21 Facts About Eddie Olczyk

Eddie Olczyk served as a television color commentator for NHL on NBC until its end in 2021 and currently commentates on TNT and Seattle Kraken games on Root Sports Northwest.

Eddie Olczyk currently serves as the Horse Racing Handicapper and Analyst for NBC's Horse Racing Coverage.

Eddie Olczyk was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame on February 22,2013.

Eddie Olczyk grew up in Niles, Illinois and Palos Heights, Illinois and went to Brother Rice Catholic High School.

Eddie Olczyk then moved to Canada to play for the Stratford Cullitons junior team before joining the 1984 US Olympic hockey team.

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Eddie Olczyk was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks as the third overall pick in the first round of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

Eddie Olczyk scored his first NHL goal in his first NHL game on October 11,1984, versus the Detroit Red Wings in Chicago Stadium against Greg Stefan.

From 1984 through 1987, Eddie Olczyk was a member of Chicago's infamous "Clydesdale Line" with Troy Murray and Curt Fraser, the nickname coined by Chicago's broadcaster Pat Foley, as each player weighed in at or around 200 pounds.

In 1987, Eddie Olczyk was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs with Al Secord for Rick Vaive, Steve Thomas, and Bob McGill.

Eddie Olczyk was traded again in 1990 to the Winnipeg Jets, with Mark Osborne for Dave Ellett and Paul Fenton.

Eddie Olczyk returned to Pittsburgh to become the color commentator for the Penguins on FSN Pittsburgh, where he was given the nickname "Edzo" by current radio announcer and then co-announcer Mike Lange.

Eddie Olczyk was the lead color commentator for NHL on NBC, and previously for the NHL on Versus; the latter later rebranded as NBCSN in 2012.

Eddie Olczyk was the lead color commentator for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Men's Ice Hockey, where he partnered with Mike Emrick and "Inside-the-Glass" reporter Pierre McGuire.

The audio of Eddie Olczyk saying "This has been tremendously tremendous" was an instant hit among hockey enthusiasts and was the subject of many spoofs online.

Eddie Olczyk was selected to repeat his duties alongside Emrick for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

On December 30,2010, it was announced that Foley and Eddie Olczyk signed a three-year extension to stay with the Blackhawks.

Eddie Olczyk has an interest in Thoroughbred horse racing, appearing in advertisements for Xpressbet and serving as a guest commentator and handicapper for major horse racing events such as the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes on NBC networks, and on WGN Sports coverage of the Arlington Million that is fed nationally.

On July 18,2022, Eddie Olczyk left the Blackhawks following a contract dispute to join the broadcasting team for the Seattle Kraken.

Eddie Olczyk III spent a season with the Bloomington Thunder of the SPHL, has been an assistant coach with the Bemidji State Beavers, and is an amateur scout for the Kraken.

Eddie Olczyk underwent a surgical procedure to remove the tumor.

In October 2019, Olczyk released his autobiography, Eddie Olczyk: Beating the Odds in Hockey and in Life, in which he shares details of his fight with stage 3 colon cancer.