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Garth Butcher

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 204 lbs.
Born: January 8, 1963 in Regina, Saskatchewan

Drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 19 VAN NHL 5 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1982-83 20 VAN NHL 55 1 13 14 4 -7 104 1 0 0 0 60 1.7
1983-84 21 VAN NHL 28 2 0 2 1 -12 34 2 0 0 0 33 6.1
1984-85 22 VAN NHL 75 3 9 12 4 -31 152 3 0 0 1 59 5.1
1985-86 23 VAN NHL 70 4 7 11 4 -25 188 4 0 0 0 57 7.0
1986-87 24 VAN NHL 70 5 15 20 7 -12 207 5 0 0 0 95 5.3
1987-88 25 VAN NHL 80 6 17 23 8 -14 285 5 1 0 0 77 7.8
1988-89 26 VAN NHL 78 0 20 20 5 4 227 0 0 0 0 101 0.0
1989-90 27 VAN NHL 80 6 14 20 7 -10 205 5 1 0 1 87 6.9
1990-91 28 TOT NHL 82 6 16 22 8 -14 289 5 1 0 1 75 8.0
1990-91 28 VAN NHL 69 6 12 18 7 -18 257 5 1 0 1 70 8.6
1990-91 28 STL NHL 13 0 4 4 1 4 32 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1991-92 29 STL NHL 68 5 15 20 7 5 189 5 0 0 0 50 10.0
1992-93 30 STL NHL 84 5 10 15 5 0 211 5 0 0 2 83 6.0
1993-94 31 TOT NHL 77 4 15 19 6 -7 143 2 0 2 1 66 6.1
1993-94 31 STL NHL 43 1 6 7 2 -6 76 0 0 1 0 37 2.7
1993-94 31 QUE NHL 34 3 9 12 4 -1 67 2 0 1 1 29 10.3
1994-95 32 TOR NHL 45 1 7 8 2 -5 59 1 0 0 0 24 4.2
Career NHL 897 48 158 206 70 -124 2302 43 3 2 6 874 5.5

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
1981-82 19 VAN NHL 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 4 -0.1 0.5 0.4
1982-83 20 VAN NHL 55 0.02 0.24 0.25 0.07 1.89 1.09 1 10 11 3 50 3 58 4 -7 0.0 2.8 2.7
1983-84 21 VAN NHL 28 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.04 1.21 1.18 2 0 2 1 21 0 42 9 -12 -0.3 0.9 0.6
1984-85 22 VAN NHL 75 0.04 0.12 0.16 0.06 2.03 0.79 2 7 9 3 68 1 131 33 -31 -0.4 1.6 1.1
1985-86 23 VAN NHL 70 0.06 0.10 0.16 0.06 2.69 0.81 3 5 8 3 42 1 87 21 -25 -0.3 3.0 2.6
1986-87 24 VAN NHL 70 0.07 0.21 0.29 0.10 2.96 1.36 4 13 17 6 56 2 97 31 -12 0.5 3.0 3.5
1987-88 25 VAN NHL 80 0.08 0.21 0.29 0.10 3.56 0.96 5 14 19 7 66 10 95 25 -14 0.5 3.4 3.9
1988-89 26 VAN NHL 78 0.00 0.26 0.26 0.07 2.91 1.29 0 16 16 4 70 3 87 24 4 -0.1 5.3 5.2
1989-90 27 VAN NHL 80 0.08 0.18 0.25 0.09 2.56 1.09 5 12 17 6 71 3 114 36 -10 0.3 3.7 4.1
1990-91 28 TOT NHL 82 0.07 0.20 0.27 0.09 3.52 0.91 5 15 20 7 74 6 130 48 -14 0.5 3.4 3.9
1990-91 28 VAN NHL 69 0.09 0.17 0.26 0.10 3.72 1.01 5 11 16 6 63 6 118 43 -18 0.4 2.6 3.0
1990-91 28 STL NHL 13 0.00 0.31 0.31 0.08 2.46 0.38 0 4 4 1 11 0 12 5 4 0.0 0.8 0.9
1991-92 29 STL NHL 68 0.07 0.22 0.29 0.10 2.78 0.74 4 13 17 6 70 1 83 19 5 0.5 3.6 4.1
1992-93 30 STL NHL 84 0.06 0.12 0.18 0.06 2.51 0.99 4 8 12 4 74 4 92 22 0 -0.3 4.9 4.6
1993-94 31 TOT NHL 77 0.05 0.19 0.25 0.08 1.86 0.86 4 13 17 6 74 1 119 39 -7 0.3 3.1 3.4
1993-94 31 STL NHL 43 0.02 0.14 0.16 0.05 1.77 0.86 1 5 6 2 41 1 64 18 -6 -0.2 1.7 1.5
1993-94 31 QUE NHL 34 0.09 0.26 0.35 0.12 1.97 0.85 3 8 11 4 33 0 55 21 -1 0.6 1.3 1.9
1994-95 32 TOR NHL 45 0.02 0.16 0.18 0.06 1.31 0.53 2 12 14 4 36 0 51 10 -5 -0.1 2.2 2.1
Career NHL 897 0.05 0.18 0.23 0.08 2.57 0.97 41 138 179 60 777 35 1188 322 -124 0.9 41.3 42.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 19 VAN NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982-83 20 VAN NHL 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
1985-86 23 VAN NHL 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988-89 26 VAN NHL 7 1 1 2 0 22 1 0 0 1 9 11.1
1990-91 28 STL NHL 13 2 1 3 -1 54 2 0 0 0 21 9.5
1991-92 29 STL NHL 5 1 2 3 3 16 1 0 0 0 4 25.0
1992-93 30 STL NHL 11 1 1 2 6 20 1 0 0 1 8 12.5
1994-95 32 TOR NHL 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
Career NHL 50 6 5 11 9 122 6 0 0 2 48 10.4

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 16 Regina Pat Canadians AAHA 22 4 22 26 72
1979-80 17 Regina Blues SJHL 51 15 31 46 236
1979-80 17 Regina Pats WHL 13 0 4 4 20
1980-81 18 Regina Pats WHL 69 9 77 86 230
1981-82 19 Regina Pats WHL 65 24 68 92 318
1981-82 19 Canada WJC-A 7 1 3 4 0
1982-83 20 Kamloops Jr. Oilers WHL 5 4 2 6 4
1983-84 21 Fredericton Express AHL 25 4 13 17 43
1984-85 22 Fredericton Express AHL 3 1 0 1 11
1991-92 29 Canada WC-A 3 1 0 1 4
Career 1 Season AAHA 22 4 22 26 72
Career 2 Seasons AHL 28 5 13 18 54
Career 1 Season SJHL 51 15 31 46 236
Career 1 Season WC-A 3 1 0 1 4
Career 4 Seasons WHL 152 37 151 188 572
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 1 3 4 0

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 17 Regina Pats WHL 9 0 0 0 45
1979-80 17 Regina Pats M-Cup 3 0 1 1 0
1980-81 18 Regina Pats WHL 11 5 17 22 60
1981-82 19 Regina Pats WHL 19 3 17 20 95
1982-83 20 Kamloops Jr. Oilers WHL 6 4 8 12 16
1983-84 21 Fredericton Express AHL 6 0 2 2 19
Career 1 Season AHL 6 0 2 2 19
Career 1 Season M-Cup 3 0 1 1 0
Career 4 Seasons WHL 45 12 42 54 216

Similarity Scores

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Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Garth Butcher 5.2 4.6 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.1 1.1 0.6 0.4
Rick Green 93.9 5.0 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.3 2.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 0.1
Al Arbour 92.4 5.3 4.6 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.3 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.3
Ruslan Salei 92.0 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.3 2.1 1.2 0.8 0.3
Don Awrey 91.8 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.7 2.6 1.7 1.4 0.6 0.3
Joel Quenneville 91.5 5.3 5.1 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 0.1
Steve Konroyd 91.3 5.6 5.5 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8 2.9 2.9 2.7 1.9 0.4 0.1
Frantisek Musil 91.1 5.4 5.0 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.6 1.0 0.7 0.2
Brad Marsh 90.9 5.7 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.1 0.9
Hal Gill 90.6 5.5 4.7 4.6 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1
Lee Fogolin 90.6 5.7 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.2 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.7 1.7 0.9
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Garth Butcher 5.2 4.6 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.1 1.1 0.6 0.4
Rick Green 93.9 5.0 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.3 2.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 0.1 0.0
Al Arbour 92.4 5.3 4.6 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.3 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.3
Ruslan Salei 92.0 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.3 2.1 1.2 0.8 0.3
Joel Quenneville 91.5 5.3 5.1 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 0.1
Steve Konroyd 91.2 5.6 5.5 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8 2.9 2.9 2.7 1.9 0.4 0.1 0.0
Frantisek Musil 91.1 5.4 5.0 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.6 1.0 0.7 0.2
Don Awrey 90.7 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.7 2.8 2.6 1.7 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.3
Hal Gill 90.6 5.5 4.7 4.6 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1
Lee Fogolin 90.6 5.7 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.2 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.7 1.7 0.9
Brad Marsh 90.4 5.7 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.1 0.9 0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1993 NHL

Games Played

1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 80 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 82 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 84 (2)

Penalties in Minutes

1990-91 NHL 289 (6)
Career NHL 2302 (31)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1990-91 NHL 130 (6)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1990-91 NHL 48 (7)
      

Transactions

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March 5, 1991: Traded to St. Louis by Vancouver with Dan Quinn for Geoff Courtnall, Robert Dirk, Sergio Momesso, Cliff Ronning and St. Louis' 5th round choice (Brian Loney) in 1992 Entry Draft, March 5, 1991.

January 23, 1994: Traded to Quebec by St. Louis with Ron Sutter and Bob Bassen for Steve Duchesne and Denis Chase, January 23, 1994.

June 28, 1994: Traded to Toronto by Quebec with Mats Sundin, Todd Warriner and Philadelphia's 1st round choice (previously acquired, later traded to Washington - Washington selected Nolan Baumgartner) in 1994 Entry Draft for Wendel Clark, Sylvain Lefebvre, Landon Wilson and Toronto's 1st round choice (Jeffrey Kealty) in 1994 Entry Draft, June 28, 1994.

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