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Edward Walter Olczyk Jr. (; born August 16, 1966) is a former center in the
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for 16 seasons with the
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,
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,
Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference, and is owned by True North Sports & Entertainment, pl ...
,
New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home ...
, Los Angeles Kings, and
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. He won the
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with the Rangers in 1994. Olczyk was also the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins from June 2003 to December 2005. He served as a television
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for ''
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'' until its end in 2021 and currently commentates on TNT and Seattle Kraken games on
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. He also currently serves as the Horse Racing Handicapper and Analyst for NBC's Horse Racing Coverage. Throughout his career as an NHL player, he played 1,031 NHL games and produced 342 goals and 452 assists for a total of 794 points. He was inducted into the
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on February 22, 2013. Olczyk was tied with
Phil Kessel Philip Joseph Kessel Jr. (born October 2, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey winger for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Peng ...
for the second-longest point streak by an American-born player in NHL history, at 18 games, having set the original mark in 1989–90, while with Toronto. The record was broken by
Patrick Kane Patrick Timothy Kane II (born November 19, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blackhawks selected him with the first overall pick ...
of the Chicago Blackhawks during the season.


Playing career


Amateur career

As a youth, Olczyk played in the 1978 and 1979
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s with a
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team from
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. Olczyk grew up in
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and Palos Heights, Illinois and went to Brother Rice Catholic High School. He was a star on the
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midget AAA team (Team Illinois) that won the 1982 national title against a
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squad that featured future NHL stars Pat LaFontaine and
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. He then moved to Canada to play for the Stratford Cullitons junior team before joining the
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U.S. Olympic hockey team.


Professional career

Olczyk was selected by the
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as the third overall pick in the first round of the
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. He scored his first NHL goal in his first NHL game on October 11, 1984, versus the
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in
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against
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. From 1984 through 1987, Olczyk was a member of Chicago's infamous "Clydesdale Line" with
Troy Murray Troy Norman Murray (born July 31, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the NHL. He is currently the color analyst on NBC Sports Chicago broadcasts of Chicago Blackhawks hockey games. Murray was born in Calgary, A ...
and
Curt Fraser Curtis Martin Fraser (born January 12, 1958) is an American former professional ice hockey player Fraser was born in Cincinnati while his father played for the International Hockey League's Cincinnati Mohawks, and holds dual citizenship to Can ...
, the nickname coined by Chicago's broadcaster
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, as each player weighed in at or around 200 pounds. He was traded several times during his career. In 1987, Olczyk was traded to the
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with
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for Rick Vaive, Steve Thomas, and
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. In the 1989-90 season, Olczyk recorded an 18 game point streak, setting the record for longest point streak by an American player. Later tied by
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, the record would stand until being passed by
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in 2015-16 season. The 18 game streak would remain a Toronto franchise record (tied with
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until being surpassed in December 2022 by Mitch Marner. He was traded again in 1990 to the
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, with Mark Osborne for
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and
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. In 1992, he was traded for the third time in his career, this time to the
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for
Kris King Kristopher King (born February 18, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Toronto Maple Leaf ...
and
Tie Domi Tahir "Tie" Domi (born November 1, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Known as an enforcer, he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers and Winnipeg Jets over a 16-year NHL career. He is the Maple Leafs' all ti ...
. Olczyk missed much of the 1993–94 season recovering from a thumb injury suffered in a game versus the
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on January 3, 1994; he took part in one playoff game (conference final game 6) and on June 14, 1994, became
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champion with the Rangers. During the next season, he was traded back to the Winnipeg Jets for their fifth-round choice (who ended up being Alexei Vasiliev) in the
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. After signing as a
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with the Los Angeles Kings in 1996, he would not finish the season with them before being traded to the
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for Glen Murray. He finished his career in Chicago.


Post-playing career

He returned to Pittsburgh to become the color commentator for the Penguins on
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, where he was given the nickname "Edzo" by current radio announcer and then co-announcer Mike Lange. 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 was the color commentator for the
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television broadcasts, partnering
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announcer
Pat Foley Pat Foley (born 1954) is an American retired play-by-play commentator for ice hockey. Personal life Born in Glenview, Illinois in 1954, Pat Foley is the son of Mary and Bob Foley. He is an alumnus of Loyola Academy and Michigan State Universi ...
. He also was the lead color commentator for ''
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'', and previously for the ''
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''; the latter later rebranded as
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in 2012. Olczyk was also the lead color commentator for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Men's Ice Hockey, where he partnered with
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and "''Inside-the-Glass''" reporter '' Pierre McGuire''. At the end of the 5–3 U.S. win over Canada at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Olczyk described the game as being "tremendously tremendous" after U.S. forward
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scored an empty-netter. The audio of Olczyk saying "This has been tremendously tremendous" was an instant hit among hockey enthusiasts and was the subject of many spoofs online. He was selected to repeat his duties alongside Emrick for the
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. In February 2016, it was announced that Olczyk would be the recipient of the Ring Lardner Award, which was founded in 2002 by the Chicago Athletic Association and honors broadcasters and writers who "exemplify the wit and warmth of Ring Lardner's writing." On July 11, 2012, Olczyk became the 16th Blackhawks player elected into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. The Blackhawks honored "Edzo" for his induction in a pregame ceremony on February 22, 2013, at the United Center. In 2009, Olczyk received an Emmy for "Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence On Camera: Programming," followed by a 2012 Emmy for "Outstanding Achievement for Sports Programs - Sporting Event/Game - Live/Unedited Program/Special." He was also inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 2013. On April 8, 2010, Olczyk returned to Pittsburgh to join more than 50 former
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players being honored in a pregame ceremony before the final regular season game at Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. On December 30, 2010, it was announced that Foley and Olczyk signed a three-year extension to stay with the Blackhawks. On May 5, 2014, EA Sports announced that "Eddie O" will provide color commentary for ''
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'' alongside play-by-play announcer
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and "''Inside-the-Glass''" reporter Ray Ferraro. The trio have provided commentary for every EA Sports NHL game until ''
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'', when Ferraro became the new color commentator. Since the
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, "Inside-the-Glass" reporter Brian Boucher joins Emrick, Olczyk, and McGuire for big games. After Emrick retired on October 19, 2020, at the end of the
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, he was paired with Kenny Albert and
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for most of the regular season but was paired with Albert for the
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and the
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. Albert and Olczyk joined TNT after the Finals as their lead broadcast team (erstwhile NBC studio analyst Keith Jones was later added to join the pair). Olczyk also has an interest in Thoroughbred horse racing, appearing in advertisements for
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and serving as a guest commentator and handicapper for major horse racing events such as the
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, Kentucky Oaks,
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, and the
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on NBC networks, and on
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coverage of the Arlington Million that is fed nationally. Despite his arrival at Turner for hockey, Olczyk’s deal will allow him to remain at NBC to cover handicap horse racing. On July 18, 2022, Olczyk left the Blackhawks following a contract dispute to join the broadcasting team for the
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.


Personal life

Olczyk and his wife, Diana, have three sons, all former hockey players, and one daughter. Nick played for the Colorado College Tigers and, in 2022, became a television studio analyst for the
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. Tom, who played hockey at Penn State, most recently played professionally for the
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of the
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and the
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of the AHL. Eddie III spent a season with the Bloomington Thunder of the SPHL, has been an assistant coach with the
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, and is an amateur scout for the Kraken. Olczyk's daughter Zandra attended the
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.
Rick Olczyk Rick Olczyk (born March 10, 1970) is an American ice hockey executive and assistant general manager of the Seattle Kraken. Previously he was the assistant general manager for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL) for six seasons ...
, Eddie's younger brother, is a former hockey player for Brown University and became an assistant general manager for the Kraken in 2019. On August 8, 2017, Olczyk issued a statement through the Blackhawks to announce that he had been diagnosed with a form of colon cancer. He underwent a surgical procedure to remove the tumor. In March 2018, Olczyk announced that he was officially "cancer-free." In October 2019, Olczyk released his autobiography, ''Eddie Olczyk: Beating the Odds in Hockey and in Life'', in which he shares details of his fight with stage 3 colon cancer.


Career statistics


Regular season and playoffs


International


Awards and achievements

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champion –
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(New York Rangers) *
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2012 * National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame 2004


National team

*
1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
(seventh place) *
1984 Canada Cup The 1984 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played during the first three weeks of September 1984. The best-of-three final took place between Canada and Sweden, with Canada winning a two game sweep. Canadian ...
(fourth place) *
1987 Canada Cup The 1987 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament held from August 28 to September 15, 1987. The finals took place in Montreal on September 11 and Hamilton, on September 13 and September 15, and were won by Team ...
(fifth place) *
1991 Canada Cup The 1991 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played in August and September 1991. The finals took place in Montreal on September 14 and Hamilton on September 16, and were won by Canada. The Canadians defeated ...
(second place) *
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: 1985 (fourth place), 1986 (sixth place), 1987 (seventh place), 1989 (sixth place), 1993 (sixth place)


Coaching record


See also

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List of NHL players with 1,000 games played The National Hockey League (NHL) is a major professional ice hockey league which operates in Canada and the United States. Since its inception in , 357 players have played at least 1,000 regular season games, varying in amounts between Patrick ...


References


External links

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Ed Olczyk's profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
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