{{Short description|American ice hockey player and executive}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{more footnotes needed|date=August 2013}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Doug Palazzari 1975.jpg | image_size = | caption = Palazzari in 1975 as a member of the St. Louis Blues. | position = Center | played_for = St. Louis Blues | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 170 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|11|3}} | birth_place = Eveleth, Minnesota, U.S.A. | ntl_team = USA | draft = ''Undrafted'' | career_start = 1974 | career_end = 1982 }} '''Douglas John Palazzari''' (born November 3, 1952, in Eveleth, Minnesota) is a former professional ice hockey player and USA Hockey executive. He is the son of former NHL player Aldo Palazzari. Too small to become a regular in the National Hockey League, Doug Palazzari played a total of 108 games for the St. Louis Blues in 1974–79 but he spent most of his professional career in the minors with the Providence Reds, Kansas City Blues and Salt Lake Golden Eagles where he was a major star. Before turning professional, he was an accomplished player for the Colorado College men's ice hockey team and he also played for the United States national team at the 1973 and 1974 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments. Palazzari was also a member of the United States team at the inaugural 1976 Canada Cup.
Palazzari is perhaps best known for his management work for amateur hockey in the United States after retiring from professional hockey in 1982. He was elected executive director of USA Hockey in 1999 after spending 14 years with the organization in various capabilities. He resigned as director in 2005. Palazzari was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000.
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1970–71 | Colorado College | NCAA | 26 || 8 || 17 || 25 || 37 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1971–72 | Colorado College | NCAA | 32 || 32 || 40 || 72 || 42 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1972–73 | Colorado College | NCAA | 27 || 24 || 28 || 52 || 32 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1973–74 | Colorado College | NCAA | 32 || 31 || 48 || 79 || 71 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1974–75 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 73 || 14 || 17 || 31 || 19 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1975–76 | Providence Reds | AHL | 55 || 19 || 32 || 51 || 72 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1976–77 | Kansas City Blues | CHL | 41 || 18 || 34 || 52 || 31 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1976–77 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 12 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1977–78 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | CHL | 70 || 45 || 56 || 101 || 82 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1977–78 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1978–79 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | CHL | 35 || 24 || 32 || 56 || 19 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1978–79 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 20 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1979–80 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | CHL | 74 || 48 || 61 || 109 || 62 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1980–81 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | CHL | 27 || 26 || 21 || 47 || 57 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1981–82 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | CHL | 68 || 34 || 41 || 75 || 44 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1982–83 | Villacher SV | Austria | 4 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 20 | — || — || — || — || — |- |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! ALIGN="center" | 108 ! ALIGN="center" | 18 ! ALIGN="center" | 20 ! ALIGN="center" | 38 ! ALIGN="center" | 23 ! ALIGN="center" | — ! ALIGN="center" | — ! ALIGN="center" | — ! ALIGN="center" | — ! ALIGN="center" | — |}
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- | All-WCHA First Team | 1971–72 | <ref name=WCHA>{{cite news|title=WCHA All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}</ref> |- | AHCA West All-American | 1971–72 | <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-WCHA First Team | 1973–74 | <ref name=WCHA>{{cite news|title=WCHA All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}</ref> |- | AHCA West All-American | 1973–74 | <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> |- | CHL First All-Star Team | 1978, 1980 | |- | Scoring Leader - CHL | 1978 | |- | Tommy Ivan Trophy (MVP - CHL) | 1978, 1980 | |- | Phil Esposito Trophy (Scoring Leader - CHL) | 1980 | |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{icehockeystats|legends=13914}} * [http://www.ushockeyhall.com/ United States Hockey Hall of Fame bio]
{{S-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before = Bob Murray<br>Ron Grahame | title=WCHA Most Valuable Player | years = 1971–72<br>1973–74 | after=Ron Grahame<br>Mike Polich / Tom Ross}} {{succession box | before = Steve West | title = CHL Leading Scorer | years = 1977–78 | after = Rick Shinske}} {{succession box | before = Barclay Plager | title = Winner of the Tommy Ivan Trophy | years =1977–78 | after = Ron Low}} {{succession box | before = Rick Shinske | title = Winner of the Phil Esposito Trophy | years = 1979–80 | after = Joe Mullen}} {{succession box | before = Ron Low | title = Winner of the Tommy Ivan Trophy | years =1979–80 | after = Joe Mullen}} {{s-end}}
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