Rich Costello

Richard Anthony Costello (born June 27, 1963) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played 12 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs between 1984 and 1986. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1983 to 1991, was mainly spent in the minor leagues.

Biography As a youth, Costello played in the 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Boston.

He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1981 NHL entry draft, but traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1982 for Darryl Sittler. Costello was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, but grew up in Natick, Massachusetts.

Costello spent part of the 1983-84 season with the United States National Team. He spent the following three years in the Leafs organisation, in which he played a total of 12 games in the NHL, but spent most of his time in the American Hockey League. He later played professionally in Finland, Germany and Switzerland.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1977–78 Natick High School HS-MA — — — — — — — — — — 1978–79 Natick High School HS-MA 18 26 32 58 — — — — — — 1979–80 Natick High School HS-MA 18 30 36 66 — — — — — — 1980–81 Pickering Panthers MetJBHL 40 18 24 42 35 — — — — — 1981–82 Providence College ECAC 32 11 16 27 39 — — — — — 1982–83 Providence College ECAC 43 19 26 45 60 — — — — — 1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 10 2 1 3 2 — — — — — 1983–84 St. Catharines Saints AHL 20 0 0 0 12 4 1 0 1 0 1983–84 American National Team Intl 38 7 19 26 31 — — — — — 1984–85 St. Catharines Saints AHL 80 8 6 14 45 — — — — — 1985–86 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 0 1 1 9 — — — — — 1985–86 St. Catharines Saints AHL 76 18 22 40 87 13 3 6 9 30 1986–87 Newmarket Saints AHL 48 6 11 17 53 — — — — — 1987–88 SaiPa FIN-2 26 10 11 21 46 — — — — — 1987–88 Utica Devils AHL 3 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 1988–89 Schwenninger ERC GER 11 6 8 14 14 — — — — — 1989–90 EC Ratingen GER-2 29 26 30 56 26 — — — — — 1989–90 HC Davos NLB 7 4 11 15 4 — — — — — 1990–91 Albany Choppers IHL 9 1 3 4 14 — — — — — AHL totals 227 33 40 73 199 17 4 6 10 30 NHL totals 12 2 2 4 2 — — — — —