Anthony Lewis Amonte (born August 2, 1970) is an American former professional

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player. He played

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over 17 seasons in the

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(NHL) for the

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and the

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. He previously served as the head coach of the Thayer Academy men's varsity hockey team. He is currently a scout with the

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Playing career

Drafted 68th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the

, Amonte is best known for his time as a scoring star with the

and for representing the United States in international play. Amonte made his debut in the 1991 playoffs. He impressed as a rookie, scoring over 30 goals and placing third in the balloting for the

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. He played three seasons with the Rangers, scoring 84 goals, before being traded to the Chicago Blackhawks with seven games to go in the 1993–94 season, the year the Rangers went on to win the

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. He gained stardom in Chicago where he was initially reunited with former Thayer Academy teammate

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, scoring at least 30 goals six times and at least 40 three times, including having a five-season-long streak in which he did not miss a single game. Amonte, playing for Team USA, won the gold medal in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey tournament. Amonte scored the game-winning goal with just two and a half minutes left in the final against Team Canada. He began the 2002–03 season with the

and was traded to the

near the end of the season. Amonte signed with the

as a free agent on August 2, 2005, and scored his 400th NHL goal for the Flames on December 10, 2005, against the

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. As of March 2020, he is ranked 13th all-time in points among American-born players, with 900. He announced his retirement via his personal website in 2008. On January 21, 2009, the Chicago Blackhawks celebrated "Tony Amonte Heritage Night" at the United Center. They awarded the first 10,000 fans with special commemorative Tony Amonte pins.

Transactions

' 4th round draft choice in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. *March 21, 1994 - Traded by the New York Rangers, along with Matt Oates, to the

in exchange for

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and Brian Noonan. *July 12, 2002 - Signed as a free agent with the

. *March 10, 2003 - Traded by the Phoenix Coyotes to the

in exchange for Guillaume Lefebvre, Atlanta's 2003 3rd round draft choice, and Phoenix's 2004 2nd round draft choice. *August 2, 2005 - Signed as a free agent with the

Awards and honors

* NHL All-Rookie Team -

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*Played in five

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s -

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

International play

Played for the United States in: * World Junior Championships – 1989, 1990 *

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- 1991, 1993 * 1996 World Cup of Hockey -

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

(gold medal) *

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(silver medal)

Coaching career

On June 11, 2010, Tony was named the new head coach of the hockey program at his alma mater, Thayer Academy in Braintree,

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. On September 27, 2022, it was announced that Tony Amonte would step down as head coach of the Thayer Academy men's varsity hockey team. He stepped down in order to join the

as a scout.

Family

Amonte is married with four children. Amonte's sister is Kelly Amonte Hiller, head coach of women's

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. Hiller has guided the team to eight National Titles. Hiller was also a four-time

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and two-time NCAA Division 1 Player of the Year in 1995 and 1996. Amonte is the cousin of NHL player Charlie Coyle, who currently plays for the

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