Editing Rob DiMaio

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = 
| caption =
| image_size = 230px
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 190
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|2|19}}
| birth_place = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| played_for = [[New York Islanders]] <br>[[Tampa Bay Lightning]] <br>[[Philadelphia Flyers]] <br>[[Boston Bruins]] <br>[[New York Rangers]] <br>[[Carolina Hurricanes]] <br>[[Dallas Stars]]
| draft = 118th overall
| draft_year = 1987
| draft_team = [[New York Islanders]]
| career_start = 1988
| career_end = 2006
}}

'''Robert DiMaio''' (born February 19, 1968) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] player. He played in 894 [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) games with the [[New York Islanders]], [[Tampa Bay Lightning]], [[Philadelphia Flyers]], [[Boston Bruins]], [[New York Rangers]], [[Carolina Hurricanes]], and [[Dallas Stars]]. He is currently serves as the [[Ottawa Senators]] director of player personnel and director of professional scouting. DiMaio won the [[Stanley Cup]] with the Blues in [[2019 Stanley Cup Finals|2019]] as their director of player personnel.<ref>{{Cite web |author=TSN ca Staff |date=2024-05-21 |title=Ottawa Senators hire Rob DiMaio as director of player personnel |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/ottawa-senators-hire-rob-dimaio-as-director-of-player-personnel-1.2123713 |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=TSN |language=en-CA}}</ref>

==Playing career==
DiMaio was first drafted by the [[New York Islanders]] 6th round, 118th overall in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, and captained their minor league [[Springfield Indians]] affiliate to a [[Calder Cup]] championship in 1990; he was the final active NHL player of the Indians' franchise. Over the course of his career, he played for the Islanders, [[Boston Bruins]], [[New York Rangers]], [[Philadelphia Flyers]], [[Carolina Hurricanes]], [[Dallas Stars]], and was one of the original Lightning players during Tampa's inaugural season. He suffered a severe concussion after a controversial hit by [[Montreal Canadiens]] forward [[Guillaume Latendresse]] during the 2006 preseason, which ended his career. He won the Italian championship in the 2005 with Hockey Club Milano Vipers.

==Transactions==
*June 18, 1992 – Claimed by the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] from the [[New York Islanders]] in the Expansion Draft.
*March 18, 1994 – Traded by the Tampa Bay Lightning to the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] in exchange for [[Jim Cummins (hockey)|Jim Cummins]] and Philadelphia's 1995 4th round draft choice.
*September 30, 1996 – Claimed in the [[1996 NHL Waiver Draft|NHL Waiver Draft]] by the [[San Jose Sharks]] from the Philadelphia Flyers.
*September 30, 1996 – Traded by the San Jose Sharks to the [[Boston Bruins]] in exchange for Boston's 1997 5th round draft choice.
*March 10, 2000 – Traded by the Boston Bruins to the [[New York Rangers]] in exchange for [[Mike Knuble]].
*August 4, 2000 – Traded by the New York Rangers, along with [[Darren Langdon]], to the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] in exchange for [[Sandy McCarthy]] and Carolina's 2001 4th round draft choice.
*July 1, 2001 – Signed as free agent with the [[Dallas Stars]].
*January 2005 – Signed with Hockey Club Milano Vipers.
*August 9, 2005 – Signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

==Career statistics==
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! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
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|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
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| ALIGN="center" | [[1984–85 WHL season|1984–85]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Kamloops Blazers]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Western Hockey League|WHL]]
| ALIGN="center" | 55
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 27
| ALIGN="center" | 29
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 2
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1985–86 WHL season|1985–86]]
| ALIGN="center" | Kamloops Blazers
| ALIGN="center" | WHL
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1985–86
| ALIGN="center" | [[Medicine Hat Tigers]]
| ALIGN="center" | WHL
| ALIGN="center" | 55
| ALIGN="center" | 20
| ALIGN="center" | 30
| ALIGN="center" | 50
| ALIGN="center" | 82
| ALIGN="center" | 22
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 39
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1986–87 WHL season|1986–87]]
| ALIGN="center" | Medicine Hat Tigers
| ALIGN="center" | WHL
| ALIGN="center" | 70
| ALIGN="center" | 27
| ALIGN="center" | 43
| ALIGN="center" | 70
| ALIGN="center" | 130
| ALIGN="center" | 20
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 46
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1987–88 WHL season|1987–88]]
| ALIGN="center" | Medicine Hat Tigers
| ALIGN="center" | WHL
| ALIGN="center" | 54
| ALIGN="center" | 47
| ALIGN="center" | 44
| ALIGN="center" | 91
| ALIGN="center" | 120
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 19
| ALIGN="center" | 31
| ALIGN="center" | 59
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1988–89 AHL season|1988–89]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Springfield Indians]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| ALIGN="center" | 40
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 31
| ALIGN="center" | 67
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[New York Islanders]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 30
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1989–90 AHL season|1989–90]]
| ALIGN="center" | Springfield Indians
| ALIGN="center" | AHL
| ALIGN="center" | 54
| ALIGN="center" | 25
| ALIGN="center" | 27
| ALIGN="center" | 52
| ALIGN="center" | 69
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 45
|- ALIGN="center" 
| ALIGN="center" | [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| ALIGN="center" | New York Islanders
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 4
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1990–91 AHL season|1990–91]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Capital District Islanders]]
| ALIGN="center" | AHL
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 22
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
| ALIGN="center" | New York Islanders
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| ALIGN="center" | New York Islanders
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 50
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 43
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Tampa Bay Lightning]]
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 54
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 24
| ALIGN="center" | 62
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| ALIGN="center" | Tampa Bay Lightning
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 39
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 40
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1993–94
| ALIGN="center" | [[Philadelphia Flyers]]
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
| ALIGN="center" | Philadelphia Flyers
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 36
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 53
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 4
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
| ALIGN="center" | Philadelphia Flyers
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 59
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 21
| ALIGN="center" | 58
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0 
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Boston Bruins]]
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 72
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 28
| ALIGN="center" | 82
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
| ALIGN="center" | Boston Bruins
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 79
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 17
| ALIGN="center" | 27
| ALIGN="center" | 82
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 8
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| ALIGN="center" | Boston Bruins
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 71
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | 21
| ALIGN="center" | 95
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 8
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–00]]
| ALIGN="center" | Boston Bruins
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 50
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 21
| ALIGN="center" | 42
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1999–00
| ALIGN="center" | [[New York Rangers]]
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Carolina Hurricanes]]
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 74
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 24
| ALIGN="center" | 54
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 4
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2001–02 AHL season|2001–02]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Utah Grizzlies]]
| ALIGN="center" | AHL
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center" 
| ALIGN="center" | [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Dallas Stars]]
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 61
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 25
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]
| ALIGN="center" | Dallas Stars
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 69
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 19
| ALIGN="center" | 76
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 10
|- ALIGN="center" 
| ALIGN="center" | [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
| ALIGN="center" | Dallas Stars
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 69
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 24
| ALIGN="center" | 52
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 2
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2004–05 Nationalliga A season|2004–05]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[SCL Tigers]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[National League A|NLA]]
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2004–05 Serie A (ice hockey) season|2004–05]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[HC Milano Vipers]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Serie A (ice hockey)|Italy]]
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Tampa Bay Lightning]]
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 61
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | 17
| ALIGN="center" | 30
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! ALIGN="center" | 894
! ALIGN="center" | 106
! ALIGN="center" | 171
! ALIGN="center" | 277
! ALIGN="center" | 840
! ALIGN="center" | 62
! ALIGN="center" | 7
! ALIGN="center" | 9
! ALIGN="center" | 16
! ALIGN="center" | 40
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Ice hockey stats|legends=10362 }}

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