ROCCO GRIMALDI
North American Skater - USA U-18, USHL
Final Rank:32Midterm Rank:25
Position:CenterShoots:Right
Height:5' 6"Weight:160
Born:February 8, 1993Hometown:Rossmoor, CA
Born in:Anaheim, CA, USA
Drafted: 2011: FLA (2nd Round / 33rd Overall) 
• Grimaldi has committed to the University of North Dakota for the fall of 2011.

• He led the team in all scoring categories and accounted for 18.7% of the U.S. Under-18’s scoring in 2010-11. In 58 games, Grimaldi had 39 goals, including 16 power-play goals, and 73 points (39-34--73).

• At the 2010 Under-18 World Championships, he helped the team win gold, recording a team high eight assists (2-8--10) in seven games.

• Grimaldi started his first season with the U.S. National Team Development Program in 2009-10 playing with the Under-17 team. He tallied seven goals and 16 assists in just 26 games before being moved up to the Under-18 team where he registered 14 goals and 26 assists in 36 games.

• He split his minor hockey career between Michigan and California. Born in Anaheim, California, he started his hockey career alongside teammate and fellow draft prospect Matt Nieto (No. 43 ranked) at the local YMCA before competing for the California Wave from 2000 to 2005. He then played for Little Caesars from 2005 to 2009, winning the Under-18 Tier I National Championship in 2009 before making the jump to the U.S. NTDP program.

• Athleticism runs in the Grimaldi family, his father has a triple black belt in karate and both his parents competed in the Police Olympics, while his sister played Division I soccer at Oklahoma State University.

• Once his hockey career is complete he has aspirations of being a pastor, it is an interest that developed through the guidance of his grandmother.

NEWS: Grimaldi refuses to allow size to be an issue (click here)

FAVORITES

NHL team: Detroit Red Wings
NHL player: Sidney Crosby
Goal celebration: “Kiss up to God”
Video game: NHL 2007
Movie: Never Back Down
Actor/Actress: Denzel Washington and Rachel McAdams
Website: NHL.com
Book: Bible
Home-cooked meal: Cheeseburgers
Activity away from the rink: “Hanging with friends”

STATISTICS

SEASONTEAMLEAGUEGPGAPPIM
2023-2024CHICAGOAHL5728265434
2022-2023SAN DIEGOAHL5427295631
2022-2023ROCKFORDAHL166111712
2022-2023UNITED STATES (2023 IIHF World Championship)ITLTOUR1077146
2021-2022MILWAUKEEAHL4426265214
2021-2022NASHVILLENHL70002
2020-2021NASHVILLENHL40103134
2019-2020NASHVILLENHL6610213110
2018-2019NASHVILLENHL53581310
2018-2019MILWAUKEEAHL1047118
2017-2018SAN ANTONIO (AHL)DEFUNCT4915163132
2017-2018COLORADONHL61230
2016-2017SAN ANTONIO (AHL)DEFUNCT7231245539
2016-2017COLORADONHL40112
2015-2016PORTLAND (AHL)DEFUNCT4916163220
2015-2016FLORIDANHL203252
2014-2015FLORIDANHL71014
2010-2011USA U-18NTDP5839347365
2009-2010USA U-17NTDP321192022