Doug Weight
Douglas Daniel Weight ( born January 21, 1971 in Warren, Michigan ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player who during his active career, 1989-2011, among other things for the New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, St. Louis Blues, Carolina Hurricanes, Anaheim Ducks and New York Islanders played in the National Hockey League as well as the Star Bulls Rosenheim and Frankfurt Lions in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. With the Carolina Hurricanes, he won the 2006 Stanley Cup.
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Career
Completed his secondary education Doug Weight on the Notre Dame High School. There he was the star on the school team. In his youth, he played for the Lake Superior State University in the college league Central Collegiate Hockey Association. NHL Entry Draft 1990, he was selected by the New York Rangers in round 2 as 34.
After his second season in Lake Superior he could make his debut in a play-off game for the Rangers. The following season, he commuted between farm team and NHL. A year later, he had made it into the best league in the world fully managed. Even before the end of the season he was traded in exchange for Esa Tikkanen to Edmonton.
He played nine years for the Edmonton Oilers and grew to become one of the best playmakers in the NHL. In Weights time in Edmonton and the strike fell in the season 1994 / 95th Weight used the delayed start of the season for a trip to Germany and played eight games for the Star Bulls Rosenheim. For the season 2001 /02 he committed the St. Louis Blues. There he formed together with Keith Tkachuk one of the most prolific duo.
During the lockout in the NHL in the 2004/05 season played in the DEL Weight again, this time he joined towards the end of the season the Frankfurt Lions. At the end of the season 2005/ 06 he moved from the St. Louis Blues to Carolina Hurricanes with which he could win the Stanley Cup in 2006. He returned in July 2006, returned as a free agent with the St. Louis Blues and was transferred in December 2007 in exchange for Andy McDonald of the Anaheim Ducks. Beginning of July 2008 signed a contract Weight with the New York Islanders. In October 2009 he became the new captain of the Islanders.
On 26 May 2011 Doug Weight announced after 19 seasons in the National Hockey League end of his career known.
Awards and achievements
- 2001 NHL All-Star Game
- 2003 NHL All-Star Game
- 2006 Stanley Cup win with the Carolina Hurricanes
- 2011 King Clancy Memorial Trophy
Internationally
Other
- 2013 admission into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- U20 World Junior Championships 1991
- World Cup 1993
- World Cup 1994
- World Cup of Hockey 1996
- 1998 Winter Olympics
- 2002 Winter Olympics
- World Cup of Hockey 2004
- World Championship 2005
- 2006 Winter Olympics
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )