Zenith Komarniski

Zenith Komarniski
Born August 13, 1978
Edmonton, AB, CAN
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Vancouver Canucks
Columbus Blue Jackets
NHL Draft 75th overall, 1996
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 1998–2006

Zenith Komarniski (born August 13, 1978) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player.

Playing career

He started playing junior hockey in the 1994–1995 season on the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League. He played there for the next three seasons, until early in the 1997–1998 season, when he was traded to the Spokane Chiefs. While playing on Tri-City, he was drafted in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, 75th overall, by the Vancouver Canucks.

He began his professional playing career in 1998–1999 on the Syracuse Crunch, the Canucks' then AHL affiliate. The following season, 1999–2000, he played most of the season on Syracuse, but also got to play 18 games in the NHL on Vancouver. He would not get to play another NHL game until the 2002–2003, spending the better part of three seasons on both the Kansas City Blades, the Canucks' IHL affiliate before the league disbanded, and the Manitoba Moose, the Canucks' current AHL affiliate. Midway through the 2003–2004 season, he was traded from Vancouver to the Columbus Blue Jackets. He split the season playing on Manitoba and on Syracuse, Columbus' current AHL affiliate. He also played 2 games on Columbus later in the year. During the 2004–2005 lockout season, he played on Syracuse, but in the following off-season he signed with the Calgary Flames, and played the 2005–2006 season on Omaha, the Flames' AHL affiliate.

Career statistics

Season Team GP G A Pts PIM
1994–1995 Tri-City Americans (WHL) 66 5 19 24 110
1995–1996 Tri-City Americans (WHL) 42 5 21 26 85
1996–1997 Tri-City Americans (WHL) 58 12 44 56 112
1997–1998 Tri-City Americans (WHL) 3 0 4 4 18
1997–1998 Spokane Chiefs (WHL) 43 7 20 27 90
1998–1999 Syracuse Crunch (AHL) 58 9 19 28 89
1999–2000 Syracuse Crunch (AHL) 42 4 12 16 130
1999–2000 Vancouver Canucks (NHL) 18 1 1 2 8
2000–2001 Kansas City Blades (IHL) 70 7 22 29 191
2001–2002 Manitoba Moose (AHL) 77 5 20 25 153
2002–2003 Manitoba Moose (AHL) 53 15 8 23 94
2002–2003 Vancouver Canucks (NHL) 1 0 0 0 2
2003–2004 Manitoba Moose (AHL) 10 0 0 0 35
2003–2004 Syracuse Crunch (AHL) 54 2 22 24 84
2003–2004 Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL) 2 0 0 0 0
2004–2005 Syracuse Crunch (AHL) 62 3 11 14 99
2005–2006 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights (AHL) 68 6 15 21 99

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