Chad Kolarik

Chad Kolarik
Born (1986-01-26) January 26, 1986
Abington, PA, USA
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Center
Shoots Right
DEL team
Former teams
Adler Mannheim
Columbus Blue Jackets
New York Rangers
Linköpings HC
Avangard Omsk
Kloten Flyers
National team  United States
NHL Draft 199th overall, 2004
Phoenix Coyotes
Playing career 2008present

Chad E. Kolarik (born January 26, 1986) is an American professional ice hockey right wing. He is currently playing with Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in Germany.

Playing career

Kolarik was drafted 199th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes while he was playing for the University of Michigan. After completing his senior year with the Wolverines in the 2007–08 season, Chad signed a three-year entry level contract with the Coyotes on April 13, 2008.[1] He was then assigned to their affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL, for the Calder Cup playoffs.

On March 3, 2010, Kolarik was traded from the Coyotes to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for Alexandre Picard.[2] He made his NHL debut for the Blue Jackets on April 5, 2010 against the St. Louis Blues.[3]

On November 11, 2010, Kolarik was traded from the Blue Jackets to the New York Rangers in exchange for Dane Byers.[3] He earned his first NHL point for the Rangers with an assist on a goal by Brandon Prust against the Carolina Hurricanes on January 20, 2011.[4][5]

There was speculation that Kolarik would make the New York Rangers squad in the 2011–12 season, but he missed the entire year after he tore his ACL in training camp.

On January 24, 2013, Kolarik was traded from the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Benn Ferriero.[6]

After a strong ending of the 2012–13 season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Kolarik chose to move overseas, signing a two-year deal with Linköpings HC of the Swedish Hockey League.[7] During the final season of his contract in Sweden, Kolarik sought a release in October, 2014, to sign a contract with Russian club, Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.

On April 30, 2015, he agreed to a one-year contract with the Kloten Flyers of the Swiss NLA.[8] Kolarik made 38 NLA appearances for the Kloten squad, scoring 16 goals and assisting on twelve more. He left the team after the 2015-16 season and moved to Germany, signing with Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[9]

Personal life

He married University of Michigan gymnastic great Kylee Botterman in August 2011 in Botterman's hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Kolarik proposed to Botterman in December 2010 after a three-year, long-distance relationship.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 USNTDP NAHL 44 16 22 38 43
2003–04 USNTDP NAHL 10 3 4 7 4
2004–05 University of Michigan CCHA 42 18 17 35 53
2005–06 University of Michigan CCHA 41 12 26 38 30
2006–07 University of Michigan CCHA 41 18 27 45 24
2007–08 University of Michigan CCHA 39 30 26 56 24
2007–08 San Antonio Rampage AHL 7 4 2 6 0
2008–09 San Antonio Rampage AHL 76 20 30 50 47
2009–10 San Antonio Rampage AHL 59 17 18 35 41
2009–10 Syracuse Crunch AHL 17 9 6 15 14
2009–10 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 2 0 0 0 0
2010–11 Springfield Falcons AHL 13 4 6 10 18
2010–11 Hartford Wolf Pack/CT Whale AHL 36 17 14 31 36 3 3 2 5 0
2010–11 New York Rangers NHL 4 0 1 1 2
2012–13 Connecticut Whale AHL 41 16 19 35 38
2012–13 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 35 15 18 33 17 15 5 6 11 17
2013–14 Linköpings HC SHL 53 30 18 48 64 14 6 4 10 16
2014–15 Linköpings HC SHL 11 4 3 7 4
2014–15 Avangard Omsk KHL 29 7 9 16 10 12 4 4 8 8
2015–16 Kloten Flyers NLA 36 15 12 27 14 2 1 0 1 0
NHL totals 6 0 1 1 2

Awards and achievements

Award Year
All-CCHA First Team 2007-08
AHCA West Second-Team All-American 2007-08

References

  1. "Coyotes sign Chad Kolarik to entry level contract". Phoenix Coyotes. 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
  2. "Blue Jackets acquire Matt Rust and Chad Kolarik in a pair of deals". Columbus Blue Jackets. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
  3. 1 2 "Rangers obtain Kolarik from Jackets". New York Rangers. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  4. "Rangers Ward-ed off by a hot goalie". newyorkrangers.com. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  5. "Carolina 4, NY Rangers 1". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  6. "Penguins acquire forward Kolarik from Rangers". Pittsburgh Penguins. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
  7. "27-årig amerikan klar för Linköping". Linköpings HC. 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  8. "Chad Kolarik and Patrick Obrist to the Kloten Flyers". Kloten Flyers. 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  9. "ADLER Mannheim". www.adler-mannheim.de. Retrieved 2016-05-11.

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