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Wayne Babych

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 191 lbs.
Born: June 6, 1958 in Edmonton, Alberta

Drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

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NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 20 STL NHL 67 27 36 63 24 -11 75 16 11 0 0 196 13.8
1979-80 21 STL NHL 59 26 35 61 24 11 49 19 7 0 3 159 16.4
1980-81 22 STL NHL 78 54 42 96 41 14 93 40 14 0 7 306 17.6
1981-82 23 STL NHL 51 19 25 44 17 -12 51 15 4 0 3 142 13.4
1982-83 24 STL NHL 71 16 23 39 15 -24 62 11 5 0 2 148 10.8
1983-84 25 STL NHL 70 13 29 42 15 1 52 10 3 0 0 115 11.3
1984-85 26 PIT NHL 65 20 34 54 20 -7 35 17 3 0 3 131 15.3
1985-86 27 TOT NHL 54 17 22 39 15 5 77 14 3 0 2 95 17.9
1985-86 27 PIT NHL 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985-86 27 QUE NHL 15 6 5 11 5 0 18 5 1 0 0 32 18.8
1985-86 27 HAR NHL 37 11 17 28 11 6 59 9 2 0 2 63 17.5
1986-87 28 HAR NHL 4 0 0 0 0 -5 4 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Career NHL 519 192 246 438 172 -28 498 142 50 0 20 1294 14.8

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1978-79 20 STL NHL 67 0.40 0.54 0.94 0.36 1.12 2.93 23 30 53 21 101 34 80 2 -11 4.1 0.8 4.9
1979-80 21 STL NHL 59 0.44 0.59 1.03 0.40 0.83 2.69 22 30 52 20 81 22 48 0 11 4.3 1.3 5.6
1980-81 22 STL NHL 78 0.69 0.54 1.23 0.53 1.19 3.92 41 33 74 31 142 45 83 0 14 7.5 1.2 8.7
1981-82 23 STL NHL 51 0.37 0.49 0.86 0.34 1.00 2.78 14 18 32 13 57 16 53 0 -12 2.2 0.4 2.6
1982-83 24 STL NHL 71 0.23 0.32 0.55 0.21 0.87 2.08 13 19 32 12 64 23 65 0 -24 1.1 0.5 1.6
1983-84 25 STL NHL 70 0.19 0.41 0.60 0.21 0.74 1.64 10 23 33 12 63 13 50 1 1 1.0 1.0 2.0
1984-85 26 PIT NHL 65 0.31 0.52 0.83 0.31 0.54 2.02 16 27 43 16 81 16 72 0 -7 2.7 0.8 3.5
1985-86 27 TOT NHL 54 0.31 0.41 0.72 0.28 1.43 1.76 14 17 31 12 52 15 32 0 5 1.7 0.9 2.6
1985-86 27 PIT NHL 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1985-86 27 QUE NHL 15 0.40 0.33 0.73 0.31 1.20 2.13 5 4 9 4 13 3 10 0 0 0.6 0.2 0.8
1985-86 27 HAR NHL 37 0.30 0.46 0.76 0.29 1.59 1.70 9 13 22 8 39 12 21 0 6 1.2 0.6 1.9
1986-87 28 HAR NHL 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -5 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2
Career NHL 519 0.37 0.47 0.84 0.33 0.96 2.49 153 197 350 137 641 184 488 3 -28 24.5 6.7 31.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 21 STL NHL 3 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0
1980-81 22 STL NHL 11 2 0 2 8 1 1 0 0
1981-82 23 STL NHL 7 3 2 5 8 3 0 0 1
1983-84 25 STL NHL 10 1 4 5 -1 4 1 0 0 0 7 14.3
1985-86 27 HAR NHL 10 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
Career NHL 41 7 9 16 -3 24 6 1 0 1 17 5.9

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 15 Spruce Grove Mets AJHL 56 20 18 38 68
1973-74 15 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 1 0 1 1 0
1974-75 16 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 68 19 17 36 157
1975-76 17 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 61 32 46 78 98
1976-77 18 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 71 50 62 112 76
1977-78 19 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 68 50 71 121 218
1977-78 19 Canada WJC-A 6 5 5 10 4
1978-79 20 Canada WEC-A 7 1 2 3 0
1986-87 28 Binghamton Whalers AHL 6 2 5 7 6
Career 1 Season AHL 6 2 5 7 6
Career 1 Season AJHL 56 20 18 38 68
Career 5 Seasons WCJHL 269 151 197 348 549
Career 1 Season WEC-A 7 1 2 3 0
Career 1 Season WJC-A 6 5 5 10 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 15 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 3 0 0 0 0
1975-76 17 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 5 2 1 3 23
1976-77 18 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 10 2 6 8 10
1977-78 19 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 8 4 4 8 19
Career 4 Seasons WCJHL 26 8 11 19 52

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 9 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Wayne Babych 8.7 5.6 4.9 3.5 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.6 -0.2
Valeri Bure 90.6 8.0 5.9 5.2 3.9 3.2 2.8 1.8 1.6 0.0
Troy Murray 89.6 8.5 5.4 4.6 3.5 3.4 3.2 1.9 0.1 0.0
Mike Krushelnyski 89.3 8.0 5.0 4.2 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.5 2.1 0.2
Terry O'Reilly 89.1 8.3 5.7 4.6 4.4 3.5 2.3 2.0 1.0 0.2
Bill Flett 88.4 8.5 4.9 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.6 2.1 1.7 1.7
Wendel Clark 87.5 9.0 4.9 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.2 1.5 0.8
Stu Barnes 86.7 8.3 4.3 4.3 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 1.4 0.9
Al MacAdam 86.3 9.4 5.5 5.0 4.9 3.7 3.4 2.7 2.3 -0.2
David Legwand 85.5 7.3 5.3 5.2 4.1 3.9 2.9 2.4 2.0 0.0
Shayne Corson 85.3 6.9 4.8 4.4 4.1 3.5 2.6 2.4 1.6 -0.2
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Wayne Babych 8.7 5.6 4.9 3.5 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.6 -0.2
Paul Ysebaert 88.9 7.6 5.4 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.2 0.2 0.2 -0.2
Bill Flett 87.4 8.5 4.9 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.6 2.1 1.7 1.7 0.3 -0.2
Tom McCarthy 84.6 6.1 5.8 5.1 3.6 2.8 2.7 2.0 1.7 0.6
Al Secord 84.2 8.6 5.9 5.3 3.6 3.1 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.0 0.9 0.7 -0.5
Carl Liscombe 84.1 6.4 3.6 3.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.7 0.4
Alexandre Daigle 84.1 6.1 4.2 3.9 3.2 2.7 2.3 2.2 1.1 0.2 -0.1
Scott Walker 83.8 7.9 6.1 4.7 3.6 3.6 2.9 2.3 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 -0.3
Errol Thompson 83.5 8.2 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.1 2.0 0.2 -0.1
Steve Payne 82.7 8.8 6.0 4.8 4.8 3.8 3.4 3.2 0.8 0.1 -0.6
Red Sullivan 82.1 6.4 5.7 3.6 3.5 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.4 0.6 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1981 NHL

Goals

1980-81 NHL 54 (6)

Goals Created

1980-81 NHL 41.2 (8)

Even Strength Goals

1980-81 NHL 40 (1)

Game-Winning Goals

1980-81 NHL 7 (6)

Shots

1980-81 NHL 306 (5)

Goals Per Game

1980-81 NHL 0.69 (4)

Goals Created Per Game

1980-81 NHL 0.53 (10)

Adjusted Goals

1980-81 NHL 41 (6)

Adjusted Goals Created

1980-81 NHL 31.4 (8)

Offensive Point Shares

1980-81 NHL 7.5 (8)
  

Transactions

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October 9, 1984: Claimed by Pittsburgh from St. Louis in Waiver Draft, October 9, 1984.

October 20, 1985: Traded to Quebec by Pittsburgh for future considerations, October 20, 1985.

January 17, 1986: Traded to Hartford by Quebec for Greg Malone, January 17, 1986.

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