{"id":271,"date":"2023-11-21T10:03:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T15:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/?page_id=271"},"modified":"2024-05-17T14:35:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T18:35:38","slug":"zellio-toppazzini","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/hall-of-fame\/player-members\/zellio-toppazzini\/","title":{"rendered":"Zellio Toppazzini"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zellio Toppazzini<\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Born January 5, 1930 in Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada
\nHeight: 5\u201911\u201d Weight: 180 bs<\/p>\n

A \u201cClass of 1966\u201d inductee, Zellio “Topper” Toppazzini is considered the greatest Reds player of all time.<\/p>\n

Named the Reds’ “Player of the Century”, he was the team’s all-time leader in points (721), goals (277), assists (444), games (683) and playoff points (44).<\/p>\n

Topper is one of three players to spend 12 seasons with Providence, skating from 195 1to 1959 and 1960 to 1964.<\/p>\n

Topper led the AHL in scoring in 1955. He ranks 12th all-time in assists (476), 13th in points (786) and 16th in goals (310) in AHL history.<\/p>\n

Immediately after retirement, he coached the Providence College hockey team for four seasons. In 2012, he was enshrined in the American Hockey League Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

He was enshrined in the charter class of the RI Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Zellio Toppazzini<\/strong>
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