Position Defence Name Joe DiPenta Career start 2003 Shot Right Role Ice hockey player Current team Frolunda HC | Playing career Height 1.88 m Education Boston University Website Joe DiPenta.com Weight 90 kg Shoots Right-handed | |
Born February 25, 1979 (age 45)
Barrie, ON, CAN ( 1979-02-25 ) AHL team
Former teams Syracuse Crunch
Atlanta Thrashers
Anaheim Ducks
Frolunda HC NHL Draft 61st overall, 1998
Florida Panthers |
Joe DiPenta's story // Halifax, NS
Joseph V. DiPenta (born February 25, 1979) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently serving as the Regional & National Director for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada.
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Playing career
DiPenta was drafted 61st overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. DiPenta grew up in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. Former teams include the Halifax Mooseheads, Boston University, Philadelphia Phantoms, Chicago Wolves, Atlanta Thrashers, Manitoba Moose and Anaheim Ducks.
He won the Stanley Cup in 2007 with the Anaheim Ducks. In the 2008–09 season, DiPenta signed a one-year contract with Frölunda HC of Elitserien.
On July 11, 2009, DiPenta attempted a return to the NHL signing a one-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres.
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