Dustin James Gazley (born October 3, 1988) is an ItalianâÂÂAmerican professional ice hockey player who is a winger for HC Bolzano of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL).
Undrafted, Gazley played collegiate hockey for Michigan State in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association from 2007 through 2011.
He made his professional debut with Greenville Road Warriors of the ECHL to end the 2010âÂÂ11 season, before later making his American Hockey League (AHL) debut with the Binghamton Senators during the 2012âÂÂ13 season.
On August 7, 2013, Gazley signed an initial one-year AHL contract with the Hershey Bears.
After his fifth season with the Bears in 2017âÂÂ18, and having enjoyed a 278-game career in the AHL, Gazley left as a free agent to sign his first contract abroad, agreeing to a one-year deal with Austrian outfit, EC Red Bull Salzburg, of the EBEL on July 12, 2018.
Gazley is of Italian descent through his mother, with roots in Sicily, and held dual American and Italian citizenship since the early 2000s.