Jim Camazzola

James "Jimmy" Camazzola (born January 5, 1964) is a Canadian-born Italian former professional ice hockey forward. He played 3 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1983-84 and 1986–87 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1984 to 2002, was mainly spent in top leagues of Germany and Italy. Internationally he played for the Italian national team at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics, and the 1992 World Championships. His older brother, Tony Camazzola, also played in the NHL with the Washington Capitals.

Playing career His only National Hockey League appearances were three games with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1983-84 and 1987. He played three seasons in North America before playing several more in the top leagues of Germany and Italy. He was also the Coach from Associazione Sportiva Asiago Hockey.

Camazzola represented Italy internationally at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics.

Camazzola was an assistant hockey coach at Simon Fraser University from 2011 to 2019. In 2018, Camazzola was named the first head coach of the Vancouver NE Chiefs.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1982–83 Kamloops Junior Oilers WHL 66 57 58 115 54 7 4 1 5 2 1983–84 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1983–84 Seattle Breakers WHL 3 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 1983–84 Kamloops Junior Oilers WHL 29 26 24 50 25 17 12 19 31 44 1984–85 New Westminster Bruins WHL 25 19 29 48 25 11 10 12 22 4 1985–86 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1985–86 Saginaw Generals IHL 42 16 22 38 10 8 0 3 3 15 1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1986–87 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 48 13 18 31 31 3 0 0 0 0 1987–88 Maine Mariners AHL 62 13 23 36 80 10 1 7 8 8 1988–89 HC Asiago ITA 33 8 29 37 58 11 6 8 14 10 1989–90 HC Asiago ITA 34 11 49 60 12 6 2 5 7 6 1990–91 HC Asiago ITA 24 11 19 30 51 5 2 2 4 0 1991–92 HC Asiago ITA 16 6 10 16 9 11 6 9 15 2 1992–93 HC Asiago ITA 11 5 6 11 2 8 0 6 6 0 1993–94 HC Courmaosta ITA 18 9 12 21 6 6 3 5 8 8 1994–95 HC Courmaosta ITA 28 18 16 34 41 6 2 6 8 8 1995–96 HC Varese ITA 22 3 12 15 6 8 2 6 8 6 1996–97 Berlin Capitals DEL 42 8 13 21 56 — — — — — 1997–98 Augsburger Panther DEL 50 5 14 19 34 — — — — — 1998–99 Augsburger Panther DEL 44 6 7 13 59 5 1 0 1 2 1999–00 Augsburger Panther DEL 49 8 10 18 50 3 1 1 2 2 2000–01 Augsburger Panther DEL 42 12 12 24 38 — — — — — 2001–02 HC Bolzano ITA 29 10 10 20 37 — — — — — ITA totals 210 78 162 240 220 66 26 48 74 32 NHL totals 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1992 Italy OLY 7 0 2 2 18 1992 Italy WC 5 1 1 2 10 1994 Italy OLY 7 2 2 4 4 Senior totals 19 3 5 8 32