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{{Short description|Italian-Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{redirect|Debenedet|American actress and singer|Rachel deBenedet}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = 
| image_size = 
| position = Left wing
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 195
| played_for = [[Detroit Red Wings]]<br>[[Pittsburgh Penguins]]
| ntl_team = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|12|31|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cordenons]], [[Italy]]
| draft = Undrafted
| draft_year = 
| draft_team = 
| career_start = 1971
| career_end = 1976
}}
'''Nelson Flavio Debenedet''' (born December 31, 1947) is an [[Italy|Italian]]-born [[Canadians|Canadian]] retired [[ice hockey]] [[Forward (ice hockey)|forward]] from [[Cordenons]], [[Italy]], and grew up in [[Copper Cliff, Ontario]], Canada. He was the first Italian-born player in the NHL.

Debenedet began his [[National Hockey League]] career with the [[Detroit Red Wings]], playing his last season at top level with the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]].

==Career statistics==
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:75%"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"  bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5"                    | Regular&nbsp;Season
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5"                    | Playoffs
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1966–67
| [[Michigan State University]]
| WCHA
| 27
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 14
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1967–68
| Michigan State University
| WCHA
| 29
| 4
| 3
| 7
| 25
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1968–69
| Michigan State University
| WCHA
| 28
| 10
| 7
| 17
| 40
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1969–70 IHL season|1969–70]]
| [[Fort Wayne Komets]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 6
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1970–71
| [[Toronto Varsity Blues men's ice hockey|University of Toronto]]
| [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIAU]]
|  —
| 3
| 9
| 12
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1971–72 AHL season|1971–72]]
| [[Tidewater Wings]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 22
| 4
| 3
| 7
| 12
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1971–72 CHL season|1971–72]]
| [[Fort Worth Wings]]
| CHL
| 14
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 15
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1971–72 IHL season|1971–72]]
| [[Port Huron Wings]]
| IHL
| 30
| 7
| 5
| 12
| 19
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1972–73 AHL season|1972–73]]
| [[Virginia Wings|Virginia Red Wings]]
| AHL
| 76
| 29
| 27
| 56
| 64
| 13
| 2
| 5
| 7
| 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1973–74 AHL season|1973–74]]
| Virginia Red Wings
| AHL
| 39
| 8
| 15
| 23
| 40
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1973–74 NHL season|1973–74]]
| [[Detroit Red Wings]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 15
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1974–75 AHL season|1974–75]]
| [[Hershey Bears]]
| AHL
| 25
| 6
| 6
| 12
| 13
| 12
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 2
|-
| [[1974–75 NHL season|1974–75]]
| [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]
| NHL
| 31
| 6
| 3
| 9
| 11
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1975–76 AHL season|1975–76]]
| Hershey Bears
| AHL
| 69
| 14
| 19
| 33
| 12
| 9
| 4
| 5
| 9
| 6
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 46
! 10
! 4
! 14
! 13
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|}

==External links==
*{{icehockeystats|legends=12426}}

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[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Detroit Red Wings players]]
[[Category:Fort Wayne Komets players]]
[[Category:Hershey Bears players]]
[[Category:Italian ice hockey players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Pordenone]]
[[Category:Pittsburgh Penguins players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey people from Greater Sudbury]]
[[Category:Toronto Varsity Blues ice hockey players]]
[[Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players]]
[[Category:Virginia Wings players]]
[[Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen]]


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