Matt Zultek

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1979)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Left wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 210

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|12|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 15th overall, 1997
Los Angeles Kings
56th overall

| draft_year = 1999

| draft_team = Boston Bruins

| career_start = 2001

| career_end = 2011

| image =

| image_size =

| played_for = Philadelphia Phantoms
Springfield Falcons
Manitoba Moose

}}

Matt Zultek (born March 12, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who was drafted in the first round, 15th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. The Kings had acquired this selection from the St. Louis Blues as part of the 1996 Wayne Gretzky trade.{{cite web |author1=Donna Sarasin |author2=David Ward |title=The Rebuilding of a Kingdom |url=http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/1224/the_rebuilding_of_a_kingdom/ |website=hockeysfuture.com |accessdate=June 29, 2018 |date=October 25, 1997}} The Kings were unable to sign him to a contract, and he was redrafted in 1999 by the Boston Bruins.{{cite news |last1=Naylor |first1=David |title=Ottawa's Zultek recovering from his season of pain |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/ottawas-zultek-recovering-from-his-season-of-pain/article765352/ |accessdate=June 29, 2018 |publisher=Globe and Mail |date=January 15, 2000}}

Zultek never played in the National Hockey League, and most recently played for the Toledo Storm (ECHL) in 2006-07 and the Rapid City Rush (CHL) 2008-09. From 2009 to 2011 he played for the Mississippi Surge (SPHL).{{cite web |title=Matt Zultek |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=25867 |website=hockeydb.com |accessdate=June 29, 2018}}

Zultek scored the 1999 Memorial Cup winning goal for the Ottawa 67's against the Calgary Hitmen.{{cite web |title=Memorial Cup hero Matt Zultek happy to relive old memories |url=http://ottawa67s.com/article/memorial-cup-hero-matt-zultek-happy-relive-old-memories |website=ottawa67s.com |accessdate=June 25, 2018 |date=January 25, 2018}}

Career statistics

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! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

| Caledon Canadians

| 50

| 19

| 14

| 33

| 40

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 63

| 27

| 13

| 40

| 76

| 21

| 6

| 7

| 13

| 27

| Ottawa 67's

| OHL

| 62

| 28

| 28

| 56

| 156

| 14

| 6

| 12

| 18

| 20

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| Ottawa 67's

| OHL

| 56

| 33

| 33

| 66

| 71

| 9

| 6

| 2

| 8

| 4

| Ottawa 67's

| OHL

| 28

| 9

| 6

| 15

| 34

| 11

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 12

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| 2000–01

| St. Thomas University

| 17

| 12

| 7

| 19

| 68

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Philadelphia Phantoms

| 25

| 1

| 5

| 6

| 14

| 9

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 8

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| Trenton Titans

| 48

| 15

| 13

| 28

| 148

| 7

| 4

| 1

| 5

| 12

| Philadelphia Phantoms

| AHL

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

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| Philadelphia Phantoms

| AHL

| 13

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Trenton Titans

| ECHL

| 58

| 25

| 27

| 52

| 205

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

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| Springfield Falcons

| AHL

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Trenton Titans

| ECHL

| 65

| 35

| 30

| 65

| 217

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Manitoba Moose

| AHL

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Trenton Titans

| ECHL

| 60

| 12

| 17

| 29

| 231

| 13

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 30

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| Greenville Grrrowl

| ECHL

| 22

| 6

| 5

| 11

| 56

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2005–06

| ECHL

| 24

| 10

| 8

| 18

| 47

| 13

| 8

| 6

| 14

| 42

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| Toledo Storm

| ECHL

| 72

| 27

| 37

| 64

| 92

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 14

2007–08

| 31

| 36

| 26

| 62

| 120

| 12

| 10

| 10

| 20

| 6

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| 2008–09

| EC Dornbirn

| AUT.2

| 21

| 13

| 19

| 32

| 45

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Rapid City Rush

| 17

| 6

| 4

| 10

| 11

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Mississippi Surge

| 52

| 47

| 21

| 68

| 93

| 7

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 4

| Mississippi Surge

| SPHL

| 45

| 32

| 15

| 47

| 73

| 8

| 5

| 1

| 6

| 0

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 43

! 1

! 5

! 6

! 16

! 10

! 0

! 1

! 1

! 8

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! colspan="3" | ECHL totals

! 349

! 130

! 137

! 267

! 996

! 38

! 14

! 7

! 21

! 100

References

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External links

{{Ice hockey stats}}

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{{succession box | before = Olli Jokinen | title = Los Angeles Kings first round draft pick | years = 1997 | after = Mathieu Biron}}

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Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:Boston Bruins draft picks

Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers

Category:Greenville Grrrowl players

Category:Los Angeles Kings draft picks

Category:Manitoba Moose players

Category:NHL first-round draft picks

Category:Ottawa 67's players

Category:Philadelphia Phantoms players

Category:St. Thomas (New Brunswick) Tommies ice hockey players

Category:Ice hockey people from Mississauga

Category:Springfield Falcons players

Category:Toledo Storm players

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:Trenton Titans players

Category:Rapid City Rush players

Category:Mississippi Surge players

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