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Raimo Helminen
center

• Shoots: left • Height: 6'0" • Weight: 194 lbs. •
• Born: March 11, 1964 • Tampere, Finland •
• Drafted: New York Rangers • 2nd Round (35th overall) 1984 NHL Entry • From: Ilves (SM-Liiga)
• Played: 1985/86 - 1986/87, 1988/89 (NHL) \\\ 1982/83 - 1984/85, 1987/88, 1996/97 - 2007/08 (SM-Liiga) \\\ 1989/90 - 1995/96 (SEL) \\\ 1986/87, 1988/89 (AHL) •
• Hall of Fame: IIHF (2012) \\\ Finland (2008) •

• Championships •
1982 FINN JR-A
1985 SM-Liiga
1992 SEL
1993 SEL

• International Medals •
1993 GOLD European Cup
1995 GOLD World Championships
1984 SILVER U-20 World Jr. Championships
1988 SILVER Olympics
1994 SILVER World Championships
1998 SILVER World Championships
1999 SILVER World Championships
2001 SILVER World Championships
1994 BRONZE Olympics
1998 BRONZE Olympics
2000 BRONZE World Championships

• Awards •
1984 Best Forward (U-20 World Jr Championships)
1984 Most Points(U-20 World Jr Championships)
1984 Most Goals (U-20 World Jr Championships)
1984 Most Assists (U-20 World Jr Championships)
1989-90 Most Assists (EHL) PLAYOFFS
1989-90 Most Points (EHL) PLAYOFFS
1992-93 Most Assists (SEL)
1993-94 Most Points (SEL)
1997-98 Lasse Oksanen Award (SM-Liiga) Best Player Regular Season
1997-98 Golden Helmet Award (SM-Liiga)
2001 President's Trophy for contributions to Finnish Hockey
2002 IIHF Gold Stick Award

• All-Star Teams •
1984 (U-20 World Jr Championships)
1988 (SM-Liiga)
1997 (SM-Liiga)
1998 (SM-Liiga)
1999 (SM-Liiga)
2001 (SM-Liiga)

• Achievements •
• Games •
- Career SM-Liiga • 751
- Career SM-Liiga PLAYOFFS • 91
- Career SEL • 226
- Career SEL PLAYOFFS • 41
- Career NHL • 117
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 2
- Career International • 132

• Goals •
1989-90 SEL 26 (T10)
1992-93 SEL 20 (T5)
1993-94 SEL 20 (T6)
- Career SM-Liiga • 161
- Career SM-Liiga PLAYOFFS • 14
- Career SEL • 68
- Career SEL PLAYOFFS • 7
- Career NHL • 13
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 0
- Career International • 18

• Assists •
1984-85 SM-Liiga 36 (T2)
1988 Olympics 8 (T4)
1989-90 SEL 30 (T7)
1992-93 SEL 33 (1)
1993-94 SEL 34 (2)
1996-97 SM-Liiga 39 (1)
1997-98 SM-Liiga 36 (2)
1997-98 World Championships 9 (1)
1998-99 SM-Liiga 38 (2)
2000-01 SM-Liiga 38 (4)
2000-01 SM-Liiga 37 (2)
2001-02 SM-Liiga 34 (T8)
2003-04 SM-Liiga 34 ( T3)
- Career SM-Liiga • 420
- Career SM-Liiga PLAYOFFS • 31
- Career SEL • 131
- Career SEL PLAYOFFS • 17
- Career NHL • 46
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 0
- Career International • 48

• Points •
1984-85 SM-Liiga 57 (2)
1988 Olympics 10 (T7)
1989-90 SEL 56 (T4)
1992-93 SEL 42 (3)
1993-94 SEL 54 (1)
1996-97 SM-Liiga 50 (T6)
1997-98 SM-Liiga 48 (T2)
1997-98 World Championships 11 (T1)
1998-99 SM-Liiga 50 (7)
- Career SM-Liiga • 581
- Career SM-Liiga PLAYOFFS • 45
- Career SEL • 199
- Career SEL PLAYOFFS • 24
- Career NHL • 59
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 0
- Career International • 84

• Points Per Game •
1984-85 SM-Liiga 1.58 (3)
1992-93 SEL 1.05 (3)
1992-93 SEL 1.16 (2)
1996-97 SM-Liiga 1.02 (T9)
1997-98 SM-Liiga 1.04 (5)
1998-99 SM-Liiga 0.94 (8)
- Career SM-Liiga • 0.77
- Career SEL • 0.88

• career team records •

Ilves: Points 581 (1) / Goals 161 (4) / Assists 419 (1)
SM-Liiga: Points 581 (7) / Assists 420 (5)
Team Finland / World Championships: Points 60 (3) / Assists 48 (2)
Team Finland / Olympics: Points 24 (3) / Assists 18 (3)
Team Finland: Records: Most career games against international competition (320), most career international points (203), most career international assists (151)
IIHF Records: Most games against international competition (320)
Olympic Records: Most career Olympic hockey tournaments (6)
Became first non-Swedish player to lead Swedish Elitserien in scoring when he achieved feat with 54 points in 1993-94. .
Played on first Finnish team to win a gold medal at the World Championships in 1995
Special prize Finnish Sports Gala (2008)
Aamulehti's special prize (2008)
Ilves retired jersey #41 (2008)
Ennobled in Jääkiekkoleijonaksi (2009)
Ice Hockey Golden Cross of Merit (2009)
Finnish national team retired jersey #14 (2010)

• Accolades •

Raimo Helminen is a legend of international hockey. He holds the world record in national team games played (331) and is the only hockey player who has participated in six Olympic Games.

Helminen first made his mark in 1984, when he was the top scorer and best forward of the World U20 Championships. A few months later he made his senior debut for Finland at the Olympic Games in Sarajevo. Helminen’s career in the Finnish Lions spanned 19 years, six Olympic Games, 11 World Championships, one Canada Cup and one World Cup tournament, and yielded a total of nine medals, including one gold from the 1995 World Championships.

At club level Helminen played for only one Finnish league team, Ilves from Tampere. He made two tours in the NHL, playing for the New York Rangers, the Minnesota North Stars and the New York Islanders. He won one Finnish championship title with Ilves and two Swedish ones with Malmö IF.

Raimo Helminen Ever the gentleman on the ice, Helminen was famous for his unselfish playing style: he always preferred to make an assist rather than score himself. Appropriately enough, in 2008 he finished his national team career by assisting in a goal four seconds from the end of the game.

Raimo Helminen is the world record holder for most international games played (331). He is also the only hockey player to have played at 6 Olympic games. Helminen was an exceptionally smart player. He was never the fastest player in the rink, but that didn't prevent him from having the career he had. He had the ability to control the pace of the game whenever he was on the ice. His career could be divided into two stages. At younger age, he was an offensive centre. As he gained more experience, he become a reliable two-way forward. Thanks to his passing skills, he always played on power play in Finland. But he was actually a very good defensive centre as well. He was the fourth line centre for Finland in Nagano and in Salt Lake City. At the 2002 Olympics, the opponents didn't manage to score a single goal when Helminen was on the ice. The 6-feet, 194 lbs center is a typical coach's favorite player: a great leader and a consistent performer.

During his time with Malmo, he led the club to two national titles and to first place in the European Championship. On his return, he led Ilves to a silver medal and re-established himself, particularly in the 1998-99 season, as the top forward in the land... Helminen's most outstanding trait has been his ambition, not only for himself but for his hockey clubs. One of his first coaches, Seppl Hiitela, said, "It is easy for a coach to lead a team that has a player with such dedication and leadership as Helminen."

Raimo Helminen started out playing hockey with the Ilves junior team in his home town of Tampere, Finland, and for the first time in four years, he is back with his first club. In 1999-2000, at the ripe old age of 36, he was still going strong, participating in his ninth World Championship in St. Petersburg and has also performed in five Winter Olympics, including the only three tournaments in which Finland captured a medal-one silver and two bronze. He has twice taken part in the Canada/World Cup event. All in all, with 15 tournaments under his belt, he has done his fair share in representing his native country.

Going into the St. Petersburg event, he has to his credit a total of 186 points, with the lion's share coming in the form of 138 assists. In both these categories he is the all-time leader. For a while, he was neck-and-neck with Mika Nieminen, another Ilves junior playing on the road with IFK Helsinki. In eight exhibition games leading up to the World Championship, Helminen had a nine-point margin over his greatest rival, whose career on the national team was in decline. He needs ten more games to tie another Ilves player, Lasse Oksanen, for yet another title. In Oksanen's forte, scoring goals, Helminen is ranked only 10th.

In 1984 Helminen hit the limelight for the first time in his career during the World Junior Championship. He won the scoring race and established a new tournament record by a margin of four points. He was subsequently chosen to participate in the All-Star game and, more importantly, he caught the eye of the NHL scouts, who ranked him as the top forward in Europe in that summer's draft. It was eventually the New York Rangers who got him as their second pick, and the following autumn he joined the club. He had an outstanding rookie season, with 40 points in 66 games.

Toward the end of the next season, he was traded to the Minnesota North Stars with whom he played six games before spending the rest of the year in the minors. He returned to Finland for a short time then was back the next year in the New York area, but with the Islanders this time. However, he started to have back problems that at times caused him such pain that he could not walk. If it had not been for his determination, his career would likely have been at an end. It took him six years, but eventually, in the town of Kokkola in Finland, he found a physiotherapist, Leo Saario, who was able to fix his back.

His troubles almost finished his career with the national team in 1995. But Finland's coach, the Swede Curt Lindstrom, recalled how well he had performed for Malmo in the Swedish league and made him a late addition to the World Championship squad. It was an excellent choice for both coach and player as the team went on to win its first-ever gold medal for Finland. The other milestone in Finnish hockey, and another moment of pride for Helminen, was achieved in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. In the final game, the Finns managed to defeat the mighty Soviets, who had by that time already clinched the gold, but Helminen was sidelined in the final game with a knee problem.

Style of play and the player on

Helminen was known in his career, especially in superb assisted, even in the early days of his career he scored a lot of goals; Newcomer season in SM-liiga paints came up with four more than two passes. Helminen was known particularly precise "lättysyötöistään", which he gave the chain of friends. He probably would have made his career to score more goals if you would laukonut yourself more. However, Helminen is often applied to the input option up to the last, even if it is itself already a good scoring position.

"Next like Raipen skilled in the art it is easy to play. There is no need to skate on side and keep the stick blade on ice. Passes are snapping it like a machine. " - Olli Jokinen

Speed ​​was not the strength Helminen, though he was not slow at all. However, Helminen was a relatively big player, so his intermediate position were long and movements influenced by real slowly. With age, the rate of decrease of course, but it Helminen replaced the game eye. He knew how to schedule situations and to rank the rink so that fared with less speed. Helminen game literacy was his greatest strengths. Former player and coach Juhani Tamminen keep the beads exceptional jääkiekkolahjakkuutena Finn, who had a rare ability to control the whole field kiekollisena.

One of the secrets of Helminen's long career was his adaptability. He played during his career successfully in many different roles, and always did what the coach asked. Helminen was a long time rotator Ilves superiority, but at the same time, he was the national team of reliable defensive forward. The role of the lynx Helminen aggressor declined in the last periods and defense responsibilities increased. During the 2007-2008 period Helminen got a lot of compliments penalty killing the game.

Although Helminen affected calm, so matches he was involved always with their whole heart. That's why he panicked judges now and then, a couple of times per season, which resulted in a number of behavioral penalties. Helminen was angry, usually because he thinks the lynx had been treated unfairly.

His nimissäänhän is also a SM-liiga one match penalty record. Helminen hated the loss and often took the defeat personally. For example, the spring 2004 playoffs, when the lynx has been eliminated in the quarter-finals HIFK was received, Helminen left after the crucial game for 45 minutes the locker room wearing the game accessories. Although others had already gone to dine, Helminen was still dressing room and wondered what could have been done better.

Otherwise, the beads be considered as tacit in nature and modest. In interviews he usually responded only briefly. When the cameras are not present, Helminen is, however, more talkative. Teammates honored beads due to his experience, and the locker room all listened to him. Modesty implies that Helminen often belittles their performance in interviews. Other players may have occasionally remarked Helminen, if deprecation went too far.

 

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Jorgen Pettersson
left winger

• Shoots: left • Height: 6'2" • Weight: 185 lbs. •
• Born: July 11, 1964 • Gothenburg, Sweden •
• Drafted: Winnipeg Jets • 10th Round (115th overall) 1976 WHA Amateur • From: Vastra Frolunda HC (SEL)
• Played: 1980/81 - 1985/86 (NHL) \\\ 1974/75 - 1979/80, 1989/90 - 1990/91 (SEL / Vastra Frolunda HC) \\\ 1973/74, 1986/87 - 1988/89, 1990/91 (Sweden Div.2 / Vastra Frolunda HC) \\\ 1993/94 - 1994/95 (Sweden Div.3) •

• Championships•
1980 SEL Silver

participated 1981 Canada Cup (5th) / 1983 World Cup (4th)

• All Star Team Voting •
1980/81 (10)

• Selke Trophy Voting •
1981/82 (T9)

• Calder Trophy Voting •
1980/81 (6)

• Lady Byng Trophy Voting •
1980/81 (1 vote) \ 1982/83 (11)

• Achievements •
• Games •
- Career SEL • 169
- Career SEL PLAYOFFS • 8
- Career NHL • 435
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 44
- Career International • 15

• Goals •
1978-79 SEL 23 (T4)
1980-81 NHL 37 (T7 among LWers)
1981-82 NHL 38 (T9 among LWers)
1982-83 NHL 35 (T9 among LWers)
- Career SEL • 91
- Career SEL PLAYOFFS • 4
- Career NHL • 174
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 15
- Career International • 2

• Assists •
- Career SEL • 57
- Career SEL PLAYOFFS • 4
- Career NHL • 192
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 12
- Career International • 0

• Points •
1978-79 SEL 34 (T11)
1980-81 NHL 73 (T7 among LWers)
1981-82 NHL 69 (T15 among LWers)
1982-83 NHL 73 (T13 among LWers)
- Career SEL • 148
- Career SEL PLAYOFFS • 8
- Career NHL • 366
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 27
- Career International • 2

• Points Per Game •
1980-81 NHL 1.18 (2 among LWers)
1982-83 NHL 0.99 (11 among LWers)
- Career NHL • 0.84
- Career SEL • 0.88

• Jörgen Pettersson was the first Gothenburg native to play in the NHL. His #19 jersey was retired by Frölunda in 2003 •

• career team records •
St. Louis Blues (NHL): games (36) / points (14) / goals (8) / assists (T22) / points per game (11)

• Accolades •

One of the most underrated European players of the 1980s, in my estimation anyway, was Jorgen Petterson of the St. Louis Blues. He also briefly played in Hartford and Washington.

The personable Vastra Frolunda star came over to the NHL in 1980 and was a very steady goal scorer. 37. Then 38. Then 35. He played really well on a line featuring fellow marksman Joe Mullen and playmaking wizard Blake Dunlop.

"The difference in the NHL, apart from the roughness of the play, is that there is more shooting. In Sweden we tend to look for the perfect opportunity whereas in the NHL you blast away and hope for a screened shot or a deflection or perhaps a rebound" Pettersen said. Clearly he adapted well.

When Dunlop was traded in 1983-84 Pettersson's offensive totals slowed down but he remained a a solid 25 goal threat. His game evolved, too. He was no longer just the stylish offensive player who relied on speed and agility but really became comfortable on the penalty kill. Defensively he was always conscientious. While the physical game was never his forte, he never shied away from taking a hit to make a play.

In 435 NHL games Jorgen Pettersson scored 174 goals, 192 assists for 366 points.

After a good early career with Västra Frölunda IF, he was signed as a free agent in 1980 by the St. Louis Blues. Known as "The Handsome Swede" by Blues supporters, Petterson made an impact as an excellent first-line forward alongside Bernie Federko and Brian Sutter, setting the team record for points as a rookie with 73. Pettersson played five seasons with the Blues before being traded to the Hartford Whalers. During the 1985–86 NHL season he was traded to the Washington Capitals in exchange for Doug Jarvis. Pettersson returned to Sweden to play for Frölunda, where he retired in 1991.

Sweden's forgotten NHL star - Old School Hockey Jörgen Pettersson

Until 1994, he had the record for number of points of a Swedish rookie in the NHL.

H.S. - How do you remember the days back in the first-team debut in Västra Frölunda?

J.P. - It was during Jack Bowness last year in Frölunda. I was 16 then and had the chance to be with and train. Then we met Winnipeg Jets and London Lions in friendlies at Scandinavium. Then I got to be with them and play the games, but I never made ​​any league games that year.

J.P. - The following year, when (Lars-Eric) Lundwall was the coach I gained first-team contract and it was also my first season.

The season 1974/75 responds Pettersson 19 goals in 29 games and it was also during this season that he got a bit of a national breakthrough.

J.P. - It was not so many matches at this time and the first year I played not very much. I remember that mid-season I got to play with Willy Lindstrom and Mats Lindh instead of Leif "flash" Henriksson. Well I had quite fortunate because it was national team guys both of them and both were also professionals in Winnipeg following year.

#2 Jorgen Pettersson

A standout with Vastra Frolunda of the Swedish Elite League, Pettersson was approached by Blues general manager Emile Francis to join his NHL club to open the 1980-81 season. He began his NHL career on a line with Blake Dunlop and Joe Mullen, which paid immediate dividends. The left winger, who was only the second Swede to suit up for the Blues, scored 73 points in 62 games, ultimately helping Dunlop reach a career-high 87 points.

Pettersson developed into an above-average penalty killer and defensive forward during his five seasons with the Blues. He amassed 161 goals and 332 points in 365 games for St. Louis, before finishing his final NHL season in 1985-86 with the Hartford Whalers and Washington Capitals.

Welcoming the New York Rangers into their city is special for Gothenburgers, especially those who vividly remember Henrik Lundqvist before he became a Broadway star. For one, though, the mere mention, let alone sight, of the Rangers is a vivid reminder of the best time of his life, of his heyday as a player in the National Hockey League.

"I scored my first goal at Madison Square Garden and I scored my first hat trick against the Rangers," Gothenburg native Jorgen Pettersson, a former star with Frolunda and the St. Louis Blues, told NHL.com. "I always seemed to score when we played them."

Pettersson cherishes the memories of his success against the Rangers and his entire six-year run in the NHL, including five seasons in St. Louis and one split between Hartford and Washington. He was not the first player from Gothenburg in the NHL, nor was he the first Frolunda player in the NHL, but he was the first Gothenburger who played for Frolunda to make it in the NHL.

"I had no clue what I was getting into. With my style of play, everybody thought I would be home after half a year. I had seen one NHL game on TV. It was the Rangers and St. Louis, and I saw it on tape. So, I had no clue what I was getting into, but it went the other way. I did really well. It was the best time of my life." -- Jorgen Pettersson In that sense, Pettersson was a pioneer.

Former and current NHL All-Stars such as Daniel Alfredsson, Loui Eriksson and Erik Karlsson have followed in Pettersson's footsteps. Since he made the move across the Atlantic in 1980, 54 players from Frolunda's system have been drafted by NHL teams.

"I had no clue what I was getting into," Pettersson said. "With my style of play, everybody thought I would be home after half a year. I had seen one NHL game on TV. It was the Rangers and St. Louis, and I saw it on tape. So, I had no clue what I was getting into, but it went the other way. I did really well. It was the best time of my life."

Pettersson came to St. Louis in 1980 as a 24-year-old who had played several seasons for Frolunda in the Swedish Elite League. He scored 161 of his 174 career NHL goals in his 365 games with the Blues. He split 70 more games between Hartford and Washington and finished his NHL career with 366 points.

Pettersson's 37 goals and 73 points in 1980-81 still stand as Blues' rookie records. He added 38 goals in his second season, 35 his third and 28 in his fourth season before closing his St. Louis career with 23 goals and 32 assists in 1984-85.

He vividly remembers his first day of training camp under former Blues coach Red Berenson.

"The rink was so much smaller and I was a pretty good skater, so I was thinking, 'How am I going to do this?'" Pettersson said. "They were telling me how to play, how to get up and down the wing, and I did totally the opposite. If I had done what they were saying I would have been home after two weeks because I wasn't that kind of player."

Pettersson gave Berenson, then 41 and only a few years removed from his playing days, a new entry for his playbook -- one that likely contributed to the young coach winning the Jack Adams Award in 1981.

"When the defenseman stood with the puck behind the net, all of a sudden I would go down there and steal the puck from him and skate it up the ice," Pettersson recalled. "They thought I was crazy. Bernie Federko was like, 'What are you doing?' I wanted the puck and I got it. I didn't wait for it. I took it.

"Red Berenson made a practice out of that, for me to go down to the defenseman and get the puck, because it worked. Nobody had seen that. There weren't too many European players back then."

Pettersson's teammates became confident in the Swede's abilities. They started to respect him as an equal. Blues fans started to call him "The Handsome Swede."

"The guys knew I could do something for the team," Pettersson said. "I had good puck control and a good shot, so they treated me really well from the beginning."

Berenson, though, wasn't totally sold on Pettersson. He scratched him for the Blues' first three games of the 1980-81 season.

"I got shocked," Pettersson said. "There were even reporters from Gothenburg there because I was the first Gothenburger to play in the NHL. We went to New York for a road trip and played the Islanders, but he didn't play me. A reporter asked me when I was going to play, and he (Berenson) said it would be tomorrow.

"My first game was against the New York Rangers in Madison Square Garden."

Pettersson was stuck on the fourth line, but since the Blues dressed only 11 forwards, he would have to jump up with another line to get some ice time.

"The first time I got the puck I scored," he said. "I had a wrist shot through John Davidson. I remember it like it was yesterday. We won the game 2-1."

Pettersson remained on the fourth line and power play unit until just before Christmas, when he was paired with Wayne Babych and Blake Dunlop. Babych finished the season with 54 goals and 96 points. Dunlop had 67 assists and 87 points. Pettersson set the Blues' rookie records for goals and points.

"We were flying," Pettersson said. "All of a sudden we were the No. 2 line."

Dunlop remained his center for four seasons. They're still close friends.

"He really took care of me and helped me a lot," Pettersson added. "It was fantastic. I couldn't believe it. I had no idea. It wasn't easy, but when I got onto the ice I scored. I didn't know what was going on?"

Pettersson was traded to Hartford in the summer of 1985. He played only 23 games there before the Whalers shipped him to Washington. He played another 47 games for the Capitals, but he said he was besieged by injuries and his production had seriously slipped.

He was only 30 years old, but he had plenty of mileage on his body, a dozen professional seasons on his resume.

"It was time to go home," Pettersson said. "It's really tough when it happens, when you can't produce and do what you should do, do what you're there for. It's not so much fun when you don't get the ice time either. It got tougher and tougher. It wasn't that much fun."

Pettersson returned to Frolunda and played several more seasons in Sweden, but his time in the NHL, his seasons in St. Louis playing on a line with Dunlop and alongside a Hockey Hall of Famer like Federko are his most cherished memories of being a professional hockey player.

"It was the best time of my life," he said.

 

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Arnold Kadlec
defense

• Shoots: right • Height: 6'2" • Weight: 212 lbs. •
• Born: January 8, 1959 • Most, Czechoslovakia •
• Draft: Minnesota North Stars • 10th round (206th overall) • 1982 NHL Entry • From: HC Litvinov (Czech Extraliga) •
• Played: 1976/77 - 1988/89 (Czech Extraliga) \\\ 1989/90 (SM-Liiga) \\\ 1990/91 (Italy) \\\ 1991/92 (Czech 2) •
• Czech Hall of Fame: 2013 •

• International Medals •
1985 GOLD World Championships
1979 SILVER World JR Championships
1982 SILVER World Championships
1983 SILVER World Championships
1984 SILVER Olympics
1981 BRONZE World Championships

• All-Star Teams •
1981 Canada Cup

• Awards •
1981 Czech MVP (Canada Cup)

• Czech Golden Hockey Stick Voting •
1981 (9)
1984 (8)

• European Golden Stick Voting •
1981 (10)

• Gol Poll •
[In 1969 a soccer and hockey weekly named Gól magazine started to conduct an annual poll among coaches, officials and journalists to determine the best Czechoslovak hockey player.]
1979-80 (12th) / 1980-81 (9th - 2nd for defensemen) / 1981-82 (13th) / 1982-83 (15th) / 1983-84 (8th - 2nd for defensemen)

• Achievements •
• Games Played
- Career CZECH • 446
- Career CZECH PLAYOFFS • 20
- Career International • 173

• Goals
1980-81 CZECH 16 (2 among defensemen)
1981 World Championships 5 (T1 among defensemen)
1981-82 CZECH 14 (T3 among defensemen)
1982-83 CZECH 10 (T3 among defensemen)
1983-84 CZECH 23 (T3 among defensemen)
1984-85 CZECH 10 (4 among defensemen)
1987-88 CZECH 9 (7 among defensemen)
- Career CZECH • 96
- Career CZECH PLAYOFFS • 6
- Career International • 21

• Assists
1981-82 CZECH 12 (T10 among defensemen)
1983-84 CZECH 13 (3 among defensemen)
1984-85 CZECH 19 (T2 among defensemen)
1985-86 CZECH 23 (1 among defensemen)
1987-88 CZECH 16 (5 among defensemen)
- Career CZECH • 144
- Career CZECH PLAYOFFS • 6
- Career International • 10

• Points
1980-81 CZECH 29 (3 among defensemen)
1981 World Championships 6 (T3 among defensemen)
1981-82 CZECH 26 (T3 among defensemen)
1982-83 CZECH 20 (11 among defensemen)
1983-84 CZECH 23 (3 among defensemen)
1984-85 CZECH 29 (2 among defensemen)
1985-86 CZECH 27 (1 among defensemen)
1987-88 CZECH 25 (T6 among defensemen)
- Career CZECH • 240
- Career CZECH PLAYOFFS • 12
- Career International • 20

• PIMs
- Career CZECH • 451
- Career CZECH PLAYOFFS • 0
- Career International • 42

• Plus-Minus
- Career International • +13

• career team records (for defensemen) •
HC LITVINOV (CZECH Extraliga) - games (5) / goals (1) / assists (2) / points (2) / PIMs (6) / Points Per Game (2)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA (World Championships) - games (T8 / T32 overall) / goals (6) / assists (T9)

• Accolades •

Arnold Kadlec began his career as a hockey player in the junior department of CHZ Litvinov , for the seniors team he from 1976 to 1978 in the first League , the highest Czechoslovak League, was active. Then he had to serve his military service and played from 1978 to 1980 for the army sports club Dukla Jihlava ASD , before he returned for another nine years to CHZ Litvinov. The 1989/90 season spent the defender Lukko Rauma in the Finnish SM-liiga . For the following season , he joined the SHC Fassa in the Italian Serie A1 . Finally, the two-time Olympian ran in the 1991/92 season for the KHL VTJ Chomutov in the first ČNHL , the second Czechoslovak league, on, before he ended his career at the age of 33 years.

For Czechoslovakia Kadlec took at junior level only at the U20 World Junior Championships in 1979 in part, in which he won the silver medal with his team. In the senior level, he stood in his country's squad at the World Championships in 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1985 and 1986 and at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and in 1984 in Sarajevo . At the World Championships 1981 he won the bronze at the World Championships in 1982 and 1983 and the 1984 Winter Olympics, respectively the silver and at the World Championships 1985 Gold medal with the Czechoslovakia. Furthermore, he entered for Czechoslovakia in 1981 at the Canada Cup, where he was elected to the All-Star team.

Arny was an excellent defender, Karl Guta "physically well prepared, uncompromising personal duels, with the constant striving for offensive action." In other words, but in perfect conformity of opinion, this confirms the characteristics of the club chronicle on the adjacent side. In the first season after returning from military service, he scored 17 goals in the league. More from around the black and yellow team had managed only Ivan Hlinka with 21 goals, but it was the striker par excellence, but the Litvínov scorer became the ninth time! Excellent if a fly had Arny and the World Championship in Sweden, where he gave five goals. In the following season's league goals was 14, then three consecutive years always 10. defender It was a very solid numbers; on the other hand, indirectly explain why the national team played in a pair with club colleague Eduard loan, even though it was obvious. Both, however, always pushed slightly forward; each of them needed rather a partner who would at times like the back cover. And so in Litvinov he played with Arny Karagavrilidisem and later with a walk and Uvira to Macholda older.

1984 Litvinov won second place in the league, four points behind Dukla Jihlava, but nine before the third Pardubice. He was one of three players who took all the matches. He showed excellent form in the Olympic tournament in Sarajevo hall Setra. Reliably prevented, rozehrával offensive actions and he in them often stepped in. Devotedly plunged into missiles. And he then publicly confessed to what practically unnoticed: the share of unlucky goal from the blue line, which at that time the Russians in a decisive battle for the gold medal broke our initial onslaught. "I wanted to Koževnikova to build the missile, but the puck I slightly touched the stick and changed direction, so that the journey" Shingle could not intervene. Blade hit the upper bar, since his back, and then ... "Our time succumbed Sborno 0: 2nd When the year reunited with the year, make up for it in the final group of the Prague championship victory 2: 1, which became the first step towards the cherished Cup.

 

[BubbaBoot]

Martin Erat
right wing / left wing

• Shoots: left • Height: 6'0" • Weight: 201 lbs. •
• Born: August 9, 1981 • Trebic, Czechoslovakia •
• Drafted: Nashville Predators • 7th Round (191st overall) 1999 NHL Entry • From: HC Zlin (Czech Extraliga) •
• Played: 2001/02 - current (NHL) \\\ 1997/98 - 1998/99, 2004/05 HC Zlin (Czech Extraliga) \\\ 2002/03 (AHL) \\\ 1999/00 - 2000/01 (WHL) •

• Championships •
2001 Memorial Cup (CHL)
2001 Championship (WHL)

• International Medals •
2001 GOLD U20 Jr. World Championships
2006 SILVER World Championships
2006 BRONZE Olympics
2012 BRONZE World Championships

• Awards •
2006 Top 3 Player on Team - World Championships

• Selke Trophy Voting •
2010/11 (1 fourth place vote)

• NOTES •
- Voted on to the Saskatoon Blades Teams of the Decade (00's)

• Achievements •
• Games •
- Career NHL • 881+
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 50
- Career WHL • 114
- Career WHL PLAYOFFS • 33
- Career CZECH • 53
- Career CZECH PLAYOFFS • 16
- Career International • 74

• Goals •
2001 WHL PLAYOFFS 16 (1)
2005 CZECH PLAYOFFS 7 (T1)
- Career NHL • 176
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 8
- Career WHL • 50
- Career WHL PLAYOFFS • 19
- Career CZECH • 20
- Career CZECH PLAYOFFS • 7
- Career International • 18

• Assists •
2001 WHL PLAYOFFS 26 (1)
- Career NHL • 369
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 15
- Career WHL • 85
- Career WHL PLAYOFFS • 29
- Career CZECH • 23
- Career CZECH PLAYOFFS • 5
- Career International • 24

• Points •
2001 WHL PLAYOFFS 42 (1)
2004-05 CZECH 43 (T8)
2005 CZECH PLAYOFFS 12 (3)
- Career NHL • 545
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 23
- Career WHL • 85
- Career WHL PLAYOFFS • 48
- Career CZECH • 42
- Career CZECH PLAYOFFS • 12
- Career International • 42

• Points Per Game •
- Career NHL • 0.63
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 0.46
- Career WHL • 1.18
- Career WHL PLAYOFFS • 1.45
- Career CZECH • 0.81
- Career CZECH PLAYOFFS • 0.75
- Career International • 0.57

• PIMs •
- Career NHL • 586
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 40
- Career WHL • 154
- Career WHL PLAYOFFS • 48
- Career CZECH • 131
- Career CZECH PLAYOFFS • 12
- Career International • 58

• career team records •
Nashville Predators (NHL) - games (2) / playoff games (2) / goals (2) /playoff goals (4) / EV goals (2) / PP goals (3) / assists (2) / playoff assists (T1) / points (2) playoff points (2) / points per game (6) / PIMs (6) / playoff PIMs (5)

• team rankings•
2003/04 NASHVILLE - goals (T3) / assists (3) / points (3) / plus-minus (1) / PIMs (13)
2005/06 NASHVILLE - goals (5) / EV goals (2) / assists (7) / points (T5) / PIMs (5)
2006 CZECH REPUBLIC (WC) - goals (T2) / assists (T2) / points (2)
2006/07 NASHVILLE - goals (9) / EV goals (T9) / assists (4) / points (5) / PIMs (9) / ATOI (4th forwards)
2007/08 NASHVILLE - goals (4) / EV goals (3) / assists (4) / points (4) / PIMs (T13) ATOI (2nd forwards)
2008/09 NASHVILLE - goals (T4) / EV goals (3) / assists (3) / points (4) / PIMs (9) ATOI (3rd forwards)
2009/10 NASHVILLE - goals (3) / EV goals (2) / assists (2) / points (2) / PIMs (3) ATOI (3rd forwards)
2010/11 NASHVILLE - goals (3) / EV goals (5) / assists (2) / points (T1) / plus-minus (2) / PIMs (13) ATOI (3rd forwards)
2011/12 NASHVILLE - goals (3) / EV goals (6) / assists (1) / points (1) / plus-minus (3) / PIMs (T7) ATOI (4th forwards)
2012/13 NASHVILLE - goals (T9) / EV goals (5) / assists (2) / points (T3) / PIMs (T4) ATOI (2nd forwards)

• Accolades •

An incredibly fast forward who has a creative mind and reads the game well. Has a fast wrist shot. Erat isn't very strong without the puck and his defending could use some improvement.

Assets: Has offensive creativity and excellent playmaking skills. Has a low center of gravity, tremendous quickness, shiftiness and a flair for spectacular goals. Great in open ice, he can play either wing position.
Flaws: Must do a better job of playing without the puck and not get caught out of defensive position. Could still add more strength in order to better fight off checks and visit the dirty areas on a more consistent basis.
Career Potential: Skilled scoring winger.

That's Erat in the top left (good possession numbers against tough competition with unfavorable zone starts) and Johansson in the bottom right (poor possession numbers in easier minutes). And it's no fluke - Erat's pretty consistently been a solid puck possessor.

The Czech Republican native is a great skater and has an excellent shot, when he decides to release the puck. Often in his career, Erat has been known to be a pass first, shoot second forward, which didn’t help in the Predators’ situation, but could do so in the nation’s capital. Erat will be able to feed players like Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Troy Brouwer and Mike Ribeiro, who are capable of scoring a large amount of goals in a season. The 31 year old is an excellent skater and has good puck control. Erat is not a very physical forward, but can get rough if necessary.

 

[BubbaBoot]

Nathan Horton
right wing / center

• Shoots: right • Height: 6'2" • Weight: 229 lbs. •
• Born: May 29,1985 • Welland, Ontario •
• Drafted: Florida Panthers • 1st Round (3rd overall) 2003 NHL Entry • From: Oshawa (OHL) •
• Played: 2003/04 - 2013/14 (NHL) \\\ 2004/05 (AHL) \\\ 2001/02- 2002/03 (OHL) •

• Championships •
2011 Stanley Cup (NHL)

• Awards •
2002 All-Rookie Team (CHL)

• All-Star Games •
2003 Top Prospects Game (CHL)

• Selke Trophy Voting •
2007/08 (1 second place vote)

• Achievements •
• Games •
- Career NHL • 627
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 43

• Goals •
2011 NHL PLAYOFFS 8 (T7)
- Career NHL • 203
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 15

• Assists •
2013 NHL PLAYOFFS 12 (T3)
- Career NHL • 218
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 21

• Points •
2013 NHL PLAYOFFS 19 (T2)
- Career NHL • 421
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 36

• Points Per Game •
- Career NHL • 0.67
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 0.84

• PIMs •
2011 NHL PLAYOFFS 35 (10)
- Career NHL • 567
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 49

• Plus/Minus •
2011 NHL PLAYOFFS +11 (T6)
2013 NHL PLAYOFFS +20 (1)
- Career NHL • +54
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • +31

• career team records •
Florida Panthers (NHL) - games (10) / goals (5) / EV goals (2) / PP goals (5) / SH goals (T6) / assists (8) / points (4) / points per game (4) / PIMs (10)

• team rankings•
2003-04 FLORIDA goals (T3) / PP goals (T2)
2005-06 FLORIDA goals (2) / EV goals (1) / assists (10) / points (4) / plus-minus (5) / PIMs (3) / ATOI (2 for forwards)
2006-07 FLORIDA goals (2) / EV goals (2) / PP goals (T4) / assists (3) / points (2) / plus-minus (3) / ATOI (3 for forwards)
2007-08 FLORIDA goals (2) / EV goals (2) / PP goals (2) / assists (2) / points (2) / plus-minus (3) / PIMs (1) / ATOI (2 for forwards)
2008-09 FLORIDA goals (2) / EV goals (2) / PP goals (2) / assists (8) / points (T4) / PIMs (T5) / ATOI (1 for forwards)
2009-10 FLORIDA goals (3) / EV goals (T5) / PP goals (2) / assists (1) / points (2) / plus-minus (T8) / PIMs (8) / ATOI (1 for forwards)
2010-11 BOSTON goals (2) / EV goals (2) / PP goals (T3) / assists (6) / points (4) / plus-minus (3) / PIMs (6) / ATOI (4 for forwards)
2011-12 BOSTON goals (7) / EV goals (8) / PP goals (3) / points (T9) / plus-minus (3) / PIMs (7)
2012-13 BOSTON goals (3) / EV goals (1) / points (6) / plus-minus (3) / PIMs (8) / ATOI (7 for forwards)

• Accolades •

“Players like the Oshawa Generals Nathan Horton, don't come around all the time. It's not everyday that a sixteen year old, who is 6'3" - 195lbs, can play both ends of the ice like the 2001 2nd overall selection can. Horton, who at sixteen, is already showing signs of becoming a dominant center in the league, can indeed do it all. He can skate, shoot, pass, hit, and drop the gloves when needed.”

Assets:Can shoot the puck at will and skates very well for a big man. Has excellent goal-scoring ability and can get hot for long periods of time. Has the total package for a hockey player.
Flaws:Is not a consistent performer in any area of the game. Needs to do a better job of keeping his emotions in check, and his head up at all times (since he has concussion issues).
Career Potential:Big, skilled but fragile scoring winger.

 

[ResilientBeast]

Eddie Giroux G

Despite acquiring the services of future Hall of Fame sniper Tommy Philips, Giroux and his fellow Marlboros were outmatched in both size and experience even though they gave the power house Ottawa Silver Seven all that they could handle in game 1, losing a respectable 6-3

Giroux made the 1000+ mile trek up to a tiny Northwestern Ontario boomtoom to play alongside a spirited group of youngsters that had the hockeyists in the west as well as the east talking excitedly about their talent, speed and grace upon the ice. Giroux player brilliantly in his first regular season with the squad posting a 7-1 record with a sparkling 2.84 goals per game average.

On March 7th, 1905 the Thistles took the ice against a team all had played once before, as a result they knew exactly what to expect and quickly built a lead in game one, going on to win by the heady score of 9-3. Rat Portage's high flying offense flew up and down the swift ice and Eddie did his part to insure that Silver Seven never got too close.

The mighty squad did not let the crushing defeat compromise their play in the least for the start of the regular season. Giroux especially was as focused as ever, compiling another 7-1 record and registering an amazing 2.26 GAA

1903-1904 Toronto Marlboros
OHA senior champion
Stanley cup challenge with Marlboros
Toronto East vs. West All Star game (corrected from OHA all star game)

1904-1905 Rat Portage Thistles
Manitoba hockey association champion
Stanley cup challenge with Thistles

1905-1906 Kenora Thistles
MHA champion

1906-1907 Kenora Thistles
Manitoba Professional Hockey League champion
Stanley Cup winner with Thistles

 

[BubbaBoot]

Jim McFadden
center

• Shoots: left • Height: 5'7" • Weight: 179 lbs. •
• Born: April 15, 1920 • Belfast, Northern Ireland •
• Played: 1947/48 - 1953/54 (NHL) \\\ 1942/43 - 1944/45 (WNDHL) \\\ 1945/46 - 1946/47 (QSHL) \\\ 1946/47 (AHL) \\\ 1953/54 - 1956/57 (WHL) •
• Hall of Fame: Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame (1985) \\\ Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2004) •

• Championships •
1950 Stanley Cup (NHL)
1954 President's Cup (WHL)

• Awards •
1947-48 Calder Trophy (NHL)

• All-Star Teams •
1950 (NHL)
1953 3rd Team (NHL) - 1 vote behind Bert Olmstead at LW
1954 2nd Team (WHL) - as a RWer

• Lady Byng Voting •
1947-48 (T8)

• Achievements •
• Games •
- Career NHL • 412
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 49
- Career WHL • 166
- Career WHL PLAYOFFS • 34
- Career QSHL • 73
- Career QSHL PLAYOFFS • 14
- Career WNDHL • 37
- Career PCHL • 53

• Goals
1940-41 PCHL 20 (6)
1945-46 QSHL 25 (7)
1947-48 NHL 24 (T9)
1952-53 NHL 23 (6)
1953-54 WHL 27 (11)
1954-55 WHL 65 (8)
- Career NHL • 100
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 10
- Career WHL • 84
- Career WHL PLAYOFFS • 19
- Career QSHL • 50
- Career QSHL PLAYOFFS • 1
- Career WNDHL • 41
- Career PCHL • 22

• Assists •
1945-48 32 (5)
- Career NHL • 126
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 9
- Career WHL • 104
- Career WHL PLAYOFFS • 20
- Career QSHL • 55
- Career QSHL PLAYOFFS • 9
- Career WNDHL • 33
- Career PCHL • 15

• Points •
1940-41 PCHL 34 (7)
1945-46 QSHL 57 (6)
1947-48 NHL 48 (11)
1952-53 NHL 44 (T10)
1954-55 WHL 65 (13)
- Career NHL • 226
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 19
- Career WHL • 188
- Career WHL PLAYOFFS • 39
- Career QSHL • 105
- Career QSHL PLAYOFFS • 10
- Career WNDHL • 74
- Career PCHL • 37

• Points Per Game •
1945-46 QSHL 1.90 (2)
1947-48 NHL 0.80 (Tll)
- Career NHL • 0.55
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 0,39
- Career WHL • 1.13
- Career WHL PLAYOFFS • 1.15
- Career QSHL • 1.44
- Career QSHL PLAYOFFS • 0.71
- Career WNDHL • 2.00
- Career PCHL • 0.70

• career team records •
CALGARY STAMPEDERS (WHL) - games (18) / goals (T7) / assists (9) / points (8) / points per game (4)

• Accolades •

Centre Jim McFadden was a clever offensive player who played over 400 games in the 1940s and '50s. He also put up impressive numbers in the minors and senior hockey circles.

Born in Belfast, Ireland, McFadden played two years with the PCHL's Portland Buckaroos then spent the 1941-42 season with the Montreal Canadiens of the Quebec Senior League. During World War II, he skated for three years with the Winnipeg Army the rejoined the Quebec league with the Ottawa Senators.

After averaging over a point per game for the AHL's Buffalo Bisons in 1946-47, McFadden joined the Detroit Red Wings for their semi-final playoff loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The next year he scored 24 goals and was presented the Calder trophy as the league's top rookie.

The clever pivot was a consistent performer on the Wings in the late '40s and contributed five points when the team won the Stanley Cup in 1950. During this time, he often formed a solid partnership with Marty Pavelich and Jimmy Peters. Prior to the 1951-52 season, he was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks. In 1952-53, he combined with linemates Cal Gardner and Gerry Couture to score 23 goals and help the club battle the Montreal Canadiens in a hard fought semi-final series. McFadden played briefly in 1953-54 and played the last three and a half years of his career in the minors with the WHL's Calgary Stampeders before retiring in 1957.

Born in Belfast, Ireland, Jim McFadden learned his hockey skills in the Carman area. After playing with Carman Beavers, he turned professional with Portland Buckaroos of the Pacific Coast League in 1939. McFadden played in the Quebec Senior League for Montreal Sr. Canadiens and Ottawa Senators and had three wartime seasons with Winnipeg Army. When he finally got his big league chance he was a seasoned player. He scored 24 goals and the same number of assists for Detroit Red Wings to win the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie in 1947-48 at the age of 29. A centre, McFadden played four seasons with Detroit and two and part of a third with Chicago Black Hawks, scoring 100 goals. He was a member of Detroit’s 1949-50 Stanley Cup championship team.

He once chalked up a hat trick in 50 seconds with Winnipeg Army and in his rookie NHL year scored twice in eight seconds against Chicago. Following three years with Calgary Stampeders of the Western Hockey League where he recorded 194 points, McFadden returned to the Carman area where he farmed and drove a school bus for many years. He also coached the Miami Rockets senior team for several seasons. Jimmy McFadden was inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985.

Game 7 of the 1950 finals may be one of the most famous game 7s in hockey history. Detroit's Jim McFadden scored with just 4:03 left to tied the game at three and send it into what ended up being double overtime. That's when Pete Babando immortalized himself with the dramatic Stanley Cup winning goal! It was the first time the Stanley Cup was decided in overtime of a game 7.

 

[BubbaBoot]

Abbie Newell
defense

• Shoots: left • Height: 5'7" • Weight: 158 lbs. •
• Born: June 12, 1897 • Winnipeg, Manitoba •
• Played: 1921/22 - 1924/25 (WCHL) \\\ 1922/23 (PCHL) \\\ 1925/26 - 1928/29 (Cal-Pro \\\ 1916/17 - 1918/19 (MHL Sr.) \\\ 1919/20 - 1920/21 (SSHL) •

• Championships •
1917 Allan Cup (Won the first 2 challenges, lost 3rd challenge)
1920 SSHL Championship

• NOTES •
- 1916-1917 Allan Cup, the Toronto Dentals defeat Winnipeg Victorias 13-12 Two goal total series:
>Mar 16 Toronto Dentals 9 Winnipeg Victorias 6
>Mar 19 Winnipeg Victorias 6 Toronto Dentals 3
The Mar 19 game had ended 6-3 in regulation time, which tied the series at 12-12 in total.
Ruby Milan scored winner for Toronto Dentals at 7:17 of overtime.
- Played a game in the finals for the 1922/23 Stanley Cup runners-up Edmonton Eskimos.
- Played goalie in a game for the Winnipeg Somme for 2 minutes in the 1917/18 season when regular GK Bill Binney was serving a penalty.

[1919/20 Moose Jaw Maple Leafs / SSHL Champions]

• Achievements •
• Games •
- Career WCHL • 80
- Career PCHA • 6
- Career SSHL • 27
- Career MHL Sr • 20
- Career Cal-Pro • 34 (incomplete)

• Goals •
1918-19 MHL Sr 7 (T8 / T3 for defensemen)
1919-20 SSHL 8 (1 for defensemen)
1920-21 SSHL 11 (T8 / 3 for defensemen)
1924-25 WCHL 12 (T2 for defensemen)
1925-26 Cal-Pro 16 (1)
- Career WCHL • 29
- Career PCHA • 2
- Career SSHL • 19
- Career MHL Sr • 11
- Career Cal-Pro • 20 (incomplete)

• Assists •
1918-19 MHL Sr 7 (3 / 1 for defensemen}
1919-20 SSHL 8 (1)
1920-21 SSHL 5 (T5 / 1 for defensemen)
1925-26 Cal-Pro 5 (2) incomplete
- Career WCHL • 13
- Career PCHA • 1
- Career SSHL • 13
- Career MHL Sr • 7
- Career Cal-Pro • 9 (incomplete)

• Points •
1918-19 MHL Sr 14 (6 / 2 for defensemen, 1 pt behind Wilf Loughlin)
1919-20 SSHL 16 (T5 / 1 for defensemen)
1920-21 SSHL 16 (6 / 1 for defensemen)
1924-25 WCHL 17 (T5 for defensemen, behind Joe Simpson, Harry Cameron, Herb Gerdiner, Bob Trapp)
1925-26 Cal-Pro 21 (1) incomplete
1927-28 7 (4 for defensemen)
- Career WCHL • 42
- Career PCHA • 3
- Career SSHL • 32
- Career MHL Sr • 18
- Career Cal-Pro • 29 (incomplete)

• Points Per Game •
- Career WCHL • 0.53
- Career PCHA • 0.50
- Career SSHL • 1.19
- Career MHL Sr • 0.90
- Career Cal-Pro • 0.85 (incomplete)

• PIMs •
1918-19 MHL Sr 15 (6)
1920-21 SSHL 30 (5)
1922-23 WCHL 22 (T9)
1923-24 WCHL 28 (8)
1924-25 WCHL 98 (1)
1925-26 Cal-Pro 36 (1) incomplete
- Career WCHL • 160
- Career PCHA • 2
- Career SSHL • 42
- Career MHL Sr • 25
- Career Cal-Pro • 57 (incomplete)

• PLAYOFFS •
- 1919/20 SSHL Provisional Playoffs - 2 games / 6 goals / 2 assists / 0 PIMs
- total playoff games STATS - 12 games / 8 goals / 6 assists / 6 PIMs

• Accolades •

Abbie Newell is a forgotten defenceman from the 1920s. Never a star player, Newell was nevertheless an important contributor to major-league teams for a number of years. At first glance, it might seem that Newell was an offensive specialist. Beginning his senior hockey career in Manitoba, as so many Western Canada league stars did, he was second in goals among defencemen in 1917/18, and improved to first in assists and second in points among defencemen in 1918/19, playing in a league which included names such as Harry Oliver and Bullet Joe Simpson, both Hall-of-Famers.

Moving from there to the Saskatchewan senior league, which two seasons later would provide two teams to the newly-formed WCHL, Newell led all defencemen in points in 1920/21, and led the entire league in assists. Now he was in a league playing against Rusty Crawford, Dick Irvin and George Hay, among others. The following season he again led all defencemen in points.

In the WCHL in 1922/23, Newell was third in blueliner points per game, behind only Joe Simpson and Red Dutton. In 1924/25, he was fifth in points per game, behind Herb Gardiner, Joe Simpson, Bobby Trapp and Harry Cameron. In 1926 he left to play in the California professional league with several other Canadian star players, and led that league in goals.

But he was more than a scorer. When his Regina Capitals had the best defence in the league in 1923/24, Newell was one of the starters on the blueline, playing ahead of XXXX XXXXXXXX, who was used as a substitute. The following quotes demonstrate his solid defensive reputation. The last quote is interesting, showing that a young Eddie Shore was an adequate substitute for an injured Newell;

"Newell, in addition to supplying one of Moose Jaw's counters, played a sterling defensive game in combination with [XXXXX] XXXXXX." - (Regina Morning Leader, 14 Feb 1922)

"Besides playing sterling defensive hockey, Newell also came through with a goal, instigated the rush and made the pass for the goal which gave the Caps their overtime win on Saturday night." - (Regina Morning Leader, 11 Feb 1924)

"Caps will take the ice up north tonight without the services of Abbie Newell, star defence man. Newell is suffering from an injured hip and will not be able to participate in the game, but Eddie Shore will step into the vacant place in the line-up, and [the coach] declared he's satisfied with his substitute." - (Regina Morning Leader 21 Jan 1925)

Although Newell was a left-hand shot, the evidence points to him playing right defence. He was a regular partner with Percy Traub, who was also a left-hand shot, and when Newell was injured he was replaced by Eddie Shore, a right-hand shot.

An examination of his Point Allocation record reveals a solid career, producing some offensive value as well as defensive. He was a journeyman, only twice playing for the same team two seasons consecutively, and this might be a reason that he is not better-known today. He's not easily associated with a particular team, and was not a superstar, but was always in demand when a team was in need of a blueliner.

 

[BubbaBoot]

Tom McCarthy
left wing

• Shoots: left • Height: 6'2" • Weight: 200 lbs. •
• Born: July 31, 1960 • Toronto, Ontario •
• Drafted by: Minnesota • 1st Round (10th overall) 1979 NHL Entry • From: Oshawa Generals (OHL) •
• Played: 1979/80 - 1987/88 (NHL) \\\ 1986/87 - 19487/88 (AHL) \\\ 1976/77- 1978/79 (OHL) \\\ 1988/89 (Italy) •

• All-Star Team Voting •
1978-79 OHL 1st Team
1983/84 (8)

• All-Star Games •
1983 (NHL)

• NOTES •
- Oshawa Generals captain: 1978-79
- Oshawa Generals records: Most consecutive games with at least one point (34 in 1977-78)
- Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1981 (Minnesota), 1988 (Boston)
- Nephew of former NHL player John Stewart
- OPJHL North Coach of Year: 2004-05 (Huntsville Muskoka)
- DN Cup Points Leader: 1980 (Minnesota) (4 points)

• Achievements •
• Games •
- Career NHL • 460
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 68
- Career OHL • 127
- Career OHL PLAYOFFS • 9

• Goals •
1977-78 OHL 47 (T9)
1978-79 OHL 69 (2)
1983-84 NHL 39 (T7 among LWers)
1986-87 NHL 30 (14th among LWers)
- Career NHL • 178
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 12
- Career OHL • 117
- Career OHL PLAYOFFS • 4

• Power Play Goals •
1983-84 NHL 16 (7)
- Career NHL • 46
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 5

• Assists •
1978-79 OHL 75 (9)
1982-83 NHL 48 (T4 among LWers)
- Career NHL • 221
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 26
- Career OHL • 121
- Career OHL PLAYOFFS • 5

• Points •
1978-79 OHL 144 (2)
1982-83 NHL 76 (T9 among LWers)
- Career NHL • 399
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 38
- Career OHL • 238
- Career OHL PLAYOFFS • 9

• Points Per Game •
1978-79 OHL 2.29 (1)
1981-82 NHL 1.05 (T7 among LWers)
1983-84 NHL 1.06 (9 among LWers
- Career NHL • 0.87
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 0.56
- Career OHL • 1.87
- Career OHL PLAYOFFS • 1.00

• PIMs •
- Career NHL • 330
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 67
- Career OHL • 170
- Career OHL PLAYOFFS • 13

• Plus/Minus •
- Career NHL • +54
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • -8 (incomplete)

• career team records •
MINNESOTA NORTH STARS (NHL) - games (32) / goals (16) / EV goals (16) / PP goals (17) / (assists (23) / points (21) / playoff points (22) / plus-minus (10) / PIMs (38) / points per game (14)

• Accolades •

Did you know that Wayne Gretzky was not the 1st player chosen in the 1977 OHA midget draft? Despite being known as a national prodigy since the age of 6, Gretzky actually was chosen third by Sault Ste. Marie.

Drafted #2 was a kid named Steve Peters, and he never amounted to much as far as the NHL was concerned, playing in just 2 games with the old Colorado Rockies. Niagara Falls selected Peters over Gretzky only because the Gretzky family had said Wayne would not play anywhere other than Peterborough. (The Petes had the 4th pick, but plans were foiled when the Soo Greyhounds took Gretzky anyways. Gretzky did eventually report.)

Going first overall to Oshawa was a big strapping winger named Tom McCarthy. McCarthy went on to a great junior career, and was considered the top underaged draft eligible player in 1979. The Minnesota North Stars selected McCarthy 10th overall.

Nicknamed "Jughead" or just "Jug" due to his resemblance to the Archie comics character, McCarthy played nine seasons, scoring 178 goals and 221 assists for 399 points in 460 games with Minny and Boston. His best years were with Minnesota. In the 1982-83 season he scored 76 points in 80 games. The following season McCarthy had 70 points in 60 regular season games playing on a line with Dino Ciccarelli and Neal Broten.

I always like McCarthy myself. For some reason I had a soft spot for left wingers when I was a kid growing up. McCarthy's size gave him presence, and it was amplified by his agility, speed and creativity as well as his willingness to go into high traffic areas (at least in the offensive zone). His goal scoring totals and creativity playing along side Ciccarelli and Broten certainly made him even more noticeable, although his coaches probably were more annoyed with his lack of a defensive game and at-times lazy work ethic.

McCarthy was a popular player in Minnesota. For a time he owned and operated a fish and chips restaurant in the area called "McCarthy's: Just for the Halibut" which was a popular eatery.

Injuries plagued McCarthy during his career. He missed nearly half of the 1984-85 regular season and part of the 1985 playoffs due to vision trouble resulting from a concussion suffered when he was punched by Tiger Williams in a Feb.14, 1985 game. At other times in his career he also injured his back in car accident, broke a bone in his back when he crashed into the goal post, and missed time with a paralyzed face as he was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy.

McCarthy also had problems off the ice. He struggled with alcoholism during his years in Minnesota and spent time at the Betty Ford Clinic. He was arrested in 1994 by the FBI and pleaded guilty to driving a truckload of marijuana from California to Minnesota. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison, in which he served time in several jails in both USA and Canada. During his time in Leavenworth, Kansas he organized a prison hockey school.

Fortunately McCarthy was able to clean his life up after getting out of prison. He returned to hockey, coaching youth in the greater Toronto area.

 

[Rob Scuderi]

Jude Drouin, C

- 18th in points and 6th in assists in 1971
- Team scoring placements: 1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6
- vsX scores: 70, 68, 52, 50, 48, 43, 41 / 6 year sum of 331
- 68 points in 72 playoff games, 3rd in playoff points and 1st in playoff assists in 1975
- Led AHL in scoring in 1970 and made the First All-Star Team

Drouin's break came when he was dealt to Minnesota in 1970, a year in which he set a mark for rookies with 52 assists. Despite his size, or lack of it, Drouin, one of the best stickhandlers in the game in his era, became an important cog in the North Star machinery.

In the middle of the 1974-75 season, he was traded to the Islanders, where he starred in the Isles' miracle playoff performances, before they succumbed to the Flyers in a seventh semifinal game.

Just 5'10" and 160lbs, Jude Drouin had to overcome to stereotype of being much too small to play in the National Hockey League. But with brilliant puckhandling abilities, Drouin became an effective playmaking center and power play specialist.

With his puck on a string puckhandling abilities, Drouin immediately became a star as a rookie in Minnesota. He noticed 16 goals and a then-NHL-rookie record of 52 assists for 68 points in his first year.

The North Stars best line is centered by Drouin, who finished second to Buffalo's Gil Perreault in the Rookie-of-the-Year voting last season. Drouin had 68 points, only four less than the record 72 accumulated by Perreault.

Call this little Frenchman the Lone Star North Star...Set a rookie record with 52 assists and 68 total points last season after disappointing in training camp...He was Rookie of the Year and All-Star center in AHL...Small but not shy. Likes to hit and is quick enough to avoid retaliation.

Smooth skating center who is one of the best playmakers in the NHL.

Useful center who possesses one of the most thunderous slapshots in the league...One of leading clutch players in history of NHL playoffs, averaging nearly a point a game...Disappointed Jets last season with offensive production but played well defensively...

 

[Rob Scuderi]

Dave Lewis, D

- Captain of Kings 1981-1983
- Averaged 19.85 estimated TOI per game over 1008 games
- ES estimated TOI team ranks (minimum 40 games on team): 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6

Defenceman Dave Lewis was a tower of strength in his own end and moved the puck over to his more talented teammates effectively during his 15 years in the NHL. He was an important member of the New York Islanders when they became competitive in the 1970s and later helped solidify the blueline on three other teams.

Fills an important need for the Kings because he's one of the NHL's best defensive defensemen...A mainstay of the [Islanders] climb from expansion club to contender in three seasons...Although he clears the puck well from his team's zone, he leaves the rushing to others...Good bodychecker, strong at blocking shots and clearing traffic from in front of the net.

Perhaps the NHL's best defensive defenseman...Strong in all areas of defensive game, riding foes out of play, clearing front of net and moving puck...Very strong, well-conditioned player work works with weights...A big reason why the Kings' defensive play was much improved in '80-81.

Premier big-league defenseman for past 10 seasons...Solid defensive type who hasn't had big point totals...

Unselfish team-first player...Played while hurt numerous times last season...Did some outstanding bodychecking in second half of last season...Blocked 30 shots...Worked well on defense in tandem with former Islander teammate Bob Lorimer...

Demers was the biggest off-season acquisition, but there were other moves I made that helped as well. Free agency certainly was the answer to problems then that it later became, but I did sign one free agent, a solid player from New Jersey who helped us a great deal, a fine fellow by the name of Dave Lewis.

In fact, when Jacques came to our club as head coach, I recommended to him that he name Dave as our captain and my reasoning was simple. I thought that with Steve Yzerman being so young, he should get a chance to see a veteran player like Dave Lewis deal with the players, both rookies and veterans, and see how he worked with them all to make us a better hockey club together. Lewis had also been a captain with the Los Angeles Kings, so he had experience wearing the "C" and leading a team. I thought Steve could learn a lot from him.

 

[Rob Scuderi]

Sylvain Lefebvre, D

- Averaged 19.79 estimated TOI per game over 945 games
- ES estimated TOI team ranks (minimum 40 games on team): 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5
- 1x Stanley Cup winner, 4x Conference finalist

Lefebvre played three seasons in Montreal before he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in August 1992. The rugged blueliner blossomed under Pat Burns, his former coach in Montreal. His willingness to play the body and buy into Burns' disciplined system was a key factor behind Toronto being the only team to reach the semi-finals in both 1993 and 1994.

When Mats Sundin was acquired at the 1994 Entry Draft for Wendel Clark, the Nords insisted that Lefebvre be included in the trade. There was a great deal of emotion over the loss of Clark, but Lefebvre's absence was more damaging to the team over the next few years. The club wasn't able to replace him and watched as he helped solidify the blueline of the Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche in 1996.

The rugged defender played three more years in Denver before joining the New York Rangers as a free agent prior to the 1999-00 season. Upon his arrival in New York, Lefebvre continued to play solid defence with his new club, until injuries began to take their toll during the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons. Lefebvre announced his retirement at the end of the 2002-03 season.

Lefebvre actually has below-average skills with regard to speed and puckhandling, yet he became one of the Leafs' most reliable defenseman by playing within his boundaries and within the system.

Lefebvre plays tough and physical. He patrols an controls and the front of his net and plays a hard-nosed style.

He was usually put on the ice against the opposition's best forwards, and he didn't betray the confidence Burns placed in him.

Lefebvre is a good argument for instituting an NHL award for defensive defensemen (as opposed to the Norris Trophy, which in recent years has gone to offensive defensemen). If there were such a piece of hardware, Lefebvre would be a finalist, if not a winner.

He plays his position the way any coach would try to teach it to a youngster just starting out. Safe and dependable, Lefebvre makes the first pass and then forgets about the puck...His game is defense first, and he is very basic and consistent in his limited role.

(repeats bit about Defensive defenseman trophy)

He's one of the best at one-on-one coverage. He's always in position and always square with his man. He reads the play well, makes good outlet passes from out of his own end, and has a smidge of offensive ability to boot.

He does it all playing his "wrong" side on defense and matching up against the other team's top lines on a nightly basis...His acquisition helped the Nordiques improve from 21st in team defense in 1993-94 to ninth last season.

Lefebvre is a rock-solid defensive defenseman. He is a quiet leader, well respected by teammates and opponents.

The 1994-95 and 1995-96 scouting reports as basically repeated until 2000. 1996-97 again repeat he could win the best defensive defenseman award. 1997-98 and 1999-2000 says he could have a number of times throughout his career.

 

[BubbaBoot]

Lalli Partinen
defenseman

• Shoots: left • Height: 6'2" • Weight: 220 lbs. •
• Born: August 20, 1941 • Kannonkoski, Finland •
• Played: 1959/60 - 1976/77 (SM-Sarja / SM-Liiga) •
• Hall of Fame: Finland (1987) •

• Championships •
1970 Championship (SM-Sarja / Gold)
1974 Championship (SM-Sarja / Gold)
1973 (SM-Sarja / Silver)
1975 (SM-Sarja / Silver)
1971 (SM-Sarja / Bronze)
1972 (SM-Sarja / Bronze)

• All-Star Teams •
1965 SM-Sarja
1973 SM-Sarja

• NOTES •
- Played in 6 World Championships, with four 4th place finishes.
- Captained the 1966 Finnish World Championships team.
- His #3 jersey retired by SaiPa Lappeenranta.
- Career Stats

• Achievements •
• Games •
- Career SM-Sarja • 377
- Career SM-Liiga • 59
- Career SM-Liiga PLAYOFFS • 4
- Career International • 46

• Goals •
1964-65 SM-Sarja 4 (T3 for defensemen)
- Career SM-Sarja • 50
- Career SM-Liiga • 6
- Career SM-Liiga PLAYOFFS • 0
- Career International • 2

• Assists •
1964-65 SM-Sarja 6 (T1 for defensemen)
1966-67 SM-Sarja 11 (T1 for defensemen)
1967-68 SM-Sarja 7 (T1 for defensemen)
1975-76 SM-Liiga 13 (T3 for defensemen)
1976-77 SM-Liiga 9 (T10 for defensemen)
- Career SM-Sarja • 87
- Career SM-Liiga • 22
- Career SM-Liiga PLAYOFFS • 1
- Career International • 4

• Points •
1964-65 SM-Sarja 10 (2 for defensemen)
1966-67 SM-Sarja 15 (1 for defensemen10
1967-68 SM-Sarja 7 (6 for defensemen)
1970-71 SM-Sarja 12 (T9 for defensemen)
1972-73 SM-Sarja 20 (T6 for defensemen)
1974-75 SM-Sarja 15 (T9 for defensemen)
1975-76 SM-Liiga 16 (T10 for defensemen)
- Career SM-Sarja • 137
- Career SM-Liiga • 28
- Career SM-Liiga PLAYOFFS • 1
- Career International • 6

• Points Per Game •
- Career SM-Sarja • 0.36
- Career SM-Liiga • 0.47
- Career SM-Liiga PLAYOFFS • 0.25
- Career International • 0.13

• PIMs •
1965-66 SM-Sarja 52 (1)
1966-67 SM-Sarja 46 (2 / 1 minute from lead)
1967-68 SM-Sarja 48 (1)
1968-69 SM-Sarja 68 (1)
1969-70 SM-Sarja 44 (2 / 2 minutes from lead)
1970-71 SM-Sarja 57 (1)
1973-74 SM-Sarja 77 (2)
1974-75 SM-Sarja 84 (2)
1975-76 SM-Liiga 116 (1)
1975-76 SM-Liiga PLAYOFFS 30 (1)
1976-77 SM-Liiga 94 (2)
- Career SM-Sarja • 648
- Career SM-Liiga • 210
- Career SM-Liiga PLAYOFFS • 32
- Career International • 28

• Accolades •

A Finnish former ice hockey defenseman , who represented his career, championship series Saimaa scoops and HIFK also.. Partinen the Finnish Ice Hockey Association President and CEO 1986-1988.

Partinen playing career in the sphere of Lake Saimaa (1959-1969), and HIFK in (1969-1977), captained v.1962-1969. 436 of the match, this heavy-handed defenseman collected a total of 165 points (56 + 109), but as many as 858 penalty minutes He did in fact lead Finland the main series of statistics at the time penalty period 2002-2003, when Toni Mäkiaho passed him. Partinen was in possession of the SM-league single-season penalty record until 1987.

"The red number three", which was used as a nickname Partinen, the rink was a dreaded person. Partinen nickname comes from the game number and HIFK game red outfit. Part was your speeches, as well as the defender of his works, which many feared hockey player then both at home and abroad. And not in vain, as he tore up, among other things, the Ljubljana World Championships in 1966 Czechoslovakian Josef Černýn , which did not manage to sneak in and Partinen off between fast enough. Also, in the last World Championships in Moscow in 1973 , he tackled a player's off to the races. This time Partinen and between the left side of the Polish top striker Krzysztof Białynicki . His knee was bent so badly that he was then seen in the international ice.

 

[Rob Scuderi]

Brent Ashton, LW

- 9th most adjusted ES points coming into draft with 404. For all of his 20 goals years, he only played on 25% of his teams' powerplays.
- Team scoring placements: 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6
- vsX scores: 69, 49, 46, 43, 41, 41, 40 / 6 year sum of 289
- Played 998 games, but retired at 33 from a knee injury. He had surgery on that left knee 7 times during his career.
- Could play all three forward positions

Scored 24 goals, 60 points and was one of club's most consistent performers...Versatile forward who can play all three positions...

Nordiques never expected husky left wing would do what he did after trade last season with Minnesota...Defenceman Brad Maxwell was player Nordiques wanted most in trade...Ashton was a throw-in...Became a goal-scoring machine: 27 goals, 24 assists, 51 points in 49 games in Quebec...Vancouver Canucks, New Jersey Devils, Minnesota North Stars know now they made mistake by failing to recognize Ashton's ability as a scorer...North Stars mistakenly limited his role to spare forward and checker...

After nothing 51 points in 47 Nordique games in 1984-85, he struggled a bit last season, especially in area of key goals...Picked up during the second half, however, and was used on power play and killing penalties as well as regular shift...Only Nordique to score two goals in playoffs...Primarily a defensive forward before coming to Quebec, so his scoring exploits were a surprise...Still has good defensive skills...

Yet another reason why the Red Wings have one of the NHL's best left sides...Plays even bigger than he is, skates hard and has soft hands...Performed as a center in Quebec when the Nordiques lost Dale Hunter and Peter Stastny for stretches in 1986-87...An accomplished penalty-killer...Every team that traded him would love to have him now.

Ashton is a good skater with a great deal of speed...Right now, Ashton skates fast from end to end, but doesn't much moderate his speed. Because he skates with the throttle out most of the time, Ashton is forced to make plays at high speed, something the rest of his skills are not suited for...If he were operating at a slower speed, he'd be able to better adjust and see the ice better. Ashton can pass well and he does look for his teammates. He can control the puck well and can stickhandle his way around a defenseman. He'll get many of his goals from closer to the net, picking up rebounds or tip-ins from the mid-slot, non-traffic area.

Ashton has never been a physical player, formerly so non-contact oriented that he shied away from hits and would up the puck. That was bad behavior for a big guy. But last year he developed a more physical style of play as he accepted the hits and made quite a few himself. Still, though you will see more and more of Ashton grinding along the boards, he operates better in free-wheeling situations.

Ashton's finesse strengths lie in his strength. His skating is marked by his balance, power and sturdiness and he uses those assets to generate speed and acceleration ability. He also uses that balance and strength to drive the net and plow through traffic, and his balance gives him a strong degree of agility...He's a shooter and scorer and he plays that way, taking the puck and just going when he's got it...he can't be said to have a good sense of the ice or to use his teammates well; he's not a smart player. That shot, however, is a dynamic weapon; Ashton can beat any goaltender because of his accuracy and quick release...He is fairly responsible defensively.

Ashton is a strong player in a sort-of demonstrative way. He uses his body to knock the opposition off the puck and to work through traffic and his balance keeps him vertical after collisions, but he's not a driving or spectacular hitter...His excellent balance helps him get goals in tight, and his willingness to play in the traffic area in front of the net keys much of his scoring success.

He will use the wrist or the snap, surprising goalies as often as possible from his favorite short-range scoring areas. He will get it off quickly and accurately, an makes regular use of the backhand as well...For all his skills, though, Ashton seems to outthink himself-especially on the many breakaways his speed creates-and misses a number of chances for every one or two he puts into the net. Because of his hand speed, Ashton is often trusted with faceoffs while the Jets are short a player...

Ashton has size and uses it in very quiet ways. While some players make a big show of leaving their feet to check an opponent, and others with crunch a guy, then wind up in a pile in the corner, Ashton simply hits, keeps his footing, and skates away...But he is far more a finesse player with size than a physical player with skill.

Ashton does nothing well, but does everything adequately. He can play all three forward positions, which makes him valuable to a team, and his experience is another bonus since he is a pretty smart and economical player...Ashton's speed is another reason for his effectiveness. He has good balance and hand skills to keep temp with his skating.

Ashton is an underrated player physically. He is a solid, sound checker who takes his man without making a big, noisy hit. His strength comes from his skating balance, which helps him in battles with stronger players. He won't be mistaken for a power forward, though, lacking the intensity that the position needs.

 

[Rob Scuderi]

Glenn Brydson, RW

vsX: 65, 64, 62, 50, 31, 21 / 6 year sum of 293

Right-winger Glenn Brydson played nearly 300 games for four different clubs in the 1930s. He was known for battling hard in the corners and sticking with his check while contributing on offense as well.

The other development will likely be the signing of a prominent amateur player, now performing in the Senior Group. Rumor has it that it is Glen Brydson of the M.A.A.A. squad. The clever winger was in Toronto today to visit his parents. The signing of a player like Brydson would fill out the third forward line of the Maroons and set them for the final hectic days of the season.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...L0tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UIwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6053,1285451

C.P.R. possesses a powerful team, but lost a clever and dangerous right-winger in Glen Brydson, when Maroons signed him two weeks ago.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...PAtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T4wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5709,2589144

In the third period Ace Bailey and Glen Brydson started a scrap in the penalty box and had minor penalties increased to majors.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...RlAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=haQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4324,1870043

Glen Brydson started the Donnybrook, taking offence at a check handed out to him when he was parked in front of Billie Beveridge in the Ottawa nets. Tempers had been running high all through the game and in a matter of seconds every man on the ice excepting Flat Walsh was in the general fight.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...AIuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q5gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6726,3467920

Eddie Gerard indicated that he would stand pat on his present line-up, but said that he was always open to a deal if he thought he could better the team. He remarked the Maroons had all played well while away and that he was satisfied with the club, but "if we can get one more real good forward, we're in the market." He repeated that Art Ross was eagerly seeking Glen Brydson a little while ago, but whether or not he was interested in the young right winger still, he did not know. At the time, Boston offered Joe Jerwa for Brydson and the Maroons refused flatly.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...kEswAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XKgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3490,706141

Short a man, [the Americans] lost their aggressiveness and co-ordination as [Bun] Cook, Glen Brydson and Frank Boucher ran wild.

Boucher waiting near the front of the goal, was fed two scoring passes in less than a half minute. He teamed with Brydson to feed [Bun] Cook, who rammed the final tally in 3 minutes and 14 seconds after the overtime chapter had begun.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...o4pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4m0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2870,3403911

Frank Boucher and Bunny Cook had Glenn Brydson as a running mate. Bill Cook, recovering from tonsillitis, was on the bench when the game opened.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...L4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C5kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6226,1552289

...Glen Brydson, filling in for the injured Bill Cook on right wing, scored seven points, four of them in one game against Montreal Maroons, for the best gain of any player of the week. Right at his heels was Frankie Boucher, playmaking centre, with six points.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...b4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C5kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6491,1681253

Brydson returned the rubber to the other end and was forced into a corner by Graham. For a moment it looked as if they would come to blows as they roughed each other but other players interfered before any blows were struck.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...r4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C5kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6759,2342882

Glenn Brydson, product of local school hockey, is finding himself again and has scored seven goals, putting him in a tie with March for the honor of being the Hawks' leading goal-getter.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...H4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6863,2792309

The amateur often wonder what is the fastest skater in the National League. Til there are two or three years, Howie Morenz won the top palm.

Today, younger players have replaced in this area. I first give a list of the fastest each club

Georges Mantha, Johnny Gagnon, and Rod Lorrain of Canadiens; Bob Gracie, Jimmy Ward, and Dave Trottier of Maroons; Harvey Jackson, Buzz Boll, and Chuck Conacher of Leafs; Phil Watson and Cecil Dillon of Rangers; Herbie Lewis and Larry Aurie of Red Wings; Mush March, Glenn Brydson, and Pep Kelly of Black Hawks; Lorne Carr and Joe Lamb of Americans; Charlie Sands and Red Beattie of Bruins.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...K0uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qTcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4196,2508431
Good year in the AHL in 1941

Glenn Brydson, who was the third highest scorer in the loop last year...

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...p8RRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2604,751639

 

[Rob Scuderi]

Tom Fitzgerald, RW

- Killed 36% of teams' penalties for units 3% below average, most adjusted SH points of anyone coming into the draft with 52
- Selke voting: 9th (1996), 19th (1997)
- Captain of Predators 1998-2002

Fitzgerald scored 27 points and was a key defensive player when the Islanders upset the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins to reach the semi-finals in 1993. A few weeks later he was claimed by the Florida Panthers in the Expansion Draft and assumed greater responsibility with his new team. The hard working forward scored a career high 18 goals in the club's inaugural season in 1993-94. Two years later he scored eight points in 22 playoff games as the Panthers shocked the hockey world by reaching the Stanley Cup finals.

The expansion Nashville Predators signed him as a free agent and he became a team leader on the club as it held its own in the league. A solid defensive player and penalty killer with the young Preds', Fitzgerald went on to play four seasons in Nashville before he was dealt to the Chicago Blackhawks in the latter half of the 2001-02 season.

Fitzgerald is a good penalty killer and by the end of the season he was playing smart and in control, showing new maturity. He has developed into a crunch-time player.

Fitzgerald is gritty and strong. He has fairly good size and uses it along the boards and in front of the net, and he's a pesky checker who gets people teed off, although his own discipline keeps him from taking man cheap penalties. He gives his team some bang and pop and finishes his checks.

Fitzgerald has never lived up to the role expected from first-round draft choices (he was 17th overall in 1986), but he is a solid checking forward.

He is very quick and uses his outside speed to take the puck to the net. He is also less shy about using his shot, perhaps because he is working to get himself into better shooting situations.

Although he isn't huge, he is among the best open-ice hitters in the league...His spunk always adds something extra to his shifts.

Fitzgerald played both centre and right wing last season, but the constant shifting doesn't faze him. There is a logjam at centre in Florida, so his versatility helps him get ice time.

Fitzgerald is one of Florida's most consistent forwards. He is developing into a top-notch checking forward who probably deserves some Selke Trophy recognition.

These scouting reports basically repeat each other up to 1999-2000

Then it turned into a shootout as the teams combined for eight goals in the final period, including a record-tying second short-handed goal by New York's Tom Fitzgerald. "Fitzy really got us started with those short-handed goals," Arbour said.
...
Fitzgerald, who had previously scored only one goal in 13 previous playoff games, became the seventh player in history to score two short-handed goals in one playoff game.

If you've ever wondered why the Penguins don't have very many muckers and grinders, the character players that are seemingly indigenous to Stanley Cup winners, there's a simple answer. The Florida Panthers have almost all of them.

Tom Fitzgerald, Mike Hough, Bill Lindsay, Dave Lowry, Brian Skrudland...you'd think they were all the same guy if they hadn't been seen together. They skate hard, forecheck, backcheck, bodycheck, make plays and chip in the odd goal.
...
And Fitzgerald had two goals in the Panthers' 5-1 victory in Game 1 of the current series.

That means the Big Line [Lemieux, Jagr, Francis] won't just see the Panthers' top checking line of Tom Fitzgerald, Bill Lindsay and Jody Hull all night, every night. It also will see their top defensive pairing of Terry Carkner and Robert Svehla.

 

[BubbaBoot]

Bobby Genge
defense

• Shoots: left • Height: 6'4" • Weight: 200 lbs. •
• Born: December 20, 1889 • Leeds County, Ontario •
• Played: 1912/13 - 1920/21 (PCHA) \\\ 1911/12 (SPHL) \\\ 1911/12 (SSHL) \\\ 1909/10 - 1911/12 (NOHL)

• Championships •
1913 PCHA
1913 Stanley Cup (unofficial "Challenge" Series vs. the Quebec Bulldogs)

• All-Star Teams •
1912 NOHL 1st team

• NOTES •
Player Stats

• Achievements •
• Games •
- Career PCHA • 109
- Career NOHL • 25 (incomplete)

• Goals •
1909/10 NOHL 8 (2 for defensemen)
1911/12 NOHL 9 (T7 / 1 for defensemen)
1913/14 PCHA 9 (T12 / 2 for defensemen)
- Career PCHA • 19
- Career NOHL • 17 (incomplete)

• Assists •
- Career PCHA • 15
- Career NOHL • 0 (incomplete)

• Points •
1909/10 NOHL 8 (2 for defensemen)
1911/12 NOHL 9 (T7 / 1 for defensemen)
1913/14 PCHA 13 (3 for defensemen)
- Career PCHA • 34
- Career NOHL • 17 (incomplete)

• Points Per Game •
- Career PCHA • 0.31
- Career NOHL • 0.68 (incomplete)

• PIMs •
1909/10 NOHL 58 (2)
1911/12 NOHL 27 (10)
1914/15 PCHA 36 (5 / 1 for defensemen)
1916/17 PCHA 48 (7 / 2 for defensemen)
1918/19 PCHA 12 (T8 / 2 for defensemen)
- Career PCHA • 161
- Career NOHL • 85

• CAREER PLAYOFFS •
8 games / 3 goals / 0 assists / 3 points / 0.39 Points per game / 0 PIMs (incomplete)

• Accolades •

Take a generous helping of scraps, a good measure of stick-swinging and slashing, a gill of tripping, a few rib-disturbing body-checks, no small portion of real, good hockey, and a dash of police intervention, and you have the tobasco cocktail which the Toronto and Victoria pro. hockey teams served up to the fans in what proved to be the deciding game for the Stanley Cup. Torontos won by 3 to 1, and take the silverware and title of world's champions in three straight.

There was everything mixed up in that game, including what looked like a free fight, precipitated by Genge of the Vics and Davidson of Torontos, who, not content with mauling each other wrestler fashion down in the corner behind Vics nets, dropped their sticks and went at it with gloved fists. Of course, with the big padded hockey gloves on they could not more than ruffle each other's composure, but when Davidson finally wrestled Genge to the ice and the rival players bunched and milled around striving to aid the officials to separate the combatants the fracas looked 100 per cent worse than it really was. No one really butted in except as peacemakers, though at that it would not have taken much to have started a battle royal, for the air was electric with antagonism. The Genge-Davidson mill was staged in the dying moments of the game, and as the contest had been enlivened by a score of lively tilts between hot-headed players, in which they slashed and elbowed and charged each other right merrily, it is a wonder the struggle did not end in sanguinary conflict.

It was over the Davidson-Genge battle that the police interfered. Police Inspector Geddes went to the dressing rooms and personally warned the players that any more pugilistic exhibitions would be treated just as if they had occurred on the street, and that arrests would follow. That should be enough to stop fistic encounters around the Arena in future.

Genge, the big defence man, played grand hockey until he was laid out by a heavy body check by Cameron. Genge got a rough passage every time he started and was mixed up in many of the little skirmishes, but he looked as good as any man on the ice until Cameron laid him low.

Lester Patrick, his defence mate, looked good, too, until he hurt his wrist. His rushes were as dangerous as Genge's, if they were not so spectacular.

The unlikely star was XxXXXXXXX. All night, he had followed Marshall's instructions and zeroed in on Victoria defenceman Bobby Genge, a dominating two-way player. Genge, was also big, at nearly 200 lbs. XxXXXXXXX bounced on and off him all night like a dog off a bear. Finally, the larger man slammed and butt-ended [him], knocking him out cold.

If the Quebec Bulldogs had not been quite so nervous about their opponents in Victoria, the Stanley Cup might have belonged to us in 1913.

It was a challenge cup back then, and Quebec had claimed the trophy by being the best team in the National Hockey Association. Lester Patrick’s Victoria Senators challenged the Bulldogs, but the Quebec players would only come west if the Senators agreed that the Stanley Cup would not be up for grabs.

For Quebec, it was a wise choice, because Victoria won the best-of-three series.

The teams used two styles of hockey, with six players a side, as well as seven, with the seventh being a rover. Quebec, more experienced with the six-player system, had the upper hand in the game that used that system.

Patrick said he thought there was little chance of six-player hockey catching on. It had more individual rushes, he said, and the best skaters would have more scoring chances, but it was a “mongrel†style compared to the seven-player system.

The Senators — the players who beat the Stanley Cup champs — were Bobby Rowe, right wing; Bert Lindsay, goal; Tommy Dunderdale, centre; Goldie Prodger, point; Silent Ilrich, forward; Lester Patrick, manager and cover point; Skinner Poulin, rover; Walter Smaill, left wing; and Bob Genge, forward.

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Larry Regan
right wing

• Shoots: right • Height: 5'9" • Weight: 162 lbs. •
• Born: August 9, 1930 • Most, North Bay, Ontario •
• Played: 1956/57 - 1960/61 (NHL) \\\ 1948/49 -1949/50 (OHA-Jr) \\\ 1950/51 - 1952/53 (QMHL) \\\ 1953/54 - 1955/56 (QHL) \\\ 1955/56 (NOHA) \\\ 1961/62, 1965/66 (AHL) •

• Championships •
1948 Championship QSHL
1948 Allan Cup
1954 Championship QHL

• Awards •
1958-59 Calder Trophy NHL

• Achievements •
• Games Played
- Career NHL • 280
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 42
- Career OHA-Jr • 88
- Career OHA-Jr PLAYOFFS • 15
- Career QMHL • 154
- Career QMHL PLAYOFFS • 16
- Career QHL • 124
- Career QHL Playoffs • 31
- Career AHL • 113

• Goals
1949/50 OHA-Jr 37 (9)
1953/54 QHL PLAYOFFS 5 (T7)
- Career NHL • 41
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 7
- Career OHA-Jr • 57
- Career OHA-Jr PLAYOFFS • 5
- Career QMHL • 40
- Career QMHL PLAYOFFS • 0
- Career QHL • 33
- Career QHL Playoffs • 10
- Career AHL • 26

• Assists
1957/58 NHL PLAYOFFS 8 (T4 with Jean Beliveau and Don McKenney)
- Career NHL • 95
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 14
- Career OHA-Jr • 51
- Career OHA-Jr PLAYOFFS • 5
- Career QMHL • 68
- Career QMHL PLAYOFFS • 3
- Career QHL • 63
- Career QHL Playoffs • 11
- Career AHL • 53

• Points
1957/58 NHL PLAYOFFS 11 (T7 with Boom Boom Geoffrion, Dickie Moore and Doug Harvey)
- Career NHL • 136
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 21
- Career OHA-Jr • 108
- Career OHA-Jr PLAYOFFS • 10
- Career QMHL • 108
- Career QMHL PLAYOFFS • 3
- Career QHL • 96
- Career QHL Playoffs • 21
- Career AHL • 79

• Points per Game
- Career NHL • 0.49
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 0.50
- Career OHA-Jr • 1.23
- Career OHA-Jr PLAYOFFS • 0.67
- Career QMHL • 0.70
- Career QMHL PLAYOFFS • 0.19
- Career QHL • 0.77
- Career QHL Playoffs • 0.68
- Career AHL • 0.70

• PIMs
- Career NHL • 71
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 18
- Career OHA-Jr • 47
- Career OHA-Jr PLAYOFFS • 0
- Career QMHL • 76
- Career QMHL PLAYOFFS • 8
- Career QHL • 55
- Career QHL Playoffs • 14
- Career AHL • 53

• NOTES •
- Allan Cup finalist with Ottawa Senators 1947-48
- Claimed by Boston from Quebec (QHL) in Inter-League Draft, June 5, 1956.
- Was the first general manager of the Los Angeles Kings
- [URL="http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/reganla01.html"Go to > ]Hockey Reference Player Stats[/URL]

• Accolades •

Regan, an excellent skater, stickhandler and penalty-killer who often scored when his team was short-handed, played five seasons in the NHL with Boston and Toronto. He won the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie in 1956-57 after recording 33 points with the Bruins. In 280 career games, Regan recorded 41 goals and 95 assists.

Born in North Bay, Ont., Regan spent his youth playing hockey in Ottawa.

His rise to the NHL was a slow one, from the Ottawa Junior Senators in 1946 to the Toronto Marlies, Ottawa Senators, Shawinigan Cataracts, Quebec Aces, and Pembroke Lumber Kings before making the Bruins at 27 - becoming one of the oldest Calder winners.

Regan spent 2 1/2 seasons in Boston before joining the Leafs. In 1961, he moved to the Pittsburgh Hornets of the AHL for a season and then moved to Europe to coach in in Innsbruck, Austria.

Back in Canada, he coached the Etobicoke Indians Junior B club for a season before launching a brief comeback with the Baltimore Clippers of the AHL.

Jack Kent Cooke, owner of the expansion Kings, named Regan head scout in 1966 before promoting him to GM. Regan, who also spent time behind the Kings bench as head coach, remained in the job until 1973.

Among the players Regan brought to Los Angeles were Rogie Vachon, Juha Widing, Terry Harper and Bob Murdoch. He also led the Kings to the playoffs in each of his first two seasons as GM.

Regan was once fined US$1,000 by NHL president Clarence Campbell for punching referee Bruce Hood in the face following a game in Oakland in 1968.

"Someone had to do something with officiating like that," Regan told the Los Angeles Times back then.

He was upset after a late penalty cost the Kings a victory against the California Seals. The stunt drew fans like a magnet. More than 10,000 attended the next Kings' game.

Although born in North Bay, Larry Regan spent his youth playing hockey in Ottawa where he excelled as an outstanding stickhandler. It has been reported that many a kid quit to go home early over the frustration of being unable to wrestle the puck away from him for extensive periods of time.

Regan's flight to the NHL, however, looked more like a long, slow climb up a steep cliff. From the time he laced up for the Ottawa Junior Senators in 1946, it took him ten seasons of toil with the Toronto Marlies, Ottawa Senators, Shawinigan Cataracts, Quebec Aces, and Pembroke Lumber Kings before the Boston Bruins finally picked him up.

At age 27, Regan entered the big leagues as a seasoned pro who turned on his stickhandling and playmaking prowess to become one of the oldest winners ever of the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie.

Regan moved to Ottawa as a youth. As a 16-year-old, he joined the Ottawa Jr. Senators organization in 1945-46. Regan then played for the Ottawa Senators in the Quebec Senior Hockey League. He moved to Toronto to play two seasons with the Toronto Marlboros organization, first as a junior, then at the senior level. He returned to the Senators in 1950, playing two seasons before joining the Shawinigan Cataracts. Regan then moved on to the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association and the Quebec Aces of the Quebec Hockey League.

In 1956-57, Larry finally got his chance in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins as a 27-year-old. He scored 14 goals that season, which would be his career high, and he won the Calder Memorial Trophy, the oldest player to win it at that time (Sergei Makarov won it when he was 31 years old in 1988-89 with the Calgary Flames).

He played two and a half seasons with the Bruins before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs. He played two further seasons with the Leafs before being demoted to the Pittsburgh Hornets in the American Hockey League. In 1962, he moved to Innsbruck, Austria, coaching the Innsbrucker EV for two seasons before returning to the AHL with the Baltimore Clippers in 1965-66 for one final season.

 

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Jorma Valtonen
goalkeeper

• Catches: Left • Height: 5'9" • Weight: 161 lbs. •
• Born: December 22, 1946 • Turku, Finland •
• Played: 1964/65 - 1974/75 (SM-Sarja), 1979/80, 1981/82 - 1986/87( SM-Liiga) \\\ • 1975/76 - 1977/78 (Italy) \\\ 1980/81 (Germany) •
• Hall of Fame: IIHF (1999) / Finland (1989) •

• Championships •
1967 SM-Sarja
1973 SM-Sarja

• Honors •
1980 Lynces Academici Goalie Award SM-Liiga
1971 Urpo Ylonen Award (Top Goalie In Finnish League) SM-Sarja
1972 Urpo Ylonen Award (Top Goalie In Finnish League) SM-Sarja
1972 Finnish Player of the Year SM-Sarja
1972 Best Goalkeeper World Championships
1979 Urpo Ylonen Award (Top Goalie In Finnish League) SM-Liiga
1980 Urpo Ylonen Award (Top Goalie In Finnish League) SM-Liiga

• All-Star Games •
1971 SM-Sarja
1972 SM-Sarja
1980 SM-Liiga

• NOTES •
- Finnish League: Regular season: 411 games in goal (Sm-Sarjas and SM-Liiga combined / 4th all-time) / Playoffs: 36 games in goal
- National team: 232 games
- Championships: 3 – Finland, 1 – Italy
- Valtonen was the goalie for the Finnish Olympic team in 1980 that placed 4th and lost to the U.S. 4-2 in the final game that earned the U.S. their improbable gold medal
- The best goalie in Finnish junior hockey award is called the Jorma Valtonen Award

• Accolades •

Jorma Valtonen was named Best Goaltender of the World Championship tournament of 1972 in Prague. In the same year he also won the Finnish Hockey Player of the Year award. Valtonen’s career in the Finnish national team spanned a total of 13 major tournaments between 1970 and 1984, including three Olympic Games and the inaugural Canada Cup in 1976. In Sarajevo 1984 he became the first hockey player to carry the Finnish flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Valtonen began his league career at TPS Turku in 1964 and ended it in the same team in 1987. In between he played for four other Finnish clubs, two clubs in Italy and one in Germany.

Jorma Valtonen Between 1993 and 1996 Valtonen coached the Finnish women’s national team, winning the European Championship title in 1995 and World Championship bronze in 1994. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.

 

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Petr Briza
goalkeeper

• Catches: Left • Height: 6'0" • Weight: 180 lbs. •
• Born: December 9, 1964 • Prague, Czech Republic •
• Played: 1983/84 - 1990/91, 1999/00 - 2005/06 (Czech Extraliga) \\\ 1991/92 - 1992/93 (SM-Liiga) \\\ 1993/94 - 1998/99 (Germany) •

• Championships •
1990 CZECHOSLOVAK Extraliga
2000 CZECH Extraliga
2001 CZECH Extraliga
2006 CZECH Extraliga

• International Medals •
1989 BRONZE World Championships
1990 BRONZE World Championships
1992 BRONZE Olympics
1992 BRONZE World Championships
1993 BRONZE World Championships

• Honors •
1990 CZECHOSLOVAK Extraliga Playoffs MVP
1992 Urpo Ylonen Award (Top Goalie In Finnish League) SM-Liiga
1993 Best Goalkeeper World Championships
1993 Best Goalkeeper IIHF Directorate Award
2000 CZECH Extraliga Best Goalkeeper
2000 CZECH Extraliga Playoffs MVP
2006 CZECH Extraliga Best Goalkeeper
2006 CZECH Extraliga Playoffs MVP

• All-Star Teams •
1991 CZECHOSLOVAK Extraliga 1st team
1992 SM-Liiga 1st Team
1992 World Championships 2nd Team
1993 SM-Liiga 1st Team
1993 World Championships 1st Team
2000 European Hockey League Final Four team

• NOTES •
- Backup goaltender for Czechoslovakia at the 1987 Canada Cup, 1988 Olympics and 1989 World Championship.
- Played in 1992 and 1994 Olympics.
- Played in two games for Czech Republic at 1996 World Cup.
- The only goalie in Czech hockey history to score a goal in 1991.
- Placed 5 times in the top 10 voting for the Czech Golden Stick Award, including 3rd three yrs in a row.
- Go to > Petr Briza Elite Prospects Player Stats Page

• Accolades •

International Backup goaltender for Czechoslovakia at the 1987 Canada Cup, 1988 Olympics and 1989 World Championships but never saw action ... Won a bronze medal at the 1990, 1992 and 1993 World Championships and the 1992 Albertville Olympics ... Named the Best Goaltender and to the All-Star Team at the 1993 World Championships ... From 1992 to 1994 played in all but one game for the National Team at Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics and at the World Championships ... Played two games for Czech Republic at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.

Career Former Philadelphia Flyers goalie Pelle Lindbergh was one of his heroes ... Led his club, Sparta Praha, to the Czechoslovakian title in 1990 ... Named MVP in the playoffs that year ... Played two years in Finland with Lukko Rauma ... Joined Landshut in Germany in 1993 ... His team finished second overall in the 1994-95 regular season and reached the finals in the playoffs ... The only goalie in Czech hockey history to score a goal (1991 versus Steaua Bucharest from Romania) ... Romanian goaltender was on the ice when goal was scored ... In 1995-96, he backstopped Landshut to fourth place in the standings ... Played all 55 games for Landshut in 1996-97 and reached the semifinals with his team.

The Czech Republic advanced to the second round behind the play of goalie Petr Briza. The Czechs (3-1) join Finland, Russia and Germany in the playoffs from Pool A.

The Czechs broke open a scoreless game with three goals in 2:16 late in the second period. Jiri Dolezal scored at 16:47, Tomas Srsen at 17:41 and Jiri Kucera at 19:03. Kucera added an empty-net goal with 1:07 left in the game.

Ole Dahlstrom spoiled Briza's bid for his second straight shutout when he put a 30-footer through the goalie's pads at 11:51 of the third period.

The loss eliminated Norway (0-4), which has been outscored by 15-3.

Both teams celebrated spectacular ice hockey already in the tournament’s first game. High speed and not many tactical inputs by the coaches lead to an exciting game with many scoring chances on both sides. Both goaltenders, 41-year-old Petr Briza as well as Davos-keeper Jonas Hiller, took center stage and stopped the forwards with many big saves.

 

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Ken Klee
defenseman / right wing

• Shoots: right • Height: 6'1" • Weight: 210 lbs. •
• Born: April 24, 1971 • Indianapolis, Indiana •
• Drafted: Washington Capitals • 9th Round (177th overall) 1990 NHL Entry • From: Bowling Green University (CCHA / NCAA) •
• Played: 1994/95 - 2008/09 (NHL) \\\ 2004/05 (AHL) \\\ 1989/90 - 1991/92 (CCHA) \\\ 1992/93 - 1994/95 (AHL)•

• Achievements •
• Games •
- Career NHL • 934
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 51
- Career AHL • 191
- Career AHL PLAYOFFS • 24
- Career NCAA • 88
- Career NCAA PLAYOFFS •
- Career International • 14

• Goals •
- Career NHL • 55
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 2
- Career AHL • 11
- Career AHL PLAYOFFS • 1
- Career NCAA • 7
- Career NCAA PLAYOFFS •
- Career International • 1

• Assists •
- Career NHL • 140
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 2
- Career AHL • 30
- Career AHL PLAYOFFS • 3
- Career NCAA • 34
- Career NCAA PLAYOFFS •
- Career International • 0

• Points •
- Career NHL • 195
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 4
- Career AHL • 41
- Career AHL PLAYOFFS • 4
- Career NCAA • 41
- Career NCAA PLAYOFFS •
- Career International • 1

• Points Per Game •
- Career NHL • 0.21
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 0.08
- Career AHL • 0.21
- Career AHL PLAYOFFS • 0.17
- Career NCAA • 0.47
- Career NCAA PLAYOFFS •
- Career International • 0.07

• PIMs •
- Career NHL • 880
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • 50
- Career AHL • 269
- Career AHL PLAYOFFS • 29
- Career NCAA • 120
- Career NCAA PLAYOFFS •
- Career International • 12

• Plus/Minus •
- Career NHL • +30
- Career NHL PLAYOFFS • +2
- Career AHL • +14
- Career AHL PLAYOFFS • +2
- Career NCAA • 0
- Career NCAA PLAYOFFS •
- Career International • 0

• career team records •
WASHINGTON CAPITALS (NHL) - games (19 / 8 defensemen) / points (14 for defensemn) / PIMs (16 / 8 defensemen)

• Accolades •

Assets Loves to use the body. Plays within his limitations. Is
versatile, an excellent presence in the dressing room and the consummate
team player.

Flaws Lacks skating speed and doesn't put up much offense. Has a
tendency to get injured with relative frequency.

Career potential No. 5 or 6 defenseman.

Klee is steady. He’s efficient. He’s a defensive defenseman at a time when teams are once again looking for defensemen who dash up the ice with the puck and create offense from defense. Consider him the kind of player who is always at the right place at the right time.

"Kenny's always been a steady defenseman. He's one of those defensive guys who is so disciplined that he makes it tough on the opposition to play against him."

Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Klee played three years at Bowling Green University where he was a fine playmaker and checker. He was chosen 177th overall by the Capitals at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft after his freshman year. The rugged forward/defenceman played two games for Team USA when they won the bronze medal at the 1992 World Junior Championships.
Klee played two years in the minors and helped the Portland Pirates win the Calder Cup in 1994. Following the owners' lockout, he played 23 games for the Caps and has been a regular ever since. He was invited to play for the U.S. at the 1997 World Championships where the team finished sixth. The next season his solid play on the boards and in the corners helped Washington reach the Stanley Cup final.

After reaching the finals in 1998, Klee put together back-to-back 20-point seasons with the Caps and was one of the team's more durable players before injuries limited him to 54 games in 2000-01 and 68 games in 2001-02.

In 2002-03 Klee entered his 11th and final season with the Caps' organization, opting to sign as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the summer of 2003. Upon his arrival with the Leafs, Klee went on to establish a career high in points with 29 (4-25-29) and once the season came to an end was name to the US squad that competed at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.

Following a lock out year in 2004-05, Klee returned to the Maple Leaf lineup and played the better part of the season in Toronto before having his rights acquired by the New Jersey Devils just prior to the NHL trading deadline.

Klee's stint with the Devils lasted only 18 games as the defenseman was signed as a free agent in the summer of 2006 by the Colorado Avalanche. Klee would appear in 81 games with the Avalanche and record 19 points while leading the team with a plus-18 rating. He also logged quite a bit of ice time, averaging over 20 minutes per game.

After only a single season in Colorado, the veteran defenseman signed a multi-year contract with the Atlanta Thrashers. Klee was a regular on the Tharshers' blue-line throughout their 2007-08 season, however the club struggled that year and opted to send Klee to Anaheim with Brad Larsen and Chad Painchaud in exchange for defenceman Mathieu Schneider.

Chosen in the ninth round (177th overall) of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, defenseman Ken Klee debuted with the Capitals back in 1995. After a career that has spanned 14 seasons and 934 regular season NHL games (570 of them in a Washington uniform), Klee has reportedly informed his family that he will be retiring from active NHL duty. Here's a look back at Klee in a piece that originally ran on washingtoncaps.com on Nov. 12, 2000.

There are at least 307 reasons why Ken Klee’s Capital teammates have dubbed him “Bruiser.†On 307 occasions last season, Klee was credited with a “hit.†That works out to roughly four whacks a games and placed Klee third overall in the NHL in 1999-2000. The 29-year-old defenseman doesn’t go out in search of the big, board-rattling checks, either. He gets it done by playing a fairly simple game and letting the hits come to him.

Klee is arguably the strongest player on the Caps and one of the strongest in the league. When an opposing winger enters Washington ice with the puck, he has a good chance of getting rubbed into the wall if Klee has the right angle on him. Klee usually has the right angle.

“A lot of the game is mental,†he offers. “Everybody has skills and they try to do the best job they can with those skills. Obviously, one of my big skills is my strength. So I know if I can keep a guy to the outside, and then make contact, I can let my strength take over and do what I do best. Whereas if I’ve got guys crossing back and forth across the middle, then I’m trying to rely on my skating and turning and there are guys out there who are going to be able to turn me. So as long as I keep them to the outside, it plays into my hands better.â€

Klee’s mixture of brains and brawn are what brought him to the NHL. Born in Indianapolis, he first hit the ice as an 18-month-old. When he was growing up in the 1970s, few NHLers hailed from the United States.

“I didn’t really think of that,†he says now. “When you’re a kid I don’t think you really think about it that way. You’re playing something you love to do and having fun. It was obviously a dream to play in the NHL – I never really thought it was a possibility, especially being an American. It was just something we did. I thought I might be able to get a college scholarship. That was my goal, which I thought might be attainable if things worked out perfectly for me. I didn’t exactly live in big hockey towns, either. I lived in Indianapolis, Colorado and Kansas City – which basically was down to one rink when I got there. I didn’t really think, ‘Oh, I’m not going to be able to make it because I’m an American.’ I just liked playing.â€

It was Klee’s goal of landing a scholarship that led him to Toronto as a 17-year-old. He went there to play for the St. Michael’s Buzzers, a Junior-B team with a hallowed history. Scores of St. Mike’s alumni have played in the NHL and some of the very best – Tim Horton, Red Kelly, Frank Mahovlich – are now enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Klee looks back on the decision to go to St. Mike’s as one that ultimately helped lead him to the NHL.

“It was huge,†he says now. “That’s probably the best decision that my family and I ever made. Basically, I was going to go to prep school or maybe play junior hockey. Some friends said. ‘St. Mike’s has a program.’ Basically, it was a chance for me to go play hockey and I just heard that a couple of years before that, they had a bunch of scholarships. That was my goal, so I said, ‘Why not? I’ll give it try.’ I called them. I was a nobody, basically, and they said, ‘Hey, you want to pay your own way, you can come up and try out.’ I did and luckily it worked out for me.â€

When he got to Toronto and soaked up the atmosphere of the school and one of the best hockey cities in North America, Klee began to seriously believe that he could play in the NHL.

“That’s when it really hit me,†he recalls. “When I went there, the only thing I had in mind was maybe a chance to get scouted by some colleges. I hoped Division I, but I wasn’t even sure. And then when I got there, I really didn’t even know anything about St. Mike’s. They have what’s called an ‘old boys’ room.’ It’s upstairs in the rink and all the pictures of all the guys who have played in the NHL [are on the wall]. There was like 180 guys, and then it kind of hits you that you’re playing at the same place they did. Maybe it could possibly happen. Then you’re playing with a kid like Eric Lindros on your team and we ended up having 15 kids get scholarships. So obviously I was with a lot of good players.â€

After a year at St. Mike’s, Klee had his scholarship and was off to northwestern Ohio and the campus of Bowling Green University. He didn’t play much as a freshman, but he still improved his game.

“When you get there and you’re a freshman and you’ve got guys like Rob Blake, Nelson Emerson, Kevin Dahl – who was a great player, he played on an Olympic team and had a pretty good minor league career – Marc Potvin, there were a lot of guys who were seniors when I first got there,†he remembers. “That’s really when I thought that I might have a chance to go on past college. Because when I was a freshman, I didn’t play all that much but I got to learn. I got to play with those guys every day, so I knew I was getting better. At the end of the year, Rob Blake and Nelson Emerson – actually four guys – took off, didn’t finish school and turned pro. When I’m seeing my own teammates go [pro], if I improve a step or two then I’m right there as well.â€

The Capitals saw enough potential in Klee to expend their ninth round pick (177th overall) in the 1990 Entry Draft on the young defenseman. When Blake departed the Bowling Green campus, it provided Klee an opportunity that he did not squander. Klee stepped into the void created by Blake’s absence and had a terrific year. He scored 35 points in 37 games and played in the world junior tournament. After another year at Bowling Green, Klee signed with the Caps and began cutting his pro hockey teeth in Baltimore and Portland.

Klee played on the Calder Cup-winning Portland Pirates in 1993-94 and relishes the experience of claiming the top team prize in the AHL.

“Even if you’re winning at the American League level,†he says, “pro sports are about winning. Whether you’re in the American League or the NHL, when you’re winning, you’re having a great time and it’s an incredible experience. We had a great run there and we saw it all the way through. It was a great run, very exciting, you’re happy to get up everyday. When you’re winning you’re having a great time.â€

Klee made the Capitals out of training camp in the fall of 1994, but was sent back to Portland when the lockout erased the first three months of that season. He was recalled shortly after the season opened in January and made his NHL debut at the fabled Forum in Montreal on January 25, 1995. He tallied his first NHL goal against the Islanders on April 2 and registered the first two-goal game of his career a month later against Pittsburgh.

Klee’s first NHL coach was Jim Schoenfeld, who enjoyed a long playing career in the NHL as a rugged, defensive defenseman. Schoenfeld took a special interest in Klee and urged him to become a better player.

“He was a stay-at-home, aggressive defenseman, and that’s what he pushed me to be better at every day,†Klee remembers. “He was on me all the time. He wanted me to play harder, play more intense and play better. And it helped me. Obviously Ron [Wilson] sees the same type of things that he wants to do with me as well. He wants to push me to be better and by yelling at me or getting in my face, he knows that I respond to that. That’s something that both of those coaches do and [that goes] all the way back to my dad. Every player is a little different and every kid is a little different. Some kids need to be pushed and other kids need to be patted. One reason those guys are where they are – coaching in the NHL – is because they can figure out how to do that.â€

Schoenfeld also aided Klee’s career by moving him up to right wing. Klee’s ability to play two positions helped keep him in the NHL until he was able to establish himself as a bona fide NHL player. Thereafter, his versatility not only proved valuable to the often injury-ridden Capitals, it helped Klee become a better player.

“I think it gave me a different angle on the game,†he states. “Since I was four years old, I always played defense. My backwards skating was always great so as a kid, I always played [defense]. For Schoney to say, ‘If you want to stay in the NHL, I need to use you as a wing for a while.’ It kind of taught me a different side of the game. It made me appreciate what wingers have to go through and to understand that if you don’t make hard [passes] to the winger, he’s going to get killed. I got to play games in their shoes in the NHL and not many guys get to change positions from forward to defense in the NHL. If a winger was a [defenseman], he’d understand when they soft chip and you’ve got to go back all night and get run, it’s not the most fun part of the game. It taught me to appreciate the positions better and I think it made me a better player.â€

Now in his seventh NHL season, Klee is a staple on the Washington blueline. He regularly plays upwards of 20 minutes a game and sees occasional power play duty because of his hard, right-handed point shot.

Few players drafted as low in the Entry Draft as Klee go on to long and prosperous careers. All his life, Klee has been the exception. His dogged determination and his dedication to conditioning have enabled him to carve out a solid NHL career for himself and he is still in his prime years.

Klee and his wife, Robyn, have always been generous at sharing their good fortune with those in need. Among the Klees’ favorite charities are St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation and anine Companions.

“It’s a lot of fun,†says Klee of he and Robyn’s charity work. “Obviously our life affords us a lot of luxuries and it’s nice to get involved with charities. My wife enjoys doing it. We have two small children but she still likes putting her time in to help out other people. Whether it’s Canine Companions – who help train dogs to help handicapped people – or St. Jude’s or the Muscular Dystrophy kids, who I worked with when I was a kid a lot, it’s just great to be able to help out other people.â€

That charitable attitude is not at all evident when Klee is in uniform. When he is on the ice and clad in Capital black and blue, the Bruiser leaves a lot of black and blue in his wake.

 

[Rob Scuderi]

D Tom Reid

701 GP, 42 Playoff GP
T10th in '72 AST Voting

Killed 50% of teams' penalties for units 21% below average

Team TOI Estimates (min 40 GP with team)
ES: 6 ('68), 3 ('70), 2 ('71), 2 ('72), 2 ('73), 2 ('74), 2 ('75), 4 ('76), 4 ('77)
PK: 2 ('68), 4 ('70), 2 ('71), 3 ('72), 4 ('73), 2 ('74), 2 ('75), 2 ('76), 1 ('77)

He graduated from the amateur ranks just in time to take advantage of the NHL's expansion in 1967. After a brief time in the minors, he joined the Chicago Blackhawk blueline corps and quickly established himself as a stay-at-home defender who viewed the offensive zone as a distant moon. Reid lasted with Chicago until 1969, at which time the Minnesota North Stars acquired him. For the ten seasons that followed with the Stars, he served as a sort of third goal post, firmly anchored to his own zone. With the Minnesota North Stars his forte was keeping the puck out of the net, not putting it in. He did it all defensively, taking out foes, blocking innumerable shots, checking the puck away from opposing forwards, the whole gamut of defensive skills. "Tommy is important to our defense," coach Ted Harris was quoted as saying.

Reid stood as a North Star mainstay until 1977-1978 season. It was at that time that a small red rash appeared on his arm. Massive itching sensations soon followed as his skin began to deteriorate. His affliction soon took on the name "Gunk." As the league's doctors, trainers, and equipment producers began to investigate, they discovered that about 100 players across the NHL were suffering from various degrees of the affliction. But no case was as severe as Reid's. His skin got so bad that he could only sleep while sitting upright in a wooden chair. Before the season was over, his suffering grew so severe that he was forced to retire. In the end, the doctors concluded that he was allergic to his equipment and to the die found in his uniform.

North Stars figure he can become one of league's top defenders...Can play either side on defense...Has good size and is a better than average skater...Moves the puck well and likes to carry it out of his own end...A hitter, he accumulated 107 penalty minutes last year, easily the highest total of his career.

A defensive specialist in the style of all-star Bill White...One of the league's top shot-blockers, and he has all the bruises to prove it...

"Reid is that rare bird, a young fellow who emphasizes defence and works at it," says North Stars' coach Jack Gordon. "Nowadays a defenceman doesn't get much chance to hit, but Reid has fine anticipation and gets in his share of shots."

Reid agrees he enjoys scoring goals just like any other player. "But to me the ultimate in satisfaction is preventing a breakaway, overhauling a rival and taking the puck off him before he can draw a bead on our goalkeeper."

Both benches cleared as fights erupted across the ice with three minutes to play. Tom Reid of the North Stars and Tony Featherstone of the Seals started the brawl.

Frank Mahovlich had the first chance at an open net, but his shot from the blueline was deflected wide by defenceman Tom Reid of the North Stars.

 

[Rob Scuderi]

Ken Smith, LW

14th in scoring in 1949

"Pound for pound, he is one of the best players in the NHL." This is the praise that Dick Irvin gave Kenny Smith as he watched him check his Canadiens star Maurice Richard in the 1945-46 Stanley Cup finals.

Smith played junior hockey in Regina for one season and then headed East and played with the Oshawa Generals of the OHA from 1941 to 1944. In his final year as a junior, Smith led the league in goals and points and was signed by the Boston Bruins. He made his NHL debut in the 1944-45 season with a war-depleted Bruins lineup and played a great rookie season. But, he was sent down to the AHL's Hershey Bears for the start of the next year as the regular Bruins team returned from overseas. Luckily, an injury to a key player gave Smith the chance to play in Boston once again.

He remained a Bruin his whole career. Despite being traded to the Leafs in 1950, Smith never played a game for them. From 1951 to 1957, he played in the AHL and called it a career in the 1956-57 season, long after scouts said he was too small to play in the NHL.

Bruins have won four of five games in the past two weeks and display clear evidences of revival after shaky early-season play. Leading the renaissance is the young forward line of Ken Smith, Bull Cupolo and Frank Mario.

The Boston typewriter pounders are beginning to turn a little sour over the speed and dispatch with which The Flying Frenchmen are disposing of the Bruins...Nearly all of them took a reef at Dit Clapper for what they consider his very questionable strategy of replacing Kenny Smith by the Veteran Herbie Cain in the third period of Thursday's game. They thought that Smith, a youngster, had given a distinct lift to Bill Cowley and [Terry] Reardon. He'd been doing the checking for the line. Then Cain took over from Smith and within a couple of minutes Mosdell and Dutch Hiller had belted two pucks into the Boston rigging.

Early in the second session Kenny smith hooked Richard and drew blood, but Referee Hayes gave Smith only a minor for tripping and when the Rocket argued the point he was tagged with a 10-minute misconduct.

Frank Selke was particularly displeased by this and said the game had the worst refereeing he had ever seen. He also said that Clarence Campbell shouldn't have sent a child to a do a man's job referring to referee George Hayes.

Maurice Richard held to a single goal in the first four games, broke loose with a pair of timely scores in the third period. The first one deadlocked the game at 2-2 and then, after Kenny Smith put Bruins ahead again, Richard banged home number two with two minutes to go in regular time.

...while Maurice Richard was the pick of Canadiens, although little Kenny Smith did a pretty good job of shadowing The Rocket.

The longest consecutive playing streak of any current National Hockey league player will come to an end in Chicago Wednesday night. Kenny Smith, lightweight Boston left winger, will miss the Black Hawks game after playing in 237 consecutive contests since January 10, 1946.

The crowd was on little Kenny Smith for shadowing Maurice Richard so closely and cheered loudly when The Rocket flattened him once with a legitimate bodycheck. Smith kept him from scoring, but The Rocket still picked up two assists.

 

[Rob Scuderi]

Toni Lydman, D

- Averaged 21:19 minutes per game for 847 games
- ES TOI team ranks (40 game minimum on team): 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4
- Killed 47% of teams' penalties for units 1% above average
- 1x Stanley Cup finalist (only played 6 games)

- Played in 5 World Championships, earning two Silver medals and a Bronze medal
- Played in 2 Olympics, earning a Silver medal and Bronze medal
- Played in 1 World Cup, finishing in second place

- 1x SM-liiga All-Star Team, 1x SM-ligga Best Defenseman both in 2000

Assets: Looked after his own zone first and foremost, but also possessed some puck-moving ability. Rarely got caught out of position and was an excellent skater.

Flaws: Didn't produce enough points for his skill level, since he rarely ventured away from his comfort zone. Was also not as physical as he should have been. Injuries were a problem.

Career Potential: Solid big-minute defenseman.

A well skating defenseman with good puck control. A very smart player who understands the game and positions himself well. Gives a good first pass and has a decent shot. An all-around defenseman but better defensively. A good penalty killer. Seldom makes major mistakes.

Between them, Henrik Tallinder and Toni Lydman spent parts of 13 seasons manning the Buffalo blueline. Even through spurts of uneven play, they always got major ice time.

So free-agent signees Shaone Morrisonn and Jordan Leopold have big holes to fill on the Sabres' defense after Tallinder headed for New Jersey and Lydman went to Anaheim.

Departed defensemen Toni Lydman and Henrik Tallinder were mainstays with men in the box.

"We used to use, for the most part, Tallinder and Lydman," Ruff said. "They would be our first killers on that..."

 

[Rob Scuderi]

Joni Pitkanen, D

- Averaged 23:38 minutes per game for 535 games
- ES TOI team ranks (minimum 40 games with team): 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 6
- Defensemen scoring: 13, 19

- Played in 1 Olympics, winning Bronze Medal

Assets: Has tremendous size and strength for the blueline position. Oozes offensive instincts and displays great skating ability for a 6-3, 210-pound defenseman. Is an asset on the point with the man advantage.

Flaws: Lacks consistency in all areas of the game. Doesn't do nearly a good-enough job of keeping opponents honest with his big frame, and generally lacks grit. Is somewhat fragile and prone to getting injured.

Career Potential: Inconsistent big-minute defenseman.

A big and strong defenseman who skates well. A tough player who likes to play physically. Always works hard for his team and is useful on both powerplay and penalty kill. Has suffered a lot injuries throughout his career.

Drafted defenseman with most adjusted ES points

|GP|Career $ESP|$ESP/S
Todd Gill|1007|258|20
Jeff Norton|799|229|22
Keith Carney|1018|217|17
Filip Kuba|836|206|20
Toni Lydman|847|202|19
Mike McEwen|716|194|22
Joni Pitkanen|535|185|28
Bryan Berard|619|184|24
Luke Richardson|1417|182|10
Dave Lewis|1008|178|14

This list kind of trails off near the end with guys like Richardson and Lewis only showing up for having long careers, but I believe Pitkanen is in a rare class of AA defenseman who were able to meaningfully generate points at even-strength. Norton, McEwen, and Berard are the only other players who averaged over 20 adjusted ES points per season.

Drafted defensemen with most adjusted PP points

|GP|Career $PPP|$PPP/S|Usage|+/- League average
Bryan Berard|619|167|22|65%|-9%
Filip Kuba|836|154|15|50%|-11%
Jeff Norton|799|147|14|52%|-5%
Mike McEwen|716|141|16|50%|+0%
Joni Pitkanen|535|116|17|61%|-5%
Rick Lanz|569|114|16|53%|-9%
Shawn Chambers|625|99|12|41%|-16%
Willie Huber|655|94|11|51%|-18%
Todd Gill|1007|90|7|25%|-2%
Joe Cirella|828|71|7|29%|-22%

Again going with the top 10 really breaks down near the end. Gill and Cirella hardly played on the power play but take the lost two spots. Pitkanen isn't as good here as he was in the ES scoring, but he's a very good option if you're using a post-expansion player on your powerplay in this draft.