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Rod Buskas

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-1    Weight: 206 lbs.
Born: January 7, 1961 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 6th round (112th overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry 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
1982-83 22 PIT NHL 41 2 2 4 2 -15 102 1 1 0 0 27 7.4
1983-84 23 PIT NHL 47 2 4 6 2 -18 60 1 1 0 0 39 5.1
1984-85 24 PIT NHL 69 2 7 9 3 -21 191 2 0 0 0 53 3.8
1985-86 25 PIT NHL 72 2 7 9 3 -9 159 1 1 0 0 50 4.0
1986-87 26 PIT NHL 68 3 15 18 6 2 123 2 1 0 0 90 3.3
1987-88 27 PIT NHL 76 4 8 12 4 6 206 4 0 0 1 53 7.5
1988-89 28 PIT NHL 52 1 5 6 2 -2 105 1 0 0 0 15 6.7
1989-90 29 TOT NHL 23 0 3 3 1 -3 49 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1989-90 29 VAN NHL 17 0 3 3 1 1 36 0 0 0 0 11 0.0
1989-90 29 PIT NHL 6 0 0 0 0 -4 13 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1990-91 30 LAK NHL 57 3 8 11 4 14 182 3 0 0 0 60 5.0
1991-92 31 TOT NHL 47 0 4 4 1 -13 91 0 0 0 0 23 0.0
1991-92 31 LAK NHL 5 0 0 0 0 -1 11 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1991-92 31 CHI NHL 42 0 4 4 1 -12 80 0 0 0 0 22 0.0
1992-93 32 CHI NHL 4 0 0 0 0 2 26 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
Career NHL 556 19 63 82 28 -57 1294 15 4 0 1 425 4.5

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
1982-83 22 PIT NHL 41 0.05 0.05 0.10 0.04 2.49 0.66 2 2 4 2 18 1 43 11 -15 -0.4 1.3 0.9
1983-84 23 PIT NHL 47 0.04 0.09 0.13 0.05 1.28 0.83 2 3 5 2 30 4 57 13 -18 -0.4 1.6 1.2
1984-85 24 PIT NHL 69 0.03 0.10 0.13 0.04 2.77 0.77 2 6 8 3 67 6 103 21 -21 -0.6 2.1 1.5
1985-86 25 PIT NHL 72 0.03 0.10 0.13 0.04 2.21 0.69 2 5 7 2 49 2 73 17 -9 -0.7 3.4 2.7
1986-87 26 PIT NHL 68 0.04 0.22 0.26 0.08 1.81 1.32 3 13 16 5 73 7 81 17 2 0.2 3.5 3.7
1987-88 27 PIT NHL 76 0.05 0.11 0.16 0.06 2.71 0.70 3 7 10 4 56 1 91 42 6 -0.4 3.4 3.0
1988-89 28 PIT NHL 52 0.02 0.10 0.12 0.04 2.02 0.29 1 4 5 2 28 0 52 22 -2 -0.5 1.7 1.2
1989-90 29 TOT NHL 23 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.04 2.13 0.52 0 2 2 1 16 0 23 4 -3 -0.2 1.0 0.7
1989-90 29 VAN NHL 17 0.00 0.18 0.18 0.05 2.12 0.65 0 2 2 1 14 0 14 1 1 -0.1 1.0 0.8
1989-90 29 PIT NHL 6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.17 0.17 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 3 -4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1990-91 30 LAK NHL 57 0.05 0.14 0.19 0.07 3.19 1.05 3 7 10 4 62 1 62 15 14 -0.1 3.1 3.0
1991-92 31 TOT NHL 47 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.02 1.94 0.49 0 4 4 1 18 0 35 4 -13 -0.7 2.1 1.4
1991-92 31 LAK NHL 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.20 0.20 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 1 -1 -0.1 0.2 0.1
1991-92 31 CHI NHL 42 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.03 1.90 0.52 0 4 4 1 14 0 29 3 -12 -0.6 1.9 1.4
1992-93 32 CHI NHL 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.50 0.75 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -0.1 0.4 0.3
Career NHL 556 0.03 0.11 0.15 0.05 2.33 0.76 18 53 71 24 419 22 620 166 -57 -4.0 23.5 19.5

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1988-89 28 PIT NHL 10 0 0 0 -1 23 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1990-91 30 LAK NHL 2 0 2 2 2 22 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1991-92 31 CHI NHL 6 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Career NHL 18 0 3 3 -2 45 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 17 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 60 5 2 7 36
1978-79 18 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 37 13 22 35 63
1978-79 18 2 Teams WHL 35 1 12 13 60
1978-79 18 Billings Bighorns WHL 1 0 0 0 0
1978-79 18 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 34 1 12 13 60
1979-80 19 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 72 7 40 47 284
1980-81 20 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 72 14 46 60 164
1981-82 21 Erie Blades AHL 69 1 18 19 78
1982-83 22 Muskegon Mohawks IHL 1 0 0 0 9
1982-83 22 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 31 2 8 10 45
1983-84 23 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 33 2 12 14 100
1992-93 32 2 Teams IHL 46 0 5 5 92
1992-93 32 Indianapolis Ice IHL 15 0 3 3 40
1992-93 32 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 31 0 2 2 52
1993-94 33 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 69 2 9 11 131
1994-95 34 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 27 2 3 5 53
Career 3 Seasons AHL 133 5 38 43 223
Career 2 Seasons AJHL 97 18 24 42 99
Career 4 Seasons IHL 143 4 17 21 285
Career 3 Seasons WHL 179 22 98 120 508

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 19 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 16 1 6 7 31
1980-81 20 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 5 1 1 2 8
1983-84 23 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 10 1 3 4 22
1993-94 33 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 5 0 2 2 2
1994-95 34 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 10 1 0 1 19
Career 1 Season AHL 10 1 3 4 22
Career 2 Seasons IHL 15 1 2 3 21
Career 2 Seasons WHL 21 2 7 9 39

Similarity Scores

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Thru 11 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Rod Buskas 3.7 3.0 3.0 2.7 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.3
Gary Doak 87.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.5
Doug Houda 86.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.2 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.0 0.8 0.5 -0.2
Nolan Pratt 85.1 3.6 3.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5
Radek Martinek 83.9 4.0 3.8 2.9 2.8 2.5 1.7 1.4 0.9 0.7
Chris Dahlquist 83.6 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.1 1.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.2
Jack McIntyre 83.0 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 1.8 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.1
Rick Chartraw 82.8 4.4 3.9 3.7 3.0 2.1 1.6 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.0
Bob Boughner 82.4 4.3 3.6 3.3 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.2 1.2 0.6
Aki Berg 81.8 3.4 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.2 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.0
Randy Velischek 81.6 3.5 3.3 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.5 1.3 0.8 0.8 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Rod Buskas 3.7 3.0 3.0 2.7 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.3
Doug Houda 88.0 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.2 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Nolan Pratt 85.1 3.6 3.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5
Chris Joseph 84.0 5.3 3.5 2.9 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0
Radek Martinek 83.9 4.0 3.8 2.9 2.8 2.5 1.7 1.4 0.9 0.7
Chris Dahlquist 83.6 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.1 1.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.2
Jack McIntyre 83.0 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 1.8 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.1
Rick Chartraw 82.8 4.4 3.9 3.7 3.0 2.1 1.6 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.0
Bob Boughner 82.4 4.3 3.6 3.3 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.2 1.2 0.6
Dave Karpa 82.1 3.9 3.8 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.0 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.0
Aki Berg 81.8 3.4 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.2 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.0

Transactions

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October 24, 1989: Traded to Vancouver by Pittsburgh for Vancouver's 6th round choice (Ian Moran) in 1990 Entry Draft, October 24, 1989.

January 8, 1990: Traded to Pittsburgh by Vancouver with Barry Pederson and Tony Tanti for Dave Capuano, Andrew McBain and Dan Quinn, January 8, 1990.

October 1, 1990: Claimed by Los Angeles from Pittsburgh in Waiver Draft, October 1, 1990.

October 28, 1991: Traded to Chicago by Los Angeles for Chris Norton and future considerations, October 28, 1991.

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