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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.

* Sweater numbers are available 1951-1970, 1972-1994, and 1999-2008.
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Vancouver Canucks
1982		 5
Vancouver Canucks
1983-1991		 5
St. Louis Blues
1991-1994		 55
Quebec Nordiques
1994

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
1981-82 19 Vancouver Canucks NHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 5 0 2 1 4 9 0 0 0 0 7 1.40 0.0
1982-83 20 Vancouver Canucks NHL 55 1 13 14 0.25 4 0.08 50 3 58 4 -7 104 1 0 0 0 60 1.09 1.7
1983-84 21 Vancouver Canucks NHL 28 2 0 2 0.07 1 0.04 21 0 42 9 -12 34 2 0 0 0 33 1.18 6.1
1984-85 22 Vancouver Canucks NHL 75 3 9 12 0.16 4 0.06 68 1 131 33 -31 152 3 0 0 1 59 0.79 5.1
1985-86 23 Vancouver Canucks NHL 70 4 7 11 0.16 4 0.06 42 1 87 21 -25 188 4 0 0 0 57 0.81 7.0
1986-87 24 Vancouver Canucks NHL 70 5 15 20 0.29 7 0.10 56 2 97 31 -12 207 5 0 0 0 95 1.36 5.3
1987-88 25 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 6 17 23 0.29 8 0.10 66 10 95 25 -14 285 5 1 0 0 77 0.96 7.8
1988-89 26 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 0 20 20 0.26 6 0.08 70 3 87 24 4 227 0 0 0 0 101 1.29 0.0
1989-90 27 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 6 14 20 0.25 7 0.09 71 3 114 36 -10 205 5 1 0 1 87 1.09 6.9
1990-91 28 2 Teams NHL 82 6 16 22 0.27 8 0.10 74 6 130 48 -14 289 5 1 0 1 75 0.91 8.0
1990-91 28 Vancouver Canucks NHL 69 6 12 18 0.26 7 0.10 63 6 118 43 -18 257 5 1 0 1 70 1.01 8.6
1990-91 28 St. Louis Blues NHL 13 0 4 4 0.31 1 0.09 11 0 12 5 4 32 0 0 0 0 5 0.38 0.0
1991-92 29 St. Louis Blues NHL 68 5 15 20 0.29 7 0.10 70 1 83 19 5 189 5 0 0 0 50 0.74 10.0
1992-93 30 St. Louis Blues NHL 84 5 10 15 0.18 5 0.07 74 4 92 22 0 211 5 0 0 2 83 0.99 6.0
1993-94 31 2 Teams NHL 77 4 15 19 0.25 7 0.09 74 1 119 39 -7 143 2 0 2 1 66 0.86 6.1
1993-94 31 St. Louis Blues NHL 43 1 6 7 0.16 2 0.05 41 1 64 18 -6 76 0 0 1 0 37 0.86 2.7
1993-94 31 Quebec Nordiques NHL 34 3 9 12 0.35 4 0.12 33 0 55 21 -1 67 2 0 1 1 29 0.85 10.3
1994-95 32 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 45 1 7 8 0.18 3 0.06 36 0 51 10 -5 59 1 0 0 0 24 0.53 4.2
Career NHL 897 48 158 206 0.23 72 0.08 777 35 1188 322 -124 2302 43 3 2 6 874 0.97 5.5

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
1981-82 19 Vancouver Canucks NHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
1982-83 20 Vancouver Canucks NHL 3 1 0 1 0.33 2 1 0 0 0
1985-86 23 Vancouver Canucks NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1988-89 26 Vancouver Canucks NHL 7 1 1 2 0.29 0 22 1 0 0 1 9 1.29 11.1
1990-91 28 St. Louis Blues NHL 13 2 1 3 0.23 -1 54 2 0 0 0 21 1.62 9.5
1991-92 29 St. Louis Blues NHL 5 1 2 3 0.60 3 16 1 0 0 0 4 0.80 25.0
1992-93 30 St. Louis Blues NHL 11 1 1 2 0.18 6 20 1 0 0 1 8 0.73 12.5
1994-95 32 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 8 0 0 0 0 6 0.86 0.0
Career NHL 50 6 5 11 0.22 9 122 6 0 0 2 48 1.04 10.4

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
1978-79 16 Regina Pat Canadians AAHA 22 4 22 26 1.18 72
1979-80 17 Regina Blues SJHL 51 15 31 46 0.90 236
1979-80 17 Regina Pats WHL 13 0 4 4 0.31 20
1979-80 17 Regina Pats M-Cup 3 0 1 1 0.33 0
1980-81 18 Regina Pats WHL 69 9 77 86 1.25 230
1981-82 19 Regina Pats WHL 65 24 68 92 1.42 318
1981-82 19 Canada WJC-A 7 1 3 4 0.57 0
1982-83 20 Kamloops Jr. Oilers WHL 5 4 2 6 1.20 4
1983-84 21 Fredericton Express AHL 25 4 13 17 0.68 43
1984-85 22 Fredericton Express AHL 3 1 0 1 0.33 11
1991-92 29 Canada WC-A 3 1 0 1 0.33 4
Career AAHA 22 4 22 26 1.18 72
Career AHL 28 5 13 18 0.64 54
Career M-Cup 3 0 1 1 0.33 0
Career SJHL 51 15 31 46 0.90 236
Career WC-A 3 1 0 1 0.33 4
Career WHL 152 37 151 188 1.24 572
Career WJC-A 7 1 3 4 0.57 0

Other 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
1979-80 17 Regina Pats WHL 9 0 0 0 0.00 45
1980-81 18 Regina Pats WHL 11 5 17 22 2.00 60
1981-82 19 Regina Pats WHL 19 3 17 20 1.05 95
1982-83 20 Kamloops Jr. Oilers WHL 6 4 8 12 2.00 16
1983-84 21 Fredericton Express AHL 6 0 2 2 0.33 19
Career AHL 6 0 2 2 0.33 19
Career WHL 45 12 42 54 1.20 216

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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)

Total Goals Against

1990-91 NHL 130 (6)

Power Play Goals Against

1990-91 NHL 48 (7)

Penalties in Minutes

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

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

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.