Tony Curtale

Anthony Glenn Curtale (born January 29, 1962) is an American former professional ice hockey player and was most recently the head coach of the Wichita Falls Wildcats in the North American Hockey League. He was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the second round, 31st overall in the 1980 NHL entry draft.

Curtale played only two games in his National Hockey League career, for the Flames in 1980–81 as a late-season call-up from his junior hockey club, the Brantford Alexanders. He would spend the rest of his playing career in the minors, playing for the Colorado Flames for two seasons, before joining the Peoria Rivermen until his retirement in 1987.

After his playing career, Curtale later served as the head coach of the Springfield Jr. Blues in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) from 1995 to 1997 and then the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) from 1997 to 1999. He returned to the NAHL with the Texas Tornado from 1999 until 2007 and led the team to a long string of success with four Robertson Cup Championships. He returned to the Tornado after coaching in the youth leagues in 2011 and led the team to a fifth league championship. When he left again in 2013, he was the winningest head coach in NAHL history. In 2016, he was hired by the NAHL's Wichita Falls Wildcats as head coach, however, he was indefinitely suspended by the team that November. The Wildcats released him on December 1.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1978–79 St. Clair Falcons MNHL 63 42 63 105 150 — — — — — 1979–80 Brantford Alexanders OMJHL 59 10 35 45 227 5 0 4 4 4 1980–81 Brantford Alexanders OHL 59 14 71 85 141 6 1 4 5 26 1980–81 Calgary Flames NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1981–82 Brantford Alexanders OHL 36 17 32 49 118 8 1 2 3 35 1981–82 Oklahoma City Stars CHL — — — — — 4 0 2 2 8 1982–83 Colorado Flames CHL 74 7 22 29 61 5 1 0 1 6 1983–84 Peoria Prancers IHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1983–84 Colorado Flames CHL 54 3 20 23 80 6 0 4 4 2 1984–85 Peoria Rivermen IHL 50 5 31 36 81 17 1 7 8 43 1985–86 Peoria Rivermen IHL 70 7 51 58 116 11 1 3 4 57 1986–87 Peoria Rivermen IHL 72 8 21 29 126 — — — — — NHL totals 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — CHL totals 128 10 42 52 141 15 1 6 7 16 IHL totals 194 20 103 123 325 28 2 10 12 100