Miles Zaharko

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CanadaCanada  Miles Zaharko Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 30, 1957
place of birth Mannville , Alberta , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1977 , 2nd round, 20th position
Atlanta Flames
WHA Amateur Draft 1977 , 1st lap, 8th position
Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
1973-1974 Bellingham Blazers
1974-1975 Vermilion Bruins
1975-1977 New Westminster Bruins
1977-1988 Atlanta Flames
1978-1979 Tulsa Oilers
1979-1982 Chicago Black Hawks
New Brunswick Hawks
1982-1983 Springfield Indians
1983-1984 Duisburger SC

Miles Zaharko (born April 30, 1957 in Mannville , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 132 games for the Atlanta Flames and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1973 and 1984 contested the position of defender . However, Zaharko celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the New Brunswick Hawks by winning the Calder Cup of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 1982.

Career

Zaharko spent a very unsteady junior period between 1973 and 1977, which saw him play in a total of three different junior leagues. First, the defender was active in the 1973/74 season in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League (BCJHL), where he was active for the American franchise Bellingham Blazers . The following year he went on the ice in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) for the Vermilion Bruins . With a total of 84 scorer points , including 40 goals, the defender was so impressive that he was signed for the 1975/76 season by the New Westminster Bruins from the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), which at the time was considered one of the best junior teams in Canada . As a result, Zaharko won the championship trophy in the form of the President's Cup in his first season in the league with the team . He repeated the success with the team the following year. In addition, the Bruins also secured the double by winning the prestigious Memorial Cup in 1977 . After four successful years in the junior division, the defender was both in the NHL Amateur Draft 1977 in the second round in 20th place by the Atlanta Flames from the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Winnipeg Jets from the NHL at the time competing World Hockey Association (WHA) already selected in eighth overall position.

The 20-year-old talent then signed a contract with the Atlanta Flames and became a regular in his rookie season. In 71 games he reached 20 points scorer. Nevertheless, Zaharko spent the following year until March 1979 exclusively with Atlanta's farm team , the Tulsa Oilers , from the Central Hockey League (CHL) before he became part of the largest transfer business in NHL history - measured by the players involved. Together with Tom Lysiak , Greg Fox , Harold Phillipoff and Pat Ribble he was transferred to the Chicago Black Hawks , while Ivan Boldirev , Darcy Rota and Phil Russell were sent to the Flames. In the organization of the Chicago Black Hawks, however, the Canadian did not succeed in asserting himself again in the NHL. So he played the following four years mostly in the farm team of Chicago in the American Hockey League (AHL). There he celebrated in the 1981/82 season in the jersey of the New Brunswick Hawks by winning the Calder Cup, the greatest success of his professional career. In the same season he was also appointed to the AHL Second All-Star Team .

After he had spent completely in the AHL with the Springfield Indians in the 1982/83 season and had only played 58 games for Chicago in the NHL over a period of four years, Zaharko turned his back on the North American continent for the 1983/84 season . He moved to the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga , where the Duisburger SC had achieved a real transfer coup with his commitment. He was involved in seven Duisburg goals in twelve missions before he declared his career prematurely over in the summer of 1984 at the age of 27.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1973/74 Bellingham Blazers BCJHL 64 4th 21st 25th 79 - - - - -
1974/75 Vermilion Bruins AJHL 60 40 44 84 110 - - - - -
1975/76 New Westminster Bruins WCHL 70 10 44 54 45 17th 2 5 7th 20th
1976 New Westminster Bruins Memorial Cup 4th 0 3 3 8th
1976/77 New Westminster Bruins WCHL 72 14th 48 62 68 14th 1 10 11 20th
1977 New Westminster Bruins Memorial Cup 5 1 4th 5 0
1977/78 Atlanta Flames NHL 71 1 19th 20th 26th 1 0 0 0 0
1977/78 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 8th 0 3 3 6th - - - - -
1978/79 Tulsa Oilers CHL 54 2 20th 22nd 28 - - - - -
1978/79 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 13 1 6th 7th 2 5 1 4th 5 2
1978/79 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1979/80 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 77 2 20th 22nd 34 17th 2 14th 16 16
1980/81 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 33 7th 18th 25th 27 - - - - -
1980/81 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 42 3 11 14th 40 2 0 0 0 0
1981/82 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 52 6th 12 18th 50 15th 0 9 9 4th
1981/82 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 15th 1 2 3 18th - - - - -
1982/83 Springfield Indians AHL 54 6th 18th 24 20th - - - - -
1983/84 Duisburger SC 2nd Bundesliga 12 4th 3 7th 22nd - - - - -
WCHL overall 142 24 92 116 113 31 3 15th 18th 40
AHL total 237 22nd 77 99 139 37 3 27 30th 22nd
NHL overall 129 5 32 37 84 3 0 0 0 0

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Zaharko, Miles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannville , Alberta , Canada