Gaetano Orlando
Orlando in 2018
Born (1962-11-13) November 13, 1962
LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Buffalo Sabres
National team  Italy
NHL Draft 164th overall, 1981
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 19801999

Gaetano "Gates" Orlando (born November 13, 1962) is a Canadian-born Italian former ice hockey centre and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres between 1984 and 1987. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1984 to 1999, was mainly spent in the Italian Serie A and Swiss Nationalliga A. Internationally Orlando played for the Italian national team at several World Championships and at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics. He later coached in the minor leagues for a few years, and also worked as a scout for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. His father's ancestry hails from Agnone, Isernia, Molise, Italy.

International play

By virtue of his Italian ancestry and playing in Italy, Orlando acquired Italian citizenship and was eligible for the Italian national ice hockey team.

He participated in the following tournaments:

Orlando wore jersey number 17 in the national team.

Artificial heart and Heart Transplant

A sarcoidosis patient, in March 2011, Orlando was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He was participating in a clinical study of Life Vest, a wearable defibrillator. On May 22, the defibrillator saved his life after his heart stopped for 40 seconds. Orlando was the first participant in the study to have required the vest to deliver a shock.[1]

On April 4, 2012, Orlando received an artificial heart to extend his life while he waits for a donated biological heart. The operation, performed at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was the first such operation in Upstate New York.[2]

A donor heart became available February 4, 2013 so the transplant teams were mobilized for surgery that day at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He was able to return home 25 days later.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1979–80 Montréal Juniors QMJHL 7028447250 965118
1980–81 Providence College ECAC 3124325645
1981–82 Providence College ECAC 2818183631
1982–83 Providence College ECAC 4030396932
1983–84 Providence College ECAC 3423305352
1983–84 Rochester Americans AHL 1187152 18410146
1984–85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 113696 504414
1984–85 Rochester Americans AHL 4926305662 20116
1985–86 Buffalo Sabres NHL 6013122529
1985–86 Rochester Americans AHL 340410
1986–87 Buffalo Sabres NHL 27281016
1986–87 Rochester Americans AHL 4422426442 189132214
1987–88 HC Merano ITA 3649449366 101071723
1987–88 Rochester Americans AHL 134131718 72686
1988–89 HC Bolzano ITA 3440397966 10176230
1989–90 HC Bolzano ITA 36646212618 6810186
1990–91 HC Bolzano ITA 2739337229 108152312
1991–92 HC Devils Milano ITA 1821224312 1111172842
1991–92 HC Devils Milano ALP 1187152
1992–93 HC Devils Milano ITA 169182714 11591423
1992–93 HC Devils Milano ALP 2519274646
1993–94 HC Devils Milano ITA 2016446010 88101827
1993–94 HC Devils Milano AL 3016314729
1994–95 SC Bern NDA 3624315558 637108
1995–96 SC Bern NDA 3415264162 111081845
1996–97 SC Bern NDA 4626568234 137101712
1997–98 SC Bern NDA 3816324873 763918
1997–98 SC Langnau SWI-2 41458
1997–98 SG Cortina ITA 23034
1998–99 HC Lugano NDA 2712203234 11651110
2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL 10000
ITA totals 187238262500215 687074144137
NHL totals 9818264451 504414

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1990 Italy WC B 794136
1991 Italy WC B 784122
1992 Italy WC 50334
1993 Italy WC 61012
1994 Italy OLY 73694
1994 Italy WC 63476
1995 Italy WC 612312
1996 Italy WC 62576
1997 Italy WC 854914
1998 Italy OLY 41234
1998 Italy WC 63252
1999 Italy WC 30114
Senior totals 7136377366

Coaching career

After retiring from pro ice hockey by the end of 1998–99 with HC Lugano, Orlando become a coach. At the World Championships he served as an assistant coach with the Italian national team while still being a player.

   
Season Team League Type
1999 – 00 Rochester Junior A Americans NAHL Head Coach
2000 – 01 Adirondack IceHawks UHL Head Coach
2001 – 02 Adirondack IceHawks UHL Head Coach
2002 – 03 Albany River Rats AHL Assistant Coach
2003 – 04 Albany River Rats AHL Assistant Coach

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1983–84 [4]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 1983–84 [5]

References

  1. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 3, 2011
  2. "URMC docs perform area's first artificial heart transplant | Rocheste…". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
  3. "Gates Orlando finally gets his new heart - Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network". 15 March 2013.
  4. "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  5. "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
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