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Bernie Federko

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 178 lbs.
Born: May 12, 1956 in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2002

Drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 8:39AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #104. Elmer Lach… #105. Pete Mahovlich… #106. Joe Thornton… #106. Dickie Moore… #106. BERNIE FEDERKO… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1976-77 20 STL NHL 31 14 9 23 10 -6 15 8 6 0 3 67 20.9
1977-78 21 STL NHL 72 17 24 41 16 -35 27 13 4 0 1 128 13.3
1978-79 22 STL NHL 74 31 64 95 34 -15 14 24 7 0 1 156 19.9
1979-80 23 STL NHL 79 38 56 94 36 3 24 31 7 0 4 184 20.7
1980-81 24 STL NHL 78 31 73 104 37 9 47 20 9 2 4 170 18.2
1981-82 25 STL NHL 74 30 62 92 33 -10 70 19 11 0 6 177 16.9
1982-83 26 STL NHL 75 24 60 84 29 -10 24 15 9 0 1 184 13.0
1983-84 27 STL NHL 79 41 66 107 40 -3 43 27 14 0 4 197 20.8
1984-85 28 STL NHL 76 30 73 103 36 -10 27 24 6 0 3 174 17.2
1985-86 29 STL NHL 80 34 68 102 37 10 34 18 16 0 2 167 20.4
1986-87 30 STL NHL 64 20 52 72 25 -25 32 11 9 0 3 130 15.4
1987-88 31 STL NHL 79 20 69 89 29 -12 52 11 9 0 2 119 16.8
1988-89 32 STL NHL 66 22 45 67 24 -20 54 13 9 0 6 115 19.1
1989-90 33 DET NHL 73 17 40 57 20 -8 24 14 3 0 0 108 15.7
Career NHL 1000 369 761 1130 408 -132 487 248 119 2 40 2076 17.8

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
1976-77 20 STL NHL 31 0.45 0.29 0.74 0.33 0.48 2.16 12 8 20 9 30 11 25 0 -6 1.8 0.3 2.1
1977-78 21 STL NHL 72 0.24 0.33 0.57 0.22 0.38 1.78 15 22 37 14 56 20 71 0 -35 1.9 0.4 2.3
1978-79 22 STL NHL 74 0.42 0.86 1.28 0.46 0.19 2.11 26 54 80 29 118 40 94 1 -15 6.6 0.8 7.4
1979-80 23 STL NHL 79 0.48 0.71 1.19 0.46 0.30 2.33 32 48 80 31 127 45 79 0 3 7.0 1.4 8.4
1980-81 24 STL NHL 78 0.40 0.94 1.33 0.48 0.60 2.18 24 57 81 29 129 52 69 1 9 6.4 1.1 7.5
1981-82 25 STL NHL 74 0.41 0.84 1.24 0.45 0.95 2.39 22 45 67 24 119 44 87 2 -10 5.2 0.8 6.0
1982-83 26 STL NHL 75 0.32 0.80 1.12 0.39 0.32 2.45 19 49 68 24 113 45 78 0 -10 4.7 0.9 5.6
1983-84 27 STL NHL 79 0.52 0.84 1.35 0.51 0.54 2.49 32 53 85 32 138 58 83 0 -3 7.1 1.0 8.0
1984-85 28 STL NHL 76 0.39 0.96 1.36 0.48 0.36 2.29 24 58 82 29 124 45 90 1 -10 6.4 0.7 7.1
1985-86 29 STL NHL 80 0.43 0.85 1.28 0.46 0.43 2.09 26 53 79 29 139 56 74 1 10 6.2 1.3 7.5
1986-87 30 STL NHL 64 0.31 0.81 1.13 0.39 0.50 2.03 17 44 61 21 97 48 74 0 -25 4.4 0.3 4.7
1987-88 31 STL NHL 79 0.25 0.87 1.13 0.37 0.66 1.51 17 58 75 25 123 55 82 2 -12 4.9 0.8 5.7
1988-89 32 STL NHL 66 0.33 0.68 1.02 0.36 0.82 1.74 18 37 55 20 96 46 70 0 -20 3.9 0.4 4.3
1989-90 33 DET NHL 73 0.23 0.55 0.78 0.28 0.33 1.48 14 33 47 17 77 34 54 3 -8 2.7 0.6 3.3
Career NHL 1000 0.37 0.76 1.13 0.41 0.49 2.08 298 619 917 331 1486 599 1030 11 -132 69.1 10.8 79.9

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1976-77 20 STL NHL 4 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
1979-80 23 STL NHL 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
1980-81 24 STL NHL 11 8 10 18 2 4 4 0 1
1981-82 25 STL NHL 10 3 15 18 10 2 1 0 1
1982-83 26 STL NHL 4 2 3 5 0 1 1 0 0
1983-84 27 STL NHL 11 4 4 8 -5 10 3 1 0 1 26 15.4
1984-85 28 STL NHL 3 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1985-86 29 STL NHL 19 7 14 21 2 17 6 1 0 1 34 20.6
1986-87 30 STL NHL 6 3 3 6 0 18 2 1 0 0 9 33.3
1987-88 31 STL NHL 10 2 6 8 -6 18 0 2 0 0 8 25.0
1988-89 32 STL NHL 10 4 8 12 -2 0 2 2 0 0 19 21.1
Career NHL 91 35 66 101 -10 83 22 13 0 4 99 20.2

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 17 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 68 22 28 50 19
1974-75 18 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 66 39 68 107 30
1975-76 19 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 72 72 115 187 108
1976-77 20 Kansas City Blues CHL 42 30 39 69 41
Career 1 Season CHL 42 30 39 69 41
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 206 133 211 344 157

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 17 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 6 0 0 0 2
1974-75 18 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 17 15 7 22 8
1975-76 19 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 20 18 27 45 8
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 43 33 34 67 18

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Bernie Federko 8.4 8.0 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.0 5.7 5.6 4.7 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.1
Rod Brind'Amour 94.0 9.0 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 3.5 3.3 3.1 1.4
Doug Weight 93.5 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 4.1 3.0 2.6 2.5 1.4
Bobby Smith 93.4 8.7 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.1 4.7 3.3 2.9 2.1 1.4
Steve Sullivan 91.9 8.8 8.2 7.4 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.9 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 2.5 2.2 1.0
Hooley Smith 91.8 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.6 4.9 4.3 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.1 2.0
Ryan Smyth 91.2 8.4 7.8 7.3 7.3 7.2 6.7 6.0 5.7 5.5 3.3 3.1 2.8 -0.1 -0.4
Brian Propp 91.1 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.9 2.9 2.5 0.0
Rick Tocchet 91.1 10.2 7.9 7.5 7.0 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.3 3.7 3.5 2.6 1.8 1.7
Vincent Damphousse 90.4 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.2 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.0 2.5
Dino Ciccarelli 89.8 9.8 9.2 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.4 5.4 5.4 3.0 2.7 1.8
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Bernie Federko 8.4 8.0 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.0 5.7 5.6 4.7 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.1
Ryan Smyth 94.8 8.4 7.8 7.3 7.3 7.2 6.7 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.3 3.3 3.1 2.8 -0.1 -0.4
Bobby Smith 93.4 8.7 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.1 4.7 3.3 2.9 2.1 1.4 0.0
Brian Propp 92.3 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.9 2.9 2.5 2.0 0.0
Steve Sullivan 91.8 8.8 8.2 7.4 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.9 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 2.5 2.2 1.0
Vyacheslav Kozlov 91.4 8.6 8.2 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.2 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.5 1.4 0.2 -0.1
John MacLean 90.8 8.0 7.8 7.5 7.1 6.2 6.1 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.4 1.6 0.5 0.3 -0.5
Hooley Smith 90.5 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.6 4.9 4.3 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.1 2.0 0.9 0.7 -0.8
Doug Weight 90.2 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.5
Andrew Brunette 88.8 8.2 7.6 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.4 2.9 2.1 0.8 0.7
Shane Doan 88.7 9.0 8.3 7.3 6.6 6.3 6.3 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.2 5.2 1.1 0.6 -0.1 -0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1980 NHL
1981 NHL

Games Played

1985-86 NHL 80 (3)

Assists

1978-79 NHL 64 (6)
1980-81 NHL 73 (4)
1982-83 NHL 60 (8)
1983-84 NHL 66 (7)
1984-85 NHL 73 (5)
1985-86 NHL 68 (7)
1987-88 NHL 69 (7)
Career NHL 761 (38)

Points

1978-79 NHL 95 (8)
1979-80 NHL 94 (10)
1980-81 NHL 104 (9)
1983-84 NHL 107 (9)
1984-85 NHL 103 (9)
Career NHL 1130 (51)

Goals Created

Career NHL 408.1 (65)

Power Play Goals

Career NHL 119 (95)

Game-Winning Goals

1981-82 NHL 6 (7)

Shooting Percentage

Career NHL 17.8 (37)

Assists Per Game

1978-79 NHL 0.86 (6)
1980-81 NHL 0.94 (6)
1982-83 NHL 0.80 (6)
1983-84 NHL 0.84 (10)
1984-85 NHL 0.96 (5)
1985-86 NHL 0.85 (9)
1986-87 NHL 0.81 (8)
1987-88 NHL 0.87 (8)
Career NHL 0.76 (11)

Points Per Game

1978-79 NHL 1.28 (8)
1984-85 NHL 1.36 (10)
Career NHL 1.13 (19)

Goals Created Per Game

Career NHL 0.41 (43)

Adjusted Assists

1978-79 NHL 54 (6)
1980-81 NHL 57 (4)
1982-83 NHL 49 (6)
1983-84 NHL 53 (6)
1984-85 NHL 58 (5)
1985-86 NHL 53 (7)
1987-88 NHL 58 (6)
Career NHL 619 (70)

Adjusted Points

1978-79 NHL 80 (8)
1979-80 NHL 80 (10)
1980-81 NHL 81 (7)
1983-84 NHL 85 (9)
1984-85 NHL 82 (9)
Career NHL 917 (94)

Adjusted Goals Created

1978-79 NHL 28.9 (10)

Total Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 1486 (93)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 599 (64)

Transactions

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June 15, 1989: Traded to Detroit by St. Louis with Tony McKegney for Adam Oates and Paul MacLean, June 15, 1989.

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