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 HPK FIN 6 4 2 — 0 360 16 1 2.66 .893 9 5 4 609 15 1 1.48 .952 2007–08 HPK FIN 36 10 20 — 5 — 100 2 2.85 .912 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Kärpät FIN 11 7 3 — 1 — 24 2 2.18 .924 3 2 1 — 9 0 3.01 .899 2008–09 Dinamo Minsk KHL 26 5 12 — 3 1245 78 1 3.76 .866 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Elmira Jackals ECHL 17 8 5 — 3 954 47 1 2.96 .905 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Binghamton Senators AHL 20 5 13 — 0 933 51 1 3.28 .901 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 EC KAC EBEL 30 23 6 — 0 1776 79 2 2.67 .916 17 11 6 — — 1 3.28 .916 2011–12 EC KAC EBEL 24 11 13 — 0 1436 70 0 2.92 .920 16 9 7 — — 1 2.58 .929 2012–13 EC KAC EBEL 30 16 14 — 0 — — 0 2.83 .914 2 1 1 — — 0 3.52 .884 2013–14 Bakersfield Condors ECHL 4 1 3 — 0 223 10 0 2.69 .900 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 Tappara FIN 7 2 1 — 2 370 15 2 2.43 .913 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 LeKi FIN-2 11 — — — — 656 — 0 3.37 .910 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 39 14 25 — 0 2245 114 2 3.05 .921 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 KalPa FIN 14 5 4 — 5 858 23 2 1.61 .934 3 0 3 — — 0 3.03 .843 2015–16 HC TWK Innsbruck EBEL 54 19 35 — 0 3272 172 0 3.15 .900 — — — — — — — — 2016–17 HC TWK Innsbruck EBEL 52 24 28 — 0 3136 181 0 3.46 .899 4 0 4 — — 0 4.03 .883 NHL totals 8 3 4 1 — 486 28 0 3.46 .892 — — — — — — — —