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Zarley Bennett Zalapski

Zarley Zalapski is a veteran of international hockey. He was a member of the Canadian National Team from 1985 to 1988 and participated in the World Hockey Championships and Olympic games during that time.

He was Pittsburgh's first choice in the 1986 Entry Draft and joined the Penguins after the 1988 Olympics. He had a superb rookie season in 1988-89 and was named to the NHL all-rookie team that year.

Zalapski was an offensive defenceman, posting a career high for goals in 1991-92 and points in 1992-93 as a member of the Hartford Whalers. He was a great skater with speed and agility during his prime years in the NHL.

After playing a year in Switzerland, he returned to North America in 1999 and eventually signed with the Philadelphia Flyers as a free agent in February 2000. He appeared in 12 games with the Flyers, registering two assists. Zalapski returned to Europe to play for the Munich Barons in 2000-01 after nine games with the Houston Aeros of the IHL at the start of the year.

			REGULAR SEASON						PLAYOFFS
Season	Club	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1984-85	Fort Saskatchewan Traders	AJHL	23	17	30	47	14
1985-86	Fort Saskatchewan Traders	AJHL	27	20	33	53	46
1985-86	Canada	Nat-Tm	32	2	4	6	10
1986-87	Canada	Nat-Tm	74	11	29	40	28
1986-87	Canada	WEC-A	10	0	3	3	2
1987-88	Canada	Nat-Tm	47	3	13	16	32
1987-88	Canada	Olympics	8	1	3	4	2
1987-88	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	15	3	8	11	7	+10
1988-89	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	58	12	33	45	57	+9	11	1	8	9	13
1989-90	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	51	6	25	31	37	-14
1990-91	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	66	12	36	48	59	+15
1990-91	Hartford Whalers	NHL	11	3	3	6	6	-7	6	1	3	4	8
1991-92	Hartford Whalers	NHL	79	20	37	57	120	-7	7	2	3	5	6
1992-93	Hartford Whalers	NHL	83	14	51	65	94	-34
1993-94	Hartford Whalers	NHL	56	7	30	37	56	-6
1993-94	Calgary Flames	NHL	13	3	7	10	18	0	7	0	3	3	2
1994-95	Calgary Flames	NHL	48	4	24	28	46	+9	7	0	4	4	4
1995-96	Calgary Flames	NHL	80	12	17	29	115	+11	4	0	1	1	10
1996-97	Calgary Flames	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-1
1997-98	Calgary Flames	NHL	35	2	7	9	41	-12
1997-98	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	28	1	5	6	22	-1	6	0	1	1	4
1998-99	ZSC Lions Zurich	Swiss	11	1	5	6	37		3	1	0	1	4
1999-00	Long Beach Ice Dogs	IHL	7	0	5	5	6	+1
1999-00	Utah Grizzlies	IHL	56	4	24	28	69	+10	5	1	1	2	4
1999-00	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	12	0	2	2	6	0
2000-01	Houston Aeros	IHL	9	0	2	2	12	+9
2000-01	Munchen Barons	Germany	20	3	3	6	43		3	0	0	0	2
2001-02	HC Merano	Italy	26	5	9	14	12		2	0	0	0	2
2002-03	IF Bjorkloven Umea	Sweden-2	7	2	3	5	10
2003-04
2004-05	Kalamazoo Wings	UHL	11	2	2	4	12
2005-06	EHC Visp	Swiss-2	10	0	2	2	37
2005-06	Innsbrucker EV	Austria	2	0	0	0	0
2005-06	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Swiss	4	0	1	1	18
2006-07	EHC Chur	Swiss-2	5	1	5	6	36
2007-08	EHC Biel-Bienne	Swiss-2	33	2	14	16	46
NHL Totals			637	99	285	384	684		48	4	23	27	47

NHL All-Rookie Team (1989) Played in NHL All-Star Game (1993)

Traded to Hartford by Pittsburgh with John Cullen and Jeff Parker for Ron Francis, Grant Jennings and Ulf Samuelsson, March 4, 1991. Traded to Calgary by Hartford with James Patrick and Michael Nylander for Gary Suter, Paul Ranheim and Ted Drury, March 10, 1994.
Missed majority of 1996-97 due to knee injury in practice, October 7, 1996. Traded to Montreal by Calgary with Jonas Hoglund for Valeri Bure and Montreal's 4th round choice (Shaun Sutter) in 1998 Entry Draft, February 1, 1998. Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, August 31, 1998. Signed as a free agent by Long Beach (IHL), September 14, 1999. Signed as a free agent by Utah (IHL), November 5, 1999. Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, February 15, 2000. Signed as a free agent by Munchen (Germany), January 15, 2001. Signed as a free agent by Chur (Swiss-2), June 25, 2006. Signed as a free agent by Biel/Bienne (Swiss-2), September 5, 2007.

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