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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| image = Ralph Intranuovo.jpg
| weight_lb = 205
| ntl_team = CAN
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|12|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[East York]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| career_start = 1993
| career_end = 2013
| draft = 96th overall
| draft_year = 1992
| draft_team = [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| played_for = [[Edmonton Oilers]]<br>[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]<br>[[Adler Mannheim]]<br>[[Essen Mosquitoes]]<br>[[EHC Linz]]<br>[[Iserlohn Roosters]]<br>[[EC KAC]]<br>[[Kölner Haie]]<br>[[HDD Olimpija Ljubljana]]<br>[[Asiago Hockey AS]]<br>[[HC Valpellice]]
}}
{{MedalTableTop|}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{Flag icon|Canada}} [[Canada]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1995 Sweden]] | Ice hockey }}
{{MedalBottom}}

'''Ralph Intranuovo''' (born December 11, 1973) is a Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] [[winger (ice hockey)|left winger]]. He played 22 games in the [[National Hockey League]] with the [[Edmonton Oilers]] and [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] between 1995 and 1997. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1993 to 2013, was mainly spent in various European leagues. Internationally Intranuovo played for the [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canadian national team]] at the [[1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1995 World Championships]], where he won a bronze medal. 

==Biography==
Ralph Intranuovo was born in [[East York]], [[Ontario]] the son of Marco Intranuovo, an Italian immigrant, and Rosa Intranuovo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2016/07/ralph-intranuovo.html |title=Ralph Intranuovo |year=2016|website=Greatest Hockey Legends|access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref> As a youth, he played in the 1987 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]] with the Toronto Red Wings [[minor ice hockey]] team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf |title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA |year=2018 |website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament |access-date=January 25, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In addition to playing a little hockey, "Iceman" enjoys tennis, baseball, and collecting trading cards. He scored on 25 percent of his shots to lead the 1993 Canadian National Junior Team<ref>https://www.hockeydb.com/tournaments/t-55a816.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> at the [[1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. He registered 3 goals, and 2 assists, helping the Canadians win the gold medal.

Intranuovo was drafted in the fourth round, 96th overall, by the [[Edmonton Oilers]] in the [[1992 NHL Entry Draft]].{{cn|date=January 2019}} He played in twenty-two games in the [[National Hockey League]], nineteen with the Oilers and three with the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], scoring two goals and four assists.{{cn|date=January 2019}}

Intranuovo played for [[Slovenia]]n team [[HDD Olimpija Ljubljana]] of the [[Erste Bank Hockey League]] in [[Austria]] until 2009. He finished his career in [[Italy|Italian]] team [[Asiago Hockey AS]].{{cn|date=January 2019}}

Ralph Intranuovo is married to his high school sweetheart, Teri-Lou Turco.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/memorial-cup-winner-returns-to-check-out-the-gardens-102219 |title=Memorial Cup winner returns to check out the Gardens|year=2006 |website=SooToday|access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|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
|-
| 1989–90
| Toronto Nationals
| [[Greater Toronto Hockey League|GTHL]]
| 37 || 33 || 26 || 59 || 20
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990–91 OHL season|1990–91]]
| [[Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds]]
| [[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]]
| 63 || 25 || 42 || 67 || 22
| 14 || 7 || 13 || 20 || 17
|-
| [[1991 Memorial Cup|1990–91]]
| Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
| [[Memorial Cup]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991–92 OHL season|1991–92]]
| Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
| OHL
| 65 || 50 || 63 || 113 || 44
| 18 || 10 || 14 || 24 || 12
|-
| [[1992 Memorial Cup|1991–92]]
| Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
| M-Cup
| — || — || — || — || —
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 OHL season|1992–93]]
| Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
| OHL
| 54 || 31 || 47 || 78 || 61
| 18 || 10 || 16 || 26 || 30
|-
| [[1993 Memorial Cup|1992–93]]
| Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
| M-Cup
| — || — || — || — || —
| 4 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1993–94 AHL season|1993–94]]
| [[Cape Breton Oilers]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 66 || 21 || 31 || 52 || 39
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 2
|-
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
| [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 AHL season|1994–95]]
| Cape Breton Oilers
| AHL
| 70 || 46 || 47 || 93 || 62
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
| Edmonton Oilers
| NHL
| 13 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1995–96 AHL season|1995–96]]
| Cape Breton Oilers
| AHL
| 52 || 34 || 39 || 73 || 84
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
| Edmonton Oilers
| NHL
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996–97 AHL season|1996–97]]
| [[Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)|Hamilton Bulldogs]]
| AHL
| 68 || 36 || 40 || 76 || 88
| 22 || 8 || 4 || 12 || 30
|-
| 1996–97
| [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| NHL
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997–98 IHL season|1997–98]]
| [[Manitoba Moose]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 81 || 26 || 35 || 61 || 68
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 4
|-
| [[1998–99 IHL season|1998–99]]
| Manitoba Moose
| IHL
| 71 || 29 || 31 || 60 || 70
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1999–00 DEL season|1999–00]]
| [[Adler Mannheim]]
| [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]
| 54 || 14 || 19 || 33 || 20
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|-
| [[2000–01 DEL season|2000–01]]
| [[Essen Mosquitoes]]
| DEL
| 51 || 27 || 20 || 47 || 87
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2001–02 DEL season|2001–02]]
| Essen Mosquitoes
| DEL
| 58 || 20 || 15 || 35 || 66
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2002–03 Austrian Hockey League season|2002–03]]
| [[EHC Linz]]
| [[Austrian Hockey League|AUT]]
| 41 || 26 || 16 || 42 || 36
| 10 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2003–04 Austrian Hockey League season|2003–04]]
| EHC Linz
| [[Austrian Hockey League|EBEL]]
| 35 || 6 || 6 || 12 || 68
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2004–05 DEL season|2004–05]]
| [[Iserlohn Roosters]]
| DEL
| 51 || 12 || 13 || 25 || 95
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2005–06 DEL season|2005–06]]
| Iserlohn Roosters
| DEL
| 52 || 24 || 22 || 46 || 38
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2006–07 Austrian Hockey League season|2006–07]]
| [[EC KAC]]
| EBEL
| 24 || 15 || 19 || 34 || 24
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006–07 DEL season|2006–07]]
| [[Kölner Haie]]
| DEL
| 8 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 4
| 9 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4
|-
| [[2007–08 Austrian Hockey League season|2007–08]]
| [[HDD Olimpija Ljubljana|Olimpija Ljubljana]]
| EBEL
| 38 || 19 || 19 || 38 || 101
| 14 || 8 || 4 || 12 || 48
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2007–08 Slovenian Hockey League season|2007–08]]
| Olimpija Ljubljana
| [[Slovenian Ice Hockey League|SLO]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 6 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 27
|-
| [[2008–09 Austrian Hockey League season|2008–09]]
| Olimpija Ljubljana
| EBEL
| 48 || 15 || 21 || 36 || 46
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2008–09 Slovenian Hockey League season|2008–09]]
| Olimpija Ljubljana
| SLO
| — || — || — || — || —
| 7 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 6
|-
| [[2009–10 Serie A (ice hockey) season|2009–10]]
| [[HC Asiago]]
| [[Italian Hockey League - Serie A|ITA]]
| 35 || 16 || 26 || 42 || 34
| 16 || 9 || 5 || 14 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010–11 Serie A (ice hockey) season|2010–11]]
| HC Asiago
| ITA
| 36 || 16 || 20 || 36 || 34
| 15 || 1 || 12 || 13 || 37
|-
| [[2011–12 Serie A (ice hockey) season|2011–12]]
| HC Asiago
| ITA
| 28 || 10 || 12 || 22 || 18
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011–12
| [[EV Bolzen 84]]
| [[Italian Hockey League|ITA-2]]
| 13 || 6 || 10 || 16 || 4
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2012–13 Serie A (ice hockey) season|2012–13]]
| [[HC Valpellice]]
| ITA
| 44 || 10 || 15 || 25 || 60
| 16 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 24
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2014–15
| Norwood Vipers
| [[Allan Cup Hockey|ACH]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | DEL totals
! 274 !! 100 !! 91 !! 191 !! 310
! 14 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 6
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 22 !! 2 !! 4 !! 6 !! 4
! — !! — !! — !! — !! —
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| [[1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1993]]
| [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[IIHF World Junior Championship|WJC]]
| 7 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1995]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[Ice Hockey World Championship|WC]]
| 8 || 5 || 1 || 6 || 6
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"| Junior totals
! 7 !! 3 !! 2 !! 5 !! 4
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"| Senior totals
! 8 !! 5 !! 1 !! 6 !! 6
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Ice hockey stats}}

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