Carlo Colaiacovo

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Defence
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 200
team = Toronto Maple Leafs
league = NHL
nationality = Canada
birth_date = Birth date and age|1983|1|27|mf=y
birth_place = Toronto, ON, CA
career_start = 2002
draft = 17th overall
draft_year = 2001
draft_team = Toronto Maple Leafs


image_size =

Carlo Colaiacovo (pronEng|koʊleɪɒkoʊvoʊ) (born January 27, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman of Italian descent currently with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. Colaiacovo also has an identical twin brother, Paulo Colaiacovo who is a goaltender currently playing for the Tilburg Trappers in the Netherlands.Cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/180267|title=Hockey twins leagues apart|accessdate=2007-02-11|publisher=Toronto Star|year=2007|author=Cox, Damien]

Colaiacovo was drafted 17th overall by Toronto in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Colaiacovo has been bothered by injuries that have hindered him from becoming an NHL regular, but the Maple Leafs still consider him to be a good prospect. He scored his first career NHL goal on November 8, 2005 against the Washington Capitals.

On January 23, 2006, Colaiacovo missed a hipcheck on Vaclav Varada in a game against the Ottawa Senators, smashing head-first into the boards. He was taken off the ice in a stretcher. The injury was a major concussion, and missed the end of the 2005-06 NHL season.

Colaiacovo recovered fully from his concussion, but later injured his hand in his first game back into the Toronto Marlies lineup. On December 4, the Maple Leafs recalled Colaiacovo from the Marlies and on December 16, he scored his first goal of the season against the New York Rangers. Colaiacovo underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on April 29, 2007. [cite news
title = Leafs' Colaiacovo undergoes knee surgery
url = http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=206111&hubname=nhl
publiser = TSN.ca
date = 2007-04-30
accessdate = 2007-05-01]

Awards and achievements

* 2001 - Voted Best Defensive Defenceman - OHL Western Conference
* 2003 - WJC First All-Star Team

Career statistics

Notes

ee also

*NHL Entry Draft
*List of NHL players
*List of NHL seasons

External links

* [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=2853 ESPN.com]
*hockeydb|50119
* [http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospect.php?pid=1861 Hockey's Future]
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/players/2853/ SI.com]
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/2853 Yahoo Sports]