Doug Zmolek

Doug Zmolek
Date of birth	3rd November 1970
place of birth	Rochester , Minnesota , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	100 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1989 , 1st round, 7th position Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
1989-1992	University of Minnesota
1992-1994	San Jose Sharks
1994-1996	Dallas Stars
1996-1998	Los Angeles Kings
1998-2000	Chicago Blackhawks
2000-2001	Chicago Wolves

Douglas Allan "Doug" Zmolek (born November 3, 1970 in Rochester , Minnesota ) is a former American ice hockey player who played 481 games for the San Jose Sharks , Dallas Stars , Los Angeles between 1989 and 2001, among other things Kings and Chicago Blackhawks has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender .

Career

Zmolek initially played for three years from 1989 to 1992 at the University of Minnesota in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Already at the beginning of his college career, the American was selected in the first round in the NHL Entry Draft in 1989 in seventh position by the Minnesota North Stars , but was selected in the summer of 1991 by the newly founded San Jose Sharks in the NHL Dispersal Draft in Claimed.

At the beginning of the 1992/93 season , Zmolek was in the Sharks' NHL squad for the first time and stayed there until March 1994, before he was given a draft right to the Dallas Stars together with Mike Lalor for Ulf Dahlén and a draft . There the defender also played two seasons, but was transferred back to the US West Coast to the Los Angeles Kings in February 1996 . In return, Darryl Sydor moved to Dallas. Zmolek did not stay at home in Los Angeles for long either, as after a year and a half, in September 1998, he had to change clubs again. This time he was given up for a draft pick to the Chicago Blackhawks . After two seasons with the Blackhawks, he signed a contract with the Chicago Wolves in the International Hockey League during the 2000/01 season for which he only played two games. Then he ended his career.

International

At the international level, Zmolek represented his home country at the 1990 Junior World Cup in Finland . He finished seventh with the U20 national team of the United States and thus barely prevented relegation. The defender prepared a goal in seven tournament appearances.

Achievements and Awards

• 1992 WCHA Second All-Star Team
• 1992 WCHA All-Tournament Team
• 1992 NCAA West Second All-American Team

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1989/90	University of Minnesota	WCHA		40	1	10	11	52
1990/91	University of Minnesota	WCHA		42	3	15th	18th	94
1991/92	University of Minnesota	WCHA		44	6th	21st	27	88
1992/93	San Jose Sharks	NHL		84	5	10	15th	229		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	San Jose Sharks	NHL		68	0	4th	4th	122		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Dallas Stars	NHL		7th	1	0	1	11		7th	0	1	1	4th
1994/95	Dallas Stars	NHL		42	0	5	5	67		5	0	0	0	10
1995/96	Dallas Stars	NHL		42	1	5	6th	65		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		16	1	0	1	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		57	1	0	1	116		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		46	0	8th	8th	111		2	0	0	0	2
1998/99	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		62	0	14th	14th	102		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		43	2	7th	9	60		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Chicago Wolves	IHL		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				126	10	46	56	234
NHL overall				467	11	53	64	905		14th	0	1	1	16

International

Represented the USA at:

• Junior World Championship 1990

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1990	United States	June World Cup	7th place		7th	0	1	1	2
Juniors overall					7th	0	1	1	2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Doug Zmolek at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Doug Zmolek at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Doug Zmolek at hockeydb.com (English)