| Tom Zanoski | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1984 Zagreb, Croatia |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) |
| Position | Right Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| EBEL team Former teams |
KHL Medveščak Binghamton Senators Albany River Rats Lake Erie Monsters Toronto Marlies Syracuse Crunch |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
Tom Zanoski (born March 3, 1984 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a Croatian born Canadian professional ice hockey Forward currently playing for KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).
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Zanoski was born in Croatia, but immigrated to Canada and was raised in Brampton, Ontario. He originally started his junior career in the Ontario Junior A Hockey League with the Vaughan Vipers in 2001.
Zanoski played for the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League from 2001 to 2003 and in the 2002 to 2003 season they made the playoffs. He was sent to the Mississauga IceDogs during the 2003–04 season and played with them until 2005. This team also made the playoffs in 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons.
Zanoski enrolled in college at Dalhousie University in 2005 and attended classes there until midway through the 2007–08 season when he turned professional and was signed to a try-out with the Stockton Thunder of the East Coast Hockey League and played 42 games and 4 games during the playoffs.[1]
In the following 2008–09 season, he began with the Thunder, playing in 3 games, but was then loaned to the Dayton Bombers for only 3 games as well. He then was traded to the Gwinnett Gladiators, where he remained for the rest of the ECHL season and played for them in the playoffs. At the conclusion of this season, he played for three different teams. Zanoski was then re-signed to a one-year contract with the Gladiators on June 19, 2009.[2]
In the 2009–10 season, Zanoski improved his offensive output with Gwinnett, earning an early season selection as the runner-up in the ECHL's player of the week, he averaged over a point per game with 47 in 42 games.[3] Throughout the season, Zanoski made his American Hockey League debut, appearing on loans with 5 different teams. On December 15, 2009, he was signed to a professional tryout with the Binghamton Senators, but was released 5 days later.[4] After a short stint with the Albany River Rats from January 15, he was later signed to a P.T.O with the Lake Erie Monsters on January 21, scoring his first two AHL goals in 9 games with the Monsters.[5] Zanoski then finished out the season with two game spells with the Toronto Marlies and the Syracuse Crunch.[6]
On July 2, 2010, Zanoski's ECHL rights were retained by the Gladiators for the 2010–11 season.[7] However, after making an impact in his brief time with Lake Erie of the AHL the previous season, he was signed by the Monsters to a season-long contract.[8] After posting 6 points in 21 games with the Monsters, Zanoski was re-assigned to the Gladitors on loan. On January 26, 2011, he was released from his Monsters contract and returned to Gwinnett temporarily before leaving for Europe to sign with Wölfe Freiburg of the German 2nd Bundesliga on January 31, for the remainder of the season.[9]
A free agent at season's end and harboring intentions to play for Croatia, Zanoski signed a contract with KHL Medveščak, marking a return to his native place of birth in Zagreb on June 2, 2011.[10]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000–01 | Vaughan Vipers | OJAHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 55 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 59 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 2003–04 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Mississauga IceDogs | OHL | 46 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 54 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | ||
| 2004–05 | Mississauga IceDogs | OHL | 65 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 95 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 2005–06 | Dalhousie University | CIS | 28 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Dalhousie University | CIS | 24 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Dalhousie University | CIS | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Stockton Thunder | ECHL | 42 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Stockton Thunder | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Gwinnett Gladiators | ECHL | 31 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 2009–10 | Gwinnett Gladiators | ECHL | 42 | 25 | 22 | 47 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Gwinnett Gladiators | ECHL | 13 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Wölfe Freiburg | 2.GBun | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| ECHL totals | 134 | 51 | 51 | 102 | 231 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| AHL totals | 44 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||