Doug Weight
Doug Weight was born in Warren, Michigan, United States on January 21st, 1971 and is the Hockey Player. At the age of 53, Doug Weight biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Douglas Daniel Weight (born January 21, 1971) is an American professional ice hockey coach, executive, and former player.
He has served as both the head coach and assistant general manager for the New York Islanders.
During his 19-year National Hockey League career, he played for the New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, Anaheim Ducks, St. Louis Blues, and the New York Islanders.
Playing career
Weight, a youth, competed in the 1983 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Compuware minor ice hockey team.
He graduated from Notre Dame High School in Harper Woods, Michigan, in 1989. He was drafted by the Bloomfield Jets of the North American Junior Hockey League (now known as the NAHL). High school hockey in the Detroit, Michigan area was not considered to be strong enough at that time. Weight followed in the footsteps of many other Detroit-area players in the NAJHL, including Pat Lafontaine and Mike Modano. Weight dominated the NAJHL in scoring, and was recruited by Lake Superior State University.
Weight spent two years in the NCAA with LSSU from 1989-1991. He was drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, their second pick and 34th overall. He played for the Rangers in 1991 in his second year as a member of the Binghamton Rangers. In his first full NHL season, he played 65 games for the Rangers from 1992–93 before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers for forward Esa Tikkanen.
Weight spent eight and a half seasons with the Oilers, concluding his time with SB Rosenheim of the German Elite League (DEL) during the 1994–95 NHL season, as their captain from 1999 to 2001. It was as an Oiler that he earned his reputation as a top playmaker, leading Edmonton to five straight playoff appearances and scoring a personal record 104 points during the difficult 1995–96 season. Weight was traded to the St. Louis Blues alongside Michel Riesen on July 1, 2001, for forwards Marty Reasoner and Jochen Hecht, as well as defenseman Jan Horáek, due to Edmonton's precarious financial situation.
Weight spent the next three seasons with the Blues before returning to the DEL, due to the 2004 NHL lockout, to play in the final stages of the 2004–05 season with the Frankfurt Lions. Weight returned to the weakened Blues after the 2005-06 season, as well as the rights to Erkki Rajamaki, to the Carolina Hurricanes for Jesse Boulerice, Mike Zigomanis, and draft picks on January 30, 2006.
The Oilers, Weight, and the Hurricanes all suffered a lot during Game 5, when Raffi Torres and Chris Pronger were sandwiched heavily along the boards by Raffi Torres and Chris Pronger in the second period of the game, which the Oilers lost 4–3 in overtime on June 14, 2006. Weight was out of the Finals for the remainder of the season due to a shoulder injury. Erik Cole took his place in the roster. In seven games, the Carolina Hurricanes captured the Stanley Cup.
Weight was then released as a free agent for the Blues after completing a two-year deal on July 2, 2006. Weight played his 1,000th game against the Edmonton Oilers on November 17, 2006, during the 2006-07 season. Weight was back to the Anaheim Ducks for center Andy McDonald on December 14, 2007, putting the Blues out of contention for the third season in a row.
Weight was given a one-year deal by the rebuilding New York Islanders on July 2, 2008. Weight earned his 1,000th point while playing for the Islanders on January 2, 2009, with an assist on a goal scored by Richard Park. Weight re-signed with the Islanders for the 2009–2010 season. In Weight's honor, the baseball diamond in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, was named in Weight's honour for his services to the community during the Islanders 2009-10 training camp held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. On October 2, 2009, he replaced Bill Guerin, a longtime Oiler teammate, as the islanders' captain. Despite losing a large portion of the season to various injuries and scoring 1 goal in 36 games, Weight was agreed to a one-year contract with the Islanders on August 31, 2010.
Weight announced his retirement after a second year of play due to a lingering back injury. Weight will continue with the Islanders as an assistant coach and special assistant to the GM following his release from the sport of hockey after 19 seasons in the league. Weight is ranked 7th out of all American players in terms of points.
Coaching career
In the 2011–12 season, Weight became an assistant coach under then-head coach Jack Capuano. Capuano and Weight were fired by the Islanders on January 17, 2017, prompting them to fire Weight as interim coach. Weight was officially named head coach on April 12, 2017, following his team's 24–12–4 record before taking over coaching duties in the middle of the season.
Weight was fired as head coach of the Islanders on June 5, 2018.