Richard Zedník

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 196 lb (89 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	New York Islanders Montreal Canadiens Washington Capitals
Nationality	Slovakia
Born	January 6, 1976, Banska Bystrica, SVK
NHL Draft	249th overall, 1994 Washington Capitals
Pro Career	1996 – present

Richard Zedník (Born January 6, 1976 in Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak professional hockey player who plays right wing for the National Hockey League's New York Islanders. He was drafted in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals, in the tenth round, two-hundred forty-ninth overall, after playing junior hockey for the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League.

Richard Zednik was traded by the Washington Capitals on March 13, 2001, along with Jan Bulis and a first round draft pick (Alexander Perezhogin), to Montreal in exchange for Trevor Linden, Dainius Zubrus, and a second round draft pick (later traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning).

On October 31st, 2000, a local Washington, DC radio station DC101 had a promotion in which they offered offered fans a free ticket and Zednik jersey if they dyed their hair blond as Zednik had in the offseason. Over two hundred people showed up as "Zed Heads" and Zednik scored his first career hat trick against the Detroit Red Wings. [1].

On April 26, 2002, during a playoff game in Montreal against the Boston Bruins, Zednik was elbowed in the face by Bruin defender Kyle McLaren. Zednik, who had scored both goals for Montreal in the 5-2 loss, suffered a fractured cheekbone, broken nose, and a concussion. The injuries forced Zednik to miss the remainder of the playoffs.

After playing the next 3 years in Montreal, Zednik was traded back to the Capitals on July 12th, 2006 for a third round draft-pick.

Zednik is married to Canadian actress Jessica Welch.

On February 26, 2007, Zednik was traded by Washington to the New York Islanders for a 2nd round draft pick with hopes that he will help the Islanders towards a Stanley Cup run.

1 Career statistics
2 International play
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994-95	Portland	WHL	65	35	51	86	89	9	5	5	10	20
1995-96	Portland	WHL	61	44	37	81	154	7	8	4	12	23
1995-96	Portland	AHL	1	1	1	2	0	21	4	5	9	26
1995-96	Washington	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--
1996-97	Portland	AHL	56	15	20	35	70	5	1	0	1	6
1996-97	Washington	NHL	11	2	1	3	4	--	--	--	--	--
1997-98	Washington	NHL	65	17	9	26	28	17	7	3	10	16
1998-99	Washington	NHL	49	9	8	17	50	--	--	--	--	--
1999-00	Washington	NHL	69	19	16	35	54	5	0	0	0	0
2000-01	Washington	NHL	62	16	19	35	61	--	--	--	--	--
2000-01	Montreal	NHL	12	3	6	9	10	--	--	--	--	--
2001-02	Montreal	NHL	82	22	22	44	59	4	4	4	8	6
2002-03	Montreal	NHL	80	31	19	50	79	--	--	--	--	--
2003-04	Montreal	NHL	81	26	24	50	63	11	3	3	6	2
2004-05	Zvolen	Slovakia	36	15	19	34	56	17	9	10	19	12
2005-06	Montreal	NHL	67	16	14	30	48	6	2	0	2	4
2006-07	Washington	NHL	20	5	8	13	12
NHL Totals			599	166	146	312	468	43	16	10	26	33