Ed Olczyk
Edward Walter " Eddie" Olczyk ( born August 16, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player and current coach Italian - Polish descent, who from 1984 to 2000 for the Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins played in the National Hockey League.
Career
Olczyk has been considered as a whole third pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 1984 by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round. DC in the following season he made the jump to the NHL. After three very good years in Chicago, he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was top scorer in the first two years. In 1990, Olczyk to the Winnipeg Jets. After two years he went to the New York Rangers, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in the 1993/94 season. After two years in Manhattan Olczyk returned to Winnipeg.
At age 30, he moved to the 1996/97 season to the Los Angeles Kings. He did not play at the level of young years. Even during the season, he moved to Pittsburgh Penguins. For the season 1997/99 he returned to the Chicago Blackhawks and ended his active career there in 2000.
In the 2003 /04 season was Ed Olczyk head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
On 15 October 2012, he was admitted for his services around the sport of ice hockey in the United States in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
Today he works in the television environment for the Chicago Blackhawks.