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Rick Lapointe

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: August 2, 1955 in Victoria, British Columbia
Died: October 17, 1999

Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1975 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
1975-76 20 DET NHL 80 10 23 33 12 -3 95 8 2 0 0 106 9.4
1976-77 21 TOT NHL 71 3 19 22 7 3 119 2 1 0 1 86 3.5
1976-77 21 DET NHL 49 2 11 13 4 -17 80 1 1 0 0 59 3.4
1976-77 21 PHI NHL 22 1 8 9 3 20 39 1 0 0 1 27 3.7
1977-78 22 PHI NHL 47 4 16 20 7 35 91 3 1 0 0 56 7.1
1978-79 23 PHI NHL 77 3 18 21 7 15 53 1 1 1 0 75 4.0
1979-80 24 STL NHL 80 6 19 25 8 -24 87 6 0 0 1 113 5.3
1980-81 25 STL NHL 80 8 25 33 11 36 124 8 0 0 3 84 9.5
1981-82 26 STL NHL 71 2 20 22 7 -6 127 2 0 0 0 91 2.2
1982-83 27 QUE NHL 43 2 9 11 4 14 59 2 0 0 0 48 4.2
1983-84 28 QUE NHL 22 2 10 12 4 9 12 2 0 0 0 24 8.3
1984-85 29 LAK NHL 73 4 13 17 6 -10 46 4 0 0 1 69 5.8
1985-86 30 LAK NHL 20 0 4 4 1 -13 18 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
Career NHL 664 44 176 220 72 56 831 38 5 1 6 759 5.8

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
1975-76 20 DET NHL 80 0.13 0.29 0.41 0.15 1.19 1.33 9 20 29 10 98 16 121 36 -3 1.8 4.2 6.1
1976-77 21 TOT NHL 71 0.04 0.27 0.31 0.10 1.68 1.21 3 17 20 6 72 10 70 11 3 0.6 4.0 4.5
1976-77 21 DET NHL 49 0.04 0.22 0.27 0.08 1.63 1.20 2 10 12 4 42 8 59 8 -17 0.2 1.9 2.1
1976-77 21 PHI NHL 22 0.05 0.36 0.41 0.13 1.77 1.23 1 7 8 2 30 2 11 3 20 0.4 2.1 2.5
1977-78 22 PHI NHL 47 0.09 0.34 0.43 0.14 1.94 1.19 4 14 18 6 64 6 32 9 35 1.0 4.2 5.2
1978-79 23 PHI NHL 77 0.04 0.23 0.27 0.09 0.69 0.97 2 15 17 5 81 6 80 20 15 0.2 4.8 5.1
1979-80 24 STL NHL 80 0.08 0.24 0.31 0.11 1.09 1.41 5 16 21 7 108 6 150 24 -24 0.7 3.5 4.2
1980-81 25 STL NHL 80 0.10 0.31 0.41 0.14 1.55 1.05 6 19 25 8 129 8 113 28 36 1.2 5.8 7.0
1981-82 26 STL NHL 71 0.03 0.28 0.31 0.09 1.79 1.28 1 15 16 5 84 6 110 26 -6 0.2 3.1 3.3
1982-83 27 QUE NHL 43 0.05 0.21 0.26 0.08 1.37 1.12 2 7 9 3 58 1 68 25 14 0.1 2.2 2.2
1983-84 28 QUE NHL 22 0.09 0.45 0.55 0.17 0.55 1.09 2 8 10 3 30 2 21 2 9 0.5 1.4 2.0
1984-85 29 LAK NHL 73 0.05 0.18 0.23 0.08 0.63 0.95 3 10 13 4 74 1 103 20 -10 0.0 3.1 3.0
1985-86 30 LAK NHL 20 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.06 0.90 0.35 0 3 3 1 10 1 28 6 -13 -0.1 0.2 0.1
Career NHL 664 0.07 0.27 0.33 0.11 1.25 1.14 37 144 181 59 808 63 896 207 56 6.3 36.5 42.8

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1976-77 21 PHI NHL 10 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
1977-78 22 PHI NHL 12 0 3 3 19 0 0 0 0
1978-79 23 PHI NHL 7 0 1 1 14 0 0 0 0
1979-80 24 STL NHL 3 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
1980-81 25 STL NHL 8 2 2 4 12 2 0 0 0
1981-82 26 STL NHL 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
1983-84 28 QUE NHL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
Career NHL 46 2 7 9 0 64 2 0 0 0 4 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
1971-72 16 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 4 0 0 0 0
1972-73 17 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 39 3 12 15 31
1973-74 18 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 66 8 18 26 207
1974-75 19 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 67 19 51 70 177
1974-75 19 Canada WJC-A 5 2 3 5 16
1976-77 21 Kansas City Blues CHL 6 0 0 0 6
1982-83 27 Fredericton Express AHL 31 4 14 18 50
1983-84 28 Fredericton Express AHL 54 8 22 30 79
Career 2 Seasons AHL 85 12 36 48 129
Career 1 Season CHL 6 0 0 0 6
Career 4 Seasons WCJHL 176 30 81 111 415
Career 1 Season WJC-A 5 2 3 5 16

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 19 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 12 1 12 13 26
1982-83 27 Fredericton Express AHL 12 0 6 6 8
Career 1 Season AHL 12 0 6 6 8
Career 1 Season WCJHL 12 1 12 13 26

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
Rick Lapointe 7.0 6.1 5.2 5.1 4.5 4.2 3.3 3.0 2.2 2.0 0.1
Willie Mitchell 95.0 6.6 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.3 2.3 2.1 0.1
Kjell Samuelsson 92.9 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.7 2.7 1.5 0.3
Dennis Kearns 92.8 6.8 6.6 5.5 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.2
Jiri Slegr 92.7 7.0 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.4 4.0 3.9 3.4 2.4 1.7 0.6
Alexander Karpovtsev 92.5 6.2 6.2 4.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.2 0.1
Reg Hamilton 92.4 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.6 0.4
Robyn Regehr 92.0 6.3 6.2 5.4 5.0 4.4 3.6 2.9 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.0
Scott Hannan 91.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.0 4.6 3.8 3.5 3.3 2.1 1.5 0.3
Ed Kea 91.6 7.3 5.6 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.3 3.2 1.6 0.4
Al MacNeil 91.6 6.5 5.7 4.9 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.2 2.8 0.4 0.2 0.0
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Rick Lapointe 7.0 6.1 5.2 5.1 4.5 4.2 3.3 3.0 2.2 2.0 0.1
Willie Mitchell 94.8 6.6 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.3 2.3 2.1 0.1
Dennis Kearns 92.8 6.8 6.6 5.5 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.2
Jiri Slegr 92.7 7.0 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.4 4.0 3.9 3.4 2.4 1.7 0.6
Alexander Karpovtsev 92.2 6.2 6.2 4.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.2 0.1 -0.2
Paul Mara 92.2 7.0 6.2 5.2 4.6 4.1 3.6 3.6 3.0 1.9 1.5 0.5 0.1
Reg Hamilton 92.1 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.6 0.4 0.3
Robyn Regehr 91.9 6.3 6.2 5.4 5.0 4.4 3.6 2.9 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.0
Ed Kea 91.6 7.3 5.6 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.3 3.2 1.6 0.4
Al MacNeil 91.6 6.5 5.7 4.9 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.2 2.8 0.4 0.2 0.0
Willie Huber 91.5 6.1 6.1 5.5 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.5 2.7 1.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1975-76 NHL 80 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
1980-81 NHL 80 (2)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1979-80 NHL 150 (3)

Defensive Point Shares

1980-81 NHL 5.8 (8)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

February 17, 1977: Traded to Philadelphia by Detroit with Mike Korney for Terry Murray, Bob Ritchie, Steve Coates and Dave Kelly, February 17, 1977.

June 7, 1979: Traded to St. Louis by Philadelphia with Blake Dunlop for Phil Myre, June 7, 1979.

August 4, 1982: Traded to Quebec by St. Louis for Pat Hickey, August 4, 1982.

October 10, 1984: Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles, October 10, 1984.

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