In addition to his NHL career, Olczyk represented the United States internationally nine times, including at the 1984 Winter Olympics and 1991 Canada Cup, where he helped Team USA to a runner-up finish. Olczyk became a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2013.
After retiring from playing, Olczyk worked as a color tv analyst for Penguins games before being named head coach from 2003-2005. In 2006, he became the Blackhawks tv analyst, a job he holds to this day. Olczyk also currently works as an analyst for NHL games on NBC. For his work in broadcasting, Olczyk won an Emmy Award in 2009 and was named the recipient of the Ring Lardner Award by the Chicago Athletic Association in 2016. Olczyk has also worked for NBC covering such thoroughbred horse races as the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and Preakness Stakes.
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