{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1968)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|7|27}} | birth_place = Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 195 | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | played_for = '''''NHL'''''<br />Pittsburgh Penguins<br />Vancouver Canucks<br />Tampa Bay Lightning<br />San Jose Sharks<br />'''''AHL'''''<br />Hamilton Canucks<br />Providence Bruins<br />'''''IHL'''''<br />Muskegon Lumberjacks<br />Milwaukee Admirals<br />Atlanta Knights | ntl_team = USA | draft = 25th overall | draft_year = 1986 | draft_team = Pittsburgh Penguins | career_start = 1989 | career_end = 1994 }} '''Dave Alan Capuano''' (born July 27, 1968) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger. Capuano was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, but grew up in Cranston, Rhode Island.
Now he lives with his Wife Lori, and his 2 kids Jaclyn and Max.
==Playing career== Capuano played for the University of Maine for three seasons from 1986 to 1989. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round of the 1986 NHL entry draft, 25th overall. His first NHL game was during the 1989–90 season, when he played 6 games for the Penguins. He was traded to the Vancouver Canucks on January 8, 1990, in a trade that sent Capuano, Andrew McBain and Dan Quinn to the Canucks for Rod Buskas, Barry Pederson and Tony Tanti. He played 88 games with the Canucks before being traded again, this time to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Anatoli Semenov. He only played 6 games with the Lightning during the 1992–93 season before being traded to the San Jose Sharks in June 1993. He would play only 4 games with the Sharks before retiring from professional hockey.
==Personal life== He currently resides in Cranston, Rhode Island with his wife. Capuano is still involved in hockey, coaching for the new junior team of the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League, the Cranston Reds. His brother Jack Capuano was the head coach of the New York Islanders, and his son, Max MacKay, is a former player in the ECHL last playing a stint in the 2014–15 season with the Wheeling Nailers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=40069 |title=Max MacKay |website=Elite Prospects}}</ref>
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- | All-Hockey East Rookie Team | 1986–87 | <ref>{{cite news|title=Hockey East All-Rookie Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/hea_roo.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}</ref> |- | All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 1987–88 | <ref name=HE>{{cite news|title=Hockey East All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/hea_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}</ref> |- | AHCA East First-Team All-American | 1987–88 | <ref name=AHCA>{{cite news|title=Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=June 11, 2013}}</ref> |- | All-NCAA All-Tournament Team | 1988 | <ref name = ncaa>{{cite news|title=NCAA Frozen Four Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=2013-06-19}}</ref> |- | All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 1988–89 | <ref name=HE>{{cite news|title=Hockey East All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/hea_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}</ref> |- | AHCA East First-Team All-American | 1988–89 | <ref name=AHCA>{{cite news|title=Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=June 11, 2013}}</ref> |- |Inducted into the RI Hockey Hall of Fame |2020 |}
*Hobey Baker Award Finalist (1988, 1989)
==Transactions== *June 21, 1986 – Drafted in the second round, 25th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1986 NHL entry draft *January 8, 1990 – Traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins with Andrew McBain and Dan Quinn to the Vancouver Canucks for Rod Buskas, Barry Pederson, and Tony Tanti *November 3, 1992 – Traded by the Vancouver Canucks with the Canucks' fourth round selection (Ryan Duthie) in the 1994 NHL entry draft to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Anatoli Semenov *June 19, 1993 – Traded by the Tampa Bay Lightning to the San Jose Sharks for Peter Ahola *November 5, 1993 – Traded by the San Jose Sharks to the Boston Bruins for cash
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1984–85 | Mount St. Charles Academy | HS-RI | 22 || 41 || 38 || 79 || 18 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1985–86 | Mount St. Charles Academy | HS-RI | 22 || 39 || 48 || 87 || 20 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1986–87 | University of Maine | HE | 38 || 18 || 41 || 59 || 14 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1987–88 | University of Maine | HE | 42 || 34 || 51 || 85 || 51 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1988–89 | University of Maine | HE | 41 || 37 || 30 || 67 || 38 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1989–90 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 27 || 15 || 15 || 30 || 22 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1989–90 | Milwaukee Admirals | IHL | 2 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 | 6 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1989–90 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1989–90 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 27 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1990–91 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 61 || 13 || 31 || 44 || 42 | 6 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 5 |- | 1991–92 | Milwaukee Admirals | IHL | 9 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | Hamilton Canucks | AHL | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1992–93 | Atlanta Knights | IHL | 58 || 19 || 40 || 59 || 50 | 8 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 9 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 6 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1993–94 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 51 || 24 || 29 || 53 || 64 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1993–94 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 104 !! 17 !! 38 !! 55 !! 56 ! 6 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 5 |}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1987 | United States | WJC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |}
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