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Walt Poddubny

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: February 14, 1960 in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Died: March 21, 2009

Drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 5th round (90th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 21 TOT NHL 15 3 4 7 3 -1 8 2 1 0 0 24 12.5
1981-82 21 EDM NHL 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1981-82 21 TOR NHL 11 3 4 7 3 0 8 2 1 0 0 22 13.6
1982-83 22 TOR NHL 72 28 31 59 24 8 71 19 9 0 3 163 17.2
1983-84 23 TOR NHL 38 11 14 25 10 -13 48 7 4 0 0 77 14.3
1984-85 24 TOR NHL 32 5 15 20 7 1 26 4 1 0 0 51 9.8
1985-86 25 TOR NHL 33 12 22 34 13 6 25 7 5 0 1 76 15.8
1986-87 26 NYR NHL 75 40 47 87 35 16 49 29 11 0 5 253 15.8
1987-88 27 NYR NHL 77 38 50 88 34 2 76 25 13 0 4 202 18.8
1988-89 28 QUE NHL 72 38 37 75 30 -18 107 24 14 0 2 197 19.3
1989-90 29 NJD NHL 33 4 10 14 5 -4 28 3 1 0 0 50 8.0
1990-91 30 NJD NHL 14 4 6 10 4 8 10 4 0 0 0 22 18.2
1991-92 31 NJD NHL 7 1 2 3 1 -1 6 1 0 0 0 9 11.1
Career NHL 468 184 238 422 165 4 454 125 59 0 15 1124 16.4

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
1981-82 21 TOT NHL 15 0.20 0.27 0.47 0.19 0.53 1.60 2 3 5 2 13 4 11 1 -1 0.1 0.1 0.2
1981-82 21 EDM NHL 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1981-82 21 TOR NHL 11 0.27 0.36 0.64 0.26 0.73 2.00 2 3 5 2 13 4 10 1 0 0.2 0.1 0.4
1982-83 22 TOR NHL 72 0.39 0.43 0.82 0.34 0.99 2.26 22 25 47 19 76 16 52 0 8 3.5 1.2 4.7
1983-84 23 TOR NHL 38 0.29 0.37 0.66 0.27 1.26 2.03 9 11 20 8 32 10 35 0 -13 1.1 0.1 1.2
1984-85 24 TOR NHL 32 0.16 0.47 0.63 0.22 0.81 1.59 4 12 16 5 26 5 20 0 1 0.6 0.6 1.1
1985-86 25 TOR NHL 33 0.36 0.67 1.03 0.39 0.76 2.30 9 17 26 10 43 16 21 0 6 1.9 0.6 2.5
1986-87 26 NYR NHL 75 0.53 0.63 1.16 0.46 0.65 3.37 34 40 74 29 115 38 62 1 16 6.6 1.3 7.9
1987-88 27 NYR NHL 77 0.49 0.65 1.14 0.44 0.99 2.62 32 42 74 29 121 65 54 0 2 6.1 1.2 7.3
1988-89 28 QUE NHL 72 0.53 0.51 1.04 0.42 1.49 2.74 31 30 61 25 102 52 69 1 -18 5.3 0.7 5.9
1989-90 29 NJD NHL 33 0.12 0.30 0.42 0.15 0.85 1.52 3 8 11 4 21 6 19 0 -4 0.0 0.3 0.3
1990-91 30 NJD NHL 14 0.29 0.43 0.71 0.27 0.71 1.57 4 5 9 4 14 2 4 0 8 0.6 0.4 1.0
1991-92 31 NJD NHL 7 0.14 0.29 0.43 0.16 0.86 1.29 1 2 3 1 3 1 3 0 -1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Career NHL 468 0.39 0.51 0.90 0.35 0.97 2.40 151 195 346 136 566 215 350 3 4 25.7 6.5 32.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 22 TOR NHL 4 3 1 4 0 1 2 0 1
1985-86 25 TOR NHL 9 4 1 5 0 4 4 0 0 3 22 18.2
1986-87 26 NYR NHL 6 0 0 0 -7 8 0 0 0 0 14 0.0
Career NHL 19 7 2 9 -7 12 5 2 0 4 36 11.1

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 18 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 20 11 11 22 12
1979-80 19 2 Teams OMJHL 62 33 26 59 71
1979-80 19 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 19 3 9 12 35
1979-80 19 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 43 30 17 47 36
1980-81 20 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 5 4 2 6 4
1980-81 20 Wichita Wind CHL 70 21 29 50 207
1981-82 21 Wichita Wind CHL 60 35 46 81 79
1984-85 24 St. Catharines Saints AHL 8 5 7 12 10
1985-86 25 St. Catharines Saints AHL 37 28 27 55 52
1989-90 29 Utica Devils AHL 2 1 2 3 0
1992-93 32 EC Bad Nauheim German-2 44 35 41 76 149
1993-94 33 HC Fassa Alpenliga 9 2 3 5 19
1993-94 33 EC Bad Nauheim German-3 37 40 46 86 115
1994-95 34 Worcester IceCats AHL 34 7 6 13 32
Career 4 Seasons AHL 81 41 42 83 94
Career 1 Season Alpenliga 9 2 3 5 19
Career 2 Seasons CHL 130 56 75 131 286
Career 1 Season German-2 44 35 41 76 149
Career 1 Season German-3 37 40 46 86 115
Career 1 Season IHL 5 4 2 6 4
Career 1 Season OMJHL 62 33 26 59 71
Career 1 Season WHL 20 11 11 22 12

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 19 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 3 0 2 2 0
1980-81 20 Wichita Wind CHL 11 1 6 7 26
1992-93 32 EC Bad Nauheim German-2 9 5 15 20 15
Career 1 Season CHL 11 1 6 7 26
Career 1 Season German-2 9 5 15 20 15
Career 1 Season OMJHL 3 0 2 2 0

Similarity Scores

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Thru 11 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Walt Poddubny 7.9 7.3 5.9 4.7 2.5 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.1
John McKenzie 85.6 7.4 7.3 6.8 5.9 2.4 1.9 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.1 -0.1
Dustin Brown 84.5 7.5 6.8 5.6 5.4 2.8 1.6 0.1
Odie Cleghorn 84.4 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.2
Milan Michalek 84.4 8.0 7.4 6.4 3.6 3.4 2.9 0.2
Lowell MacDonald 84.2 9.1 8.1 6.3 5.1 3.7 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.4
Tom Anderson 84.1 6.0 5.9 3.7 2.4 1.9 1.6 0.5 0.1
Tomas Plekanec 84.0 8.6 7.9 6.5 5.3 3.5 2.3 0.0
Gerard Gallant 83.8 7.8 6.6 6.6 6.2 2.6 2.4 1.8 1.6 1.1 0.2 0.0
Joe Murphy 83.4 7.3 6.5 5.1 4.9 4.2 4.1 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.0 -0.2
Phil Kessel 82.7 8.8 6.9 6.3 3.6 2.0
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Walt Poddubny 7.9 7.3 5.9 4.7 2.5 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.1
Lowell MacDonald 87.0 9.1 8.1 6.3 5.1 3.7 1.9 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.4
Dustin Brown 84.5 7.5 6.8 5.6 5.4 2.8 1.6 0.1
Odie Cleghorn 84.4 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.2
Milan Michalek 84.4 8.0 7.4 6.4 3.6 3.4 2.9 0.2
Tom Anderson 84.1 6.0 5.9 3.7 2.4 1.9 1.6 0.5 0.1
Tomas Plekanec 84.0 8.6 7.9 6.5 5.3 3.5 2.3 0.0
Gerard Gallant 83.8 7.8 6.6 6.6 6.2 2.6 2.4 1.8 1.6 1.1 0.2 0.0
Phil Kessel 82.7 8.8 6.9 6.3 3.6 2.0
Paul Ronty 82.0 6.1 5.6 5.5 4.8 3.5 2.3 1.0 0.0
Blaine Stoughton 81.9 9.9 7.3 6.3 6.0 2.7 2.3 0.3 0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1989 NHL

Shooting Percentage

Career NHL 16.4 (77)

Transactions

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March 9, 1982: Traded to Toronto by Edmonton with Phil Drouillard for Laurie Boschman, March 9, 1982.

August 18, 1986: Traded to NY Rangers by Toronto for Mike Allison, August 18, 1986.

August 1, 1988: Traded to Quebec by NY Rangers with Jari Gronstad, Bruce Bell and the NY Rangers' 4th round choice (Eric Dubois) in 1989 Entry Draft for Jason Lafrieniere and Normand Rochefort, August 1, 1988.

June 17, 1989: Traded to New Jersey by Quebec with Quebec's 4th round choice (Mike Bodnarchuk) in 1990 Entry Draft for Joe Cirella, Claude Loiselle and New Jersey's 8th round choice (Alexander Karpovtsev) in 1990 Entry Draft, June 17, 1989.

June 14, 1999: Resigned as Head Coach of Anchorage (WCHL), June 14, 1999.

November 10, 1999: Re-hired as Head Coach of Anchorage (WCHL), November 10, 1999.

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