Marco Rosa

Marco Rosa (born January 15, 1982) is a Canadian-born Italian professional ice hockey center who plays currently for Asiago of the Alps Hockey League. He was born in Scarborough, Ontario.

Playing career Rosa began his career by spending two seasons playing for the Wexford Raiders of the OPJHL. He then attended Merrimack College from 2000 to 2004. He was drafted in the 8th round of the 2001 NHL entry draft (255th overall) by the Dallas Stars.

Although his Junior season with Merrimack was cut short after his wrist was broken in a victory over Boston College in February 2003, as a Senior he rebounded to lead the team with 15 goals scored. Since graduating, he has played seven seasons in the ECHL and AHL. In the 2009–10 season, Rosa led the Manitoba Moose in scoring with 55 points.

In 2010, he played with the Vancouver Canucks in the pre-season, but was reassigned to the Moose before the regular season began.

On July 20, 2011, Rosa, along with three other former Manitoba Moose players, signed with the soon to be named St. John's IceCaps. The franchise, which moved from Manitoba, is an affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets.

On June 21, 2013, after his first season abroad in Europe with the Espoo Blues of the Finnish SM-liiga, Rosa signed a one-year contract in Germany with Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg of the DEL in Germany. He eventually stayed until 2016 and reached the DEL finals with Wolfsburg in the 2015–16 season, where they fell short to München. In June 2016, fellow DEL team Krefeld Pinguine announced to have signed Rosa for the 2016–17 campaign.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1998–99 Wexford Raiders OPJHL 42 12 13 25 35 — — — — — 1999–2000 Wexford Raiders OPJHL 49 29 52 81 23 — — — — — 2000–01 Merrimack College HE 33 6 18 24 22 — — — — — 2001–02 Merrimack College HE 36 5 21 26 22 — — — — — 2002–03 Merrimack College HE 30 10 12 22 26 — — — — — 2003–04 Merrimack College HE 36 15 10 25 12 — — — — — 2004–05 Long Beach Ice Dogs ECHL 72 34 31 65 59 6 0 2 2 4 2005–06 Long Beach Ice Dogs ECHL 6 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 2005–06 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 27 2 2 4 17 — — — — — 2006–07 Texas Wildcatters ECHL 36 25 26 51 49 11 3 3 6 2 2006–07 Houston Aeros AHL 5 1 1 2 4 — — — — — 2006–07 Providence Bruins AHL 34 7 8 15 14 9 1 2 3 6 2007–08 Houston Aeros AHL 56 10 17 27 20 5 2 0 2 0 2007–08 Texas Wildcatters ECHL 8 5 8 13 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Houston Aeros AHL 69 16 24 40 42 20 2 8 10 2 2009–10 Manitoba Moose AHL 80 22 33 55 32 6 1 2 3 12 2010–11 Manitoba Moose AHL 51 13 21 34 20 14 6 11 17 4 2011–12 St. John's IceCaps AHL 31 6 21 27 12 9 0 1 1 4 2012–13 Blues SM-liiga 43 9 9 18 36 — — — — — 2013–14 Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg DEL 46 19 19 38 41 11 5 6 11 22 2014–15 Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg DEL 52 9 37 46 18 11 3 5 8 8 2015–16 Grizzlys Wolfsburg DEL 29 2 4 6 8 — — — — — 2016–17 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 45 10 11 21 16 — — — — — 2017–18 Asiago Hockey 1935 AlpsHL 38 20 37 57 12 14 9 11 20 2 2017–18 Asiago Hockey 1935 ITA 1 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 2018–19 Asiago Hockey 1935 AlpsHL 39 17 33 50 20 4 1 2 3 12 2018–19 Asiago Hockey 1935 ITA 4 3 2 5 0 — — — — — 2019–20 Asiago Hockey 1935 AlpsHL 44 26 36 62 32 — — — — — 2019–20 Asiago Hockey 1935 ITA 6 2 5 7 0 — — — — — 2020–21 Asiago Hockey 1935 AlpsHL 30 20 25 45 10 11 1 8 9 2 2020–21 Asiago Hockey 1935 ITA 5 1 2 3 0 — — — — — AHL totals 353 76 127 203 161 63 12 24 36 28 DEL totals 172 40 71 111 83 22 8 11 19 30 AlpsHL totals 151 83 131 214 74 29 11 21 32 16

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2019 Italy WC 7 1 0 1 8 2021 Italy WC 1 0 0 0 0 Senior totals 8 1 0 1 8