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Rod Langway

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3    Weight: 218 lbs.
Born: May 3, 1957 in Maag, Taiwan

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2002

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2nd round (36th overall) of the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:10AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #114. Scott Niedermayer… #115. Igor Larionov… #116. Charlie Conacher… #116. ROD LANGWAY… #118. Joe Mullen… 

NHL/WHA Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 20 BRB WHA 52 3 18 21 7 10 52 3 0 0 75 4.0
1978-79 21 MTL NHL 45 3 4 7 3 5 30 3 0 0 0 48 6.3
1979-80 22 MTL NHL 77 7 29 36 12 36 81 7 0 0 1 112 6.3
1980-81 23 MTL NHL 80 11 34 45 16 53 120 5 5 1 2 165 6.7
1981-82 24 MTL NHL 66 5 34 39 12 66 116 4 1 0 1 139 3.6
1982-83 25 WSH NHL 80 3 29 32 10 0 75 2 1 0 0 126 2.4
1983-84 26 WSH NHL 80 9 24 33 11 14 61 6 1 2 2 168 5.4
1984-85 27 WSH NHL 79 4 22 26 8 35 54 4 0 0 1 102 3.9
1985-86 28 WSH NHL 71 1 17 18 5 27 61 0 1 0 0 54 1.9
1986-87 29 WSH NHL 78 2 25 27 8 11 53 2 0 0 1 76 2.6
1987-88 30 WSH NHL 63 3 13 16 5 1 28 3 0 0 1 49 6.1
1988-89 31 WSH NHL 76 2 19 21 6 12 65 2 0 0 0 80 2.5
1989-90 32 WSH NHL 58 0 8 8 2 7 39 0 0 0 0 46 0.0
1990-91 33 WSH NHL 56 1 7 8 2 12 24 1 0 0 0 32 3.1
1991-92 34 WSH NHL 64 0 13 13 4 11 22 0 0 0 0 32 0.0
1992-93 35 WSH NHL 21 0 0 0 0 -13 20 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
Career NHL 994 51 278 329 104 277 849 39 9 3 9 1235 4.1
Career WHA 52 3 18 21 7 10 52 3 0 0 75 4.0

NHL/WHA 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
1977-78 20 BRB WHA 52 0.06 0.35 0.40 0.13 1.00 1.44 10
1978-79 21 MTL NHL 45 0.07 0.09 0.16 0.06 0.67 1.07 2 3 5 2 32 1 26 0 5 -0.2 2.6 2.4
1979-80 22 MTL NHL 77 0.09 0.38 0.47 0.16 1.05 1.45 6 25 31 10 108 7 83 18 36 1.8 6.0 7.8
1980-81 23 MTL NHL 80 0.14 0.43 0.56 0.20 1.50 2.06 8 26 34 11 136 21 85 23 53 2.4 7.3 9.7
1981-82 24 MTL NHL 66 0.08 0.52 0.59 0.18 1.76 2.11 4 25 29 9 133 16 73 22 66 1.7 6.8 8.4
1982-83 25 WSH NHL 80 0.04 0.36 0.40 0.12 0.94 1.58 2 23 25 7 107 7 135 35 0 0.9 4.5 5.4
1983-84 26 WSH NHL 80 0.11 0.30 0.41 0.14 0.76 2.10 7 19 26 9 112 18 106 26 14 1.2 6.3 7.5
1984-85 27 WSH NHL 79 0.05 0.28 0.33 0.10 0.68 1.29 3 17 20 6 99 9 94 39 35 0.5 6.4 6.9
1985-86 28 WSH NHL 71 0.01 0.24 0.25 0.07 0.86 0.76 1 13 14 4 85 3 89 34 27 -0.1 5.5 5.4
1986-87 29 WSH NHL 78 0.03 0.32 0.35 0.10 0.68 0.97 2 21 23 7 83 8 95 31 11 0.6 4.9 5.4
1987-88 30 WSH NHL 63 0.05 0.21 0.25 0.08 0.44 0.78 2 11 13 4 47 1 77 32 1 0.1 4.0 4.1
1988-89 31 WSH NHL 76 0.03 0.25 0.28 0.08 0.86 1.05 2 16 18 5 74 4 98 40 12 0.2 5.1 5.2
1989-90 32 WSH NHL 58 0.00 0.14 0.14 0.04 0.67 0.79 0 7 7 2 40 1 62 30 7 -0.6 3.5 3.0
1990-91 33 WSH NHL 56 0.02 0.13 0.14 0.04 0.43 0.57 1 6 7 2 42 0 52 22 12 -0.5 4.2 3.7
1991-92 34 WSH NHL 64 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.05 0.34 0.50 0 11 11 3 55 1 72 29 11 -0.3 3.6 3.3
1992-93 35 WSH NHL 21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.95 0.29 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 5 -13 -0.4 0.4 -0.1
Career NHL 994 0.05 0.28 0.33 0.11 0.85 1.24 40 223 263 83 1155 97 1167 386 277 7.2 71.1 78.3
Career WHA 52 0.06 0.35 0.40 0.13 1.00 1.44 10

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 20 BRB WHA 4 0 0 0 -2 9 0
1978-79 21 MTL NHL SC 8 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0
1979-80 22 MTL NHL 10 3 3 6 2 2 1 0 0
1980-81 23 MTL NHL 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
1981-82 24 MTL NHL 5 0 3 3 18 0 0 0 0
1982-83 25 WSH NHL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983-84 26 WSH NHL 8 0 5 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 16 0.0
1984-85 27 WSH NHL 5 0 1 1 -1 6 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1985-86 28 WSH NHL 9 1 2 3 4 6 0 1 0 0 17 5.9
1986-87 29 WSH NHL 7 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 15 0.0
1987-88 30 WSH NHL 6 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1988-89 31 WSH NHL 6 0 0 0 -4 6 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
1989-90 32 WSH NHL 15 1 4 5 0 12 1 0 0 1 17 5.9
1990-91 33 WSH NHL 11 0 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1991-92 34 WSH NHL 7 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Career NHL 1 104 5 22 27 2 97 3 2 0 1 108 1.9
Career WHA 4 0 0 0 -2 9 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
1972-73 15 Randolph Rockets High-MA 16 20 19 39
1975-76 18 U. of New Hampshire ECAC 31 3 13 16 10
1976-77 19 U. of New Hampshire ECAC 34 10 43 53 52
1977-78 20 Hampton Gulls AHL 30 6 16 22 50
1978-79 21 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 18 6 13 19 29
1981-82 24 United States Can-Cup 6 0 1 1 8
1981-82 24 United States WEC-A 6 0 2 2 4
1984-85 27 United States Can-Cup 6 1 1 2 8
1986-87 29 NHL All-Stars RV-87 2 0 0 0 0
1987-88 30 United States Can-Cup 5 0 1 1 6
1989-90 32 Washington Capitals Fr-Tour 4 0 0 0 2
1994-95 37 Richmond Renegades ECHL 6 0 0 0 2
1995-96 38 San Francisco Spiders IHL 46 1 5 6 38
1997-98 40 Providence Bruins AHL 10 0 1 1 6
Career 3 Seasons AHL 58 12 30 42 85
Career 3 Seasons Can-Cup 17 1 3 4 22
Career 2 Seasons ECAC 65 13 56 69 62
Career 1 Season ECHL 6 0 0 0 2
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 4 0 0 0 2
Career 1 Season High-MA 16 20 19 39
Career 1 Season IHL 46 1 5 6 38
Career 1 Season RV-87 2 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season WEC-A 6 0 2 2 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1994-95 37 Richmond Renegades ECHL 9 1 1 2 4
Career 1 Season ECHL 9 1 1 2 4

Similarity Scores

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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
Rod Langway 9.7 8.4 7.8 7.5 6.9 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.2 4.1 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.4 -0.1
Sylvain Cote 94.2 10.0 9.3 7.5 6.4 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.7 2.2 1.9 0.1
Allan Stanley 93.6 8.1 7.4 6.9 6.9 6.4 5.5 5.3 5.2 4.6 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.8 0.5
Derian Hatcher 93.0 9.3 8.6 7.3 7.0 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.8 3.7 3.4 3.2 2.7 1.5 1.0
Bill Gadsby 92.2 8.9 8.2 7.7 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.9 3.6 2.9 2.3 2.3 1.2
Jimmy Thomson 91.9 8.8 7.2 6.7 6.6 6.4 5.4 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.7 3.1 0.3
Jerry Korab 91.9 9.9 8.9 7.9 7.7 7.1 7.1 5.8 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.8 1.9 1.3
Jyrki Lumme 91.7 8.3 8.2 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.0 5.8 5.5 4.7 4.6 4.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 1.4
Dave Babych 91.6 8.2 8.2 8.1 6.7 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8 3.0 2.8 1.7 0.6
Rob Ramage 91.5 8.7 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.8 3.5 2.8 1.9 -0.1
Randy Carlyle 91.2 8.5 7.6 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.5 5.9 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.4 3.6 3.1 2.9 0.2
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
Rod Langway 9.7 8.4 7.8 7.5 6.9 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.2 4.1 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.4 -0.1
Derian Hatcher 92.7 9.3 8.6 7.3 7.0 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.8 3.7 3.4 3.2 2.7 2.1 1.5 1.0
Jimmy Thomson 91.9 8.8 7.2 6.7 6.6 6.4 5.4 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.7 3.1 0.3
Jerry Korab 91.9 9.9 8.9 7.9 7.7 7.1 7.1 5.8 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.8 1.9 1.3
Jyrki Lumme 91.7 8.3 8.2 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.0 5.8 5.5 4.7 4.6 4.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 1.4
Rob Ramage 91.5 8.7 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.8 3.5 2.8 1.9 -0.1
Rod Seiling 90.9 9.0 8.7 8.2 7.3 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.7 4.3 4.0 3.7 2.6 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.1 0.1
Adrian Aucoin 90.8 10.3 8.5 7.3 7.1 6.3 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.1 3.6 3.5 1.7 1.1 0.5 0.3
Ott Heller 90.1 6.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7
Sylvain Cote 89.8 10.0 9.3 7.5 6.4 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.7 3.7 2.2 1.9 1.7 0.1 0.0
Bruce Driver 89.6 7.8 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.2 3.2 3.1 2.8 1.9 0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

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Awards

1982-83 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1983-84 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy

Honors

1982-83 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1983-84 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1984-85 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1979 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)

Games Played

1980-81 NHL 80 (2)
1982-83 NHL 80 (1)
 1983-84 NHL 80 (1)

Plus/Minus

1980-81 NHL 53 (3)
1981-82 NHL 66 (5)
Career NHL 277 (33)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 386 (48)

Defensive Point Shares

1979-80 NHL 6.0 (5)
1980-81 NHL 7.3 (2)
1981-82 NHL 6.8 (2)
1983-84 NHL 6.3 (3)
1984-85 NHL 6.4 (3)
1985-86 NHL 5.5 (5)
Career NHL 71.1 (25)

Transactions

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May, 1977: Selected by Birmingham (WHA) in 1977 WHA Amateur Draft, May, 1977.

June 13, 1979: Claimed by Montreal as a fill-in during Expansion Draft, June 13, 1979.

September 9, 1982: Traded to Washington by Montreal with Doug Jarvis, Craig Laughlin and Brian Engblom for Ryan Walter and Rick Green, September 9, 1982.

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