Dylan Zink

Dylan Zink is an American ice hockey executive and former defenseman. He was an All-American for Massachusetts Lowell. Zink found his game as a sophomore and led the team's defense in scoring, retaining that honor for the remainder of his time with the River Hawks. After helping the team return to the NCAA Tournament as a junior, Zink had his best offensive season in 2017 and was named an All-American. He led the team to a first place finish as well as its third Hockey East championship.

Zink signed with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins after Lowell was eliminated and he finished out the year in the AHL. In his first full season as a professional, Zink started in Wilkes-Barre but was demoted to the ECHL after just 7 appearances. He found much greater success with the Wheeling Nailers, averaging nearly a point every other game, but decided to head to Europe after the season. He played well in a top Norwegian league but his production suffered when he moved over to the second Swedish league, HockeyAllsvenskan. After just 20 games, Zink returned to the ECHL and finished out the season before retiring as a player.

In 2020, Zink returned to his alma mater as the Director of Hockey Operations, a position he continues to hold as of 2021.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2010–11 Monona Grove High School WI-HS 24 13 48 61 66 — — — — — 2011–12 Alexandria Blizzard NAHL 50 6 16 22 20 4 1 2 3 2 2012–13 Alexandria Blizzard NAHL 4 1 2 3 12 — — — — — 2012–13 Jamestown Ironmen NAHL 52 15 17 32 47 3 1 2 2 2 2013–14 Massachusetts Lowell Hockey East 26 0 1 1 12 — — — — — 2014–15 Massachusetts Lowell Hockey East 37 10 16 26 42 — — — — — 2015–16 Massachusetts Lowell Hockey East 39 11 13 24 22 — — — — — 2016–17 Massachusetts Lowell Hockey East 41 10 26 36 53 — — — — — 2016–17 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2017–18 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 7 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2017–18 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 46 4 18 22 25 — — — — — 2018–19 Sparta Warriors GET-ligaen 48 5 31 36 48 6 1 7 8 8 2019–20 Karlskrona HK HockeyAllsvenskan 20 0 2 2 12 — — — — — 2019–20 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 18 3 3 6 6 — — — — — 2019–20 Toledo Walleye ECHL 19 1 4 5 29 — — — — — NAHL totals 106 22 35 57 79 7 1 4 5 4 NCAA totals 143 31 56 87 129 — — — — — ECHL totals 83 8 25 33 60 — — — — —

Awards and honors Award Year All-Hockey East Second Team 2016–17 AHCA East Second Team All-American 2016–17