Doug Weight
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| Position | Center |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname(s) | Weighter |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 201 lb (91 kg/14 st 5 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
Anaheim Ducks New York Rangers Edmonton Oilers St. Louis Blues Carolina Hurricanes |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | January 21, 1971 , Warren, MI |
| NHL Draft | 34th overall, 1990 New York Rangers |
| Pro career | 1991 – present |
Douglas Weight (Born January 21, 1971 in Warren, Michigan) is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. He previously played for the New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, and St. Louis Blues.
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[edit] Playing career
He has played two seasons with the New York Rangers, nine seasons with the Edmonton Oilers, three seasons with the St. Louis Blues, and currently plays for the Ducks. Weight has also played games in the German Elite League during the shortened 1994–95 season and the cancelled 2004–05 season. He is primarily known for his astounding saucer passes.
In the 2005–06 playoffs, Weight and the Carolina Hurricanes suffered a huge blow during Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. The player was sandwiched heavily along the boards by Raffi Torres and Chris Pronger of the Edmonton Oilers in the second period of Game 5 in the Stanley Cup Final, a game the Oilers won 4–3 in overtime. Weight missed the rest of Game 5 and all of Game 6 and 7 with a shoulder injury. His team, however, won the Stanley Cup anyway on June 19, 2006 and despite his injured shoulder, Weight still hoisted the cup above his head.
On December 14th, 2007, Weight was traded to the Anaheim Ducks for center Andy McDonald.
[edit] Background and early career
Weight graduated in 1989 from Notre Dame High School in Harper Woods, Michigan. He joined the Junior A Compuware Team since his High School did not have a hockey program. Weight played two years in the NCAA with Lake Superior State University, from 1989–91. He was drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft with their second pick, 34th overall. After completing his second year with his college team, he played a single playoff game with the Rangers in 1991, then split time between the Rangers and their AHL affiliate the Binghamton Rangers. He played 65 games with the Rangers in his first full NHL season, 1992–93, before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers for forward Esa Tikkanen.
[edit] Edmonton Oilers
Weight played eight full seasons and part of another one with the Oilers, serving as their captain from 1999–2001. It was as an Oiler that he earned his reputation as a premiere playmaker, leading Edmonton to five consecutive playoff appearances and scoring a personal-best 104 points during the troubled 1995–96 season. Due to Edmonton's precarious financial situation, Weight was traded to St. Louis (with Michel Riesen for forwards Marty Reasoner and Jochen Hecht and defenceman Jan Horacek.
[edit] Notable achievements
Doug Weight has played several times internationally for his country. He was part of the silver medal winning team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he also played with Team USA at the 1996 and 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and 1998 Olympics. The finest game he has ever played was likely game three of the first round playoff series against the Dallas Stars in 2000, where he scored a hat-trick and led the Oilers to a victory. (His third goal of the game came complete with a poetic back-swing slapper). As well, his greatest ever playoff series was probably the first round against Vancouver in 2003, when he led the league in points that round, with thirteen points in seven games.
Doug won his first Stanley Cup championship on June 19, 2006 with the Carolina Hurricanes. He returned to the Blues as a free agent in July 2006.
Doug recently played his 1000th game in the NHL. He played this game for the St. Louis Blues against the Edmonton Oilers.
[edit] Awards
- 1990–91: First All-Star Team (CCHA)
- 1990–91: West Second All-American Team (NCAA)
- 1995–96: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
- 1995–96: World Cup of Hockey Championship (Team USA)
- 1997–98: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
- 2001–02: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
- 2001–02: Silver Medal (XIX Olympic Winter Games)
- 2003–04: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
- 2005–06: Stanley Cup Championship (Carolina Hurricanes)
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1989–90 | Lake Superior State Lakers | CCHA | 46 | 21 | 48 | 69 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1990–91 | Lake Superior State Lakers | CCHA | 42 | 29 | 46 | 75 | 86 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1990–91 | New York Rangers | NHL | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991–92 | Binghamton Rangers | AHL | 9 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1991–92 | New York Rangers | NHL | 53 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93 | New York Rangers | NHL | 65 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1992–93 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1993–94 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 84 | 24 | 50 | 74 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994–95 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 48 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994–95 | Star Bulls Rosenheim | DEL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995–96 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 82 | 25 | 79 | 104 | 95 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996–97 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 80 | 21 | 61 | 82 | 80 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 1997–98 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 79 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 69 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 1998–99 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 43 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||
| 1999–00 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 77 | 21 | 51 | 72 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2000–01 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 82 | 25 | 65 | 90 | 91 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | ||
| 2001–02 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 61 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 70 | 15 | 52 | 67 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 75 | 14 | 51 | 65 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2004–05 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | ||
| 2005–06 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 47 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005–06 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 23 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 20 | ||
| 2006–07 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 82 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NHL totals | 1064 | 255 | 689 | 944 | 865 | 92 | 23 | 48 | 71 | 90 | ||||
[edit] International play
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Ice hockey | |||
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| Silver | 2002 Salt Lake City | Ice hockey | |
- 1996 - Played for the United States in the World Cup of Hockey
- 1998 - Played for the United States in the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
- 2002 - Played for the United States in the XIX Olympic Winter Games
- 2004 - Played for the United States in the World Cup of Hockey
- 2006 - Played for the United States in the XX Olympic Winter Games
[edit] External links
- Doug Weight's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- http://www.oilersheritage.com/history/transformation_players_dougweight.html Doug Weight-Stars and Stripes In The Great White North]
- Doug Weight's U.S. Olympic Team bio
- Doug Weight's Day With the Stanley Cup
| Preceded by Kelly Buchberger |
Edmonton Oilers captains 1999-2001 |
Succeeded by Jason Smith |
