Career
Sclisizzi played 81 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks. When the cup was redone during the 1957-1958 season, for some reason his name was omitted from the new version, but his name can still be seen on the original 1952 Detroit team engraving in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Sclisizzi made his professional debut in the 1946-1947 season for the Indianapolis Capitals American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings.
Sclisizzi made his regular-season National Hockey League debut on opening day October 15, 1947, but he was sent down to the AHL. Sclisizzi returned to the National Hockey League on March 20, 1948, scoring his first National Hockey League goal in the second period in a game against Toronto. In total, he played 67 regular-season games in the National Hockey League with the Wings.
In August 1952, he was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks organization. He played 14 games for the Black Hawks that 1952-1953 season but did not play in the National Hockey League again.
He spent most of his career in the AHL and the Western Hockey League (WHL).
1951-1952 - AHL First Team All-Star
Sclisizzi fought in World World War World War II He died in 2012, aged 86.