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USA Riese Zmolek
#21 Florida Everblades / ECHL - 24/25
1-time ECHL Kelly Cup Champion 1
Date of Birth
Sep 12, 1996
Position
D
Age
29
Height
6'1" / 185 cm
Place of Birth
Rochester, MN, USA
Weight
201 lbs / 91 kg
Nation
USA
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Contract
24/25
Agency
PREMIUM

Father: Doug Zmolek
Brother: Will Zmolek and Bennett Zmolek

© Photo: Andrew Fielder

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Riese Zmolek Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2011-12 Rochester Century High USHS-MN 25* 4* 7* 11* 8* -* | Playoffs 2 1 1 2 2 -
2012-13 Rochester Century High USHS-MN 23* 8* 3* 11* 4* -* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 2 -
2013-14 Rochester Century High USHS-MN 25* 11* 26* 37* 8* -* | Playoffs 1 1 0 1 12 -
2014-15 Team MPLS Magazine UMHSEHL 19* 2* 6* 8* 50* -* | Playoffs 3 3 0 3 0 -
Rochester Century High USHS-MN 26* 19* 20* 39* 18* -* | Playoffs 2 1 1 2 2 -
Austin Bruins NAHL 12* 0* 0* 0* 6* 5* | Playoffs 13 1 2 3 12 3
2015-16 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 56* 3* 8* 11* 112* 2* | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 2 0
2016-17 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders “C” USHL 45* 4* 12* 16* 112* -5* |
2017-18 Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato) NCAA 35* 2* 5* 7* 33* 6* |
2018-19 Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato) NCAA 39* 1* 8* 9* 18* 20* |
2019-20 Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato) NCAA 37* 3* 8* 11* 22* 15* |
2020-21 Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato) “C” NCAA 24* 1* 12* 13* 27* 12* |
2021-22 Iowa Wild AHL 10* 0* 2* 2* 2* -1* |
Iowa Heartlanders “A” ECHL 45* 4* 15* 19* 97* 5* |
2022-23 Iowa Heartlanders “C” ECHL 33* 1* 7* 8* 28* -9* |
Rochester Americans AHL 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
Iowa Wild AHL 10* 1* 1* 2* 2* 0* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 2 0
2023-24 Florida Everblades “A” ECHL 53* 4* 10* 14* 24* 17* | Playoffs 23 3 3 6 42 21
2024-25 Florida Everblades “A” ECHL 43* 0* 11* 11* 47* 23* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -1

Riese Zmolek Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 2 22* 1* 3* 4* 0.18* 4* -1* | 1 1 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 2 * 0 *
ECHL 4 174* 9* 43* 52* 0.30* 196* 36* | 2 24 3 * 3 * 6 * 0.25 * 42 * 20 *
NAHL 1 12* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 6* 5* | 1 13 1 * 2 * 3 * 0.23 * 12 * 3 *
NCAA 4 135* 7* 33* 40* 0.30* 100* 53* | 0 * * * * * *
UMHSEHL 1 19* 2* 6* 8* 0.42* 50* -* | 1 3 3 * 0 * 3 * 1.00 * 0 * - *
USHL 2 101* 7* 20* 27* 0.27* 224* -3* | 1 5 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 2 * 0 *
USHS-MN 4 99* 42* 56* 98* 0.99* 38* -* | 4 6 3 * 2 * 5 * 0.83 * 18 * - *

Riese Zmolek Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
07/17/2024
07/17/2024 Extension Florida Everblades Florida Everblades
08/22/2023
08/22/2023 Confirmed Iowa Heartlanders Florida Everblades
01/28/2023
01/28/2023 Loan Iowa Heartlanders Iowa Wild
11/03/2022
11/03/2022 Loan Iowa Heartlanders Rochester Americans
07/14/2022
07/14/2022 Confirmed Iowa Wild Iowa Heartlanders
07/27/2021
07/27/2021 Confirmed Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato) Iowa Wild
05/21/2015
05/21/2015 Confirmed Austin Bruins Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2015, 2 #29 overall by Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in the USHL Entry Draft