Gianfranco Cassaro
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Player Information
| Date of Birth: | March 30, 1999 | Shot: | L |
| Hometown: | Nobleton, ON | Height: | 5'11" |
| Nation: | Canada | Weight: | 186 |
| Position: | Defense | Commit: | UMass Amherst | 2019 |
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| Draft Type | Draft Year | Round | Overall | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OHL Priority Selection | 2015 | 13 | 258 | Barrie Colts |
| USHL Entry Draft | 2016 | 15 | 246 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders |
| USHL Entry Draft | 2017 | 2 | 25 | Youngstown Phantoms |
| Transfer From | Transfer To | Position | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh Valley Phantoms | Florida Everblades | D | 2025-08-05 |
| RIT (Rochester Inst. of Tech.) | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | D | 2024-08-20 |
| Univ. of Massachusetts | RIT (Rochester Inst. of Tech.) | D | 2021-04-13 |
| Newmarket Hurricanes | Univ. of Massachusetts | D | 2017-01-07 |
| Award | League | Season |
|---|---|---|
| OJHL First Team All-Prospect | OJHL | 2016-2017 |
| NCAA (Championship) Winner | NCAA | 2020-2021 |
| NCAA (Hockey East) Champion | NCAA | 2020-2021 |
| NCAA (AHA) First All-Star Team | NCAA | 2022-2023 |
| NCAA (AHA) Regular Season Champion | NCAA | 2022-2023 |
| Hobey Baker Memorial Award Nominee | 2023-2024 | |
| NCAA (AHA) Champion | NCAA | 2023-2024 |
| NCAA (AHA) All-Tournament Team | NCAA | 2023-2024 |
| NCAA (AHA) First All-Star Team | NCAA | 2023-2024 |
| NCAA (AHA) Regular Season Champion | NCAA | 2023-2024 |
| NCAA (East) Second All-American Team | NCAA | 2023-2024 |
| NCAA (USCHO) Third Team | NCAA | 2023-2024 |
| Season Stats | Team | League | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | Playoffs | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-2014 | Toronto Titans U15 AAA | GTHL U15 | |||||||||||
| 2013-2014 | Toronto Titans U16 AAA | GTHL U16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 2014-2015 | Toronto Red Wings U16 AAA | GTHL U16 | 35 | 17 | 38 | 55 | |||||||
| 2014-2015 | Newmarket Hurricanes | OJHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2015-2016 | Newmarket Hurricanes | OJHL | 42 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 44 | Playoffs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016-2017 | Newmarket Hurricanes | OJHL | 50 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 123 | Playoffs | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 2017-2018 | Youngstown Phantoms | USHL | 36 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 30 | Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | Youngstown Phantoms | USHL | 49 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 42 | Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | Univ. of Massachusetts | NCAA | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
| 2020-2021 | Univ. of Massachusetts | NCAA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021-2022 | RIT (Rochester Inst. of Tech.) | NCAA | 38 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 29 | ||||||
| 2022-2023 | RIT (Rochester Inst. of Tech.) | NCAA | 39 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 42 | ||||||
| 2023-2024 | RIT (Rochester Inst. of Tech.) | NCAA | 40 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 28 | ||||||
| 2024-2025 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2024-2025 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 66 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 24 | Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-2026 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | |||||||||||