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Dennis Maruk

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-8    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: November 17, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario

Drafted by the California Golden Seals in the 2nd round (21st overall) of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:18AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #193. Max Bentley… #193. Pavol Demitra… #195. Ken Linseman… #195. DENNIS MARUK… #195. Syd Howe… #195. Garry Unger… 

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 CGS NHL 80 30 32 62 26 -6 44 18 7 5 3 233 12.9
1976-77 21 CLE NHL 80 28 50 78 29 4 68 24 4 0 1 268 10.4
1977-78 22 CLE NHL 76 36 35 71 29 -26 50 30 4 2 4 198 18.2
1978-79 23 TOT NHL 78 31 59 90 33 -15 71 23 6 2 3 191 16.2
1978-79 23 MNS NHL 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1978-79 23 WSH NHL 76 31 59 90 33 -14 71 23 6 2 3 189 16.4
1979-80 24 WSH NHL 27 10 17 27 10 0 8 8 1 1 0 58 17.2
1980-81 25 WSH NHL 80 50 47 97 40 -7 87 32 16 2 5 242 20.7
1981-82 26 WSH NHL 80 60 76 136 53 -4 128 38 20 2 1 268 22.4
1982-83 27 WSH NHL 80 31 50 81 31 -21 71 19 12 0 2 185 16.8
1983-84 28 MNS NHL 71 17 43 60 21 -17 42 10 7 0 2 130 13.1
1984-85 29 MNS NHL 71 19 41 60 21 -2 56 14 5 0 3 126 15.1
1985-86 30 MNS NHL 70 21 37 58 22 13 67 20 1 0 2 135 15.6
1986-87 31 MNS NHL 67 16 30 46 17 5 52 12 4 0 0 144 11.1
1987-88 32 MNS NHL 22 7 4 11 5 1 15 5 2 0 0 45 15.6
1988-89 33 MNS NHL 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
Career NHL 888 356 522 878 338 -75 761 253 89 14 26 2229 16.0

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 CGS NHL 80 0.38 0.40 0.78 0.32 0.55 2.91 26 28 54 22 88 26 93 25 -6 4.1 1.3 5.3
1976-77 21 CLE NHL 80 0.35 0.63 0.98 0.36 0.85 3.35 25 45 70 26 104 27 87 14 4 5.4 1.6 7.0
1977-78 22 CLE NHL 76 0.47 0.46 0.93 0.39 0.66 2.61 32 32 64 26 85 17 107 13 -26 5.7 0.4 6.1
1978-79 23 TOT NHL 78 0.40 0.76 1.15 0.43 0.91 2.45 26 50 76 28 115 38 137 45 -15 6.3 0.5 6.9
1978-79 23 MNS NHL 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1978-79 23 WSH NHL 76 0.41 0.78 1.18 0.44 0.93 2.49 26 50 76 28 115 38 136 45 -14 6.4 0.5 6.9
1979-80 24 WSH NHL 27 0.37 0.63 1.00 0.38 0.30 2.15 8 14 22 8 35 12 27 4 0 1.8 0.4 2.2
1980-81 25 WSH NHL 80 0.63 0.59 1.21 0.51 1.09 3.03 38 36 74 31 119 42 93 9 -7 7.2 1.0 8.2
1981-82 26 WSH NHL 80 0.75 0.95 1.70 0.66 1.60 3.35 44 56 100 39 168 73 104 5 -4 9.9 1.1 11.0
1982-83 27 WSH NHL 80 0.39 0.63 1.01 0.38 0.89 2.31 25 40 65 25 113 43 91 0 -21 4.8 0.6 5.4
1983-84 28 MNS NHL 71 0.24 0.61 0.85 0.30 0.59 1.83 13 34 47 16 82 30 74 5 -17 2.6 0.3 2.9
1984-85 29 MNS NHL 71 0.27 0.58 0.85 0.30 0.79 1.77 15 33 48 17 86 31 68 11 -2 2.8 1.0 3.8
1985-86 30 MNS NHL 70 0.30 0.53 0.83 0.31 0.96 1.93 16 29 45 17 76 12 51 0 13 2.7 1.2 3.9
1986-87 31 MNS NHL 67 0.24 0.45 0.69 0.26 0.78 2.15 13 25 38 14 71 17 54 5 5 2.1 0.9 3.0
1987-88 32 MNS NHL 22 0.32 0.18 0.50 0.22 0.68 2.05 6 3 9 4 18 5 22 10 1 0.5 0.4 0.8
1988-89 33 MNS NHL 6 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.05 0.33 1.00 0 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
Career NHL 888 0.40 0.59 0.99 0.38 0.86 2.51 287 426 713 273 1163 373 1011 146 -75 55.7 10.8 66.4

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 27 WSH NHL 4 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
1983-84 28 MNS NHL 16 5 5 10 -6 8 3 1 1 0 34 14.7
1984-85 29 MNS NHL 9 4 7 11 1 12 1 3 0 1 26 15.4
1985-86 30 MNS NHL 5 4 9 13 5 4 3 1 0 0 14 28.6
Career NHL 34 14 22 36 0 26 8 5 1 1 74 17.6

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 Toronto Marlboros OHA-Jr. 8 2 1 3 4
1972-73 17 London Knights OHA-Jr. 59 46 67 113 54
1973-74 18 London Knights OHA-Jr. 67 47 65 112 61
1974-75 19 London Knights OMJHL 65 66 79 145 53
1977-78 22 Canada WEC-A 10 6 1 7 2
1978-79 23 Canada WEC-A 7 1 1 2 2
1980-81 25 Canada WEC-A 8 5 3 8 6
1981-82 26 Washington Capitals DN-Cup 4 2 2 4
1982-83 27 Canada WEC-A 10 4 3 7 4
1988-89 33 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 5 1 5 6 4
1998-99 43 Lake Charles Ice Pirates WPHL 6 0 2 2 -2 4 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
Career 1 Season DN-Cup 4 2 2 4
Career 1 Season IHL 5 1 5 6 4
Career 3 Seasons OHA-Jr. 134 95 133 228 119
Career 1 Season OMJHL 65 66 79 145 53
Career 4 Seasons WEC-A 35 16 8 24 14
Career 1 Season WPHL 6 0 2 2 -2 4 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1998-99 43 Lake Charles Ice Pirates WPHL 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season WPHL 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Similarity Scores

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Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Dennis Maruk 11.0 8.2 7.0 6.9 6.1 5.4 5.3 3.9 3.8 3.0 2.9 2.2 0.8 -0.1
Petr Nedved 93.6 10.7 8.4 7.3 7.1 6.3 6.3 4.9 4.0 3.8 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.0 0.1
Jean Pronovost 92.4 10.2 7.8 7.3 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.6 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.0 -0.2
Babe Siebert 91.3 6.2 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.1 1.1 1.0 0.6
Robert Reichel 91.1 9.5 8.1 7.2 7.0 6.2 5.7 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.7
Michael Nylander 91.0 9.0 8.4 7.1 7.0 6.1 5.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.1 1.6 1.4 0.9 -0.1
Ray Sheppard 90.7 10.1 6.7 6.6 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.5 4.4 3.5 2.8 1.8 0.4
Dmitri Khristich 90.6 8.8 8.6 7.0 6.4 5.8 5.7 5.1 3.4 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.8
Cory Stillman 90.3 9.7 7.5 6.8 6.8 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.1 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.5 -0.1
Milt Schmidt 90.2 7.5 7.0 6.6 5.4 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.6 0.8
John Ogrodnick 90.2 9.2 7.2 7.2 6.5 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.8 3.9 3.1 2.3 2.3 2.0 0.7
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Dennis Maruk 11.0 8.2 7.0 6.9 6.1 5.4 5.3 3.9 3.8 3.0 2.9 2.2 0.8 -0.1
Petr Nedved 93.3 10.7 8.4 7.3 7.1 6.3 6.3 4.9 4.0 3.8 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.0 0.1 -0.5
Jean Pronovost 92.4 10.2 7.8 7.3 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.6 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.0 -0.2
Babe Siebert 91.3 6.2 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.1 1.1 1.0 0.6
Robert Reichel 91.1 9.5 8.1 7.2 7.0 6.2 5.7 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.7
Michael Nylander 91.1 9.0 8.4 7.1 7.0 6.1 5.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.1 2.5 1.6 1.4 0.9 -0.1
Ray Sheppard 90.7 10.1 6.7 6.6 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.5 4.4 3.5 2.8 1.8 0.4
Dmitri Khristich 90.6 8.8 8.6 7.0 6.4 5.8 5.7 5.1 3.4 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.8
Robert Lang 90.5 10.0 8.5 7.2 6.5 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.4 4.8 4.3 2.4 2.1 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.0
John Ogrodnick 90.2 9.2 7.2 7.2 6.5 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.8 3.9 3.1 2.3 2.3 2.0 0.7
Peter McNab 89.4 8.5 8.3 7.7 7.5 6.7 5.6 5.1 4.5 3.8 2.7 2.1 2.0 0.5 0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1978 NHL
1982 NHL

Games Played

1975-76 NHL 80 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 80 (1)
 1980-81 NHL 80 (2)
1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1982-83 NHL 80 (1)

Goals

1980-81 NHL 50 (8)
1981-82 NHL 60 (3)

Assists

1978-79 NHL 59 (7)
1981-82 NHL 76 (6)

Points

1981-82 NHL 136 (4)

Goals Created

1980-81 NHL 40.5 (10)
1981-82 NHL 53.1 (3)

Even Strength Goals

1977-78 NHL 30 (9)
1980-81 NHL 32 (9)
1981-82 NHL 38 (4)
Career NHL 253 (96)

Power Play Goals

1980-81 NHL 16 (8)
1981-82 NHL 20 (2)

Short-Handed Goals

1975-76 NHL 5 (3)
1977-78 NHL 2 (9)
1978-79 NHL 2 (9)

Shooting Percentage

Career NHL 16.0 (94)

Goals Per Game

1980-81 NHL 0.62 (10)
1981-82 NHL 0.75 (3)
Career NHL 0.40 (97)

Assists Per Game

1978-79 NHL 0.76 (8)
1981-82 NHL 0.95 (6)
Career NHL 0.59 (65)

Points Per Game

1981-82 NHL 1.70 (4)
Career NHL 0.99 (60)

Goals Created Per Game

1981-82 NHL 0.66 (3)
Career NHL 0.38 (68)

Adjusted Goals

1980-81 NHL 38 (8)
1981-82 NHL 44 (3)

Adjusted Assists

1978-79 NHL 50 (7)
1981-82 NHL 56 (6)

Adjusted Points

1978-79 NHL 76 (10)
1981-82 NHL 100 (4)

Adjusted Goals Created

1980-81 NHL 30.6 (10)
1981-82 NHL 39.3 (3)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1981-82 NHL 168 (8)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1981-82 NHL 73 (3)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1978-79 NHL 137 (7)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1978-79 NHL 45 (5)

Offensive Point Shares

1981-82 NHL 9.9 (3)

Point Shares

1981-82 NHL 11.0 (6)

Transactions

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August 26, 1976: Transferred to Cleveland after California franchise relocated, August 26, 1976.

June 15, 1978: Protected by Minnesota prior to Minnesota-Cleveland Dispersal Draft, June 15, 1978.

October 18, 1978: Traded to Washington by Minnesota for Pittsburgh's 1st round choice (previously acquired, Minnesota selected Tom McCarthy) in 1979 Entry Draft, October 18, 1978.

July 5, 1983: Traded to Minnesota by Washington for Minnesota's 2nd round choice (Stephen Leach) in 1984 Entry Draft, July 5, 1983.

March 3, 1999: Signed as a free agent by Lake Charles (WPHL), March 3, 1999.

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