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Greg Zanon

Greg Zanon
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Born (1980-06-05) June 5, 1980 (age 36)
Burnaby, BC, CAN
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 211 lb (96 kg; 15 st 1 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Nashville Predators
Minnesota Wild
Boston Bruins
Colorado Avalanche
NHL Draft 156th overall, 2000
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 2003–2015

Gregory Zanon (born June 5, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman who played almost 500 games in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Greg Zanon was drafted in the fifth round, 156th overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators. He played four seasons, from 1999 to 2003, for the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the CCHA and was named to the CCHA First All-Star Team in 2001.

Unsigned from the Senators Zanon played three seasons for the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League, an affiliate of the Nashville Predators. It wasn't until the 2005–06 season that he finally broke into the NHL when he played four games for the Predators. Zanon has risen in the NHL as a top player in the blocked shots statistic. He had 189 blocked shots in the 2007–08 NHL season.

On July 1, 2009, Zanon signed a three-year deal with the Minnesota Wild. His first season with the Wild in 2009–10 was largely successful, while proving a reliable physical force he also registered a career high 13 assists and 15 points in 81 games.

In the last year of his contract with the Wild in the 2011–12 season, Zanon fell out of favour and was relegated as a healthy scratch in 7 games. He appeared in only 39 contests before he was dealt at the trade deadline to the Boston Bruins for Steven Kampfer, on February 27, 2012.


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