Bryan Smolinski Bryan Anthony Smolinski ( born December 27 , 1971 ) is an American professional ice hockey center . The Boston Bruins drafted him 21st overall in 1990 . He has played in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Pittsburgh Penguins , New York Islanders , Los Angeles Kings , Ottawa Senators , Chicago Blackhawks , Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadiens . He last played with the Flint Generals of the International Hockey League ( IHL ) in the 2009 - 10 season Playing career . Drafted . Smolinski grew up in Genoa , Ohio and played college hockey for the Michigan State Spartans . After his freshman year , he was drafted 21st overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins . Smolinksi completed a four - year tenure with the Spartans before joining the Boston Bruins for the end of the 1992 – 93 season . National Hockey League . Playing in his rookie campaign in 1993 – 94 Smolinski tallied 31 goals and 51 points . After a 31 - point season in the shortened 1994 – 95 campaign , Smolinski was traded in the summer of 1995 alongside Glen Murray to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Kevin Stevens and Shawn McEachern . Playing in his only season with the Penguins in 1995 – 96 , he scored a career - high 40 assists and 64 points . However , Smolinski and the Penguins could not agree on a new contract in the off - season and he subsequently sat out the start of the next season , playing for the Detroit Vipers of the IHL . In November 1996 , general manager Mike Milbury of the New York Islanders traded defenceman Darius Kasparaitis and rookie Andreas Johansson for the rights to negotiate a contract with Smolinski . Smolinski played three seasons for the Islanders before being traded in June 1999 as part of an eight - player deal that saw him , Žigmund Pálffy , goaltender Marcel Cousineau , and 4th round selection previously acquired from the New Jersey Devils ( Daniel Johansson ) traded to the Los Angeles Kings for Olli Jokinen , Josh Green , Mathieu Biron , and a first - round selection ( Taylor Pyatt ) . Smolinski played four seasons for the Kings , before being traded to the Ottawa Senators at the trade deadline for defence prospect Tim Gleason on March 11 , 2003 . During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout , Smolinski was an assistant hockey coach at Cranbrook Kingswood before briefly playing for the Motor City Mechanics of the United Hockey League ( UHL ) . Returning to the Senators for the 2005 – 06 season , he was traded in the subsequent off - season on July 9 , 2006 , to the Chicago Blackhawks in a three - way deal with the Senators and San Jose Sharks . Smolinski started the 2006 – 07 season with the Blackhawks but was later traded prior to the trade deadline to the Vancouver Canucks on February 26 , 2007 , for a conditional second round draft pick . Becoming a free agent in the 2007 off - season , Smolinski signed a one year contract with the Montreal Canadiens on July 2 , 2007 . On October 22 , Smolinski played in his 1 , 000th career game in a game against the Bruins . After the NHL . After his stint with the Montreal Candadiens , Bryan Smolinski began an assistant coaching job for a Michigan high school team , Birmingham Unified . With Smolinski ' s help , the team became District Champions for the first time in four years . Without an NHL job , on February 24 , 2009 , Smolinski signed a deal with the Port Huron Icehawks of the IHL . On April 30 , 2009 , Smolinski signed a deal with the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL .