Ted Donato

Ted Donato
Born	(1969-04-28) 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
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Sport(s)	Ice hockey
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

Awards and honors

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

References

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

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Bruce Hoffort	NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player 1989	Succeeded by Chris Tancill

Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey

Venues	Franklin Park (1897–1956) Donald C. Watson Rink (1956–1978) Bright Hockey Center (1979–present)

Coaches	no coach (1897–1903, 1918–20) Alfred Winsor (1903–17) William Claflin (1920–24) Edward Bigelow (1924–27) Joseph Stubbs (1927–38) Clark Hodder (1938–42) John Chase (1942–43, 1945–50) Cooney Weiland (1950–71) Bill Cleary (1971–90) Ronn Tomassoni (1990–99) Mark Mazzoleni (1999–2004) Ted Donato (2004– )

Conference affiliations	ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)

Rivalries	Cornell Yale

Culture & lore	Beanpot Love Story

All-time leaders	Scott Fusco (240 Points) Lane MacDonald (111 Goals) Grant Blair (72 Wins)

Retired numbers	Bill Cleary (4)

National championships	1989

Frozen Four appearances	1955 1957 1958 1969 1971 1974 1975 1983 1986 1987 1989 1994

NCAA Tournament appearances	1955 1957 1958 1969 1971 1974 1975 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1993 1994 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2015

Conference Tournament champions	ECAC Hockey: 1963 1971 1983 1987 1994 2002 2004 2006 2015

Hobey Baker winners	Mark Fusco (1983) Scott Fusco (1986) Lane MacDonald (1989)

Harvard University Cambridge, MA

Current men's head coaches of ECAC Hockey

Brendan Whittet (Brown) Casey Jones (Clarkson) Don Vaughan (Colgate) Mike Schafer (Cornell) Bob Gaudet (Dartmouth) Ted Donato (Harvard) Ron Fogarty (Princeton) Rand Pecknold (Quinnipiac) Seth Appert (RPI) Mark Morris (St. Lawrence) Rick Bennett (Union) Keith Allain (Yale)

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