Joe Grimaldi (ice hockey)

Joe Grimaldi (born August 23, 1986 in Queens, New York) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He retired from the game in 2015 because he accepted a job with Porsche. He is currently working in the medical device field in Los Angeles, California while co-owning a real estate company.

Joe Grimaldi
Born (1986-08-23) August 23, 1986
Queens, New York, U.S.
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Defense
Shot Right
EIHL team
Former teams		 Edinburgh Capitals
Rochester Americans
Albany River Rats
Peoria Rivermen
Rosenborg IHK
Nottingham Panthers
HC Valpellice
Colorado Eagles
New York Islanders
National team  United States
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2007–2015

Playing career

Undrafted, Grimaldi was a part of the United States National Team Development Program from 2002–04, He had won one gold medal at the four nations cup and an International Ice Hockey Federation silver medal in Minsk, Belarus at the world championships before enrolling at the University of Nebraska Omaha of the CCHA. In the 2004–05 season Grimaldi scored 21 points and was named to the CCHA All-Rookie Team. Also USCHO.com named him to the all-rookie team. The University of Nebraska Omaha named him most consistent player with +24 plus/minus leading all of college hockey in the 2004–2005 season.[1] In his second year with the Mavericks, he left for major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the Ottawa 67's. While he was with the 67's he signed with the New York Islanders and played exhibition games with the islanders before getting sent back to ottawa for future development for his overage year. In the 2007–08 season, Grimaldi turned pro officially and signed with the Rochester Americans and was later sent down to the Elmira Jackals (Ottawa Senators) of the ECHL. Grimaldi played in 36 games recording 15 points as a rookie with the Jackals, and made his AHL debut with the Rochester Americans and Albany River Rats. On January 15, 2008, Grimaldi was traded to fellow ECHL team the Fresno Falcons, affiliate to the San Jose Sharks. He was then later flipped to the Gwinnett Gladiators on February 19. He then played for his sixth team in the year when he was called up to the Peoria Rivermen affiliate for the St. Louis Blues. During his four game stint he recorded one assist in the last four games of the season.[2] Grimaldi started the 2008–09 season with the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL before returning to the Jackals placing third on the team with 101 penalty minutes. He attended Elmira's training camp prior to the 2009–10 but because of his previous ankle injury from the year before was not cleared to play yet, and later signed a contract midway through the season on December 12, 2009.[3] However, after playing in 33 games with Elmira he then quit the team for reasons unknown on March 17, 2010.

Later in his career, Grimaldi joined the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) for the 2013–2014 season. He played 7 games before being released, tallying 8 points (2 goals, 6 assists). During his brief stint, Grimaldi racked up 110 penalty minutes. The Edinburgh Capitals of the same EIHL league chose to bring him back for the 2014–15 season. Grimaldi played until his release on January 4, 2015 stemming from an incident the previous evening. On January 3, 2015, playing against his former team the Nottingham Panthers, Grimaldi took exception to Max Parent of the Panthers in which he was seen to spear the player intentionally with his stick, almost going for a second attempt. He then proceeded to remove his helmet and throw it at Parent's face, following immediately with a punch to the face and dragging him to the ground. Parent picked himself up and eventually toppled Grimaldi.[4] Thrown out of the game, picking up 67 minutes' worth of penalties, Grimaldi was released the following day amidst the impending ban confirmed days later by the DOPS (Department of Player Safety) of 18 games.[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 U.S. National Development Team NAHL 43 0 5 5 146 — — — — —
2003–04 U.S. National Development Team USDP 51 1 4 5 62 — — — — —
2004–05 U. of Nebraska-Omaha CCHA 38 4 13 17 44 — — — — —
2005–06 U. of Nebraska-Omaha CCHA 19 0 4 4 51 — — — — —
2005–06 Ottawa 67's OHL 27 7 14 21 81 6 2 4 6 10
2006–07 Ottawa 67's OHL 65 2 34 36 185 5 0 1 1 16
2007–08 Elmira Jackals ECHL 36 2 12 14 53 — — — — —
2007–08 Rochester Americans AHL 2 0 0 0 5 — — — — —
2007–08 Albany River Rats AHL 1 0 0 0 7 — — — — —
2007–08 Fresno Falcons ECHL 10 1 2 3 15 — — — — —
2007–08 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL 21 1 3 4 74 1 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Peoria Rivermen AHL 4 0 1 1 6 — — — — —
2008–09 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 3 0 1 1 20 — — — — —
2008–09 Elmira Jackals ECHL 32 2 7 9 101 — — — — —
2009–10 Elmira Jackals ECHL 33 1 7 8 104 — — — — —
2010–11 Evansville IceMen CHL 17 5 6 11 45 — — — — —
2010–11 Colorado Eagles CHL 45 4 20 24 171 21 1 1 2 83
2011–12 Rapid City Rush CHL 2 0 0 0 11 — — — — —
2013–14 Rosenborg IHK GET-ligaen 5 1 1 2 50 — — — — —
2013–14 Nottingham Panthers EIHL 6 2 6 8 83 — — — — —
2013–14 HC Valpellice ITA 3 0 1 1 14 6 0 1 1 4
2014–15 Edinburgh Capitals EIHL 14 2 6 8 102 — — — — —
AHL totals 7 0 1 1 18 — — — — —

International
Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
2004 United States WJC18 6 0 0 0 2
Junior int'l totals 6 0 0 0 2

Awards and honors
Award Year
All-CCHA Rookie Team

BBOTW

 2004-05

2014-15

References
  1. "2004-05 Conference Honors". InsideCollegeHockey.com. 2005-03-20. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  2. "Jackson and Denny return to Gwinnett; Grimaldi Called up to AHL Peoria". oursportscentral. 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  3. "Grimaldi added to Jackals roster". oursportscentral. 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2015-01-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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