| Doug Weight | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Weight with theNew York Islanders in 2008 | |||
| Born | (1971-01-21)January 21, 1971 (age 54) Warren, Michigan, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Center | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | New York Rangers Edmonton Oilers St. Louis Blues Carolina Hurricanes Anaheim Ducks New York Islanders | ||
| National team |  United States | ||
| NHL draft | 34th overall,1990 New York Rangers | ||
| Playing career | 1991–2010 | ||
Medal record | |||
Douglas Daniel Weight (born January 21, 1971) is an American professionalice hockey coach, executive, and former player. He is also the former head coach and assistantgeneral manager for theNew York Islanders. During his 19-yearNational Hockey League career, he played for theNew York Rangers,Edmonton Oilers,Carolina Hurricanes,Anaheim Ducks,St. Louis Blues and theNew York Islanders.
As a youth, Weight played in the 1983Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Compuwareminor ice hockey team.[1] He graduated in 1989 fromNotre Dame High School inHarper Woods, Michigan. He was drafted by theBloomfield Jets of theNorth American Junior Hockey League (now known as the NAHL).[citation needed] Weight led the NAJHL in scoring[2] and was recruited byLake Superior State University.[3]
Weight played two years in theNCAA with LSSU from 1989 to 1991.[4] He was drafted by the New York Rangers in the1990 NHL Entry Draft with their second pick, 34th overall.[5] 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 theirAHL affiliate theBinghamton Rangers. He played 65 games with the Rangers in his first full NHL season,1992–93, before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers for forwardEsa Tikkanen.[6]
Weight played eight and a half seasons with the Oilers, secluding a stint withSB Rosenheim of theGerman Elite League (DEL) during the shortened1994–95 NHL season, serving as their captain from 1999 to 2001. It was as an Oiler that he led Edmonton to five consecutive playoff appearances and scored a personal-best 104 points during the1995–96 season. Due to Edmonton's financial situation, Weight was traded on July 1, 2001 to theSt. Louis Blues, along withMichel Riesen, for forwardsMarty Reasoner andJochen Hecht, anddefenseman Jan Horáček.[7] In 2023, he was inducted into the Edmonton Oilers Hall of Fame.[8][9]
Weight spent the next three seasons with the Blues before returning to the DEL, due to the2004 NHL Lockout, to play in the final stages of the2004–05 season with theFrankfurt Lions. Upon the resumption of the NHL in the2005–06 season, Weight returned to the Blues before he was traded after waiving a no-trade clause, along with the rights to Erkki Rajamaki, to theCarolina Hurricanes forJesse Boulerice,Mike Zigomanis, the rights to Magnus Kahnberg and draft picks on January 30, 2006.[10]
In the2006 Stanley Cup Finals against his former team, the Oilers, Weight and the Hurricanes suffered a blow during Game 5 when he was sandwiched heavily along the boards byRaffi Torres andChris Pronger in the second period of the game, which the Oilers won 4–3 in overtime on June 14, 2006.[11] Weight missed the remainder of the Finals with a shoulder injury. His place in the roster went toErik Cole.[12] The Hurricanes won theStanley Cup in 7 games.[13]
Weight then returned to the Blues as a free agent, signing a two-year contract on July 2, 2006. During the2006–07 season, Weight played his1,000th game against theEdmonton Oilers on November 17, 2006.[14] With the Blues out of contention for the playoffs for the third season in a row, Weight was traded to theAnaheim Ducks for centerAndy McDonald on December 14, 2007.[15]
On July 2, 2008, Weight was given a one-year contract by the rebuildingNew York Islanders. On January 2, 2009, Weight registered his1,000th point while playing for the Islanders, with an assist on a goal scored byRichard Park.[16] Weight re-signed with the Islanders for the2009–10 season. For his contributions to the community during the Islanders 2009-10 training camp held inSaskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, the baseball diamond atWallace Park in Saskatoon was named in Weight's honor.[17][18] He succeeded former longtime Oiler teammateBill Guerin as captain of the Islanders on October 2, 2009.[19] Despite missing a large portion of the season to various injuries and scoring 1 goal in 36 games, Weight was signed to a one-year extension with the Islanders on August 31, 2010.[20]
After enduring a second consecutive year decimated by a lingering back injury,[21] Weight announced his retirement following the2010–11 season on May 26, 2011. With his retirement as a player from the game of hockey after 19 seasons in theNHL, it was immediately announced by the Islanders' general manager,Garth Snow, that Weight would continue with the organization as an assistant coach and special assistant to the GM.[22] Weight is ranked number seven out of all American players in points.[23]
Weight became an assistant coach under then-head coachJack Capuano in the 2011–12 season. On January 17, 2017, the Islanders fired Capuano and promoted Weight to interim coach.[24] On April 12, 2017, Weight was officially named head coach after he led the team to a 24–12–4 record after taking the coaching duties in the middle of the season.[25][26] On June 5, 2018, Weight was fired as head coach of the Islanders.[27]
Weight played several times internationally for his country. He made 3World Championship appearances for the United States in 1993, 1994 and 2005. He was a part of the silver medal winning team at the2002 Winter Olympics inSalt Lake City, and also played with Team USA at the 1996 and 2004World Cup of Hockey, and the1998 Winter Olympics inNagano.[28] In his only junior tournament in the1991 World Junior Championships, he led the entire tournament in scoring with 5 goals and 14 assists in 7 games for Team USA.[citation needed]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1988–89 | Bloomfield Jets | NAJHL | 34 | 26 | 53 | 79 | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Lake Superior State | CCHA | 46 | 21 | 48 | 69 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Lake Superior State | 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 | Star Bulls Rosenheim | DEL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 48 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 29 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 38 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | New York Islanders | NHL | 53 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | New York Islanders | NHL | 36 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | New York Islanders | NHL | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 1,238 | 278 | 755 | 1,033 | 970 | 97 | 23 | 49 | 72 | 94 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | United States | WJC | 7 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | |
| 1993 | United States | WC | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| 1994 | United States | WC | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| 1996 | United States | WCH | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |
| 1998 | United States | OG | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2002 | United States | OG | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2004 | United States | WCH | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2005 | United States | WC | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2006 | United States | OG | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Senior totals | 49 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 54 | |||
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Won | Lost | OTL | Points | Finish | Result | ||
| NYI | 2016–17 | 40 | 24 | 12 | 4 | (52) | 5th inMetropolitan | Missed playoffs |
| NYI | 2017–18 | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 80 | 7th in Metropolitan | Missed playoffs |
| Total | 122 | 59 | 49 | 14 | 132 | |||
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Edmonton Oilers captain 1999–2001 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | New York Islanders captain 2009–11 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Head coach of the New York Islanders 2017–18 | Succeeded by |
| Awards and achievements | ||
| Preceded by | King Clancy Memorial Trophy 2011 | Succeeded by |
