Prior to the draft, Romano graduated from St. Anthony's High School on Long Island,[4] and played for the New York Bobcats of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League, scoring 50 goals in the 2005–06 season.
[5] After being drafted, he spent the following year playing for Cornell University, where he led the team's rookies with a total of nine goals and ten assists.
[7][8] On June 30, 2009, Romano was traded from the New Jersey Devils to the New York Islanders in exchange for Ben Walter and a conditional 2012 draft pick.
"[4] After beginning the 2009–10 season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League, he was assigned to the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL on December 8, 2009.
After one year playing in Norway, Romano signed a one-year contract with the Odense Bulldogs of the Danish Metal Ligaen in July 2016.