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Born	August 16, 1966 (age 43),; Palos Heights, IL, USA
Height; Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m); 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Center
Shoots	Left
Pro clubs	Chicago Blackhawks; Toronto Maple Leafs; Winnipeg Jets; New York Rangers; Los Angeles Kings; Pittsburgh Penguins
Ntl. team	United States
NHL Draft	3rd overall, 1984; Chicago Blackhawks
Pro career	1984 – 2000

Edward Walter "Eddie" Olczyk (born August 16, 1966, Palos Heights, Illinois, U.S.) is an American former head coach for the National Hockey League Pittsburgh Penguins and former center for Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Chicago Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins. He currently serves as the color commentator for the Chicago Blackhawks, in addition to calling games for NBC and the Versus. He played 1,031 NHL games and produced 342 goals and 452 assists for a total of 794 points between 1984 and 2000.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Amateur career

Olczyk grew up in Palos Heights, Illinois and went to Brother Rice High School. He was a star on the Illinois midget team that won the 1982 national title against a Detroit Compuware squad that featured future NHL stars Pat LaFontaine and Al Iafrate. He then moved to Canada to play for the Stratford Cullitons junior team before joining the United States Olympic hockey team.

[edit] Professional career

Olczyk was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, first round, third overall. Olczyk was traded a number of times during his career. In 1987, he was traded to Toronto by Chicago with Al Secord for Rick Vaive, Steve Thomas and Bob McGill. He was traded again in 1990 to Winnipeg, with Mark Osborne for Dave Ellett and Paul Fenton. In 1992 he was traded for the third time in his career this time to the New York Rangers for Kris King and Tie Domi. Olczyk would miss most of 1993–94 season recover<script type="text/javascript" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lupin/popupsdev.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lupin/recent2.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>ing from thumb injury suffered in game vs. Florida, on January 3, 1994, however he would recover to win the Stanley Cup with the team that season. In 1995 he would be traded once again. This time he would go back to Winnipeg by for their 5th round choice (who ended up being Alexei Vasiliev) in 1995 Entry Draft. After Signing as a free agent by Los Angeles in 1996, he wouldn't even finish the season there before being traded again, this time to Pittsburgh for Glen Murray. He would finish his career in Chicago.

[edit] Post-playing career

He returned to Pittsburgh to become the color analyst for the Penguins on FSN Pittsburgh. In 2003, he moved from the booth to the bench and served as head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins from June 11, 2003 until December 15, 2005. Despite adding marquee free-agents, the Penguins started the season with a disappointing 8–17–6 record, leading to Olczyk's dismissal on December 15. Beginning with the 2006–07 NHL season, Olczyk is the game analyst for the Chicago Blackhawks television broadcasts. Olczyk is also the lead game analyst for NHL on NBC, and a studio and color analyst on NHL on Versus.

[edit] Personal life

Olczyk has two children playing hockey: Eddie plays for the UMass Minutemen in Amherst, Massachusetts and Tom, who plays for the Sioux City Musketeers. His younger brother Rick Olczyk is a former hockey player for Brown University and is currently an assistant general manager for the Edmonton Oilers. Ed Olczyk is of Polish orgin.

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1984–85	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	70	20	30	50	67	15	6	5	11	11
1985–86	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	79	29	50	79	47	3	0	0	0	0
1986–87	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	79	16	35	51	119	4	1	1	2	4
1987–88	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	80	42	33	75	55	6	5	4	9	2
1988–89	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	80	38	52	90	75	—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	79	32	56	88	78	5	1	2	3	14
1990–91	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	18	4	10	14	13	—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	61	26	31	57	69	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	64	32	33	65	67	6	2	1	3	4
1992–93	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	25	8	12	20	26	—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	New York Rangers	NHL	46	13	16	29	26	—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	New York Rangers	NHL	37	3	5	8	28	1	0	0	0	0
1994–95	New York Rangers	NHL	20	2	1	3	4	—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	13	2	8	10	8	—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	51	27	22	49	65	6	1	2	3	6
1996–97	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	67	21	23	44	45	—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	12	4	7	11	6	5	1	0	1	12
1997–98	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	56	11	11	22	35	6	2	0	2	4
1998–99	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	61	10	15	25	29	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Chicago Wolves	IHL	7	2	2	4	6	—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	33	2	2	4	12	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			1031	342	452	794	874	57	19	15	34	57

[edit] Coaching record

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
Team	Year	G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
PIT	2003–04	82	23	47	8	4	58	5^th in Atlantic	Missed playoffs
PIT	2005–06	31	8	17	-	6	(58)	5^th in Atlantic	Missed playoffs
Total		113	31	64	8	10

[edit] International Record for Team USA

1984 Winter Olympics (seventh place)
1984 Canada Cup (fourth place)
1987 Canada Cup (fifth place)
1991 Canada Cup (second place)
Ice Hockey World Championships: 1985 (fourth place), 1986 (sixth place),

1987 (seventh place), 1989 (sixth place), 1993 (sixth place)

[edit] External links

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