Rick Adduono

Richard Norman Adduono (ah-DOON-oh; born January 25, 1955) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and retired professional ice hockey player in the World Hockey Association and National Hockey League.

Playing career Rick Adduono was drafted by the Boston Bruins of the NHL in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft and by the San Diego Mariners of the WHA in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft. The Bruins took him in the fourth round, 60th overall, while the Mariners took him in the second round, 27th overall.

He began his short professional career by playing one game for the Boston Bruins in the 1975–76 NHL season. Adduono would not play in the big leagues again until the 1978–79 WHA season when he played a full 80 games for the Birmingham Bulls. He was quite productive in his only full season scoring 20 goals and 53 points. After the collapse of the WHA, Adduono went back to the NHL where he played three games for the Atlanta Flames.

Coaching career In 1990, Rick joined the coaching staff of the Thunder Bay Flyers of the United States Hockey League. He became head coach of the Flyers in 1993 and left the team in 1995 to coach professional minor league hockey. From 1995 to 1998, he served as the assistant coach for the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. In 1998, he accepted the head coaching position for the Stingrays, leading them to their second Kelly Cup victory in 2001. Adduono left the Stingrays the following year. For 2002-2003 and 2003–2004, he coached the Greensboro Generals, leading them to a Kelly Cup playoff appearance in the 2002–2003 season.

Adduono was head coach of the Roanoke Valley Vipers of the United Hockey League. He resigned in September 2005 to pursue a higher paying job opportunity as a coach in the ECHL, and for the 2005–06 season, Adduono was the head coach of the Pensacola Ice Pilots.

In July 2006, he was named head coach of the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the ECHL. One year later, he signed a contract for the Iserlohn Roosters of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga. After one year with the Roosters, he accepted the head coach position at fellow DEL side Krefeld Pinguine prior to the 2009–10 season. He guided the team to a second-place finish in the 2013-14 DEL regular season and was named DEL Coach of the Year. He stepped down from his position on November 3, 2015, but was named senior advisor.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1972–73 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 55 45 64 109 58 — — — — — 1973–74 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 70 51 84 135 24 — — — — — 1974–75 St. Catharines Black Hawks OMJHL 55 27 39 66 31 — — — — — 1975–76 Binghamton Dusters NAHL 2 2 0 2 0 — — — — — 1975–76 Rochester Americans AHL 68 11 23 34 24 7 2 1 3 7 1975–76 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1976–77 Rochester Americans AHL 77 29 45 74 38 8 3 1 4 2 1977–78 Rochester Americans AHL 76 38 60 98 34 6 1 2 3 6 1978–79 Birmingham Bulls WHA 80 20 33 53 67 — — — — — 1979–80 Birmingham Bulls CHL 78 35 39 74 76 4 1 0 1 0 1979–80 Atlanta Flames NHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1980–81 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 51 6 12 18 57 4 0 1 1 6 1980–81 Klagenfurt AC Aus 7 4 5 9 4 — — — — — 1981–82 Fredericton Express AHL 5 1 1 2 2 — — — — — NHL totals 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — — WHA totals 80 20 33 53 67 — — — — —