Rico Fata

#96 HIFK / Liiga - 13/14

Date of Birth: Feb 12, 1980
Age: 46
Place of Birth: Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN
Nation: Canada / Italy
Youth Team: -
Position: C
Height: 180 cm / 5'11"
Weight: 92 kg / 203 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Rico Fata Facts

Player Type: Speedster
Drafted: 1998 round 1 #6 overall by Calgary Flames

Brother: Drew Fata

Team Staff profile also available: Rico Fata

Rico Fata Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1994-1995	Soo Legion U15 AAA	U15 AAA	51	52	51	103	-	-
1995-1996	Soo Greyhounds	OHL	62	11	15	26	52	-	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0	-
1996-1997	London Knights	OHL	59	19	34	53	76	-
1997-1998	London Knights	OHL	64	43	33	76	110	26	Playoffs	16	9	5	14	49	-4
1998-1999	London Knights	OHL	23	15	18	33	41	3	Playoffs	25	10	12	22	42	0
1998-1999	Calgary Flames	NHL	20	0	1	1	4	0
1998-1999	Canada U20	WJC-20	7	1	3	4	8	-
1999-2000	Calgary Flames	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-1
1999-2000	Saint John Flames	AHL	76	29	29	58	65	-11	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	4	-4
2000-2001	Calgary Flames	NHL	5	0	0	0	6	-3
2000-2001	Saint John Flames	AHL	70	23	29	52	129	10	Playoffs	19	2	3	5	22	5
2001-2002	New York Rangers	NHL	10	0	0	0	0	-2
2001-2002	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	61	35	36	71	36	27	Playoffs	10	2	5	7	4	2
2002-2003	New York Rangers	NHL	36	2	4	6	6	-1
2002-2003	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	9	8	6	14	6	4
2002-2003	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	27	5	8	13	10	-6
2003-2004	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	73	16	18	34	54	-46
2004-2005	Asiago Lockout	Italy	35	18	20	38	36	-	Playoffs	9	6	5	11	10	-
2005-2006	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	20	0	0	0	10	-5
2005-2006	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	25	8	10	18	39	7
2005-2006	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	6	0	1	1	4	-2
2005-2006	Washington Capitals	NHL	21	3	3	6	8	3
2006-2007	Washington Capitals	NHL	10	1	1	2	2	3
2006-2007	Adler Mannheim	DEL	29	8	10	18	12	-10	Playoffs	11	2	4	6	8	-2
2007-2008	Adler Mannheim	DEL	53	7	14	21	67	-10	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	2	1
2008-2009	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA	45	18	19	37	44	-	Relegation	8	5	2	7	8	-
2008-2009	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	7	6	3	9	10	-
2009-2010	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA	41	15	16	31	28	-	Relegation	15	3	5	8	16	-
2010-2011	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA	47	13	21	34	16	-18	Relegation	4	1	4	5	0	5
2011-2012	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	50	17	16	33	26	-6	Relegation	9	5	3	8	18	2
2011-2012	Lausanne HC Loan	NLB	1	0	0	0	0	-
2012-2013	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	41	8	16	24	20	3	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	2	0
2013-2014	HIFK	Liiga	10	2	1	3	2	-2

Rico Fata Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1993-1994	Sault Ste. Marie Peewee	QC Int PW	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997-1998	Canada U18	Nations Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007-2008	Adler Mannheim	Spengler Cup	4	1	1	2	4	-
2008-2009	Team Canada	Deutschland Cup	1	0	0	0	2	-
2008-2009	Adler Mannheim	DEB-Pokal	2	3	0	3	0	-
2008-2009	Team Canada	Spengler Cup	5	1	0	1	8	-
2011-2012	Team Canada	Spengler Cup	3	1	0	1	2	-
2013-2014	HIFK	ET	8	3	0	3	2	-

Rico Fata Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	5	241	103	110	213	0.88	275	37	3	32	4	8	12	0.38	30	3
DEB-Pokal	1	2	3	0	3	1.50	0	-	0
DEL	2	82	15	24	39	0.48	79	-20	2	16	2	6	8	0.50	10	-1
Deutschland Cup	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	2	-	0
ET	1	8	3	0	3	0.38	2	-	0
Italy	1	35	18	20	38	1.09	36	-	1	9	6	5	11	1.22	10	-
Liiga	1	10	2	1	3	0.30	2	-2	0
Nations Cup (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
NHL	8	230	27	36	63	0.27	104	-60	0
NLA (NL)	5	224	71	88	159	0.71	134	-21*	5	37	14	14	28	0.76	44	7*
NLA Q	0								1	7	6	3	9	1.29	10	-
NLB (SL)	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
OHL	4	208	88	100	188	0.90	279	29*	3	45	19	17	36	0.80	91	-4*
QC Int PW	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Spengler Cup	3	12	3	1	4	0.33	14	-	0
U15 AAA	1	51	52	51	103	2.02	-	-	0
WJC-20	1	7	1	3	4	0.57	8	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Rico Fata Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Adler Mannheim	3	88	19	25	44	0.50	83	-20*	2	16	2	6	8	0.50	10	-1
Asiago	1	35	18	20	38	1.09	36	-	1	9	6	5	11	1.22	10	-
Atlanta Thrashers	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	4	-2	0
Calgary Flames	3	27	0	1	1	0.04	10	-4	0
Canada U18 (Cup)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Canada U20	1	7	1	3	4	0.57	8	-	0
EHC Biel-Bienne	3	133	46	56	102	0.77	88	-18*	3	34	15	14	29	0.85	34	5*
Genève-Servette HC	2	91	25	32	57	0.63	46	-3	2	10	5	3	8	0.80	20	2
Hartford Wolf Pack	2	70	43	42	85	1.21	42	31	1	10	2	5	7	0.70	4	2
HIFK	1	18	5	1	6	0.33	4	-2*	0
Lausanne HC	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
London Knights	3	146	77	85	162	1.11	227	29*	2	41	19	17	36	0.88	91	-4
New York Rangers	2	46	2	4	6	0.13	6	-3	0
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	120	21	26	47	0.39	74	-57	0
Saint John Flames (AHL)	2	146	52	58	110	0.75	194	-1	2	22	2	3	5	0.23	26	1
Sault Ste. Marie Peewee	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Soo Greyhounds	1	62	11	15	26	0.42	52	-	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	0	-
Soo Legion U15 AAA	1	51	52	51	103	2.02	-	-	0
Team Canada (Spengler Cup)	2	8	2	0	2	0.25	10	-	0
Team Canada (Cup)	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	2	-	0
Washington Capitals	2	31	4	4	8	0.26	10	6	0
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	1	25	8	10	18	0.72	39	7	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Rico Fata Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1994-1995	Big Nickel International Hockey Tournament Bantam AAA All-Star Team (F)
1997-1998	CHL Top Prospects Game OHL Most Penalized Player Playoffs (49)
1998-1999	U20 WJC Silver Medal
1999-2000	AHL All-Rookie Team AHL All-Star Game AHL Player of the Week (Mar. 12)
2000-2001	AHL Calder Cup Champion
2001-2002	AHL All-Star Game AHL Player of the Week (Mar. 10) AHL Second All-Star Team
2006-2007	DEL All-Star Game DEL Champion

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
06/30/2014	Confirmed	No team	Retired
10/23/2013	Confirmed	HIFK	Unknown
06/17/2013	Confirmed	Genève-Servette HC	HIFK
08/01/2011	Confirmed	EHC Biel-Bienne	Genève-Servette HC
08/21/2009	Extension	EHC Biel-Bienne	EHC Biel-Bienne
03/01/2009	Extension	EHC Biel-Bienne	EHC Biel-Bienne

Rico Fata Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1996, 1 #1 by London Knights in the OHL Priority Selection
Cult/Star player for Asiago
Cult/Star player for EHC Biel-Bienne
Cult/Star player for London Knights
Cult/Star player for Sault Ste. Marie North Stars U18