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Jerry Butler

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: February 27, 1951 in Sarnia, Ontario

Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 4th round (55th overall) of the 1971 NHL Amateur 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
1972-73 21 NYR NHL 8 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 11 9.1
1973-74 22 NYR NHL 26 6 10 16 6 7 24 5 1 0 1 60 10.0
1974-75 23 NYR NHL 78 17 16 33 14 -5 102 14 1 2 1 157 10.8
1975-76 24 STL NHL 66 17 24 41 16 0 75 16 1 0 3 154 11.0
1976-77 25 STL NHL 80 12 20 32 12 -31 65 12 0 0 0 152 7.9
1977-78 26 TOT NHL 82 9 9 18 7 -16 54 7 1 1 1 114 7.9
1977-78 26 STL NHL 9 0 2 2 1 -6 5 0 0 0 0 15 0.0
1977-78 26 TOR NHL 73 9 7 16 7 -10 49 7 1 1 1 99 9.1
1978-79 27 TOR NHL 76 8 7 15 6 -2 52 6 0 2 2 77 10.4
1979-80 28 TOT NHL 78 11 12 23 9 -8 50 10 1 0 2 84 13.1
1979-80 28 TOR NHL 55 7 8 15 6 -3 29 7 0 0 1 60 11.7
1979-80 28 VAN NHL 23 4 4 8 3 -5 21 3 1 0 1 24 16.7
1980-81 29 VAN NHL 80 12 15 27 11 2 60 10 0 2 2 99 12.1
1981-82 30 VAN NHL 25 3 1 4 2 -5 15 3 0 0 0 21 14.3
1982-83 31 WIN NHL 42 3 6 9 3 -5 14 2 0 1 1 24 12.5
Career NHL 641 99 120 219 88 -62 515 86 5 8 13 953 10.4

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
1972-73 21 NYR NHL 8 0.13 0.00 0.13 0.07 0.50 1.38 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1973-74 22 NYR NHL 26 0.23 0.38 0.62 0.23 0.92 2.31 6 10 16 6 28 3 21 3 7 0.7 0.5 1.3
1974-75 23 NYR NHL 78 0.22 0.21 0.42 0.18 1.31 2.01 14 14 28 11 52 6 65 14 -5 0.7 0.9 1.6
1975-76 24 STL NHL 66 0.26 0.36 0.62 0.25 1.14 2.33 15 21 36 14 56 9 56 9 0 1.9 0.8 2.7
1976-77 25 STL NHL 80 0.15 0.25 0.40 0.15 0.81 1.90 11 18 29 11 50 2 98 19 -31 0.3 0.4 0.7
1977-78 26 TOT NHL 82 0.11 0.11 0.22 0.09 0.66 1.39 8 8 16 7 39 3 77 25 -16 -1.2 0.6 -0.5
1977-78 26 STL NHL 9 0.00 0.22 0.22 0.06 0.56 1.67 0 2 2 1 5 1 10 0 -6 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1977-78 26 TOR NHL 73 0.12 0.10 0.22 0.09 0.67 1.36 8 6 14 6 34 2 67 25 -10 -1.0 0.6 -0.3
1978-79 27 TOR NHL 76 0.11 0.09 0.20 0.08 0.68 1.01 7 6 13 5 30 0 66 34 -2 -1.3 1.0 -0.3
1979-80 28 TOT NHL 78 0.14 0.15 0.29 0.12 0.64 1.08 9 10 19 8 35 2 76 35 -8 -0.5 0.7 0.2
1979-80 28 TOR NHL 55 0.13 0.15 0.27 0.11 0.53 1.09 6 7 13 5 24 1 53 27 -3 -0.5 0.6 0.0
1979-80 28 VAN NHL 23 0.17 0.17 0.35 0.15 0.91 1.04 3 3 6 2 11 1 23 8 -5 0.0 0.2 0.2
1980-81 29 VAN NHL 80 0.15 0.19 0.34 0.13 0.75 1.24 9 12 21 8 42 0 83 43 2 -0.5 1.2 0.7
1981-82 30 VAN NHL 25 0.12 0.04 0.16 0.08 0.60 0.84 2 1 3 1 10 0 29 14 -5 -0.6 0.3 -0.3
1982-83 31 WIN NHL 42 0.07 0.14 0.21 0.08 0.33 0.57 2 5 7 2 13 1 29 12 -5 -0.8 0.4 -0.3
Career NHL 641 0.15 0.19 0.34 0.14 0.80 1.49 84 105 189 74 357 26 601 208 -62 -1.3 7.0 5.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 22 NYR NHL 12 0 2 2 25 0 0 0 0
1974-75 23 NYR NHL 3 1 0 1 16 1 0 0 0
1975-76 24 STL NHL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976-77 25 STL NHL 4 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0
1977-78 26 TOR NHL 13 1 1 2 18 1 0 0 0
1978-79 27 TOR NHL 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
1979-80 28 VAN NHL 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1980-81 29 VAN NHL 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Career NHL 48 3 3 6 79 3 0 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
1970-71 19 Hamilton Red Wings OHA-Jr. 59 6 20 26 131
1971-72 20 Omaha Knights CHL 72 19 18 37 173
1972-73 21 Providence Reds AHL 64 29 30 59 97
1973-74 22 Providence Reds AHL 48 20 22 42 114
1981-82 30 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 47 6 24 30 30
Career 2 Seasons AHL 112 49 52 101 211
Career 2 Seasons CHL 119 25 42 67 203
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 59 6 20 26 131

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1970-71 19 Hamilton Red Wings OHA-Jr. 7 0 1 1 31
1972-73 21 Providence Reds AHL 4 1 2 3 11
1981-82 30 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 16 4 5 9 36
Career 1 Season AHL 4 1 2 3 11
Career 1 Season CHL 16 4 5 9 36
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 7 0 1 1 31

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 11 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Jerry Butler 2.7 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5
Brian Willsie 77.3 2.6 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5
Tim Taylor 76.1 2.8 1.5 1.1 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.6
Jere Gillis 69.4 2.5 1.6 1.3 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.2
Peter Douris 68.2 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4
Dave Schultz 67.8 3.3 1.7 1.6 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.6
Chris Nilan 67.7 2.3 2.1 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.8
Derrick Smith 67.6 2.4 1.4 1.1 0.8 0.4 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -1.0
Michel Picard 67.0 2.5 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.4
Brent Peterson 66.8 2.1 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5
Randy Pierce 65.6 2.4 2.4 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Jerry Butler 2.7 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5
Brian Willsie 77.3 2.6 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5
Jere Gillis 69.4 2.5 1.6 1.3 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.2
Peter Douris 68.2 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4
Dave Schultz 67.8 3.3 1.7 1.6 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.6
Derrick Smith 67.6 2.4 1.4 1.1 0.8 0.4 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -1.0
Michel Picard 67.0 2.5 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.4
Brent Peterson 66.8 2.1 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5
Tim Taylor 65.9 2.8 1.5 1.1 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.5 -0.6
Randy Pierce 65.6 2.4 2.4 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Jamie Baker 65.3 3.0 1.6 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1976-77 NHL 80 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 82 (1)
 1980-81 NHL 80 (2)

Short-Handed Goals

1978-79 NHL 2 (9)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 18, 1975: Traded to St. Louis by NY Rangers with Ted Irvine and Bert Wilson for Bill Collins and John Davidson, June 18, 1975.

November 1, 1977: Traded to Toronto by St. Louis for Inge Hammarstrom, November 1, 1977.

February 18, 1980: Traded to Vancouver by Toronto with Tiger Williams for Bill Derlago and Rick Vaive, February 18, 1980.

October 8, 1982: Signed as a free agent by Winnipeg, October 8, 1982.

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