Dean DeFazio

Dean DeFazio (born April 16, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. During the 1983–84 NHL season he played 22 games in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Playing career

As a youth, he played in the 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from South Ottawa.

DeFazio began his junior career playing in the OMJHL playing for the Brantford Alexanders. Following his one season with Brantford, in which he accumulated 104 PIMs in 60 games, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins. the Penguins drafted DeFazio in the 9th round, 175th overall, in the 1981 NHL entry draft. DeFazio played the next two years in Juniors splitting time between the Alexanders, Sudbury Wolves, and Oshawa Generals, all of the OHL.

Following his last season in Juniors, Pittsburgh assigned him to the American Hockey League (AHL) to play for the Baltimore Skipjacks during the 1983-84 season. In December the Penguins called up DeFazio. He made his NHL debut on December 21, 1983 versus the New York Rangers. He played 22 games for the Penguins during the season totaling 2 assists, it would be the only NHL games he would play. DeFazio continued to play with the Skipjacks for two more years before moving on to play for the Newmarket Saints during the 1986-87 season. DeFazio returned to Baltimore the following season splitting time between the Skipjacks and the International Hockey League's Flint Spirits. He played one more season in the AHL this time for the New Haven Nighthawks, before going to Germany to play his final professional season for Straubing EHC in 1988.

Personal information After his retirement DeFazio became a firefighter.

His son, Brandon DeFazio, had a two-way contract playing professional hockey with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League after moving on from the Vancouver Canucks.

Career statistics Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1980–81 Brantford Alexanders OHL 60 6 13 19 104 — — — — — 1981–82 Brantford Alexanders OHL 10 2 6 8 30 — — — — — 1981–82 Sudbury Wolves OHL 50 21 32 53 81 — — — — — 1982–83 Oshawa Generals OHL 52 22 23 45 108 17 8 9 17 16 1983–84 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 46 18 13 31 114 10 2 2 4 19 1983–84 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 22 0 2 2 28 — — — — — 1984–85 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 78 10 17 27 88 10 2 1 3 64 1985–86 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 75 14 24 38 171 — — — — — 1986–87 Newmarket Saints AHL 76 7 13 20 116 — — — — — 1987–88 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 26 5 12 17 21 — — — — — 1987–88 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 22 1 2 3 75 — — — — — 1987–88 Flint Spirits IHL 30 8 6 14 39 — — — — — 1988–89 Straubing EHC GerObL 16 15 9 24 34 — — — — — NHL totals 22 0 2 2 28 — — — — —