For a player with impressive speed, Andrighetto had to endure a slow process to get his career into gear.
The product of Zurich, Switzerland, was bypassed until he was 20 and the Montreal Canadiens took him in the third round (No. 86) of the 2013 NHL Draft. By then he'd made the switch from in his homeland to North America and completed two seasons with Rouyn-Noranda of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he had 74 and 98 points, respectively.
For a player with impressive speed, Andrighetto had to endure a slow process to get his career into gear.
The product of Zurich, Switzerland, was bypassed until he was 20 and the Montreal Canadiens took him in the third round (No. 86) of the 2013 NHL Draft. By then he'd made the switch from in his homeland to North America and completed two seasons with Rouyn-Noranda of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he had 74 and 98 points, respectively.
At the 2013 World Junior Championship, Andrighetto gained further notice by scoring five goals with three assists for the sixth-place Swiss. The Canadiens signed him to a three-year contract on July 15, 2013.
He spent the 2013-14 season with Hamilton of the American Hockey League, but when the Canadiens were hit with injuries during the 2014-15 season, they called up Andrighetto in December. Normally a right wing, he playing center and had points (two goals, one assist) in his first three NHL games, becoming the first Canadiens player to do so since Pierre Mondou in 1977-78.
Andrighetto began 2015-16 in the AHL with St. John's in Newfoundland, where the Canadiens had shifted their top farm team. He was called up to Montreal on Nov. 20, 2015, after scoring in overtime as St. John's defeated Syracuse 4-3, and had 17 points in 44 games with Montreal.
