Dennis Maruk

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 5-8 ▪ Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: November 17, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario
Draft: California, 2nd round (21st overall), 1975 NHL Amateur

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Skater Rank: #194. Wendel Clark… #195. Daniel Sedin… #196. Marc Savard… #197. DENNIS MARUK… #198. Geoff Courtnall… #199. Esa Tikkanen… #200. Pit Martin…

Skater Rank: #194. Wendel Clark… #195. Daniel Sedin… #196. Marc Savard… #197. DENNIS MARUK… #198. Geoff Courtnall… #199. Esa Tikkanen… #200. Pit Martin…

NHL Standard

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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
1975-76	20	CGS	NHL	80	30	32	62	26	-6	44	18	7	5	3	20	2	10	233	12.9
1976-77	21	CLE	NHL	80	28	50	78	29	4	68	24	4	0	1	37	0	13	268	10.4
1977-78	22	CLE	NHL	76	36	35	71	29	-26	50	30	4	2	4	27	0	8	198	18.2
1978-79	23	TOT	NHL	78	31	59	90	33	-15	71	23	6	2	3	40	0	19	191	16.2
1978-79	23	MNS	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
1978-79	23	WSH	NHL	76	31	59	90	33	-14	71	23	6	2	3	40	0	19	189	16.4
1979-80	24	WSH	NHL	27	10	17	27	10	0	8	8	1	1	0	10	0	7	58	17.2
1980-81	25	WSH	NHL	80	50	47	97	40	-7	87	32	16	2	5	33	0	14	242	20.7
1981-82	26	WSH	NHL	80	60	76	136	53	-4	128	38	20	2	1	40	1	35	268	22.4
1982-83	27	WSH	NHL	80	31	50	81	31	-21	71	19	12	0	2	37	0	13	185	16.8
1983-84	28	MNS	NHL	71	17	43	60	21	-17	42	10	7	0	2	28	0	15	130	13.1
1984-85	29	MNS	NHL	71	19	41	60	21	-2	56	14	5	0	3	25	1	15	126	15.1
1985-86	30	MNS	NHL	70	21	37	58	22	13	67	20	1	0	2	29	0	8	135	15.6
1986-87	31	MNS	NHL	67	16	30	46	17	5	52	12	4	0	0	21	1	8	144	11.1
1987-88	32	MNS	NHL	22	7	4	11	5	1	15	5	2	0	0	2	0	2	45	15.6
1988-89	33	MNS	NHL	6	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0
Career			NHL	888	356	522	878	338	-75	761	253	89	14	26	350	5	167	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

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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	1		2	1	0	0	0
1983-84	28	MNS	NHL	16	5	5	10	4	-6	8	3	1	1	0	34	14.7
1984-85	29	MNS	NHL	9	4	7	11	4	1	12	1	3	0	1	26	15.4
1985-86	30	MNS	NHL	5	4	9	13	5	5	4	3	1	0	0	14	28.6
Career			NHL	34	14	22	36	14	0	26	8	5	1	1	74	17.6

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
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

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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

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

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
Brenden Morrow	90.7	9.8	7.1	7.1	6.4	5.8	5.3	4.3	4.1	3.7	3.7	2.8	2.4	1.2
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

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
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
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
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
Brenden Morrow	90.7	9.8	7.1	7.1	6.4	5.8	5.3	4.3	4.1	3.7	3.7	2.8	2.4	1.2
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

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)	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)	Assists Per Game 1978-79 NHL 0.76 (8) 1981-82 NHL 0.95 (6) Career NHL 0.59 (66)
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 (69)	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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