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Rick Middleton

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: December 4, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario

Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1st round (14th overall) of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:25AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #88. Toe Blake… #89. Martin St. Louis… #89. RICK MIDDLETON… #91. Rod Gilbert… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 21 NYR NHL 47 22 18 40 17 -6 19 16 6 0 2 106 20.8
1975-76 22 NYR NHL 77 24 26 50 20 -38 14 17 7 0 5 159 15.1
1976-77 23 BOS NHL 72 20 22 42 17 2 2 20 0 0 1 128 15.6
1977-78 24 BOS NHL 79 25 35 60 23 40 8 23 2 0 6 171 14.6
1978-79 25 BOS NHL 71 38 48 86 34 33 7 25 12 1 5 152 25.0
1979-80 26 BOS NHL 80 40 52 92 36 31 24 31 9 0 4 223 17.9
1980-81 27 BOS NHL 80 44 59 103 41 15 16 24 16 4 7 222 19.8
1981-82 28 BOS NHL 75 51 43 94 41 15 12 31 19 1 9 202 25.2
1982-83 29 BOS NHL 80 49 47 96 40 33 8 40 6 3 7 214 22.9
1983-84 30 BOS NHL 80 47 58 105 42 26 14 27 16 4 6 209 22.5
1984-85 31 BOS NHL 80 30 46 76 29 2 6 15 12 3 3 169 17.8
1985-86 32 BOS NHL 49 14 30 44 16 17 10 8 4 2 0 100 14.0
1986-87 33 BOS NHL 76 31 37 68 27 7 6 23 4 4 3 141 22.0
1987-88 34 BOS NHL 59 13 19 32 12 3 11 8 2 3 1 79 16.5
Career NHL 1005 448 540 988 395 180 157 308 115 25 59 2275 19.7

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
1974-75 21 NYR NHL 47 0.47 0.38 0.85 0.36 0.40 2.26 19 16 35 15 57 24 39 0 -6 3.0 0.4 3.4
1975-76 22 NYR NHL 77 0.31 0.34 0.65 0.26 0.18 2.06 21 23 44 18 85 38 86 1 -38 2.6 0.1 2.7
1976-77 23 BOS NHL 72 0.28 0.31 0.58 0.24 0.03 1.78 18 20 38 15 70 8 60 0 2 2.1 0.8 2.9
1977-78 24 BOS NHL 79 0.32 0.44 0.76 0.29 0.10 2.16 22 32 54 21 101 10 52 1 40 3.7 1.7 5.5
1978-79 25 BOS NHL 71 0.54 0.68 1.21 0.48 0.10 2.14 32 41 73 29 117 29 69 14 33 6.8 1.6 8.4
1979-80 26 BOS NHL 80 0.50 0.65 1.15 0.46 0.30 2.79 33 44 77 30 135 50 56 2 31 7.1 1.7 8.8
1980-81 27 BOS NHL 80 0.55 0.74 1.29 0.51 0.20 2.78 33 46 79 31 138 64 68 9 15 7.2 1.4 8.7
1981-82 28 BOS NHL 75 0.68 0.57 1.25 0.54 0.16 2.69 37 31 68 29 140 52 92 19 15 7.0 1.4 8.4
1982-83 29 BOS NHL 80 0.61 0.59 1.20 0.50 0.10 2.68 39 38 77 32 134 29 102 30 33 7.2 1.7 8.9
1983-84 30 BOS NHL 80 0.59 0.73 1.31 0.53 0.18 2.61 37 46 83 33 155 56 91 18 26 7.5 1.8 9.3
1984-85 31 BOS NHL 80 0.38 0.58 0.95 0.36 0.08 2.11 24 37 61 23 107 32 102 29 2 4.2 1.2 5.4
1985-86 32 BOS NHL 49 0.29 0.61 0.90 0.32 0.20 2.04 11 23 34 12 68 18 60 27 17 2.1 1.1 3.2
1986-87 33 BOS NHL 76 0.41 0.49 0.89 0.35 0.08 1.86 26 31 57 23 105 32 89 23 7 4.4 1.1 5.5
1987-88 34 BOS NHL 59 0.22 0.32 0.54 0.21 0.19 1.34 11 16 27 10 49 11 62 27 3 1.1 0.8 1.9
Career NHL 1005 0.45 0.54 0.98 0.39 0.16 2.26 363 444 807 319 1461 453 1028 200 180 66.1 17.0 83.1

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 21 NYR NHL 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1976-77 23 BOS NHL 13 5 4 9 0 5 0 0 1
1977-78 24 BOS NHL 15 5 2 7 0 5 0 0 2
1978-79 25 BOS NHL 11 4 8 12 0 2 2 0 1
1979-80 26 BOS NHL 10 4 2 6 5 4 0 0 0
1980-81 27 BOS NHL 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
1981-82 28 BOS NHL 11 6 9 15 0 4 2 0 0
1982-83 29 BOS NHL 17 11 22 33 6 6 4 1 1
1983-84 30 BOS NHL 3 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1984-85 31 BOS NHL 5 3 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 13 23.1
1986-87 33 BOS NHL 4 2 2 4 -1 0 0 1 1 0 6 33.3
1987-88 34 BOS NHL 19 5 5 10 4 4 4 0 1 3 18 27.8
Career NHL 114 45 55 100 0 19 33 9 3 8 41 24.4

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 18 Oshawa Generals OHA-Jr. 53 36 34 70 24
1972-73 19 Oshawa Generals OHA-Jr. 62 67 70 137 14
1973-74 20 Providence Reds AHL 63 36 48 84 14
1981-82 28 Canada Can-Cup 7 1 2 3 0
1984-85 31 Canada Can-Cup 7 4 4 8 0
Career 1 Season AHL 63 36 48 84 14
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 14 5 6 11 0
Career 2 Seasons OHA-Jr. 115 103 104 207 38

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 18 Oshawa Generals OHA-Jr. 12 5 5 10 2
1973-74 20 Providence Reds AHL 15 9 6 15 2
Career 1 Season AHL 15 9 6 15 2
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 12 5 5 10 2

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
Rick Middleton 9.3 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.4 5.5 5.5 5.4 3.4 3.2 2.9 2.7 1.9
Miroslav Satan 92.8 10.0 9.1 8.3 8.3 7.1 6.8 6.3 5.3 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.1 1.9
Lanny McDonald 92.0 10.0 9.8 9.2 8.6 8.4 6.8 6.6 5.9 4.8 4.4 3.1 2.5 1.7 1.3
Doug Weight 91.3 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 4.1 3.0 2.6 2.5 1.4
Glenn Anderson 90.2 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.9
Alex Tanguay 89.3 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 2.8
Busher Jackson 89.2 8.7 7.6 7.0 6.3 6.2 5.1 4.3 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.2 2.0 1.4 0.8
Yvan Cournoyer 89.1 10.4 10.0 9.3 8.6 8.3 7.2 6.7 6.5 6.0 5.1 3.9 2.4 0.7 0.7
Frank Mahovlich 88.2 10.7 10.4 8.5 8.4 7.8 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 0.1
Pat Verbeek 88.1 9.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 6.9 6.7 4.5 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.4
Patrick Marleau 87.9 11.4 9.4 9.2 8.8 8.5 6.8 6.1 6.0 5.4 5.3 4.5 3.6 3.1
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
Rick Middleton 9.3 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.4 5.5 5.5 5.4 3.4 3.2 2.9 2.7 1.9
Miroslav Satan 92.8 10.0 9.1 8.3 8.3 7.1 6.8 6.3 5.3 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.1 1.9
Lanny McDonald 91.5 10.0 9.8 9.2 8.6 8.4 6.8 6.6 5.9 4.8 4.4 3.1 2.5 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.6
Alex Tanguay 89.3 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 2.8
Busher Jackson 88.8 8.7 7.6 7.0 6.3 6.2 5.1 4.3 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.2 2.0 1.4 1.1 0.8
Yvan Cournoyer 88.5 10.4 10.0 9.3 8.6 8.3 7.2 6.7 6.5 6.0 5.3 5.1 3.9 2.4 0.7 0.7 0.4
Patrick Marleau 87.9 11.4 9.4 9.2 8.8 8.5 6.8 6.1 6.0 5.4 5.3 4.5 3.6 3.1
Glenn Anderson 87.8 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.9 2.6 0.6
Bernie Federko 87.3 8.4 8.0 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.0 5.7 5.6 4.7 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.1
Steve Sullivan 86.8 8.8 8.2 7.4 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.9 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 2.5 2.2 1.0
Doug Weight 86.4 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1981 NHL
1982 NHL
1984 NHL

Awards

1981-82 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Honors

1981-82 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
1980-81 NHL 80 (2)
1982-83 NHL 80 (1)
 1983-84 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)

Goals

1981-82 NHL 51 (7)
1982-83 NHL 49 (8)
1983-84 NHL 47 (10)
Career NHL 448 (58)

Points

1980-81 NHL 103 (10)
1983-84 NHL 105 (10)
Career NHL 988 (80)

Goals Created

1980-81 NHL 40.5 (9)
1983-84 NHL 42.0 (8)
Career NHL 394.7 (69)

Plus/Minus

Career NHL 180 (75)

Even Strength Goals

1981-82 NHL 31 (10)
1982-83 NHL 40 (6)
Career NHL 308 (45)

Power Play Goals

1980-81 NHL 16 (8)
1981-82 NHL 19 (5)
1983-84 NHL 16 (7)

Short-Handed Goals

1980-81 NHL 4 (6)
1983-84 NHL 4 (8)
1986-87 NHL 4 (8)
Career NHL 25 (36)

Game-Winning Goals

1977-78 NHL 6 (9)
1980-81 NHL 7 (6)
1981-82 NHL 9 (4)
Career NHL 59 (62)

Shooting Percentage

1974-75 NHL 20.8 (7)
1978-79 NHL 25.0 (4)
1981-82 NHL 25.2 (1)
 1982-83 NHL 22.9 (7)
1986-87 NHL 22.0 (10)
Career NHL 19.7 (6)

Goals Per Game

1978-79 NHL 0.54 (9)
1981-82 NHL 0.68 (6)
Career NHL 0.45 (59)

Points Per Game

Career NHL 0.98 (65)

Goals Created Per Game

1978-79 NHL 0.48 (9)
1981-82 NHL 0.54 (8)
Career NHL 0.39 (55)

Adjusted Goals

1981-82 NHL 37 (7)
1982-83 NHL 39 (8)
1983-84 NHL 37 (10)

Adjusted Points

1983-84 NHL 83 (10)

Adjusted Goals Created

1980-81 NHL 30.6 (10)
1983-84 NHL 32.7 (8)

Total Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 1461 (96)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1980-81 NHL 64 (9)

Offensive Point Shares

1980-81 NHL 7.2 (10)
1981-82 NHL 7.0 (10)
1983-84 NHL 7.5 (9)
    

Transactions

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May 26, 1976: Traded to Boston by NY Rangers for Ken Hodge, May 26, 1976.

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