Clark Donatelli

John Clark Donatelli (born November 22, 1965) is an American former professional ice hockey player and hockey coach. Donatelli was a long-time minor league player in the American Hockey League (AHL) and International Hockey League (IHL). He played 35 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Internationally Donatelli played for the American national team at several World Championships, the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics.

Playing career Donatelli was drafted in the fifth round, 98th overall, in the 1984 NHL entry draft by the New York Rangers. After three seasons with Boston University and one with the U.S. national team, Donatelli made his NHL debut with the Minnesota North Stars during the 1989–90 season.

Donatelli played a full season with the International Hockey League's San Diego Gulls in 1990–91, and joined the NHL's Boston Bruins briefly in the 1991–92 season. After several seasons in the IHL and American Hockey League, as well as one in Roller Hockey International with the San Diego Barracudas, Donatelli retired in 1996.

Coaching career After retiring, Donatelli took up coaching and eventually was named head coach of the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL during the 2011–12 season. During the 2015–16 season, the Nailers' American Hockey League affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins promoted him as the interim head coach as their head coach, Mike Sullivan, had been promoted to Pittsburgh Penguins. He became the permanent head coach of the WBS Penguins after the season ended. Donatelli had a record of 154–94–20–9 with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, leading the Penguins to three Calder Cup Playoff appearances and a regular season title in 2016–17 before he departed in 2019.

In a lawsuit filed on November 3, 2020, in Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins assistant coach Jarrod Skalde filed a lawsuit alleging his wife was the victim of sexual assault by Donatelli. The lawsuit, Skalde et al. v. Lemieux Group, L.P. et al., alleges that Guerin, then the general manager of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, "told Skalde to keep quiet about the alleged assault." Guerin denied any wrongdoing on his part, claiming that he had "promptly brought (the allegation) to Pittsburgh Penguins senior management".

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1980–81 Moses Brown School HSRI — — — — — — — — — — 1981–82 Moses Brown School HSRI — — — — — — — — — — 1982–83 Moses Brown School HSRI — — — — — — — — — — 1983–84 Stratford Cullitons MWJHL 38 41 49 90 46 — — — — — 1984–85 Boston University HE 40 17 18 35 46 — — — — — 1985–86 Boston University HE 43 28 34 62 30 — — — — — 1986–87 Boston University HE 37 15 23 38 46 — — — — — 1987–88 United States National Team Intl 50 11 27 38 26 — — — — — 1989–90 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 27 8 9 17 47 4 0 2 2 12 1989–90 Minnesota North Stars NHL 25 3 3 6 17 — — — — — 1990–91 San Diego Gulls IHL 46 17 10 27 45 — — — — — 1991–92 United States National Team Intl 42 13 25 38 50 — — — — — 1991–92 Boston Bruins NHL 10 0 1 1 22 2 0 0 0 0 1992–93 Providence Bruins AHL 57 12 14 26 40 4 2 1 3 2 1993–94 San Diego Gulls IHL 50 11 32 43 54 9 0 1 1 23 1994–95 San Diego Gulls IHL 70 22 25 47 48 5 0 1 1 6 1995–96 Los Angeles Ice Dogs IHL 22 1 3 4 12 — — — — — 1995–96 Detroit Vipers IHL 36 0 12 12 40 11 0 2 2 2 IHL totals 251 59 91 150 246 29 0 6 6 43 NHL totals 35 3 4 7 39 2 0 0 0 0

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1984 United States WJC 7 1 2 3 6 1985 United States WJC 7 2 3 5 12 1985 United States WC 10 3 1 4 12 1986 United States WC 10 3 3 6 8 1987 United States WC 9 1 2 3 6 1988 United States OLY 6 1 2 3 6 1992 United States OLY 8 2 1 3 6 Junior totals 14 3 5 8 18 Senior totals 43 10 9 19 38

Awards and honors Award Year All-Hockey East Rookie Team 1984–85 Hockey East All-Tournament Team 1985 All-Hockey East Second team 1985–86 AHCA East Second-Team All-American 1985–86