Glen Metropolit
| Glen Metropolit | |||
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| Born |
June 25, 1974 Toronto, ON, CAN |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 193 lb (88 kg; 13 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| team Former teams |
free agent Washington Capitals Tampa Bay Lightning Jokerit HC Lugano Atlanta Thrashers St. Louis Blues Boston Bruins Philadelphia Flyers Montreal Canadiens EV Zug SC Bern Adler Mannheim HC Bolzano |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1995–present | ||
Glen David Metropolit (born June 25, 1974) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who last played for HC Bolzano of the EBEL.
A native of Toronto, Ontario, Metropolit was never drafted by an OHL or NHL team, yet managed a 10-year NHL career and 407 games played. After a GTHL career mostly in AA hockey, Metropolit played two seasons for the Richmond Hill Riots Jr.B. hockey club (OHA) before heading west to play for the Vernon Vipers of the BCHL.
After graduating Tier II Jr.A. hockey, Metropolit started out playing for the Nashville Knights in the ECHL in the 1995–96 season. He also played for the Pensacola Ice Pilots and Grand Rapids Griffins before making his NHL debut in 1999–2000 for the Washington Capitals. For the next three seasons, he alternated between the Capitals and the AHL's Portland Pirates, and also played two games for Tampa Bay in 2001–02.
In 2003 Metropolit crossed the Atlantic to play in Helsinki with Jokerit for the 2003–04 season. In a brilliant first season, he scored the most points on the team, 50, with 15 goals and 35 assists, the fifth-highest total during the regular season. He scored six goals during seven playoff games that year, but Jokerit were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
In the 2004–05 season Metropolit and Marko Jantunen were the team's best goal scorers during the regular season, both scoring 16 goals, and Metropolit scored the most points on the team with 31 assists, totalling 47 points; the eighth-highest total in the league. In the playoffs, he scored five goals and six assists, including a 3-on-5 shorthanded goal against Ilves's Vesa Toskala in the quarterfinals. The team went on to win the silver medal.
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