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Michael Peca

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 183 lbs.
Born: March 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario

Drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1993-94 19 VAN NHL 4 0 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1994-95 20 VAN NHL 33 6 6 12 5 -6 30 4 2 0 1 46 13.0
1995-96 21 BUF NHL 68 11 20 31 11 -1 67 4 4 3 1 109 10.1
1996-97 22 BUF NHL 79 20 29 49 19 26 80 9 5 6 4 137 14.6
1997-98 23 BUF NHL 61 18 22 40 16 12 57 7 6 5 1 132 13.6
1998-99 24 BUF NHL 82 27 29 56 23 7 81 17 10 0 8 199 13.6 1700 20:44
1999-00 25 BUF NHL 73 20 21 41 17 6 67 18 2 0 3 144 13.9 1456 19:57
2001-02 27 NYI NHL 80 25 35 60 23 19 62 16 3 6 5 168 14.9 1618 20:14
2002-03 28 NYI NHL 66 13 29 42 15 -4 43 7 4 2 2 117 11.1 1251 18:57
2003-04 29 NYI NHL 76 11 29 40 14 17 71 10 0 1 0 117 9.4 1446 19:02
2005-06 31 EDM NHL 71 9 14 23 9 -4 56 5 2 2 1 108 8.3 1182 16:39
2006-07 32 TOR NHL 35 4 11 15 5 2 60 4 0 0 2 42 9.5 609 17:25
2007-08 33 CBJ NHL 65 8 26 34 11 -1 64 5 3 0 3 86 9.3 1207 18:34
2008-09 34 CBJ NHL 71 4 18 22 7 -6 58 4 0 0 2 74 5.4 1001 14:06
Career NHL 864 176 289 465 175 66 798 110 41 25 33 1484 11.9 11471 18:32

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
1993-94 19 VAN NHL 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 1.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
1994-95 20 VAN NHL 33 0.18 0.18 0.36 0.15 0.91 1.39 10 10 20 8 21 7 25 5 -6 0.4 0.2 0.6
1995-96 21 BUF NHL 68 0.16 0.29 0.46 0.17 0.99 1.60 11 19 30 11 50 14 55 18 -1 1.0 0.9 1.9
1996-97 22 BUF NHL 79 0.25 0.37 0.62 0.24 1.01 1.73 21 30 51 20 73 14 65 32 26 3.4 1.7 5.1
1997-98 23 BUF NHL 61 0.30 0.36 0.66 0.26 0.93 2.16 21 25 46 18 63 22 49 20 12 3.8 1.1 4.9
1998-99 24 BUF NHL 82 0.33 0.35 0.68 0.28 0.99 2.43 31 33 64 26 79 28 73 29 7 4.1 2.0 6.1
1999-00 25 BUF NHL 73 0.27 0.29 0.56 0.23 0.92 1.97 22 23 45 18 55 12 57 20 6 2.4 1.8 4.2
2001-02 27 NYI NHL 80 0.31 0.44 0.75 0.29 0.78 2.10 29 40 69 27 89 24 75 29 19 4.8 2.4 7.2
2002-03 28 NYI NHL 66 0.20 0.44 0.64 0.22 0.65 1.77 15 32 47 17 55 16 64 21 -4 2.4 1.1 3.5
2003-04 29 NYI NHL 76 0.14 0.38 0.53 0.19 0.93 1.54 13 33 46 16 67 7 69 26 17 1.9 2.0 3.9
2005-06 31 EDM NHL 71 0.13 0.20 0.32 0.12 0.79 1.52 9 13 22 8 30 8 51 25 -4 -0.3 1.3 1.0
2006-07 32 TOR NHL 35 0.11 0.31 0.43 0.14 1.71 1.20 4 11 15 5 22 0 40 20 2 0.2 0.6 0.8
2007-08 33 CBJ NHL 65 0.12 0.40 0.52 0.18 0.98 1.32 9 28 37 13 56 21 55 19 -1 1.2 1.6 2.7
2008-09 34 CBJ NHL 71 0.06 0.25 0.31 0.10 0.82 1.04 4 18 22 7 35 4 58 21 -6 -0.1 0.8 0.7
Career NHL 864 0.20 0.33 0.54 0.20 0.92 1.72 199 315 514 194 695 177 737 285 66 24.7 17.5 42.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1994-95 20 VAN NHL 5 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1996-97 22 BUF NHL 10 0 2 2 -3 8 0 0 0 0 20 0.0
1997-98 23 BUF NHL 13 3 2 5 4 8 3 0 0 1 24 12.5
1998-99 24 BUF NHL 21 5 8 13 1 18 2 2 1 0 37 13.5 472 22:28
1999-00 25 BUF NHL 5 0 1 1 -1 4 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 93 18:42
2001-02 27 NYI NHL 5 1 0 1 -5 2 1 0 0 0 5 20.0 81 16:15
2002-03 28 NYI NHL 5 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 101 20:10
2003-04 29 NYI NHL 5 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 0 0 12 0.0 115 23:01
2005-06 31 EDM NHL 24 6 5 11 5 20 5 0 1 1 43 14.0 458 19:06
2008-09 34 CBJ NHL 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 51 12:40
Career NHL 97 15 19 34 0 80 11 2 2 2 166 9.0 1371 19:52

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1989-90 15 Toronto Red Wings MTHL 39 42 53 95 40
1990-91 16 Sudbury Wolves OHL 62 14 27 41 24
1991-92 17 2 Teams OHL 66 24 51 75 93
1991-92 17 Sudbury Wolves OHL 39 16 34 50 61
1991-92 17 Ottawa 67's OHL 27 8 17 25 32
1992-93 18 Ottawa 67's OHL 55 38 64 102 80
1992-93 18 Hamilton Canucks AHL 9 6 3 9 11
1993-94 19 Ottawa 67's OHL 55 50 63 113 101
1993-94 19 Canada WJC-A 7 2 2 4 8
1994-95 20 Syracuse Crunch AHL 35 10 24 34 75
2000-01 26 Canada WC-A 3 1 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 0
2001-02 27 Canada Olympics 6 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons AHL 44 16 27 43 86
Career 1 Season MTHL 39 42 53 95 40
Career 4 Seasons OHL 238 126 205 331 298
Career 1 Season Olympics 6 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season WC-A 3 1 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 0
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 2 2 4 8

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1990-91 16 Sudbury Wolves OHL 5 1 0 1 7
1991-92 17 Ottawa 67's OHL 11 6 10 16 6
1993-94 19 Ottawa 67's OHL 17 7 22 29 30
Career 3 Seasons OHL 33 14 32 46 43

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
Michael Peca 7.2 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 2.7 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 -0.1
Brent Ashton 90.7 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Tony McKegney 90.7 6.9 5.8 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.8
Sylvain Turgeon 90.5 6.6 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.1 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.8
Michal Pivonka 90.4 7.1 6.1 5.7 5.4 4.5 3.3 3.0 2.2 1.7 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.6
Mike Murphy 89.9 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Vic Stasiuk 89.9 6.6 5.9 5.2 4.7 4.3 3.8 3.3 1.6 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.4
Michal Handzus 89.7 6.7 6.5 5.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.8 2.7 2.2 1.0 0.1 -0.1
David Legwand 89.5 7.3 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.1 4.1 3.9 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.0 0.0
Dave Poulin 89.2 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.0 3.9 3.5 3.1 2.2 1.6 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.2
Eddie Wiseman 89.2 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Michael Peca 7.2 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 2.7 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 -0.1
Brent Ashton 90.7 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Tony McKegney 90.7 6.9 5.8 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.8
Sylvain Turgeon 90.5 6.6 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.1 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.8
Michal Pivonka 90.4 7.1 6.1 5.7 5.4 4.5 3.3 3.0 2.2 1.7 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.6
Mike Murphy 89.9 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Vic Stasiuk 89.9 6.6 5.9 5.2 4.7 4.3 3.8 3.3 1.6 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.4
Michal Handzus 89.7 6.7 6.5 5.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.8 2.7 2.2 1.0 0.1 -0.1
David Legwand 89.5 7.3 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.1 4.1 3.9 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.0 0.0
Dave Poulin 89.2 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.0 3.9 3.5 3.1 2.2 1.6 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.2
Eddie Wiseman 89.2 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Awards

1996-97 NHL Frank J. Selke Trophy
2001-02 NHL Frank J. Selke Trophy

Games Played

1998-99 NHL 82 (2)

Short-Handed Goals

1996-97 NHL 6 (1)
 1997-98 NHL 5 (3)
2001-02 NHL 6 (2)
Career NHL 25 (36)

Game-Winning Goals

1998-99 NHL 8 (3)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1996-97 NHL 32 (8)
      

Transactions

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July 8, 1995: Traded to Buffalo by Vancouver with Mike Wilson and Vancouver's 1st round choice (Jay McKee) in 1995 Entry Draft for Alexander Mogilny and Buffalo's 5th round choice (Todd Norman) in 1995 Entry Draft, July 8, 1995.

June 24, 2001: Rights traded to NY Islanders by Buffalo for Tim Connolly and Taylor Pyatt, June 24, 2001.

August 3, 2005: Traded to Edmonton by NY Islanders for Mike York and Edmonton's 4th round choice (later traded to Colorado - Colorado selected Kevin Montgomery) in 2006 Entry Draft, August 3, 2005.

July 18, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Toronto, July 18, 2006.

December 22, 2006: Missed remainder of 2006-07 due to leg injury vs. Chicago, December 22, 2006.

August 21, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Columbus, August 21, 2007.

January 19, 2010: Officially announced his retirement, January 19, 2010.

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