Flames attacking units grow with the addition of Canadian forward Daniel Catenacci.  The 31 year old with 12 NHL games to his name is an Italian national team member and spent the last 6 seasons in Italy, 4 with Bolzano ahead of a pair of terms at Pustertal.  In 232 starts, the 77^th overall pick of the Buffalo Sabres in 2011 registered 54 goals and 132 points. 
 

Prior to his European travels, the 5’10”, 195lb skater, save for 11 games with the Sabres and 1 with the New York Rangers, spent 2013 through 2018 in the AHL mostly with Rochester Americans until a final stay at Hartford Wolf Pack.  In 307 games, the native of Richmond Hill, Ontario bagged 52 goals and 61 assists.
 

Catenacci split 4 seasons of junior hockey equally between OHL’s Soo Greyhounds and Owen Sound attack. His best season was his last with 79 points from 38 goals and 41 assists in 67 games as part of 107 goals and 252 points in 266 career starts. 
 

Internationally, Catenacci’s efforts earned him spots on Canada’s U17 and U18 national Jr. teams in 2010 and 2011. This past season was his first with Team Italy with 10 games yielding 2 goals and 3 assists including 4 of thost points in the Division 1A World Championships where they collected the Bronze medal. 
 

“As we have said already, one area we struggled with many times last year, despite being a good forechecking club, was offensive output,” explained Paul Dixon.  “This is another guy who we think should be able to bulk us up in that department.”
 

“He has excellent speed, plays a very smart game and should be able to help drive one of our top forward units.”
 

“We still have a lot of work to do in the roster building department but we feel good about where we are at this stage and we are looking forward to welcoming Dan to the club.”

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