Garth Butcher

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 204 lbs.
Born: January 8, 1963 in Regina, Saskatchewan
Draft: Vancouver, 1st round (10th overall), 1981 NHL Entry

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1981-82	19	VAN	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
1982-83	20	VAN	NHL	55	1	13	14	4	-7	104	1	0	0	0	11	0	2	60	1.7
1983-84	21	VAN	NHL	28	2	0	2	1	-12	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	6.1
1984-85	22	VAN	NHL	75	3	9	12	4	-31	152	3	0	0	1	9	0	0	59	5.1
1985-86	23	VAN	NHL	70	4	7	11	4	-25	188	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	57	7.0
1986-87	24	VAN	NHL	70	5	15	20	7	-12	207	5	0	0	0	14	0	1	95	5.3
1987-88	25	VAN	NHL	80	6	17	23	8	-14	285	5	1	0	0	8	2	7	77	7.8
1988-89	26	VAN	NHL	78	0	20	20	5	4	227	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	101	0.0
1989-90	27	VAN	NHL	80	6	14	20	7	-10	205	5	1	0	1	14	0	0	87	6.9
1990-91	28	TOT	NHL	82	6	16	22	8	-14	289	5	1	0	1	13	0	3	75	8.0
1990-91	28	VAN	NHL	69	6	12	18	7	-18	257	5	1	0	1	9	0	3	70	8.6
1990-91	28	STL	NHL	13	0	4	4	1	4	32	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	0.0
1991-92	29	STL	NHL	68	5	15	20	7	5	189	5	0	0	0	14	0	1	50	10.0
1992-93	30	STL	NHL	84	5	10	15	5	0	211	5	0	0	2	10	0	0	83	6.0
1993-94	31	TOT	NHL	77	4	15	19	6	-7	143	2	0	2	1	15	0	0	66	6.1
1993-94	31	STL	NHL	43	1	6	7	2	-6	76	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	37	2.7
1993-94	31	QUE	NHL	34	3	9	12	4	-1	67	2	0	1	1	9	0	0	29	10.3
1994-95	32	TOR	NHL	45	1	7	8	2	-5	59	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	24	4.2
Career			NHL	897	48	158	206	70	-124	2302	43	3	2	6	141	3	14	874	5.5

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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

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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	0
1982-83	20	VAN	NHL	3	1	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0
1985-86	23	VAN	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988-89	26	VAN	NHL	7	1	1	2	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	9	11.1
1990-91	28	STL	NHL	13	2	1	3	1	-1	54	2	0	0	0	21	9.5
1991-92	29	STL	NHL	5	1	2	3	1	3	16	1	0	0	0	4	25.0
1992-93	30	STL	NHL	11	1	1	2	1	6	20	1	0	0	1	8	12.5
1994-95	32	TOR	NHL	7	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Career			NHL	50	6	5	11	5	9	122	6	0	0	2	48	10.4

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

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	3.4	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
Lee Fogolin	90.7	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
Michel Petit	89.9	5.7	4.8	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.5	3.2	3.1	2.8	2.8	2.7	1.8	1.6	-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	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	3.4	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
Lee Fogolin	90.7	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
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
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
Randy Ladouceur	89.8	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.0	3.7	3.3	3.2	2.7	2.5	1.9	1.8	1.0	0.9	0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

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

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.

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