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Paul Baxter

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: October 28, 1955 in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 3rd round (49th overall) of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1974-75 19 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 37 0 0 0 0 3 0.60 0.0
1975-76 20 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 67 3 7 10 0.15 4 0.06 -7 201 2 1 0 1 65 0.97 4.6
1976-77 21 Quebec Nordiques WHA 66 6 17 23 0.35 8 0.12 14 244 6 0 0 123 1.86 4.9
1977-78 22 Quebec Nordiques WHA 76 6 29 35 0.46 11 0.15 -37 240 6 0 0 145 1.91 4.1
1978-79 23 Quebec Nordiques WHA 76 10 36 46 0.61 16 0.21 -5 240 4 6 0 125 1.64 8.0
1979-80 24 Quebec Nordiques NHL 61 7 13 20 0.33 7 0.12 67 22 81 9 -27 145 3 4 0 1 90 1.48 7.8
1980-81 25 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 51 5 14 19 0.37 7 0.13 51 5 79 22 -11 204 4 1 0 0 62 1.22 8.1
1981-82 26 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 76 9 34 43 0.57 15 0.20 114 30 129 36 -9 409 5 4 0 2 177 2.33 5.1
1982-83 27 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 75 11 21 32 0.43 12 0.16 94 28 147 32 -49 238 6 5 0 0 159 2.12 6.9
1983-84 28 Calgary Flames NHL 74 7 20 27 0.36 10 0.13 80 2 85 6 -1 182 6 1 0 1 87 1.18 8.0
1984-85 29 Calgary Flames NHL 70 5 14 19 0.27 7 0.09 96 1 73 17 39 126 5 0 0 1 83 1.19 6.0
1985-86 30 Calgary Flames NHL 47 4 3 7 0.15 3 0.06 47 0 54 12 5 194 3 0 1 0 41 0.87 9.8
1986-87 31 Calgary Flames NHL 18 0 2 2 0.11 1 0.03 8 0 13 0 -5 66 0 0 0 0 13 0.72 0.0
Career NHL 472 48 121 169 0.36 60 0.13 557 88 661 134 -58 1564 32 15 1 5 712 1.51 6.7
Career WHA 290 25 89 114 0.39 39 0.13 -34 962 18 7 0 1 461 1.59 5.4

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1975-76 20 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 3 0 0 0 0.00 -2 10 0
1976-77 21 Quebec Nordiques WHA 12 2 2 4 0.33 1 35 2
1977-78 22 Quebec Nordiques WHA 11 4 7 11 1.00 0 42 0
1978-79 23 Quebec Nordiques WHA 4 0 2 2 0.50 -2 7 0
1980-81 25 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5 0 1 1 0.20 28 0 0 0 0
1981-82 26 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 14 0 0 0 0
1983-84 28 Calgary Flames NHL 11 0 2 2 0.18 -3 37 0 0 0 0 11 1.00 0.0
1984-85 29 Calgary Flames NHL 4 0 1 1 0.25 0 18 0 0 0 0 7 1.75 0.0
1985-86 30 Calgary Flames NHL 13 0 1 1 0.08 -4 55 0 0 0 0 7 0.54 0.0
1986-87 31 Calgary Flames NHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 -1 10 0 0 0 0 1 0.50 0.0
Career NHL 40 0 5 5 0.13 -8 162 0 0 0 0 26 0.87 0.0
Career WHA 30 6 11 17 0.57 -3 94 2

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1972-73 17 Winnipeg Monarchs MJHL 44 9 22 31 0.70 359
1973-74 18 Winnipeg Clubs WCJHL 63 10 30 40 0.63 384
1974-75 19 Cape Cod Codders NAPro 2 1 0 1 0.50 2
1975-76 20 Syracuse Blazers NAPro 3 1 2 3 1.00 9
1976-77 21 Maine Nordiques NAPro 6 1 4 5 0.83 52
Career MJHL 44 9 22 31 0.70 359
Career NAPro 11 3 6 9 0.82 63
Career WCJHL 63 10 30 40 0.63 384

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Total Goals Against

1982-83 NHL 147 (5)

Penalties in Minutes

1975-76 WHA 201 (9)
1976-77 WHA 244 (2)
1977-78 WHA 240 (6)
1978-79 WHA 240 (3)
1981-82 NHL 409 (1)
 1982-83 NHL 238 (4)
Career WHA 962 (1)

Transactions

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June, 1974: Selected by Cleveland (WHA) in 1974 WHA Amateur Draft, June, 1974.

October 19, 1974: Suffered eventual season-ending knee injury in game vs. Maine (NAHL), October 19, 1974.

June, 1976: Signed as a free agent by Quebec (WHA) after Cleveland (WHA) franchise folded, June, 1976.

June 9, 1979: Reclaimed by Pittsburgh from Quebec prior to Expansion Draft, June 9, 1979.

June 9, 1979: Claimed as a priority selection by Quebec prior to Expansion Draft, June 9, 1979.

August 7, 1980: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, August 7, 1980.

September 29, 1983: Signed as a free agent by Calgary, September 29, 1983.