Mike Torchia
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Mike Torchia is a retired professional
ice hockey
goalie who played six games in the National Hockey League
for the Dallas Stars
during the 1994–95 NHL season.
Torchia was drafted 74th overall by the Minnesota North Stars
in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft
. In his six career NHL games, he registered a record of three wins, two losses, and one tie with a GAA
of 3.30 and an .895 Save Percentage
.
Torchia actually played on the same backyard rink with future NHL superstar Eric Lindros
growing up as a kid in Toronto. After his NHL career, he went on to play in several minor leagues, as well as playing some hockey in Europe
.
Torchia is currently a commentator for the Kitchener Rangers
on Rogers Cable 20
(2008).
Professional
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ice hockey
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...
goalie who played six games in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
for the Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...
during the 1994–95 NHL season.
Torchia was drafted 74th overall by the Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota North Stars
The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white...
in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft
1991 NHL Entry Draft
The 1991 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 22 at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York. A total of 264 players were drafted. The draft was famous for the controversy surrounding star first overall draft pick, touted by some observers to be The Next One, Eric Lindros, who was drafted by the...
. In his six career NHL games, he registered a record of three wins, two losses, and one tie with a GAA
Goals against average
Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....
of 3.30 and an .895 Save Percentage
Save percentage
Save percentage is an ice hockey and lacrosse statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal a goaltender stops...
.
Torchia actually played on the same backyard rink with future NHL superstar Eric Lindros
Eric Lindros
Eric Bryan Lindros is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. Lindros played junior hockey in the OHL for the Oshawa Generals prior to being selected first overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques...
growing up as a kid in Toronto. After his NHL career, he went on to play in several minor leagues, as well as playing some hockey in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.
Torchia is currently a commentator for the Kitchener Rangers
Kitchener Rangers
The Kitchener Rangers are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League that have called Kitchener, Ontario, Canada their home since 1963. The Rangers are a publicly owned hockey team, governed by a 40-person Board of Directors made up of season ticket subscribers. The Rangers hosted...
on Rogers Cable 20
Rogers Television
Rogers TV, are community channels owned by Rogers Communications Inc. Many of these channels share common programs. Rogers TV broadcasts into the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario. Rogers TV is available only in communities served by Rogers' cable and...
(2008).
Awards
- Named to the Memorial CupMemorial CupThe Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
Tournament All-Star team in 1990. - Hap Emms Memorial TrophyHap Emms Memorial TrophyThe Hap Emms Memorial Trophy is awarded to the outstanding goaltender at the Memorial Cup of the Canadian Hockey League.The award is named after Leighton "Hap" Emms, who led four teams to championship victories at the Memorial Cup in the 1950s and 1960s....
(Memorial Cup Tournament Top Goaltender) in 1990. - Named to the OHLOntario Hockey LeagueThe Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
First All-Star Team in 1991. - Named to the ISLIce Hockey SuperleagueThe Ice Hockey Superleague was a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2003. Formed in 1995, it replaced the Premier Division of the British Hockey League, it was the highest level of ice hockey competition in the United Kingdom...
Second All-Star team in 2001.http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/00_01.htm
Regular season
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–88 | Toronto Red Wings | MetJHL Metro Junior A Hockey League ----The Metro Junior "A" Hockey League was a junior level ice hockey league based out of Southern Ontario. The league originated in 1956 as the Metro Junior "B" Hockey League, which lasted until 1991, when it changed its designation from Junior B to Junior A. It remained a Jr... |
40 | 5 | 2.33 | |||||
| 1987–88 | Henry Carr Crusaders Villanova Knights The Orangeville Flyers are a Junior 'A' ice hockey team based in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.-Henry Carr:... |
MetJHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | ||
| 1988–89 | Kitchener Rangers Kitchener Rangers The Kitchener Rangers are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League that have called Kitchener, Ontario, Canada their home since 1963. The Rangers are a publicly owned hockey team, governed by a 40-person Board of Directors made up of season ticket subscribers. The Rangers hosted... |
OHL Ontario Hockey League The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada.... |
30 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1672 | 112 | 0 | 4.02 |
| 1989–90 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 40 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2280 | 136 | 1 | 3.58 |
| 1990–91 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 57 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 3.96 | ||
| 1991–92 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 55 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 4.00 | ||
| 1992–93 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 48 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 2729 | 173 | 0 | 3.80 |
| 1993–94 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 43 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2168 | 133 | 0 | 3.68 |
| 1994–95 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 41 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2140 | 106 | 3 | 2.97 |
| 1994–95 | Dallas Stars Dallas Stars The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 327 | 18 | 0 | 3.30 |
| 1995–96 | Portland Pirates Portland Pirates The Portland Pirates is a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They are the top affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League. They play in the Cumberland County Civic Center in downtown Portland, Maine. The franchise was previously known as the... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 577 | 46 | 0 | 4.79 |
| 1995–96 | Hampton Roads Admirals Hampton Roads Admirals The Hampton Roads Admirals were an American professional ice hockey team in the ECHL. They played in Norfolk, Virginia at the Norfolk Scope Arena.... |
ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States... |
5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 260 | 17 | 0 | 3.92 |
| 1995–96 | Michigan K-Wings | IHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 1995–96 | Orlando Solar Bears Orlando Solar Bears The Orlando Solar Bears were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Orlando, Florida. The Solar Bears played in the International Hockey League's Eastern Conference. They played their home games at the Orlando Arena .... |
IHL | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 341 | 17 | 0 | 2.99 |
| 1995–96 | Baltimore Bandits Baltimore Bandits The Baltimore Bandits were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League in the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons. They played in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Baltimore Arena... |
AHL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 256 | 18 | 0 | 4.21 |
| 1996–97 | Fort Wayne Komets Fort Wayne Komets The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey franchise currently a member of the Central Hockey League in the Northern Conference. The team was previously a member of the International Hockey League before it merged into the CHL in 2010... |
IHL | 57 | 20 | 31 | 3 | 2970 | 172 | 1 | 3.47 |
| 1997–98 | Milwaukee Admirals Milwaukee Admirals The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Bradley Center.-History:... |
IHL | 34 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1828 | 94 | 1 | 3.09 |
| 1997–98 | San Antonio Dragons San Antonio Dragons The San Antonio Dragons were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League for two seasons in 1996–97 and 1997–98. The Dragons were based in San Antonio, Texas and played at the Freeman Coliseum and occasionally the Alamodome.... |
IHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 12 | 0 | 6.07 |
| 1997–98 | Peoria Rivermen Peoria Rivermen (ECHL) The Peoria Rivermen were an ice hockey team in the ECHL. They played in Peoria, Illinois, USA at the Carver Arena.The Peoria Rivermen were an ice hockey team in the ECHL. They played in Peoria, Illinois, USA at the Carver Arena.... |
ECHL | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 299 | 16 | 0 | 3.21 |
| 1998–99 | HC Asiago AS | Alpenliga Alpenliga The Alpenliga was an international professional ice hockey league which existed between 1991 and 1999. It was contested by club teams from Austria, Italy and Slovenia.... |
30 | 0 | 4.39 | |||||
| 1998–99 | HC Asiago AS | Serie A Serie A (hockey) Serie A is the name of the top tier of professional ice hockey in Italy, which first began play in 1924. They are conducted under the authority of the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio... (Italy) |
13 | 0 | 4.10 | |||||
| 1999–00 | Mohawk Valley Prowlers | UHL | 23 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1248 | 80 | 0 | 3.85 |
| 1999–00 | Birmingham Bulls Birmingham Bulls The Birmingham Bulls were a professional ice hockey team based in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. They played in the World Hockey Association from 1976 to 1979 and the Central Hockey League from 1979 to 1981. The Bulls played their home games at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center.Prior to being... |
ECHL | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 705 | 52 | 0 | 4.43 |
| 2000–01 | Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Steelers The Sheffield Steelers are a British ice hockey club, from Sheffield, England. They were formed in 1991 and play their home games at the Sheffield Arena. They are currently members of the Elite Ice Hockey League... |
ISL Ice Hockey Superleague The Ice Hockey Superleague was a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2003. Formed in 1995, it replaced the Premier Division of the British Hockey League, it was the highest level of ice hockey competition in the United Kingdom... |
23 | 1310 | 45 | 0 | 2.06 | |||
| 2001–02 | Manchester Storm Manchester Storm The Manchester Storm were an ice hockey team from Manchester, England. The team formed in 1995, playing their home games at the then newly built Nynex Arena . Storm won the British Hockey League Division One in their first season, watched by an average crowd of 6,342... |
ISL | 23 | 1211 | 57 | 0 | 2.82 | |||
| 2002–03 | Manchester Storm | ISL | 3 | 180 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| 2002–03 | Guildford Flames Guildford Flames The Guildford Flames are an ice hockey team based in Guildford, Surrey and their home ice is the Guildford Spectrum.Founded in October 1992, the team played for many years in the British National League... |
BNL British National League The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the... |
36 | 1972 | 109 | 0 | 3.32 | |||
| 2003–04 | Cambridge Hornets Cambridge Hornets The Cambridge Hornets were a Senior "AAA" ice hockey team based out of Cambridge, Ontario. They played in the Ontario Hockey Association's Major League Hockey. The new Cambridge Hornets were brought into Southwestern Senior A Hockey League in 1999... |
MLH Major League Hockey Allan Cup Hockey is the top tier Canadian Senior ice hockey league in the province of Ontario. As a member of the Ontario Hockey Association and Hockey Canada, the league contends for the famed Allan Cup. The league came to its latest incarnation when it lost several teams leaving it with two... |
9.5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 570 | 38 | 0 | 4.00 |
| 2004–05 | Cambridge Hornets | MLH | 11 | |||||||
| 2005–06 | Cambridge Hornets | MLH | 8 | |||||||
| NHL CAREER TOTALS | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 327 | 18 | 0 | 3.30 | ||
Post season
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | SO | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 3.81 |
| 1989–90 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3.71 |
| 1990–91 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.71 | |
| 1991–92 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3.13 | |
| 1993–94 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.80 | |
| 1994–95 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.97 | |
| 1995–96 | Baltimore Bandits | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 1996–97 | Baltimore Bandits | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | |
| 1997–98 | Peoria Rivermen | ECHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | |
| 2000–01 | Sheffield Steelers | ISL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 2001–02 | Manchester Storm | ISL | 5 | 3.15 | ||||
International
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | T | SO | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–93 | Canada | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.20 |