Ted Donato

Ted Donato
Born	April 28, 1969 Boston, MA, USA
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Boston Bruins New York Islanders Ottawa Senators Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Dallas Stars Los Angeles Kings St. Louis Blues New York Rangers
National team	United States
NHL Draft	98th overall, 1987 Boston Bruins
Playing career	1991–2004

Edward Paul Donato (born April 28, 1969) is a retired American ice hockey player who played in the NHL. Since he retired from professional hockey as a player in 2004, he has served as the head coach for the Harvard University hockey team.^[1] Donato's son, Ryan, was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Donato was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but grew up in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Playing career

Donato was selected 98th overall in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins. He played hockey at his high school, Catholic Memorial, before moving on to play college hockey at Harvard University and then moving to the NHL for the 1991–92 season. He played 796 career NHL games, scoring 150 goals and 197 assists for 347 points. During his career, Donato played for the Bruins, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Dallas Stars, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, and New York Rangers.

Donato is the second professional hockey player to appear on the show The Price Is Right (winning his way on-stage and making it to the Showcase Showdown), the first player in the NHL to appear. Forward Christian Larrivée of the Long Beach Ice Dogs in the ECHL appeared, winning over $20,000 in Plinko.

Donato is currently the head coach for the Harvard University hockey team.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987–88	Harvard Crimson	ECAC		28	12	14	26	24		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Harvard Crimson	ECAC		34	14	37	51	30		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Harvard Crimson	ECAC		16	5	6	11	34		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Harvard Crimson	ECAC		28	19	37	56	26		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Boston Bruins	NHL		10	1	2	3	8		15	3	4	7	4
1992–93	Boston Bruins	NHL		82	15	20	35	61		4	0	1	1	0
1993–94	Boston Bruins	NHL		84	22	32	54	59		13	4	2	6	10
1994–95	Boston Bruins	NHL		47	10	10	20	10		5	0	0	0	4
1994–95	TuTo Turku	FNL		14	5	5	10	47		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Boston Bruins	NHL		82	23	26	49	46		5	1	2	3	2
1996–97	Boston Bruins	NHL		67	25	26	51	37		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Boston Bruins	NHL		79	16	23	39	54		5	0	0	0	2
1998–99	Boston Bruins	NHL		14	1	3	4	4		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	New York Islanders	NHL		55	7	11	18	27		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Ottawa Senators	NHL		13	3	2	5	10		1	0	0	0	0
1999–00	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	NHL		81	11	19	30	26		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Dallas Stars	NHL		65	8	17	25	26		8	0	1	1	0
2001–02	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	New York Islanders	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		2	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		36	18	25	43	19		5	1	3	4	0
2001–02	St. Louis Blues	NHL		2	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		18	8	12	20	14		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	New York Rangers	NHL		49	2	1	3	6		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Boston Bruins	NHL		63	6	5	11	18		2	0	0	0	0
2003–04	Providence Bruins	AHL		15	3	9	12	24		—	—	—	—	—
	NHL totals			796	150	197	347	396		58	8	10	18	22

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988	United States	WJC	6th		7	3	2	5	18
1992	United States	Oly	4th		8	4	3	7	8
1997	United States	WC	6th		8	4	2	6	8
1999	United States	WC	6th		6	2	6	8	6
2002	United States	WC	7th		7	1	3	4	2
Junior totals					7	3	2	5	18
Senior totals					29	11	14	25	24

College Head Coaching record

Ted Donato

Sport(s)	Ice hockey
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–present	Harvard
Head coaching record
Overall	176–180–46 (.495)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2006 ECAC Tournament Champion 2015 ECAC Tournament Champion

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Harvard Crimson (ECAC Hockey) (2004–05–present)
2004–05	Harvard	21–10–3	15–5–2	2nd	NCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals
2005–06	Harvard	21–12–2	13–8–2	4th	NCAA East Regional Semifinals
2006–07	Harvard	14–17–2	10–10–2	t-7th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2007–08	Harvard	17–13–4	12–7–3	3rd	ECAC Runner-Up
2008–09	Harvard	9–16–6	9–7–6	t-5th	ECAC First Round
2009–10	Harvard	9–21–3	7–12–3	t-8th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2010–11	Harvard	12–21–1	7–14–1	6th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2011–12	Harvard	13–10–11	8–5–9	3rd	ECAC Runner-Up
2012–13	Harvard	10–19–3	6–14–2	12th	ECAC First Round
2013–14	Harvard	10–17–4	6–12–4	11th	ECAC First Round
2014–15	Harvard	21–13–3	11–18–3	6th	NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinals
2015–16	Harvard	19–11–4	12–6–4	3rd	NCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals
Harvard:		176–180–46	116–118–41
Total:		176–180–46
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

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Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team	1989	[2]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team	1990–91

References

1. "Ted Donato – Harvard Head Coach". Harvard Crimson. 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
2. "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

External links

• Ted Donato's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Ted Donato's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database