{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1992)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Kyle Criscuolo | image = Kyle Criscuolo 1 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Criscuolo with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in 2020 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|5|5}} | birth_place = Southampton, New Jersey, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 174 | position = Center | shoots = Right | league = AHL | team = Utica Comets | prospect_team = | prospect_league = | former_teams = Buffalo Sabres<br>Detroit Red Wings<br>San Jose Sharks | ntl_team = | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2016 | career_end = }} '''Kyle Criscuolo''' (born May 5, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League (AHL).
==Playing career== As a youth, Criscuolo played in the 2005 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Philadelphia Flyers minor ice hockey team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=February 16, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Raised in Southampton Township, New Jersey, Criscuolo played high school hockey for two seasons at Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut and at St. Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia for three seasons.<ref>Callahan, Kevin. [https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/sports/2015/02/15/criscuolo-coming-big-harvard/23446963/ "Criscuolo coming up big at Harvard"], ''Courier-Post'', February 15, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2018. "Kyle Criscuolo grew up in Southampton and is just 5-foot-8, which isn’t the tangible recipe for success in college ice hockey.... Criscuolo, who attended St. Joseph’s Prep School in Philadelphia, was named last week by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston as one of 20 NCAA Division I players for the 63rd Walter Brown Award, which is presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England.... He played two years of hockey at Choate Rosemary Hall, a prep school in Wallingford, Connecticut and three at St. Joseph’s Prep."</ref>
Criscuolo played in the United States Hockey League with the Sioux City Musketeers before committing and playing collegiate hockey with Harvard University in the ECAC. Criscuolo despite his frame, continued to develop his offensive talent, playing the final two years of his tenure with the Crimson on the top scoring line alongside, Jimmy Vesey and Alexander Kerfoot.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
Undrafted, Criscuolo began his professional career at the conclusion of his senior year in the 2015–16 season. He signed a one-year American Hockey League deal for the following 2016–17 season, with the Grand Rapids Griffins on March 29, 2016, and joined the club on an amateur try-out in the closing stretches of the regular season.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://griffinshockey.com/news/releases/?article_id=3376 | title = Harvard influence | publisher = Grand Rapids Griffins | date = March 29, 2016 | accessdate = March 29, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In his first full professional season, Criscuolo played in all 76 regular season games with the Griffins and contributed 17 goals and 41 points. He posted 9 points in 19 post-season contests to help the Griffins claim their second Calder Cup in franchise history.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
On July 1, 2017, Criscuolo as a free agent agreed to his first NHL deal, signing a two-year entry-level contract with the Buffalo Sabres.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/porter-criscuolo-sign-2-year-deals-with-sabres/c-290256976 | title = Porter, Criscuolo sign two-year deals with the Sabres | publisher = Buffalo Sabres | date = July 1, 2017 | accessdate = July 1, 2017}}</ref> He was reassigned by the Sabres at the completion of training camp to the Rochester Americans of the AHL to begin the 2017–18 season. He added 11 points in 14 games before he was recalled from the Americans to the Sabres on November 16, 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/sabres-recall-criscuolo-nelson-from-amerks/c-293033288 | title = Sabres recall Criscuolo, Nelson from Americans | publisher = Buffalo Sabres | date = November 16, 2017 | accessdate = November 16, 2017}}</ref> He made his debut with the Sabres against the Detroit Red Wings, the NHL affiliate of the Grand Rapids Griffins, in a 3–1 defeat on November 17, 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/morning-skate-report-november-17-2017-at-detroit/c-293095428 | title = Criscuolo to make NHL debut in Buffalo's first game at Little Caesars Arena | publisher = Buffalo Sabres | date = November 17, 2017 | accessdate = November 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/news/buffalo-sabres-detroit-red-wings-game-recap/c-293105200 | title = Red Wings respond for win against Sabres | publisher = National Hockey League | date = November 17, 2017 | accessdate = November 18, 2017}}</ref>
On July 1, 2019, Criscuolo left the Sabres as a free agent to sign a one-year, two-way contract with hometown team, the Philadelphia Flyers.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/flyers-free-agency-tracker-2019/c-308145762 | title = Flyers free agency tracker | publisher = Philadelphia Flyers | date = July 1, 2019 | accessdate = July 1, 2019}}</ref> In the following 2019–20 season, Criscuolo was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. He collected 8 goals and 24 points in 40 games before he was dealt at the NHL trade deadline by the Flyers along with a 2020 fourth-round draft pick to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Derek Grant on February 24, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/flyers-acquire-forward-derek-grant-from-the-anaheim-ducks/c-315478424 | title = Flyers acquire forward Derek Grant from Anaheim Ducks | publisher = Philadelphia Flyers | date = February 24, 2020 | accessdate = February 24, 2020}}</ref>
As a free agent from the Ducks in the off-season, Criscuolo returned for a second stint with the Detroit Red Wings' organization, agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract with the team on October 9, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/riley-barber-kyle-criscuolo-and-kevin-boyle-signed/c-319409176 |title=Red Wings add Riley Barber, Kyle Criscuolo and Kevin Boyle |last=Kujawa |first=Kyle |publisher=Detroit Red Wings |date=October 9, 2020 |accessdate=October 9, 2020}}</ref> On January 12, 2021, the Red Wings assigned Criscuolo to the Grand Rapids Griffins.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://griffinshockey.com/news/detroit-assigns-11-to-grand-rapids |title=Detroit Assigns 11 to Grand Rapids |website=griffinshockey.com |date=January 12, 2021 |accessdate=January 12, 2021}}</ref> On July 28, 2021, Criscuolo agreed to a two-year, two-way contract extension to remain with the Red Wings.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/kyle-criscuolo-two-year-extension/c-325821684 | title = Red Wings agree to two-year contract extension with Kyle Criscuolo | publisher = Detroit Red Wings | date = July 28, 2021 | accessdate = July 28, 2021}}</ref>
During his final season under contract with the Red Wings in 2022–23, Criscuolo registered 5 goals and 10 points through 28 regular season games with the Griffins. On January 18, 2023, he was traded by the Red Wings to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Jasper Weatherby. He was immediately reassigned to continue in the AHL with the San Jose Barracuda.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/sharks/news/sharks-acquire-criscuolo-in-exchange-for-weatherby/c-340114712 | title = Sharks acquire Criscuolo in exchange for Weatherby | publisher = San Jose Sharks | date = January 18, 2023 | accessdate = January 18, 2023}}</ref> Recalled to the Sharks, on April 1, 2023, Criscuolo scored his first career NHL goal in a 7–2 win over the Arizona Coyotes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/sharks/news/san-jose-sharks-arizona-coyotes-game-recap/c-342481546|title=Gregor gets 1st NHL hat trick, Sharks top Coyotes|publisher=National Hockey League|date=April 1, 2023|access-date=April 1, 2023}}</ref>
Leaving the Sharks as a free agent, Criscuolo was signed by the New Jersey Devils to a one-year, two-way contract on July 1, 2023, for the 2023–24 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/criscuolo-dowling-join-devils-on-two-way-contracts--release/c-345164450|title=Criscuolo, Dowling join Devils on two-way contracts |website=NHL.com|publisher= New Jersey Devils |date=July 1, 2023|access-date=July 1, 2023}}</ref>
After a lone season within the Devils organization, Criscuolo left as a free agent and was signed to a one-year AHL contract with the Charlotte Checkers, who serve as the primary affiliate to the Florida Panthers, on July 9, 2024.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://charlottecheckers.com/articles/checkers-sign-kyle-criscuolo-to-ahl-deal | title = Checkers sign Kyle Criscuolo to AHL deal | publisher = Charlotte Checkers | date = July 9, 2024 | accessdate = July 9, 2024}}</ref>
==Career statistics== [[File:Cup-celebration-69 35143518052 o (40542438632).jpg|thumb|right|230px|Criscuolo celebrating with the Calder Cup in 2017.]] {| 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 |- | 2008–09 | Saint Joseph Prep | USHS | 21 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | Choate Rosemary Hall | USHS | 28 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2009–10 | New York Bobcats | AtJHL | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | Choate Rosemary Hall | USHS | 24 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2011–12 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL | 59 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Harvard University | ECAC | 22 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2013–14 | Harvard University | ECAC | 31 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Harvard University | ECAC | 37 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2015–16 | Harvard University | ECAC | 34 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2016–17 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 76 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2017–18 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 51 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |- | 2017–18 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 43 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | 2019–20 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 40 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2019–20 | San Diego Gulls | AHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2020–21 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 29 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2021–22 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 57 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2021–22 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 28 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2022–23 | San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 32 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2023–24 | Utica Comets | AHL | 63 || 16 || 26 || 42 || 23 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2024–25 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 70 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 |- |2025-26 |Utica Comets |AHL |62 |14 |21 |35 |22 |— |— |— |— |— |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 16 ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 6 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |}
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ! colspan="3"|College |- | All-ECAC Hockey Second Team | 2015, 2016 | <ref name = eliteprospects>{{cite web|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/awards.php?award=NCAA%20%28ECAC%29%20Second%20All-Star%20Team|title=Awards – NCAA (ECAC) Second All-Stat Team|work=Eliteprospects.com}}</ref> |- | ECAC Student-Athlete of the Year | 2015, 2016 | |- | All-Ivy League Second Team | 2015, 2016 | |- ! colspan="3"|AHL |- | Calder Cup champion | 2017 | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/trending-grand-rapids-griffins-win-calder-cup-at-home/c-289921698 | title = Grand Rapids Griffins win Calder Cup at home | publisher = Detroit Red Wings | first = Dana | last = Wakiji | date = June 13, 2017 | accessdate = June 13, 2017}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons}} * {{Ice hockey stats}} * {{AHL profile|6262}}
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