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Matt Fornataro (RW)

Rockford IceHogs

Biography

Draft: Undrafted
Acquired: Signed an AHL Standard Player’s Contract with Norfolk on July 5, 2011.

2011-12 Season Notes

Scored the game-winning goal on 1/14/12 vs. Connecticut...Skated in his 200th career AHL game on 1/13/12 vs. Connecticut...Appeared in his 250th career professional contest on 1/6/12 vs. Albany...Notched his 100th career AHL point, scoring a goal on 12/17/11 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...Registered his first goal of the season on 12/9/11 vs. Binghamton after starting the 2011-12 campaign with 12 assists...Earned his 150th professional point on 11/18/11 at St. John’s...Potted three assists on 10/21/11 at Binghamton...Recorded assists in his first four games of the season 2011-12 (7a)

2010-11 Season Notes

Notched his first professional multi-point game with two assists on 4/20/11 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...Set AHL career highs in games played (70), goals (17), assists (25), and points (25) with Norfolk...Had a goal and an assist on 3/18/11 vs. Albany...Registered three assists on 3/11/11 vs. Binghamton...Signed an AHL Standard Player’s Contract with Norfolk on 8/4/10

Career Notes

Made his professional debut and scored his first pro goal on 4/6/08 with Syracuse at Rochester...Served as the Team Captain of the University of New Hampshire (NCAA, H-East) in 2007-08...Led the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in points and assists, and ranked second in goals in 2007-08...Earned Hockey East Second All-American Team honors in 2007-08...2007-08 Hockey East Second All-Star Team...Ranked second in scoring (40 points) with UNH in 2006-07...In 2006-07, ranked 10th in Hockey East in scoring overall, and his 30 points (10g-20a) in 27 games in league play was good for fourth best among all H-East skaters