Career
Rosati became the third Italian player to play in a game in the National Hockey League after earning an Italian passport and playing for Italy, after Bob Manno and Roberto Romano. Rosati started his career by playing in the Ontario Hockey League and was soon drafted by the New York Rangers in 1988 National Hockey League Entry Draft (#131 pick). Rosati was initially placed in the ECHL, but after a disappointing season, decided to play in Italy.
Rosati would find much more success there, and played for the Hockey Club Bolzano.
In the 1990s Rosati would lead Bolzano to two Italian Hockey Championships, and would earn himself the place of goaltender for the Italian national team that would go on to compete in the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics. By the second half of the 1990s, the Italian hockey movement had gone through a difficult period, and Rosati moved to Germany.
lieutenant was here that Rosati played for Adler Mannheim of the DEL. In 1998, after two seasons of consistent play with Adler Mannheim, Rosati signed with the Washington Capitals as the third goaltender of the team, behind Olaf Kölzig and Craig Billington. After the shift to the farm team Portland Pirates, it seemed that Rosati"s chances to play in the National Hockey League were fading away, and that he was destined to spend his career in the minor leagues, but an injury to Craig Billington put him directly on the bench.
Rosati played 28 minutes and didn"t allow a goal.
His National Hockey League saves total stands at 12. He finished the season with the Manitoba Moose of the IHL. Despite a less than stellar stint with the Moose, Rosati decided to come back to Mannheim where he played four more seasons. Rosati retired in 2004 while playing for a German second division team
In the 2004-2005 season, Rosati was the Adler Mannheim assistant coach and worked with Stéphane Richer and Helmut de Raaf (who played with Rosati for multiple seasons).
He is currently the goaltending coach of the Barrie Colts in the OHL.
1984-1985 Saint Michael"s Buzzers (OJHLB)
1986-1989 Hamilton Steelhawks (relocated: Niagara Falls Thunder) (OHL)
1989-1990 Erie Panthers (ECHL)
1990-1996 Hockey Club Bolzano (Italian Serie A)
1996-1998 Adler Mannheim (DEL)
1998-1999 Portland Pirates (AHL) – Washington Capitals (National Hockey League)
1998-1999 Manitoba Moose (IHL)
1999-1903 Adler Mannheim (DEL)
2003-2004 Heilbronn Falcons (German 2 Bundesliga).