Wojtek Wolski

Poland Canada Wojtek Wolski


Date of birth	February 24, 1986
place of birth	Zabrze , Poland
size	191 cm
Weight	91 kg

position	Left wing
number	# 86
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2004 , 1st lap, 21st position Colorado Avalanche

Career stations

2001-2002	St. Michael's Buzzers
2002-2006	Brampton Battalion
2006-2010	Colorado Avalanche
2010-2011	Phoenix Coyotes
2011–2012	New York Rangers
2012	Florida panthers
2013	Washington Capitals
2013-2015	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2015-2017	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2017	Kunlun Red Star
2017-2018	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2018-2019	Kunlun Red Star
since 2019	HC Oceláři Třinec

Wojciech "Wojtek" Wolski (born February 24, 1986 in Zabrze ) is a Polish - Canadian ice hockey player who has been playing for HC Oceláři Třinec in the Czech extra league since December 2019 . At the beginning of his career, the winger played over 400 games for five teams in the National Hockey League , most of them for the Colorado Avalanche , which had selected him in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft in 21st position. He then played for several years in the Continental Hockey League , winning the Gagarin Cup with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk in 2016 . Wolski also won the bronze medal with the Canadian national team at the 2018 Winter Olympics .

Career

Wolski in the Phoenix Coyotes training kit

After his family emigrated to Canada, the 1.91 m tall center began his ice hockey career in the Canadian junior leagues Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League , before finishing 21st in the first round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft the Avalanche was selected ( drafted ). In the Brampton Battalion he was the team's best scorer in the 2005/06 season with 128 points in the regular season and was third in the league behind Rob Schremp and Dave Bolland of the London Knights .

The left-shooter completed his first nine NHL appearances for Colorado at the beginning of the 2005/06 season . Due to the good performance with the Brampton Battalion, the Avalanche brought him back to the team at the start of the playoffs. From the following season he was also part of the Avalanche squad and made his breakthrough in the NHL this season with 50 points in 76 games.

In 2007 Wojtek Wolski was nominated for the YoungStars Game, which was part of the supporting program of the NHL All-Star Game , in which he played for the Western Conference team.

In the following years he was a regular player in Colorado and scored over 40 points in four seasons in a row. On March 3, 2010, he was transferred to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Peter Mueller and Kevin Porter . In January 2011 Wolski was given to the New York Rangers in exchange for Michal Rozsíval . They transferred him to the Florida Panthers shortly before the trade deadline , on February 25, 2012, in exchange for Mike Vernace and a third-round vote in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft .

During the lockout, Wolski played in the Polish Ekstraliga for KH Sanok and then moved to the Washington Capitals . After the shortened season, Wolski moved to the Continental Hockey League and played there for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod . For Torpedo he ran in 106 regular season games, in which he collected 42 goals and 39 assists. He also played 12 play-offs for the club and took part in the 2015 KHL All-Star Game . In May 2015 he moved to HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk within the KHL , where he received a two-year contract.

Before the 2017/18 season Wolski switched to Kunlun Red Star within the KHL , but returned to Metallurg in December 2017 in exchange for Nich Schaus .

At the Channel One Cup 2017 he made his debut for the Canadian national team in order to recommend himself for the Olympic squad for the Winter Games in Pyeongchang . There he and the team finally won the bronze medal.

In December 2019 he left China and joined the Swiss HC Ambrì-Piotta to take part in the 2019 Spengler Cup . He then moved to HC Oceláři Třinec from the Czech extra league at the end of the year .

Achievements and Awards

2003 OHL First All-Rookie Team
2004 Participation in the CHL Top Prospects Game
2004 OHL First All-Star Team
2006 OHL Second All-Star Team
2006 Red Tilson Trophy

2006 William Hanley Trophy
2006 NHL Rookie of the Month for December
2007 Participation in the NHL YoungStars Game
2016 Gagarin Cup winner and Russian champion with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk

International

2018 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Career statistics

			Regular season					Play-offs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2001/02	St. Michael's Buzzers	OPJHL	33	16	33	49	40	-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Brampton Battalion	OHL	64	25th	32	57	24	11	5	0	5	6th
2003/04	Brampton Battalion	OHL	66	29	41	70	30th	12	5	3	8th	8th
2004/05	Brampton Battalion	OHL	67	29	44	73	41	6th	2	5	7th	6th
2005/06	Brampton Battalion	OHL	57	47	81	128	46	-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	9	2	4th	6th	4th	8th	1	3	4th	2
2006/07	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	76	22nd	28	50	14th	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	77	18th	30th	48	14th	7th	2	3	5	2
2008/09	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	78	14th	28	42	28	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	62	17th	30th	47	21st	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	18th	6th	12	18th	6th	7th	4th	1	5	0
2010/11	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	36	6th	10	16	10	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	New York Rangers	NHL	37	6th	13	19th	8th	5	1	2	3	0
2011/12	New York Rangers	NHL	9	0	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Connecticut Whale	AHL	7th	3	2	5	2	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Florida panthers	NHL	22nd	4th	5	9	0	2	0	0	0	4th
2012/13	KH Sanok	EKL	9	3	7th	10	37	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Washington Capitals	NHL	27	4th	5	9	6th	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	54	19th	19th	38	60	7th	1	2	3	2
2014/15	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	52	23	20th	43	36	5	2	2	4th	8th
2015/16	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	54	18th	29	47	22nd	23	2	8th	10	25th
2016/17	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	19th	5	5	10	6th	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Kunlun Red Star	KHL	32	7th	21st	28	42	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	14th	5	7th	12	10	11	5	6th	11	4th
2018/19	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	18th	6th	9	15th	0	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Kunlun Red Star	KHL	26th	5	8th	13	10	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Kunlun Red Star	KHL
OHL total			253	130	198	328	143	29	12	8th	20th	20th
AHL total			7th	3	2	5	2	-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall			451	99	168	267	113	29	8th	9	17th	8th
KHL total			269	88	118	206	186	46	10	18th	28	39

Wolski in the jersey of the Canadian national team (2017)

International

Represented Canada to:

Olympic Winter Games 2018

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2018	Canada	Olympia			6th	3	1	4th	0
Men overall					6th	3	1	4th	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 )

Web links

Commons : Wojtek Wolski - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wojtek Wolski at legendsofhockey.net (English)
Wojtek Wolski at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

^ New York Rangers: Rangers obtain Wolski from Coyotes
^ Katie Carrera: Wojtek Wolski signs with KHL team. In: Washington Post . May 20, 2013, accessed October 6, 2015 .
^ Wojtek Wolski Signs 2 Yr Deal With Metallurg Magnitogorsk. In: ohlalumnicentral.com. May 15, 2015, accessed October 6, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Wolski, Wojtek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wolski, Wojciech
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian-Polish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	February 24, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zabrze , Poland

[1] New York Rangers: Rangers obtain Wolski from Coyotes

[2] Katie Carrera: Wojtek Wolski signs with KHL team. In: Washington Post . May 20, 2013, accessed October 6, 2015 .

[3] Wojtek Wolski Signs 2 Yr Deal With Metallurg Magnitogorsk. In: ohlalumnicentral.com. May 15, 2015, accessed October 6, 2015 .