Adrian Esposito
Encyclopedia
Adrian Esposito is a professional ice hockey
player currently playing for the Bristol Pitbulls
in the English National Ice Hockey League
and the Sydney Bears
in the Australian Ice Hockey League
.
, NSW
, Australia
in the Australian Ice Hockey League
, during which he played 14 games and amassed 16 penalties in minutes. In the 2008/2009 season, Esposito had a short stint in Italy with Real Torino HC
in the Serie B and played three pre-season games. He has played primarily in the Australian Ice Hockey League, most recently as a member of the AIHL Bears (now Sydney Bears). Esposito played the 2009-10 season for the Bristol Pitbulls
in the English National Ice Hockey League
Division 2 South. Esposito is currently in his seventh season with the Bears and is currently just finished playing the 2010 AIHL season.
Esposito has also been a member for the New South Wales State team in the Brown grade (23 & under) where he played four games and scored two goals in 2008.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player currently playing for the Bristol Pitbulls
Bristol Pitbulls
The Bristol Pitbulls are a professional ice hockey team based in Bristol, England, playing in the English National Ice Hockey League, division 1. They were division 2 league champions in 2009/10 season.-History:...
in the English National Ice Hockey League
English National Ice Hockey League
The English National Ice Hockey League is an amateur ice hockey league below the English Premier Ice Hockey League which is administered by the English Ice Hockey Association. It is split into two conferences, north and south...
and the Sydney Bears
Sydney Bears
The Sydney Bears are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Penrith, New South Wales, who are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League . They have won two Goodall Cup championships since their founding in 2000, most recently in 2007. The Bears are one of the original three teams that...
in the Australian Ice Hockey League
Australian Ice Hockey League
The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....
.
Background
Esposito was born on 1 February 1985 in SydneySydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, NSW
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
Career
Esposito first played in 2004 for the Sydney BearsSydney Bears
The Sydney Bears are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Penrith, New South Wales, who are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League . They have won two Goodall Cup championships since their founding in 2000, most recently in 2007. The Bears are one of the original three teams that...
in the Australian Ice Hockey League
Australian Ice Hockey League
The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....
, during which he played 14 games and amassed 16 penalties in minutes. In the 2008/2009 season, Esposito had a short stint in Italy with Real Torino HC
Real Torino HC
Real Torino HC is an ice hockey team in Turin, Italy. They play in the Serie A2. The club was founded in 2001, and were promoted to the Serie A2 in 2008....
in the Serie B and played three pre-season games. He has played primarily in the Australian Ice Hockey League, most recently as a member of the AIHL Bears (now Sydney Bears). Esposito played the 2009-10 season for the Bristol Pitbulls
Bristol Pitbulls
The Bristol Pitbulls are a professional ice hockey team based in Bristol, England, playing in the English National Ice Hockey League, division 1. They were division 2 league champions in 2009/10 season.-History:...
in the English National Ice Hockey League
English National Ice Hockey League
The English National Ice Hockey League is an amateur ice hockey league below the English Premier Ice Hockey League which is administered by the English Ice Hockey Association. It is split into two conferences, north and south...
Division 2 South. Esposito is currently in his seventh season with the Bears and is currently just finished playing the 2010 AIHL season.
Esposito has also been a member for the New South Wales State team in the Brown grade (23 & under) where he played four games and scored two goals in 2008.
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004 | Sydney Bears Sydney Bears The Sydney Bears are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Penrith, New South Wales, who are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League . They have won two Goodall Cup championships since their founding in 2000, most recently in 2007. The Bears are one of the original three teams that... |
AIHL Australian Ice Hockey League The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors.... |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005 | Sydney Bears | AIHL | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006 | Sydney Bears | AIHL | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2007 | AIHL Bears | AIHL | 27 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2008 | AIHL Bears | AIHL | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | AIHL Bears | AIHL | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2009–10 | Bristol Pitbulls Bristol Pitbulls The Bristol Pitbulls are a professional ice hockey team based in Bristol, England, playing in the English National Ice Hockey League, division 1. They were division 2 league champions in 2009/10 season.-History:... |
ENIHL English National Ice Hockey League The English National Ice Hockey League is an amateur ice hockey league below the English Premier Ice Hockey League which is administered by the English Ice Hockey Association. It is split into two conferences, north and south... |
15 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2010 | Sydney Bears | AIHL | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| AIHL Totals | 135 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
State play
| Year | Team | Grade | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | New South Wales | Brown | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
International play
Played for Australia in:- 2003 World U18 Championships – Division III Group A2003 IIHF World U18 Championships-Final standings: and are relegated to Division I for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.- Table :- Table :- Table :- Table :- Table :- Table :-External links:*...
- 2003 World U20 Championships – Division III2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships-Group B:All times local .-Relegation round:Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.All times local ....
- 2004 World U20 Championships – Division III2004 World Junior Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was held between December 26, 2003 and January 5, 2004 in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland...
- 2008 IIHF World Championship – Division II Group B2008 IIHF World Championship Division IIThe 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 7–13, 2008. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A...
- 2009 IIHF World Championship – Division I Group A2009 IIHF World Championship Division IThe 2009 IIHF Division I World Championship was an ice hockey tournament under the authority of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested from April 11–17, 2009. The tournament was played amongst two separate groups. Group A's tournament was held in Vilnius, Lithuania...
International statistics
| Year | Team | Competition | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Australia U/18 | 2003 World U18 Championships Division III 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships -Final standings: and are relegated to Division I for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.- Table :- Table :- Table :- Table :- Table :- Table :-External links:*... |
3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | Australia U/20 Australia men's national junior ice hockey team The Australian men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Australia. The team represents Australia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division III.-History:... |
2003 World U20 Championships Division III 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships -Group B:All times local .-Relegation round:Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.All times local .... |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | Australia U/20 | 2004 World U20 Championships Division III 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was held between December 26, 2003 and January 5, 2004 in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland... |
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 2008 | Australia | 2008 World Championship Division II 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 7–13, 2008. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A... |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Australia | 2009 World Championship Division II 2009 IIHF World Championship Division II The 2009 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 6–13, 2009. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Australia Totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||