Doug Zmolek

Doug Zmolek
Doug Zmolek
Born November 3, 1970 (1970-11-03) (age 41)
Rochester, MN, USA
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Defense
Shot Left
Played for San Jose Sharks
Dallas Stars
Los Angeles Kings
Chicago Blackhawks
National team  United States
NHL Draft 7th overall, 1989
Minnesota North Stars
Playing career 1992–2000

Douglas Allan Zmolek (born November 3, 1970) is an American retired professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the NHL for eight seasons between 1992 and 2000.

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Playing career

Zmolek graduated from John Marshall High School in 1989. He was drafted 7th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft held in Minnesota. Zmolek attended the University of Minnesota of the WCHA and was awarded to the WCHA Second All-Star Team and the NCAA Second All-American Team in his junior and final year in 1992.[1]

Zmolek made his debut in the NHL in the 1992–93 season with the San Jose Sharks after he was earlier acquired from the North Stars in the dispersal draft on May 30, 1991. In his second year, Zmolek was traded back to the Stars franchise relocated in Dallas.

As a physical stay-at-home defenseman, Zmolek spent parts of two seasons with Dallas before stints with the Los Angeles Kings and Chicago Blackhawks. Zmolek retired after receiving a buyout during the 2000–01 season after only playing 2 games with the Chicago Wolves of the IHL.[2]

Doug played 467 career NHL games, scoring 11 goals and 53 assists for 64 points also registering 905 penalty minutes in his career.

Since retirement, he has supported the Rochester Youth Hockey Association (RYHA) as an advisor and member of the board.[3] He also runs an off-season hockey camp, "Top Shelf," in Rochester, MN. He has three sons who all play hockey, and he also had a 3 year old daughter. Riese, also an autistic (13), William(10), Bennett(7), and Ella(3).

Awards & achievements

  • 1991–92 WCHA Second All-Star Team
  • 1991–92 NCAA Second All-American Team

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1989–90 University of Minnesota WCHA 40 1 10 11 52
1990–91 University of Minnesota WCHA 42 3 15 18 94
1991–92 University of Minnesota WCHA 44 6 21 27 88
1992–93 San Jose Sharks NHL 84 5 10 15 229
1993–94 San Jose Sharks NHL 68 0 4 4 122
1993–94 Dallas Stars NHL 7 1 0 1 11 7 0 1 1 4
1994–95 Dallas Stars NHL 42 0 5 5 67 5 0 0 0 10
1995–96 Dallas Stars NHL 42 1 5 6 65
1995–96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 16 1 0 1 22
1996–97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 57 1 0 1 116
1997–98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 46 0 8 8 111 2 0 0 0 2
1998–99 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 62 0 14 14 102
1999–00 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 43 2 7 9 60
2000–01 Chicago Wolves IHL 2 0 0 0 2
NHL totals 467 11 53 64 905 14 0 1 1 16

International

Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
1990 United States WJC 7 0 1 1 2
Junior int'l totals 7 0 1 1 2

References

  1. ^ "All-WCHA teams". Augenblick. 2010-04-25. http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_all.html. Retrieved 2010-04-25. 
  2. ^ "10 or so Q's with Doug Smolek". rochestermagazine.com. 2010-04-25. http://www.rochestermagazine.com/10/or/so/questions/with/doug/zmolek/story-35.html. Retrieved 2010-04-25. 
  3. ^ "RYHA board members". RYHA. 2010-03-20. http://ryha.pucksystems2.com/page/show/1546-board. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 

External links

Doug Zmolek's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by
Mike Modano
Minnesota North Stars first round draft pick
1989
Succeeded by
Derian Hatcher



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