Doug Steven Volmar (born January 9, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a retired American ice hockey forward who appeared in a total of 62 National Hockey League regular season games with the Detroit Red Wings and Los Angeles Kings in 1970–73. He also played briefly for the WHA San Diego Mariners before retiring in 1975.
He played for Michigan State University from 1965 to 1967 and for the United States in the 1968 Olympics. Afterwards he turned pro and was the International Hockey League's leading rookie in 1968-69.
Over the next three seasons Volmar had a few callups to the Wings. He was claimed by the Los Angeles Kings in 1972 but only got into 21 games for them before being returned to the minors.
Volmar played 10 games for the San Diego Mariners of the World Hockey Association in the 1974-75 WHA season and retired after that.
In the NHL, Volmar played in 62 games and scored 13 goals and 8 assists.
Awards[]
- 1968-69 Gary F. Longman Memorial Trophy