Tony Amonte is one of the renown retired professional ice hockey player. He is best known for his roles in the National Hockey League. He spent almost 16 years in the league with five franchise such as New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Pheonix Coyotes, and the Calgary Flames as a right wing. Currently, he is a head coach of Thayer Academy Varsity Hockey Team.

Tony Early Life

Born as Anthony Lewis Amonte and better known by the name of Tony Amonte was born on August 2, 1970, in Hingham, Massachusetts. He grew up along with his sister named Kelly Amonte Hiller. Regarding his nationality, Tony is American and he belongs to white ethnicity.

Tony Amonte during his young age. Tony Amonte during his young age.

Tony Career

Amonte began playing ice hockey since his early age. His dedication and hard work towards hockey made him professional at his young age. At the beginning, he was drafted 68th overall in the 1998th NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. There he played several games as a right wing. Subsequently, he made debut with the team Chicago Blackhawks, Pheonix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, and Calgary Flames.

Youtube: Tony Amonte during his time at New York Rangers.

He served NHL for almost 17 years and got retired. During that time, he also served for the Unites States National Team and won the Gold Medal in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey tournament. Similarly, he was also awarded by the All-Hockey East Rookie Team, All-Hockey East Second Team, and All-NCAA All-Tournament Team in 1989, 1990 and 1991 respectively.

Currently, he is serving as a head coach at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts which he started since June 11, 2010.

Tony Personal life

Talented Tony is a married man. He married to his beautiful wife named Laurie Amonte. The husband and wife have two children from their relationship both sons named, Tristan and Ty Amonte. Till the date, the couple is living a happy life together and has maintained their relationship very strong. Besides their bond, the duo has not bruited to any love affairs and neither any news or rumors regarding their connection is floating in the air.

Tony Net worth

Tony Amonte has maintained his name in the history of Ice hockey. Similarly, he has made a decent amount of money from his NHL career. Currently, he is working as head coach for the high school which has helped him to increase his net worth. As of 2017, his net worth is under estimated but it is assumed that he has a net worth of no less than million dollars.

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