Playing career Weight 84 kg Name Rick Pagnutti Career start 1967 | Role Ice hockey player Career end 1977 Height 1.85 m Position Defenseman | |
Born November 14, 1946 (age 78) Sudbury, Ontario, Canada ( 1946-11-14 ) NHL Draft 1st overall, 1967Los Angeles Kings Played for American Hockey League, Springfield Falcons | ||
2012 Rochester Americans Hall of Fame Ceremony
Rick Pagnutti (born November 14, 1946) is a former ice hockey player who was drafted first overall in the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft by the Los Angeles Kings but never played in the NHL.
Pagnutti spent a ten-year career in the minor leagues, primarily for the Rochester Americans and Springfield Kings of the American Hockey League. He won the Governor's Trophy as the top defenceman in the International Hockey League in 1972. His son Matt Pagnutti played college hockey in the NCAA ranks and professionally in the ECHL.
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