Doug Weiss

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Doug Weiss
Born 1965 (age 5859) [1]
Greenfield, MA, USA
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Left
Played for Indianapolis Ice
Johnstown Chiefs
Olomouc HC
Odense Bulldogs
Springfield Indians
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
NHL draft undrafted
Playing career 19881993

Douglass Weiss (born circa 1965) [1] is a retired American professional ice hockey player.

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Career

Weiss played 100 games with Dartmouth College, where he captained the Big Green during the 1987–88 season, Weiss' senior year. [2] Weiss joined the Springfield Indians after the Big Green completed the season, scoring one goal in his only game with the team. Weiss returned to the Indians during the 1988-89 AHL season, scoring fourteen points in thirty-two games.

Weiss joined the Johnstown Chiefs for the 1989-90 ECHL season and scored a career-high 19 goals in 40 games, which was the fourth highest total on the team despite only playing a fraction of the games.

In 1991, Weiss was a member of the United States select team and attended 1991 Olympic training camp. After completion of camp, Weiss became the first American to play in the Czechoslovakian National League as a member of HC Olomouc. [2] Weiss played seven games with HC Olomouc but did not record any points.

Weiss returned to the Chiefs for the 1991-92 ECHL season and recorded a career high in points, scoring 44 points in 61 games. It was also the first time that Weiss played in the post-season, reaching the second round and playing in five games.

The following season, Weiss joined the Odense Bulldogs of Denmark's Superisligaen as a player-coach. [2]

Personal

After the completion of his hockey career, Weiss returned to Dartmouth to finish his master's degree in health policy and volunteered as an assistant coach for one season in 1995–96. [3]

Weiss is currently the team orthopedic physician for the United States U-18 hockey team [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Clubrunner.ca: Orthopaedic Injuries For The Middle Aged
  2. 1 2 3 Dartmouth.edu: Doug Weiss (Volunteer Assistant Coach) Archived August 31, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Jeffrey Beyer (October 12, 1992). "New hockey assistants named". The Dartmouth. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  4. Twitter.com: Dartmouth Alumni update April 19, 2012
  5. Dartmouth88.org: Class Notes, November 2012, January 14, 2013