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Ed Olczyk

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 207 lbs.
Born: August 16, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois

Drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

Coaching Record

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:32AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #250. Earl Seibert… #251. Martin Straka… #251. Bill Mosienko… #251. ED OLCZYK… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 18 CBH NHL 70 20 30 50 19 11 67 18 1 1 2 136 14.7
1985-86 19 CBH NHL 79 29 50 79 30 2 47 20 8 1 2 218 13.3
1986-87 20 CHI NHL 79 16 35 51 18 -4 119 13 2 1 2 181 8.8
1987-88 21 TOR NHL 80 42 33 75 32 -22 55 24 14 4 3 243 17.3
1988-89 22 TOR NHL 80 38 52 90 35 0 75 25 11 2 4 249 15.3
1989-90 23 TOR NHL 79 32 56 88 33 0 78 26 6 0 4 208 15.4
1990-91 24 TOT NHL 79 30 41 71 27 -27 82 16 14 0 2 226 13.3
1990-91 24 TOR NHL 18 4 10 14 5 -7 13 4 0 0 0 45 8.9
1990-91 24 WIN NHL 61 26 31 57 22 -20 69 12 14 0 2 181 14.4
1991-92 25 WIN NHL 64 32 33 65 26 11 67 20 12 0 7 245 13.1
1992-93 26 TOT NHL 71 21 28 49 19 -2 52 19 2 0 1 190 11.1
1992-93 26 WIN NHL 25 8 12 20 8 -11 26 6 2 0 0 81 9.9
1992-93 26 NYR NHL 46 13 16 29 12 9 26 13 0 0 1 109 11.9
1993-94 27 NYR NHL 37 3 5 8 3 -1 28 3 0 0 1 40 7.5
1994-95 28 TOT NHL 33 4 9 13 5 -1 12 2 2 0 0 56 7.1
1994-95 28 NYR NHL 20 2 1 3 1 -2 4 1 1 0 0 29 6.9
1994-95 28 WIN NHL 13 2 8 10 3 1 8 1 1 0 0 27 7.4
1995-96 29 WIN NHL 51 27 22 49 21 0 65 11 16 0 1 147 18.4
1996-97 30 TOT NHL 79 25 30 55 22 -14 51 25 0 0 5 195 12.8
1996-97 30 LAK NHL 67 21 23 44 18 -22 45 21 0 0 5 166 12.7
1996-97 30 PIT NHL 12 4 7 11 4 8 6 4 0 0 0 29 13.8
1997-98 31 PIT NHL 56 11 11 22 9 -9 35 5 5 1 1 123 8.9
1998-99 32 CHI NHL 61 10 15 25 10 -3 29 7 2 1 2 88 11.4 899 14:44
1999-00 33 CHI NHL 33 2 2 4 2 -8 12 2 0 0 0 33 6.1 307 9:18
Career NHL 1031 342 452 794 310 -67 874 236 95 11 37 2578 13.3 1206 12:50

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
1984-85 18 CBH NHL 70 0.29 0.43 0.71 0.27 0.96 1.94 16 24 40 15 72 7 59 5 11 2.2 1.1 3.2
1985-86 19 CBH NHL 79 0.37 0.63 1.00 0.38 0.59 2.76 23 39 62 23 124 37 108 23 2 4.4 0.8 5.2
1986-87 20 CHI NHL 79 0.20 0.44 0.65 0.23 1.51 2.29 13 30 43 15 67 11 73 13 -4 1.9 0.7 2.5
1987-88 21 TOR NHL 80 0.53 0.41 0.94 0.40 0.69 3.04 35 27 62 26 100 34 132 44 -22 5.6 0.4 6.0
1988-89 22 TOR NHL 80 0.48 0.65 1.13 0.44 0.94 3.11 31 43 74 29 119 39 111 31 0 6.2 1.0 7.2
1989-90 23 TOR NHL 79 0.41 0.71 1.11 0.42 0.99 2.63 27 47 74 28 128 36 101 9 0 5.9 0.7 6.6
1990-91 24 TOT NHL 79 0.38 0.52 0.90 0.35 1.04 2.86 27 36 63 25 94 43 82 4 -27 4.9 0.4 5.4
1990-91 24 TOR NHL 18 0.22 0.56 0.78 0.28 0.72 2.50 4 9 13 5 17 7 21 4 -7 0.8 0.1 0.8
1990-91 24 WIN NHL 61 0.43 0.51 0.93 0.37 1.13 2.97 23 27 50 20 77 36 61 0 -20 4.2 0.4 4.5
1991-92 25 WIN NHL 64 0.50 0.52 1.02 0.41 1.05 3.83 28 29 57 23 101 49 41 0 11 5.0 1.4 6.4
1992-93 26 TOT NHL 71 0.30 0.39 0.69 0.27 0.73 2.68 17 23 40 16 83 32 53 0 -2 2.6 0.8 3.4
1992-93 26 WIN NHL 25 0.32 0.48 0.80 0.30 1.04 3.24 6 10 16 6 34 17 28 0 -11 1.1 0.0 1.1
1992-93 26 NYR NHL 46 0.28 0.35 0.63 0.25 0.57 2.37 11 13 24 10 49 15 25 0 9 1.4 0.8 2.3
1993-94 27 NYR NHL 37 0.08 0.14 0.22 0.08 0.76 1.08 3 5 8 3 12 2 11 0 -1 -0.5 0.4 0.0
1994-95 28 TOT NHL 33 0.12 0.27 0.39 0.14 0.36 1.70 6 16 22 8 21 6 16 0 -1 0.3 0.4 0.7
1994-95 28 NYR NHL 20 0.10 0.05 0.15 0.07 0.20 1.45 3 2 5 2 7 1 8 0 -2 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
1994-95 28 WIN NHL 13 0.15 0.62 0.77 0.25 0.62 2.08 3 14 17 5 14 5 8 0 1 0.6 0.2 0.8
1995-96 29 WIN NHL 51 0.53 0.43 0.96 0.41 1.27 2.88 26 21 47 20 69 28 42 1 0 4.7 0.6 5.2
1996-97 30 TOT NHL 79 0.32 0.38 0.70 0.28 0.65 2.47 26 31 57 23 82 26 79 9 -14 4.5 0.7 5.2
1996-97 30 LAK NHL 67 0.31 0.34 0.66 0.27 0.67 2.48 22 24 46 19 66 22 75 9 -22 3.6 0.3 3.9
1996-97 30 PIT NHL 12 0.33 0.58 0.92 0.33 0.50 2.42 4 7 11 4 16 4 4 0 8 0.9 0.4 1.3
1997-98 31 PIT NHL 56 0.20 0.20 0.39 0.16 0.63 2.20 13 13 26 11 39 17 38 7 -9 1.2 0.4 1.6
1998-99 32 CHI NHL 61 0.16 0.25 0.41 0.16 0.48 1.44 11 17 28 11 41 7 48 11 -3 1.3 0.7 2.0
1999-00 33 CHI NHL 33 0.06 0.06 0.12 0.05 0.36 1.00 2 2 4 2 11 1 18 0 -8 -0.2 0.0 -0.3
Career NHL 1031 0.33 0.44 0.77 0.30 0.85 2.50 304 403 707 276 1163 375 1012 157 -67 49.9 10.6 60.5

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 18 CBH NHL 15 6 5 11 -4 11 4 1 1 0 35 17.1
1985-86 19 CBH NHL 3 0 0 0 -6 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
1986-87 20 CHI NHL 4 1 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 10 10.0
1987-88 21 TOR NHL 6 5 4 9 1 2 3 1 1 1 17 29.4
1989-90 23 TOR NHL 5 1 2 3 3 14 1 0 0 0 15 6.7
1991-92 25 WIN NHL 6 2 1 3 0 4 2 0 0 1 16 12.5
1993-94 27 NYR NHL SC 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1995-96 29 WIN NHL 6 1 2 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 15 6.7
1996-97 30 PIT NHL 5 1 0 1 -2 12 0 0 1 1 11 9.1
1997-98 31 PIT NHL 6 2 0 2 -3 4 0 1 1 1 6 33.3
Career NHL 1 57 19 15 34 -11 57 12 3 4 4 136 14.0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 15 Team Illinois MEHL 56 74 95 169 63
1982-83 16 Stratford Cullitons ON-Jr.B 42 50 92 142 54
1983-84 17 United States Nat-Tm 62 21 47 68 36
1983-84 17 United States Olympics 6 2 5 7 0
1984-85 18 United States WEC-A 6 1 6 7 6
1985-86 19 United States WEC-A 7 4 6 10 12
1986-87 20 United States WEC-A 10 4 3 7 10
1987-88 21 United States Can-Cup 5 1 1 2 2
1988-89 22 United States WEC-A 10 4 3 7 10
1991-92 25 United States Can-Cup 8 0 3 3 4
1992-93 26 United States WC-A 6 1 1 2 18
1998-99 32 Chicago Wolves IHL 7 2 2 4 -7 6 2 0 0 0 28 7.1
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 13 1 4 5 6
Career 1 Season IHL 7 2 2 4 -7 6 2 0 0 0 28 7.1
Career 1 Season MEHL 56 74 95 169 63
Career 1 Season Nat-Tm 62 21 47 68 36
Career 1 Season Olympics 6 2 5 7 0
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.B 42 50 92 142 54
Career 1 Season WC-A 6 1 1 2 18
Career 4 Seasons WEC-A 33 13 18 31 38

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 16 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Ed Olczyk 7.2 6.6 6.4 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.2 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.0 1.6 0.7 0.0 -0.3
Butch Goring 93.7 7.8 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.4 4.3 3.7 2.8 2.7 2.4 1.6 0.9 0.4
Russ Courtnall 92.7 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.3 5.4 4.7 3.8 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.6 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.3
Jere Lehtinen 92.5 7.5 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.5 2.7 1.7 1.7 0.8 0.3
Claude Lemieux 91.7 7.6 6.8 6.4 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.2 2.3 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.1
Bobby Rousseau 91.5 7.8 7.5 6.2 6.2 5.8 5.5 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.4 3.0 1.8 1.0 0.2 -0.1
Don McKenney 91.1 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 1.0 0.0
Ivan Boldirev 91.1 7.4 6.8 6.6 5.6 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.6 3.8 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.1 1.7 -0.1
Wayne Cashman 91.1 8.8 7.2 6.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.4 3.6 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.6 0.0 -0.3
Jamie Langenbrunner 90.7 8.5 6.8 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.0 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.4 2.0 0.2 0.0
Neal Broten 90.6 7.6 7.4 6.4 6.4 5.7 4.6 4.4 4.0 3.8 2.8 2.5 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.2 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
Ed Olczyk 7.2 6.6 6.4 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.2 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.0 1.6 0.7 0.0 -0.3
Butch Goring 93.7 7.8 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.4 4.3 3.7 2.8 2.7 2.4 1.6 0.9 0.4
Russ Courtnall 92.7 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.3 5.4 4.7 3.8 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.6 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.3
Jere Lehtinen 92.5 7.5 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.5 2.7 1.7 1.7 0.8 0.3
Bobby Rousseau 91.5 7.8 7.5 6.2 6.2 5.8 5.5 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.4 3.0 1.8 1.0 0.2 -0.1
Don McKenney 91.1 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 1.0 0.0
Ivan Boldirev 91.1 7.4 6.8 6.6 5.6 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.6 3.8 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.1 1.7 -0.1
Wayne Cashman 90.9 8.8 7.2 6.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.4 3.6 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.6 0.0 -0.3 -0.4
Jamie Langenbrunner 90.6 8.5 6.8 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.0 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.4 2.0 0.2 0.0
Ken Linseman 90.4 6.6 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.6 4.1 3.5 3.3 2.3 2.1 2.0 -0.1
Camille Henry 90.3 7.0 6.6 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.3 3.7 3.7 3.1 2.0 1.8 0.6 0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1994 New York Rangers (NHL)

Games Played

1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 80 (1)

Game-Winning Goals

1991-92 NHL 7 (8)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1987-88 NHL 132 (4)

Transactions

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September 3, 1987: Traded to Toronto by Chicago with Al Secord for Rick Vaive, Steve Thomas and Bob McGill, September 3, 1987.

November 10, 1990: Traded to Winnipeg by Toronto with Mark Osborne for Dave Ellett and Paul Fenton, November 10, 1990.

December 28, 1992: Traded to NY Rangers by Winnipeg for Kris King and Tie Domi, December 28, 1992.

January 3, 1994: Missed majority of 1993-94 due to thumb injury vs. Florida, January 3, 1994.

April 7, 1995: Traded to Winnipeg by NY Rangers for Winnipeg's 5th round choice (Alexei Vasiliev) in 1995 Entry Draft, April 7, 1995.

July 8, 1996: Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles, July 8, 1996.

March 18, 1997: Traded to Pittsburgh by Los Angeles for Glen Murray, March 18, 1997.

August 26, 1998: Signed as a free agent by Chicago, August 26, 1998.

October 16, 1999: Missed majority of 1999-2000 due to hernia injury vs. Pittsburgh, October 16, 1999.

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