Daniel Zaar
| Daniel Zaar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Zaar after winning the 2016 Calder Cup Finals with the Monsters | |||
| Born |
April 24, 1994 Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| KHL team Former teams |
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Rögle BK Luleå HF Malmö Redhawks | ||
| NHL Draft |
152nd overall, 2012 Columbus Blue Jackets | ||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
Daniel Zaar (born April 24, 1994) is a Swedish professional ice hockey winger currently playing with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Zaar was drafted in the sixth round, 152nd overall, in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Playing career[]
Zaar scored his first Elitserien goal with Rögle BK on October 11, 2012, against Bernhard Starkbaum of Modo Hockey.[1] On May 30, 2014, Zaar signed a three-year entry-level deal with the Blue Jackets.[2] The following 2014–15 season, he remained in Sweden on loan from the Blue Jackets, transferring to Luleå HF.
In his first season in North America in 2015–16, Zaar was assigned to the American Hockey League and played a pivotal role in helping the Lake Erie Monsters win their first Calder Cup championship in franchise history.[3] He was amongst the scoring lines with the Monsters, contributing with 21 goals in 71 games in the regular season before notching 7 goals and 12 points in 17 games en route to the Championship.
In the 2016–17 season, Zaar remained with the rebranded Cleveland Monsters. Limited to 55 games, Zaar was unable to build upon his rookie North American season in collecting 8 goals and 30 points.
As an impending restricted free agent, Zaar opted to continue his career in his native homeland in securing a two-year contract to return to the SHL with the Malmö Redhawks on May 7, 2017.[4] In the 2017–18 season, Zaar in a top 6 scoring role contributed with 9 goals and 26 points in 50 games for the Redhawks. He registered only 2 assists in 10 post-season games.
On April 26, 2018, Zaar secured a release from the final year of his contract with the Redhawks in order to return to original club, Rögle BK, on a one-year contract.[5]
Following his third season with Rögle BK, helping the club establish itself as a contending club in advancing to the Le Mat Trophy finals, Zaar left as a free agent and signed a lucrative two-year contract with Russian based club, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL, on 11 June 2021.[6]
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2010–11 | Rögle BK | J20 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Rögle BK | J20 | 44 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 2012–13 | Rögle BK | J20 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Rögle BK | SHL | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | BIK Karlskoga | Allsv | 15 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Rögle BK | Allsv | 52 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 16 | ||
| 2014–15 | Luleå HF | SHL | 55 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL | 71 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | Cleveland Monsters | AHL | 55 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Malmö Redhawks | SHL | 50 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | Rögle BK | SHL | 50 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 2019–20 | Rögle BK | SHL | 48 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Rögle BK | SHL | 52 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| SHL totals | 280 | 67 | 111 | 178 | 76 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 20 | ||||
Awards and honors[]
| Awards | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| AHL | ||
| Calder Cup (Lake Erie Monsters) | 2016 | [7] |
References[]
- ^ "Elitserien - 2012-13, Rögle BK - Modo Hockey". hockeyligaen.se. 2012-10-11. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ "Zaar Signs Entry Deal". Columbus Dispatch. 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ^ "Monsters bring Calder Cup back to Cleveland". American Hockey League. 11 June 2016.
- ^ "Daniel Zaar signs for the Redhawks" (in Swedish). Malmö Redhawks. 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
- ^ "Daniel Zaar signs for Rögle" (in Swedish). Rögle BK. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Second leading SHL scorer Zaar to strengthen Torpedo" (in Russian). Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Brown, Tony (June 12, 2016). "Bjorkstrand's OT goal clinches Monsters' first-ever Calder Cup championship". Columbus Blue Jackets. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Cleveland Monsters players
- Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks
- Lake Erie Monsters players
- Luleå HF players
- Malmö Redhawks players
- Rögle BK players
- Sportspeople from Helsingborg
- Swedish ice hockey right wingers
- Swedish ice hockey winger stubs