Zenith Komarniski is a retired Canadian

Canada

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 ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 player.

Playing career

He started playing junior hockey in the 1994–1995 season on the Tri-City Americans

Tri-City Americans

The Tri-City Americans are a major junior ice hockey team of the Western Hockey League, based in Kennewick, Washington. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center...

 of the Western Hockey League

Western Hockey League

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. He played there for the next three seasons, until early in the 1997–1998 season, when he was traded to the Spokane Chiefs

Spokane Chiefs

The Spokane Chiefs are a major junior ice hockey team that plays in the Western Hockey League based out of Spokane, Washington. The team plays its home games at the Spokane Arena. Their uniforms are similar to those of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens. Spokane consistently ranks in the top 10 in the...

. While playing on Tri-City, he was drafted in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft

1996 NHL Entry Draft

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, 75th overall, by the Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks

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.

He began his professional playing career in 1998–1999 on the Syracuse Crunch

Syracuse Crunch

The Syracuse Crunch are a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Syracuse, New York, at the War Memorial at Oncenter...

, the Canucks' then AHL affiliate. The following season, 1999–2000, he played most of the season on Syracuse, but also got to play 18 games in the NHL on Vancouver. He would not get to play another NHL game until the 2002–2003, spending the better part of three seasons on both the Kansas City Blades

Kansas City Blades

The Kansas City Blades was a professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League from 1990–2001 until the demise of the league after the 2000–01 season. The Blades was based in Kansas City, Missouri at Kemper Arena....

, the Canucks' IHL affiliate before the league disbanded, and the Manitoba Moose

Manitoba Moose

The Manitoba Moose were a Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that played in the International Hockey League from 1996 to 2001 and American Hockey League from 2001 to 2011. The team moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011 to become the St...

, the Canucks' current AHL affiliate. Midway through the 2003–2004 season, he was traded from Vancouver to the Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

. He split the season playing on Manitoba and on Syracuse, Columbus' current AHL affiliate. He also played 2 games on Columbus later in the year. During the 2004–2005 lockout season, he played on Syracuse, but in the following off-season he signed with the Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...

, and played the 2005–2006 season on Omaha, the Flames' AHL affiliate.

Career statistics

Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994–1995	Tri-City Americans (WHL)	66	5	19	24	110
1995–1996	Tri-City Americans (WHL)	42	5	21	26	85
1996–1997	Tri-City Americans (WHL)	58	12	44	56	112
1997–1998	Tri-City Americans (WHL)	3	0	4	4	18
1997–1998	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)	43	7	20	27	90
1998–1999	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	58	9	19	28	89
1999–2000	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	42	4	12	16	130
1999–2000	Vancouver Canucks (NHL)	18	1	1	2	8
2000–2001	Kansas City Blades (IHL)	70	7	22	29	191
2001–2002	Manitoba Moose (AHL)	77	5	20	25	153
2002–2003	Manitoba Moose (AHL)	53	15	8	23	94
2002–2003	Vancouver Canucks (NHL)	1	0	0	0	2
2003–2004	Manitoba Moose (AHL)	10	0	0	0	35
2003–2004	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	54	2	22	24	84
2003–2004	Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)	2	0	0	0	0
2004–2005	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	62	3	11	14	99
2005–2006	Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights (AHL)	68	6	15	21	99

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