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Valeri Kamensky

Position: LW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2    Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: April 18, 1966 in Voskresensk, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 7th round (129th overall) of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:03AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #474. Walt McKechnie… #474. Keith Acton… #476. VALERI KAMENSKY… #476. Radek Dvorak… #476. Yanic Perreault… #476. Guy Chouinard… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 25 QUE NHL 23 7 14 21 8 -1 14 5 2 0 1 42 16.7
1992-93 26 QUE NHL 32 15 22 37 14 13 14 10 2 3 0 94 16.0
1993-94 27 QUE NHL 76 28 37 65 26 12 42 22 6 0 1 170 16.5
1994-95 28 QUE NHL 40 10 20 30 11 3 22 4 5 1 5 70 14.3
1995-96 29 COL NHL 81 38 47 85 34 14 85 19 18 1 5 220 17.3
1996-97 30 COL NHL 68 28 38 66 26 5 38 20 8 0 4 165 17.0
1997-98 31 COL NHL 75 26 40 66 25 -2 60 18 8 0 4 173 15.0
1998-99 32 COL NHL 65 14 30 44 15 1 28 12 2 0 2 123 11.4 1143 17:35
1999-00 33 NYR NHL 58 13 19 32 12 -13 24 10 3 0 1 88 14.8 868 14:57
2000-01 34 NYR NHL 65 14 20 34 13 -18 36 8 6 0 1 129 10.9 995 15:19
2001-02 35 TOT NHL 54 7 14 21 8 1 20 7 0 0 1 72 9.7 618 11:27
2001-02 35 DAL NHL 24 3 6 9 3 3 2 3 0 0 1 32 9.4 231 9:38
2001-02 35 NJD NHL 30 4 8 12 4 -2 18 4 0 0 0 40 10.0 387 12:54
Career NHL 637 200 301 501 190 15 383 135 60 5 25 1346 14.9 3624 14:58

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
1991-92 25 QUE NHL 23 0.30 0.61 0.91 0.33 0.61 1.83 6 12 18 7 31 13 23 4 -1 1.3 0.3 1.6
1992-93 26 QUE NHL 32 0.47 0.69 1.16 0.44 0.44 2.94 12 18 30 11 50 13 26 2 13 2.7 0.7 3.4
1993-94 27 QUE NHL 76 0.37 0.49 0.86 0.34 0.55 2.24 25 34 59 23 90 23 61 6 12 5.0 1.2 6.2
1994-95 28 QUE NHL 40 0.25 0.50 0.75 0.27 0.55 1.75 17 34 51 19 41 16 26 4 3 2.1 0.4 2.5
1995-96 29 COL NHL 81 0.47 0.58 1.05 0.41 1.05 2.72 36 45 81 32 125 47 69 5 14 7.5 1.1 8.6
1996-97 30 COL NHL 68 0.41 0.56 0.97 0.38 0.56 2.43 29 39 68 26 100 43 52 0 5 6.1 1.1 7.2
1997-98 31 COL NHL 75 0.35 0.53 0.88 0.33 0.80 2.31 30 46 76 29 104 48 60 2 -2 6.4 0.9 7.3
1998-99 32 COL NHL 65 0.22 0.46 0.68 0.24 0.43 1.89 16 34 50 18 62 20 41 0 1 2.8 1.1 4.0
1999-00 33 NYR NHL 58 0.22 0.33 0.55 0.21 0.41 1.52 14 21 35 13 43 13 43 0 -13 2.2 0.6 2.7
2000-01 34 NYR NHL 65 0.22 0.31 0.52 0.20 0.55 1.98 15 21 36 14 54 24 51 3 -18 2.2 0.0 2.2
2001-02 35 TOT NHL 54 0.13 0.26 0.39 0.14 0.37 1.33 8 16 24 9 32 8 23 0 1 1.3 0.8 2.1
2001-02 35 DAL NHL 24 0.13 0.25 0.38 0.14 0.08 1.33 3 7 10 4 14 4 7 0 3 0.7 0.4 1.0
2001-02 35 NJD NHL 30 0.13 0.27 0.40 0.14 0.60 1.33 5 9 14 5 18 4 16 0 -2 0.6 0.4 1.1
Career NHL 637 0.31 0.47 0.79 0.30 0.60 2.11 208 320 528 201 732 268 475 26 15 39.7 8.1 47.8

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 26 QUE NHL 6 0 1 1 -1 6 0 0 0 0 21 0.0
1994-95 28 QUE NHL 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 50.0
1995-96 29 COL NHL SC 22 10 12 22 11 28 7 3 0 2 56 17.9
1996-97 30 COL NHL 17 8 14 22 -1 16 3 5 0 2 49 16.3
1997-98 31 COL NHL 7 2 3 5 1 18 1 1 0 0 17 11.8
1998-99 32 COL NHL 10 4 5 9 5 4 3 1 0 1 18 22.2 168 16:51
2001-02 35 NJD NHL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 19 9:26
Career NHL 1 66 25 35 60 15 72 15 10 0 5 165 15.2 187 15:37

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 16 Khimik Voskresensk USSR 5 0 0 0 0
1983-84 17 Khimik Voskresensk USSR 20 2 2 4 6
1983-84 17 Soviet Union EJC-A 5 1 3 4 0
1984-85 18 Khimik Voskresensk USSR 45 9 3 12 24
1984-85 18 Soviet Union WJC-A 7 2 2 4 8
1985-86 19 CSKA Moscow USSR 40 15 9 24 8
1985-86 19 Soviet Union WJC-A 7 7 6 13 6
1985-86 19 Soviet Union WEC-A 9 2 0 2 8
1986-87 20 CSKA Moscow USSR 37 13 8 21 16
1986-87 20 Soviet Union RV-87 2 2 1 3 2
1986-87 20 Soviet Union WEC-A 10 5 3 8 6
1987-88 21 Soviet Union Can-Cup 9 6 1 7 6
1987-88 21 CSKA Moscow USSR 51 26 20 46 40
1987-88 21 Soviet Union Olympics 8 4 2 6 4
1988-89 22 CSKA Moscow USSR 40 18 10 28 30
1988-89 22 CSKA Moscow Super-S 7 2 4 6 4
1988-89 22 Soviet Union WEC-A 10 4 4 8 8
1989-90 23 CSKA Moscow USSR 45 19 18 37 40
1989-90 23 CSKA Moscow Fr-Tour 1 0 0 0 0
1989-90 23 CSKA Moscow Super-S 5 1 2 3 6
1989-90 23 Soviet Union WEC-A 10 7 2 9 20
1990-91 24 CSKA Moscow USSR 46 20 26 46 66
1990-91 24 CSKA Moscow Fr-Tour 1 0 0 0 0
1990-91 24 CSKA Moscow Super-S 4 2 2 4 0
1990-91 24 Soviet Union WEC-A 10 6 5 11 10
1993-94 27 Russia WC-A 6 5 5 10 12
1994-95 28 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss 12 13 6 19 2
1997-98 31 Russia Olympics 6 1 2 3 0
1999-00 33 Russia WC-A 6 0 0 0 1 10
2003-04 37 Khimik Moscow Region (Voskresensk) Russia 23 5 9 14 53
2004-05 38 Khimik Moscow Region (Voskresensk) Russia 57 17 19 36 59
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 9 6 1 7 6
Career 1 Season EJC-A 5 1 3 4 0
Career 2 Seasons Fr-Tour 2 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 14 5 4 9 4
Career 2 Seasons Russia 80 22 28 50 112
Career 1 Season RV-87 2 2 1 3 2
Career 3 Seasons Super-S 16 5 8 13 10
Career 1 Season Swiss 12 13 6 19 2
Career 9 Seasons USSR 329 122 96 218 230
Career 2 Seasons WC-A 12 5 5 10 1 22
Career 5 Seasons WEC-A 49 24 14 38 52
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 9 8 17 14

Similarity Scores

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Thru 11 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Valeri Kamensky 8.6 7.3 7.2 6.2 4.0 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.6
Pit Lepine 94.2 5.6 5.5 4.9 4.7 3.4 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.2
Jeff O'Neill 93.3 8.3 7.6 6.8 6.5 4.3 3.9 3.2 3.2 2.9 1.7 1.3
Ray Ferraro 92.1 7.8 6.7 5.6 4.9 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.5 2.9 1.8 1.7
Bobby Holik 91.0 8.6 7.6 6.7 5.0 4.8 3.4 3.2 2.7 2.7 2.6 1.8
Babe Siebert 90.1 6.2 5.5 5.1 4.5 3.7 3.5 2.5 2.1 1.1 1.0 0.6
Joe Juneau 89.8 8.5 7.3 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 1.7
Frank Nighbor 89.7 5.2 4.7 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.0
Jim Pappin 89.5 9.2 7.4 6.6 6.0 4.9 4.2 2.9 2.2 1.6 1.4 0.1
Pat Verbeek 88.9 8.1 8.0 7.9 6.7 4.5 3.9 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.4
Brendan Morrison 88.0 7.8 7.4 6.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.2 2.9 2.6 1.3
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
Valeri Kamensky 8.6 7.3 7.2 6.2 4.0 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.6
Jeff O'Neill 93.3 8.3 7.6 6.8 6.5 4.3 3.9 3.2 3.2 2.9 1.7 1.3
Pit Lepine 91.1 5.6 5.5 4.9 4.7 3.4 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.2 0.9
Joe Murphy 90.0 7.3 6.5 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.2 4.1 2.8 2.6 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.2 0.0 -0.2
Joe Juneau 89.0 8.5 7.3 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 1.7 0.5 0.3
Kenny Wharram 88.9 9.0 6.9 6.8 6.8 4.7 4.3 3.7 3.6 2.8 2.0 0.7 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Red Berenson 88.6 9.3 8.0 6.2 5.3 5.1 4.9 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 -0.1 -0.4
Jim Pappin 88.0 9.2 7.4 6.6 6.0 6.0 4.9 4.2 2.9 2.2 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.1
Tod Sloan 88.0 9.3 7.4 6.6 5.8 4.9 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.1 2.5 2.2 0.1 0.0
Frank Nighbor 87.9 5.2 4.7 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.0 0.1 -1.0
Johnny Gagnon 87.5 5.9 5.4 5.1 4.7 3.1 3.1 3.0 1.3 1.2 -0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1998 NHL

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1996 Colorado Avalanche (NHL)

Power Play Goals

1995-96 NHL 18 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

1994-95 NHL 5 (7)

Transactions

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October 27, 1991: Missed majority of 1991-92 due to ankle injury vs. Tampa Bay, October 27, 1991.

June 21, 1995: Transferred to Colorado after Quebec franchise relocated, June 21, 1995.

July 7, 1999: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, July 7, 1999.

July 5, 2001: Signed as a free agent by Dallas, July 5, 2001.

January 16, 2002: Traded to New Jersey by Dallas for Andre Lakos and future considerations, January 16, 2002.

August 10, 2002: Officially announced retirement August 10, 2002.

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