Doug Houda

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2 ▪ Weight: 208 lbs.
Born: June 3, 1966 in Blairmore, Alberta
Draft: Detroit, 2nd round (28th overall), 1984 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
1985-86	19	DET	NHL	6	0	0	0	0	-7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
1987-88	21	DET	NHL	11	1	1	2	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	10.0
1988-89	22	DET	NHL	57	2	11	13	4	17	67	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	38	5.3
1989-90	23	DET	NHL	73	2	9	11	4	-5	127	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	59	3.4
1990-91	24	TOT	NHL	41	1	6	7	2	-5	84	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	42	2.4
1990-91	24	DET	NHL	22	0	4	4	1	-2	43	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	21	0.0
1990-91	24	HAR	NHL	19	1	2	3	1	-3	41	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	21	4.8
1991-92	25	HAR	NHL	56	3	6	9	3	-2	125	2	1	0	1	6	0	0	40	7.5
1992-93	26	HAR	NHL	60	2	6	8	3	-19	167	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	43	4.7
1993-94	27	TOT	NHL	61	2	6	8	3	-19	188	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	32	6.3
1993-94	27	HAR	NHL	7	0	0	0	0	-4	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
1993-94	27	LAK	NHL	54	2	6	8	3	-15	165	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	31	6.5
1994-95	28	BUF	NHL	28	1	2	3	1	1	68	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	21	4.8
1995-96	29	BUF	NHL	38	1	3	4	1	3	52	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	21	4.8
1996-97	30	NYI	NHL	70	2	8	10	3	1	99	2	0	0	0	6	0	2	29	6.9
1997-98	31	TOT	NHL	55	2	4	6	2	-11	99	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	24	8.3
1997-98	31	NYI	NHL	31	1	2	3	1	-6	47	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	15	6.7
1997-98	31	MDA	NHL	24	1	2	3	1	-5	52	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	9	11.1
1998-99	32	DET	NHL	3	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	21	6:51
1999-00	33	BUF	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	9:10
2002-03	36	BUF	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	13	12:39
Career			NHL	561	19	63	82	28	-50	1104	17	1	1	1	59	1	3	366	5.2	42	8:28

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
1985-86	19	DET	NHL	6	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.67	0.83	0	0	0	0	3	0	11	1	-7	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
1987-88	21	DET	NHL	11	0.09	0.09	0.18	0.08	0.91	0.91	1	1	2	1	8	0	9	1	0	0.0	0.5	0.5
1988-89	22	DET	NHL	57	0.04	0.19	0.23	0.07	1.18	0.67	2	9	11	4	57	0	47	7	17	0.0	3.4	3.3
1989-90	23	DET	NHL	73	0.03	0.12	0.15	0.05	1.74	0.81	2	7	9	3	51	0	64	8	-5	-0.5	2.7	2.2
1990-91	24	TOT	NHL	41	0.02	0.15	0.17	0.05	2.05	1.02	1	6	7	2	32	2	46	11	-5	-0.3	1.8	1.5
1990-91	24	DET	NHL	22	0.00	0.18	0.18	0.05	1.95	0.95	0	4	4	1	18	2	24	6	-2	-0.2	0.8	0.6
1990-91	24	HAR	NHL	19	0.05	0.11	0.16	0.06	2.16	1.11	1	2	3	1	14	0	22	5	-3	-0.1	1.0	0.9
1991-92	25	HAR	NHL	56	0.05	0.11	0.16	0.06	2.23	0.71	3	5	8	3	38	1	59	20	-2	-0.2	3.0	2.7
1992-93	26	HAR	NHL	60	0.03	0.10	0.13	0.05	2.78	0.72	2	5	7	2	42	2	79	20	-19	-0.5	1.5	1.0
1993-94	27	TOT	NHL	61	0.03	0.10	0.13	0.04	3.08	0.52	2	5	7	2	29	0	62	14	-19	-0.4	1.3	0.8
1993-94	27	HAR	NHL	7	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.29	0.14	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	-4	-0.1	0.1	0.0
1993-94	27	LAK	NHL	54	0.04	0.11	0.15	0.05	3.06	0.57	2	5	7	2	28	0	56	13	-15	-0.3	1.2	0.9
1994-95	28	BUF	NHL	28	0.04	0.07	0.11	0.04	2.43	0.75	2	3	5	2	12	1	17	7	1	-0.2	1.9	1.7
1995-96	29	BUF	NHL	38	0.03	0.08	0.11	0.04	1.37	0.55	1	3	4	1	27	0	29	5	3	-0.3	2.1	1.7
1996-97	30	NYI	NHL	70	0.03	0.11	0.14	0.05	1.41	0.41	2	8	10	3	32	2	42	13	1	-0.2	3.2	3.0
1997-98	31	TOT	NHL	55	0.04	0.07	0.11	0.04	1.80	0.44	2	4	6	2	27	2	44	8	-11	-0.3	1.7	1.4
1997-98	31	NYI	NHL	31	0.03	0.06	0.10	0.04	1.52	0.48	1	2	3	1	14	2	20	2	-6	-0.2	1.1	0.9
1997-98	31	MDA	NHL	24	0.04	0.08	0.13	0.05	2.17	0.38	1	2	3	1	13	0	24	6	-5	-0.1	0.6	0.5
1998-99	32	DET	NHL	3	0.00	0.33	0.33	0.09	0.00	0.33	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	-2	0.1	-0.1	0.0
1999-00	33	BUF	NHL	1	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002-03	36	BUF	NHL	1	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
Career			NHL	561	0.03	0.11	0.15	0.05	1.97	0.65	20	57	77	26	359	10	516	117	-50	-3.1	22.6	19.5

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
1988-89	22	DET	NHL	6	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
1990-91	24	HAR	NHL	6	0	0	0	0	-4	8	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
1991-92	25	HAR	NHL	6	0	2	2	1	-2	13	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Career			NHL	18	0	3	3	1	-7	21	0	0	0	0	13	0.0

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
1981-82	15	Calgary Wranglers	WHL	3	0	0	0			2
1982-83	16	Calgary Wranglers	WHL	71	5	23	28			99
1983-84	17	Calgary Wranglers	WHL	69	6	30	36			195
1984-85	18	Calgary Wranglers	WHL	65	20	54	74			182
1985-86	19	2 Teams	WHL	51	13	33	46			140
1985-86	19	Calgary Wranglers	WHL	16	4	10	14			60
1985-86	19	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	35	9	23	32			80
1986-87	20	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	77	6	23	29			142
1987-88	21	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	71	10	32	42			169
1988-89	22	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	7	0	3	3			8
1990-91	24	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	38	9	17	26			67
1995-96	29	Rochester Americans	AHL	21	1	6	7			41
1996-97	30	Utah Grizzlies	IHL	3	0	0	0			7
1998-99	32	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	73	7	21	28		-13	122	7	0	0	0	125	5.6
1999-00	33	Rochester Americans	AHL	79	7	17	24		14	175	5	1	1	0	111	6.3
2000-01	34	Rochester Americans	AHL	43	6	20	26		11	106	3	3	0	2	76	7.9
2001-02	35	Rochester Americans	AHL	64	6	22	28		9	170	2	3	1	1
2002-03	36	Rochester Americans	AHL	77	3	22	25		17	191	2	1	0	1	98	3.1
Career		10 Seasons	AHL	550	55	183	238		38	1191	19	8	2	4	410	5.6
Career		1 Season	IHL	3	0	0	0			7
Career		5 Seasons	WHL	259	44	140	184			618

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
1982-83	16	Calgary Wranglers	WHL	16	1	3	4			44
1983-84	17	Calgary Wranglers	WHL	4	0	0	0			7
1984-85	18	Calgary Wranglers	WHL	8	3	4	7			29
1984-85	18	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	7	0	2	2			10
1985-86	19	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	25	4	19	23			64
1986-87	20	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	11	1	8	9			50
1987-88	21	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	11	0	3	3			44
1995-96	29	Rochester Americans	AHL	19	3	5	8			30
1998-99	32	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	3	0	1	1			4	0	0	0	0
1999-00	33	Rochester Americans	AHL	21	1	8	9			39	0	1	0	0
2000-01	34	Rochester Americans	AHL	4	0	0	0			4	0	0	0	0
2001-02	35	Rochester Americans	AHL	2	0	0	0			4	0	0	0	0
2002-03	36	Rochester Americans	AHL	3	0	2	2		4	22	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Career		8 Seasons	AHL	74	5	27	32		4	197	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
Career		1 Season	IHL	7	0	2	2			10
Career		4 Seasons	WHL	53	8	26	34			144

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 15 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Doug Houda		3.3	3.0	2.7	2.2	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.2
Aki Berg	89.5	3.4	2.9	2.6	2.4	2.2	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.0
Rod Buskas	88.0	3.7	3.0	3.0	2.7	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3
Chris Dahlquist	86.6	3.2	3.1	3.0	2.7	2.1	1.9	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.2
Steven Finn	85.3	3.3	3.1	2.8	2.3	2.1	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.1	0.8	0.7
Bob McGill	84.5	4.4	2.8	2.5	2.2	2.1	1.7	1.6	1.3	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.4	-0.3
Mark Eaton	84.2	4.9	3.6	3.0	2.6	2.3	2.0	1.6	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.4
Deron Quint	84.1	3.7	3.5	2.9	2.9	2.2	2.2	2.1	1.8	0.6	0.0
Nolan Pratt	83.5	3.6	3.2	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.4	1.4	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.5
Bob Boughner	83.4	4.3	3.6	3.3	2.6	2.3	1.9	1.7	1.2	1.2	0.6
Radek Martinek	83.3	4.0	3.8	2.9	2.8	2.5	1.7	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.7	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
Doug Houda		3.3	3.0	2.7	2.2	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.2
Aki Berg	89.5	3.4	2.9	2.6	2.4	2.2	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.0
Rod Buskas	88.0	3.7	3.0	3.0	2.7	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3
Chris Dahlquist	86.6	3.2	3.1	3.0	2.7	2.1	1.9	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.2
Steven Finn	85.3	3.3	3.1	2.8	2.3	2.1	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.1	0.8	0.7
Bob McGill	84.5	4.4	2.8	2.5	2.2	2.1	1.7	1.6	1.3	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.4	-0.3
Mark Eaton	84.2	4.9	3.6	3.0	2.6	2.3	2.0	1.6	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.4
Deron Quint	84.1	3.7	3.5	2.9	2.9	2.2	2.2	2.1	1.8	0.6	0.0
Nolan Pratt	83.5	3.6	3.2	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.4	1.4	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.5
Bob Boughner	83.4	4.3	3.6	3.3	2.6	2.3	1.9	1.7	1.2	1.2	0.6
Radek Martinek	83.3	4.0	3.8	2.9	2.8	2.5	1.7	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.1

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

February 20, 1991: Traded to Hartford by Detroit for Doug Crossman, February 20, 1991.

November 3, 1993: Traded to Los Angeles by Hartford for Marc Potvin, November 3, 1993.

July 26, 1994: Traded to Buffalo by Los Angeles for Sean O'Donnell, July 26, 1994.

October 26, 1996: Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders, October 26, 1996.

February 6, 1998: Traded to Anaheim by NY Islanders with Travis Green and Tony Tuzzolino for Joe Sacco, J.J. Daigneault and Mark Janssens, February 6, 1998.

October 9, 1998: Traded to Detroit by Anaheim for future considerations, October 9, 1998.

July 13, 1999: Signed as a free agent by Buffalo, July 13, 1999.

August 27, 2003: Officially announced retirement, August 27, 2003.

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