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Zach Tolkinen (D)

Fort Wayne Komets

Biography

-The Mariners are his 5th ECHL team (Elmira, Missouri [2 stints], Rapid City, Wheeling).

2017-18: Played 54 games with Wheeling (under then AC Riley Armstrong), scoring 3g and adding 9a.

2016-17: Traded from Missouri to Rapid City on 6/13/16 and played 24 games (2g, 2a) before being traded to Manchester on 12/31/16 and then back to Missouri two days later, where he finished the season, registering 1g, 5a in 40 games. 

2015-16: Acquired by MO in trade with ELM on 2/2/16. Registered seven points (2g, 5a) in 30 games with MO and added two points (1g, 1a) in 10 playoff games. Had 11 points (1g, 10a) in 44 games with ELM prior to trade.

2014-15: Established career highs in goals (5), assists, (14), points (19) and penalty minutes (58) in rookie season with ELM. Scored first pro goal 1/23/15 at BRM.

Quinnipiac University - NCAA DI (2010-14):

Career totals: 9g, 38a in 135 GP.
2013-14: Led Quinnipiac defensemen as a senior with career-high 22 points.
2012-13: Helped Quinnipiac reach Frozen Four for the first time in school history. Had an assist in Frozen Four semifinal win over St. Cloud. Finished season with seven points (2g, 5a) in 38 games.
2011-12: Ranked third among Quinnipiac d-men in points with 15 (4g, 11a). 2010-11…Registered three assists in 25 games as a freshman.

PRE-COLLEGE: Played for the NAHL's Fairbanks IceDogs in 2009-10 as well as the Owatonna Express in 2008-09.