Rob Zamuner

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CanadaCanada  Rob Zamuner Ice hockey player
Date of birth 17th September 1969
place of birth Oakville , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1989 , 3rd lap, 45th position
New York Rangers
Career stations
1985-1986 Oakville Oaks
1986 Guelph Junior B's
1986-1989 Guelph Platers
1989-1990 Flint Spirits
1990-1992 Binghamton Rangers
1992-1999 Tampa Bay Lightning
1999-2001 Ottawa Senators
2001-2004 Boston Bruins
2004-2005 EHC Basel
2005-2006 HC Bolzano
2006 Brisbane Blue Tongues

Robert Francesco "Rob" Zamuner (born September 17, 1969 in Oakville , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player of Italian descent who played 832 games for the New York Rangers , Tampa Bay Lightning , Ottawa Senators during his playing career between 1986 and 2006 and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . Zamuner celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the gold medal at the 1997 World Cup .

Career

Zamuner first played for the Oakville Oaks and Guelph Junior B’s , before going on the ice with the Guelph Platers in the Ontario Hockey League from 1986 to 1989 . After he was selected in the third round of the NHL Entry Draft in 1989 in 45th place by the New York Rangers , he immediately switched to the professional field in the fall of 1989. There he was between 1989 and 1992 first for the Flint Spirits in the International Hockey League and then for the Binghamton Rangers in the American Hockey League . His only nine appearances for the Rangers in the National Hockey League , he denied during the 1991/92 season .

After his contract with the Rangers expired, the striker moved in the summer of 1992 as a free agent to the Tampa Bay Lightning , who had only recently been accepted into the NHL. In his very first season, Zamuner had the most successful season of his career with 72 points scorer. In the following years Zamuner developed into the leading figure of the less successful team. For the 1998/99 season - his last in Tampa - he was the franchise's third team captain . In June 1999, the attacker was handed over to the Ottawa Senators along with a second-round vote in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft . In return, Andreas Johansson moved from the Senators to the Lightning. The striker played in the Canadian capital for two years before joining the Boston Bruins as a free agent . Another three years in which he broke the mark of 700 NHL games and 300 scorer points, he spent in Boston.

Due to the lockout of the 2004/05 NHL season , Zamuner moved to EHC Basel in the Swiss National League B in August 2004 . With the Basel team, he became NLB champions this season and was promoted to National League A in the following year . After a few games for the EHCB in the NLA, he ended his career at HC Bozen in the Italian Serie A1 and the Brisbane Blue Tongues in the Australian Ice Hockey League . In 2006 he ended his career.

Since March 27, 2008 Zamuner has been employed by the National Hockey League Players' Association NHLPA as a representative of the Northeast Division .

International

Zamuner his country represented Canada at the World Championships in 1997 and 1998 and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . He won a gold medal with the team at the 1997 World Cup. In particular, his qualities as a striker on the defensive and his good rate in the face-off were decisive for the surprising nomination in the Olympic squad.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1985/86 Oakville Oaks Minor 48 43 50 93 66 - - - - -
1986/87 Guelph Junior B's ON-Jr.B 3 6th 7th 13 15th - - - - -
1986/87 Guelph Platers OHL 62 6th 15th 21st 8th 5 0 5 5 2
1987/88 Guelph Platers OHL 58 20th 41 61 18th - - - - -
1988/89 Guelph Platers OHL 66 46 65 111 38 7th 5 5 10 9
1989/90 Flint Spirits IHL 77 44 35 79 32 4th 1 0 1 6th
1990/91 Binghamton Rangers AHL 80 25th 58 83 50 9 7th 6th 13 35
1991/92 Binghamton Rangers AHL 61 19th 53 72 42 11 8th 9 17th 8th
1991/92 New York Rangers NHL 9 1 2 3 2 - - - - -
1992/93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 84 15th 28 43 74 - - - - -
1993/94 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 59 6th 6th 12 42 - - - - -
1994/95 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 43 9 6th 15th 24 - - - - -
1995/96 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 72 15th 20th 35 62 6th 2 3 5 10
1996/97 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 17th 33 50 56 - - - - -
1997/98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 77 14th 12 26th 41 - - - - -
1998/99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 58 8th 11 19th 24 - - - - -
1999/00 Ottawa Senators NHL 57 9 12 21st 32 6th 2 0 2 2
2000/01 Ottawa Senators NHL 79 19th 18th 37 52 4th 0 0 0 6th
2001/02 Boston Bruins NHL 66 12 13 25th 24 6th 0 2 2 4th
2002/03 Boston Bruins NHL 55 10 6th 16 18th 5 0 0 0 4th
2003/04 Boston Bruins NHL 57 4th 5 9 16 7th 0 0 0 0
2003/04 Providence Bruins AHL 4th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2004/05 EHC Basel NLB 40 10 24 34 91 - - - - -
2005/06 EHC Basel NLA 12 1 2 3 26th 4th 1 0 1 10
2005/06 HC Bolzano Series A1 17th 8th 10 18th 6th - - - - -
2006 Brisbane Blue Tongues AIHL 5 5 8th 13 0 - - - - -
OHL total 192 72 121 193 64 12 5 10 15th 11
IHL total 77 44 35 79 32 4th 1 0 1 6th
AHL total 145 44 112 156 94 20th 15th 15th 30th 43
NHL overall 798 139 172 311 467 34 4th 5 9 26th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1997 Canada WM 1st place, gold 11 4th 2 6th 16
1998 Canada Olympia 4th Place 6th 1 0 1 8th
1998 Canada WM 6th place 5 0 2 2 4th
Men overall 22nd 5 4th 9 28

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. sportsillustrated.cnn.com, Athlete profile: Rob Zamuner ( Memento from February 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )