Ty Dilello
Ty Dilello | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 2, 1993 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | University of Winnipeg |
| Genre | Sports |
| Notable works | Golden Boys: The Top 50 Manitoba Hockey Players of All Time (2017) Mosienko: The Man Who Caught Lightning In A Bottle (2021) |
| Curling career | |
| Team | |
| Curling club | RE/MAX Centre, St. John's, NL[1] |
| Skip | Ty Dilello |
| Third | Ryan McNeil Lamswood |
| Second | Daniel Bruce |
| Lead | Aaron Feltham |
| Alternate | Nathan King |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Manitoba (2013-2024)  Newfoundland and Labrador (2024-present) |
| Brier appearances | 1 (2025) |
| Top CTRS ranking | 11th (2022–23) |
Ty Dilello (also spelled Di Lello; born August 2, 1993) is a Canadian author from Winnipeg, Manitoba that is employed by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[2] He is also a curler that skips his own team out of Newfoundland and Labrador.[3]
Writing Career
[edit]Dilello started his writing career in 2011 by starting up his very own blog, Jets Talk.[4] This was an independent blog that Dilello developed to discuss the Winnipeg Jets hockey franchise after their return to the NHL in 2011.
In 2013, Dilello released his first published book that was titled Hockey Hotbeds. This book was a collection of hockey stories across varying towns and cities around the world. It featured interviews from players such as Anze Kopitar and Pekka Rinne.[5]
In 2018, Dilello published a book that was titled Golden Boys: The Top 50 Manitoba Hockey Players Of All Time. This book was published in time for the 100th anniversary of the NHL and featured a bunch of players that helped shape hockey in Manitoba.[6] This book got the privilege of winning the Sweeney Award in 2019.[7]
Dilello published one of his most notable books, Mosienko: The Man Who Caught Lightning in a Bottle, in 2021.[8] This was a book that told the story of Manitoba hockey legend Bill Mosienko.
Curling Career
[edit]Dilello started finding success in curling during the 2021–22 curling season, where he played third for the Ryan Wiebe rink out of the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg. Provincially, the team would have continued success in the highly-competitive Manitoba Men's Curling Championship, finishing 3rd in 2022, 5th in 2023, and 5th again in 2024. The team also played in the 2022 and 2023 Tour Challenge Tier 2 Grand Slam events, where they finished 5th in both events with an identical 3-2 record. The Wiebe rink also competed in the 2023 PointsBet Invitational, where after beating John Epping in the Sweet 16, would lose to Brad Gushue 8–4 in the Elite 8. The Wiebe team would disband at the end of the 2023–24 curling season.[9]
In 2024, Dilello would also play second for Ryan Wiebe's mixed curling team. Team Wiebe would go on to win the Manitoba Mixed Provincial Championships.[10] In the 2024 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, the Wiebe rink would finish the round robin at the top of Pool B and qualify themselves to the playoffs. In the playoffs, they would lose to Team Owen Purcell in the 2v3 semi-finals, and then lose to Team Kurt Balderston in the bronze medal game which would lead to them finishing the tournament in fourth place.[11]
At the beginning of the 2024–25 curling season, Dilello got linked up with the Ryan McNeil Lamswood rink in Newfoundland and Labrador and would end up skipping the team for the season. In the 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard, the newly-formed Dilello rink would go through the 12-team triple knockout with a 9-1 record and would beat Andrew Symonds in a game that went down to the final rock. This would qualify Dilello for the 2025 Montana's Brier, which would become Dilello's first career Brier.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Dilello graduated from Dakota Collegiate and studied History at the University of Winnipeg.[12] Dilello was also a professional tennis player.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "2025 Montana's Brier Teams". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ "Ty Dilello". LinkedIn. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ "CTRS Standings 2024-25". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ "About". NHL History with Ty Di Lello. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ "Hockey Hotbeds (Book)". HF Boards. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ "Golden Boys: The Top 50 Manitoba Hockey Players Of All Time". Goodreads. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ "TY DILELLO RECEIVES THE 2019 SWEENEY AWARD FOR GOLDEN BOYS". Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ "NHL HISTORY WITH TY DILELLO". Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ a b "Local Skips Win Berths to Scotties, Brier". Niverville Citizen. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ "HAYWARD MAKES MANITOBA CURLING HISTORY WITH MIXED WIN". ManitobaCurl. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ "This Week in Curling - Ryan Wiebe". PembinaValley. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ "A chronicle of the local hockey greats". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ "Ty Dilello Profile". ITF Tennis. Retrieved February 5, 2025.