ECAC Hockey Video of the Week: A Tribute to Harry Zolnierczyk

Harry Z

Former Brown captain Harry Zolnierczyk might be the most loved and despised players to play in the ECAC in recent memory.

First, the love: over his last two seasons at Brown he accumulated 64 points in 67 games and was the leader of the team physically and emotionally. He was named the ECAC Player of the Week twice and the Ivy League Player of the Year last season.

Now, the hate: Harry Z was one of the dirtiest players in the league during his tenure. He led the ECAC in penalty minutes with 128 minutes! The second most penalized player in the league last year was Clarkson's Mark Borowiecki, who had 67 penalty minutes (almost half of Zolnierczyk's PIM).

So, as you can see, it would make sense if his teammates loved him and his opponents hated him. While I disliked him when he played against Union, you have to love a guy who and score and be scrappy (even though he was a bit too scrappy at times). He kind of reminds me of Sean Avery (24 points, 174 PIM in 10-11) and Scott Hartnell (49 points, 142 PIM in 10-11).

Harry is currently playing in the Philadelphia Flyers organization. After Brown's year ended last season, he went to play for the Adirondack Phantoms (the AHL affiliate of the Flyers) where he netted three goals and added two assists in 16 games.

These two videos are in tribute to Harry Z. Both are from last season and are two of the biggest highlights of Harry and Brown's season.


(Isn't that second goal ridiculous?!)


(Got to love the celly)