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Michal Pivonka

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: January 28, 1966 in Kladno, Czechoslovakia

Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 3rd round (59th overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:38AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #502. Tony Granato… #503. Steve Chiasson… #504. MICHAL PIVONKA… #505. Jeff O'Neill… #505. Derek King… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 21 WSH NHL 73 18 25 43 17 -19 41 14 4 0 2 117 15.4
1987-88 22 WSH NHL 71 11 23 34 12 1 28 8 3 0 0 96 11.5
1988-89 23 WSH NHL 52 8 19 27 10 9 30 7 1 0 1 73 11.0
1989-90 24 WSH NHL 77 25 39 64 24 -7 54 12 10 3 0 149 16.8
1990-91 25 WSH NHL 79 20 50 70 24 3 34 14 6 0 4 172 11.6
1991-92 26 WSH NHL 80 23 57 80 28 10 47 12 7 4 2 177 13.0
1992-93 27 WSH NHL 69 21 53 74 25 14 66 14 6 1 5 147 14.3
1993-94 28 WSH NHL 82 14 36 50 17 2 38 9 5 0 4 138 10.1
1994-95 29 WSH NHL 46 10 23 33 12 3 50 4 4 2 2 80 12.5
1995-96 30 WSH NHL 73 16 65 81 26 18 36 8 6 2 5 168 9.5
1996-97 31 WSH NHL 54 7 16 23 8 -15 22 5 2 0 1 83 8.4
1997-98 32 WSH NHL 33 3 6 9 3 5 20 3 0 0 1 38 7.9
1998-99 33 WSH NHL 36 5 6 11 4 -6 12 3 2 0 0 30 16.7 475 13:12
Career NHL 825 181 418 599 211 18 478 113 56 12 27 1468 12.3 475 13:12

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
1986-87 21 WSH NHL 73 0.25 0.34 0.59 0.23 0.56 1.60 15 21 36 14 65 23 62 1 -19 1.7 0.5 2.2
1987-88 22 WSH NHL 71 0.15 0.32 0.48 0.17 0.39 1.35 9 19 28 10 57 24 32 0 1 0.6 1.1 1.7
1988-89 23 WSH NHL 52 0.15 0.37 0.52 0.18 0.58 1.40 7 16 23 8 42 9 24 0 9 0.5 1.0 1.5
1989-90 24 WSH NHL 77 0.32 0.51 0.83 0.32 0.70 1.94 21 33 54 20 80 27 79 19 -7 3.7 0.8 4.5
1990-91 25 WSH NHL 79 0.25 0.63 0.89 0.30 0.43 2.18 18 44 62 22 94 31 65 5 3 4.0 1.4 5.4
1991-92 26 WSH NHL 80 0.29 0.71 1.00 0.35 0.59 2.21 20 50 70 25 111 38 78 15 10 4.9 1.2 6.1
1992-93 27 WSH NHL 69 0.30 0.77 1.07 0.37 0.96 2.13 17 43 60 21 105 37 71 17 14 4.4 1.3 5.7
1993-94 28 WSH NHL 82 0.17 0.44 0.61 0.21 0.46 1.68 13 33 46 16 72 26 59 15 2 2.2 1.1 3.3
1994-95 29 WSH NHL 46 0.22 0.50 0.72 0.25 1.09 1.74 17 40 57 20 53 26 36 12 3 2.1 0.9 3.0
1995-96 30 WSH NHL 73 0.22 0.89 1.11 0.36 0.49 2.30 15 62 77 25 100 33 66 17 18 5.4 1.7 7.1
1996-97 31 WSH NHL 54 0.13 0.30 0.43 0.15 0.41 1.54 7 17 24 8 47 11 58 7 -15 0.8 0.3 1.1
1997-98 32 WSH NHL 33 0.09 0.18 0.27 0.10 0.61 1.15 3 7 10 4 16 5 10 4 5 0.0 0.7 0.6
1998-99 33 WSH NHL 36 0.14 0.17 0.31 0.12 0.33 0.83 6 7 13 5 16 4 21 3 -6 0.4 0.4 0.8
Career NHL 825 0.22 0.51 0.73 0.26 0.58 1.78 168 392 560 199 858 294 661 115 18 30.7 12.4 43.0

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 21 WSH NHL 7 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 15 6.7
1987-88 22 WSH NHL 14 4 9 13 7 4 2 2 0 0 28 14.3
1988-89 23 WSH NHL 6 3 1 4 0 10 2 0 1 0 17 17.6
1989-90 24 WSH NHL 11 0 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 16 0.0
1990-91 25 WSH NHL 11 2 3 5 -6 8 2 0 0 0 26 7.7
1991-92 26 WSH NHL 7 1 5 6 4 13 0 1 0 1 19 5.3
1992-93 27 WSH NHL 6 0 2 2 -3 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1993-94 28 WSH NHL 7 4 4 8 0 4 3 1 0 0 16 25.0
1994-95 29 WSH NHL 7 1 4 5 2 21 1 0 0 0 9 11.1
1995-96 30 WSH NHL 6 3 2 5 1 18 2 1 0 0 17 17.6
1997-98 32 WSH NHL 13 0 3 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 0.0
Career NHL 95 19 36 55 13 86 13 5 1 1 191 9.9

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 17 Czechoslovakia EJC-A 5 4 5 9 14
1983-84 18 Czechoslovakia WJC-A 7 1 2 3 0
1983-84 18 Czechoslovakia EJC-A 5 3 4 7 2
1984-85 19 Dukla Jihlava Czech 33 8 11 19 18
1984-85 19 Czechoslovakia WJC-A 7 9 4 13 14
1984-85 19 Czechoslovakia WEC-A 10 0 1 1 0
1985-86 20 Dukla Jihlava Czech 42 5 13 18 18
1985-86 20 Czechoslovakia WJC-A 7 5 5 10 10
1985-86 20 Czechoslovakia WEC-A 10 2 1 3 8
1988-89 23 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 31 12 24 36 19
1989-90 24 Washington Capitals Fr-Tour 4 0 0 0 2
1991-92 26 Czechoslovakia Can-Cup 5 0 3 3 2
1994-95 29 Klagenfurter AC Austria 7 2 4 6 4
1995-96 30 Detroit Vipers IHL 7 1 9 10 19
1999-00 34 Kansas City Blades IHL 52 16 34 50 -8 38 9 5 2 3 95 16.8
Career 1 Season AHL 31 12 24 36 19
Career 1 Season Austria 7 2 4 6 4
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 5 0 3 3 2
Career 2 Seasons Czech 75 13 24 37 36
Career 2 Seasons EJC-A 10 7 9 16 16
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 4 0 0 0 2
Career 2 Seasons IHL 59 17 43 60 -8 57 9 5 2 3 95 16.8
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 20 2 2 4 8
Career 3 Seasons WJC-A 21 15 11 26 24

Similarity Scores

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Thru 13 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Michal Pivonka 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
Tony Granato 91.9 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.4 4.2 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.1 1.5 1.3 0.9 0.5
Anson Carter 91.8 7.2 6.5 6.0 5.6 5.5 4.5 4.0 2.4 1.8 1.6
Steve Rucchin 91.5 7.0 6.7 5.9 5.5 5.3 4.1 3.8 3.0 2.1 1.2 0.9 0.5
Craig Ramsay 90.4 7.2 6.3 6.0 5.6 4.9 4.8 4.3 4.3 2.7 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.7
Bobby Schmautz 90.0 6.5 6.2 5.5 5.4 5.2 4.7 4.2 3.0 2.8 1.4 0.6 0.4 -0.2
Esa Tikkanen 89.8 7.1 6.3 6.1 5.2 5.2 4.5 3.5 3.3 1.7 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.2
Michael Peca 89.7 7.2 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 2.7 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.6 -0.1
Viktor Kozlov 89.3 7.2 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.4 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.1 1.7 0.0 -0.2
Vic Stasiuk 88.5 6.6 5.9 5.2 4.7 4.3 3.8 3.3 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.4
Fred Stanfield 88.4 6.9 6.4 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.3 4.1 2.9 2.7 0.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.6
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Michal Pivonka 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
Tony Granato 91.9 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.4 4.2 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.1 1.5 1.3 0.9 0.5
Anson Carter 91.8 7.2 6.5 6.0 5.6 5.5 4.5 4.0 2.4 1.8 1.6
Steve Rucchin 91.5 7.0 6.7 5.9 5.5 5.3 4.1 3.8 3.0 2.1 1.2 0.9 0.5
Michael Peca 90.4 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
Vic Stasiuk 90.3 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
Bobby Schmautz 90.0 6.5 6.2 5.5 5.4 5.2 4.7 4.2 3.0 2.8 1.4 0.6 0.4 -0.2
Esa Tikkanen 89.3 7.1 6.3 6.1 5.2 5.2 4.5 3.5 3.3 1.7 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.2 -0.5
Craig Ramsay 88.4 7.2 6.3 6.0 5.6 4.9 4.8 4.3 4.3 2.7 1.8 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.7
Dave Poulin 88.2 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
John Anderson 87.9 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.2 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.0 1.9 1.4 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1991-92 NHL 80 (3)

Short-Handed Goals

1989-90 NHL 3 (10)
1991-92 NHL 4 (4)

Assists Per Game

1995-96 NHL 0.89 (9)

Transactions

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November 12, 1997: Missed majority of 1997-98 due to wrist injury vs. Pittsburgh, November 12, 1997.

February 7, 1998: Missed majority of 1998-99 due to groin injury vs. Buffalo, February 7, 1998.

September 27, 1999: Signed as a free agent by Kansas City (IHL), September 27, 1999.

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