Walt Poddubny

Position: LW ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: February 14, 1960 in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Died: March 21, 2009
Draft: Edmonton, 5th round (90th overall), 1980 NHL Entry

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1981-82	21	TOT	NHL	15	3	4	7	3	-1	8	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	24	12.5
1981-82	21	EDM	NHL	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
1981-82	21	TOR	NHL	11	3	4	7	3	0	8	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	22	13.6
1982-83	22	TOR	NHL	72	28	31	59	24	8	71	19	9	0	3	27	0	4	163	17.2
1983-84	23	TOR	NHL	38	11	14	25	10	-13	48	7	4	0	0	10	0	4	77	14.3
1984-85	24	TOR	NHL	32	5	15	20	7	1	26	4	1	0	0	12	0	3	51	9.8
1985-86	25	TOR	NHL	33	12	22	34	13	6	25	7	5	0	1	15	0	7	76	15.8
1986-87	26	NYR	NHL	75	40	47	87	35	16	49	29	11	0	5	29	0	18	253	15.8
1987-88	27	NYR	NHL	77	38	50	88	34	2	76	25	13	0	4	23	0	27	202	18.8
1988-89	28	QUE	NHL	72	38	37	75	30	-18	107	24	14	0	2	20	1	16	197	19.3
1989-90	29	NJD	NHL	33	4	10	14	5	-4	28	3	1	0	0	6	0	4	50	8.0
1990-91	30	NJD	NHL	14	4	6	10	4	8	10	4	0	0	0	5	0	1	22	18.2
1991-92	31	NJD	NHL	7	1	2	3	1	-1	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	11.1
Career			NHL	468	184	238	422	165	4	454	125	59	0	15	152	1	85	1124	16.4

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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

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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	2		0	1	2	0	1
1985-86	25	TOR	NHL	9	4	1	5	3	0	4	4	0	0	3	22	18.2
1986-87	26	NYR	NHL	6	0	0	0	0	-7	8	0	0	0	0	14	0.0
Career			NHL	19	7	2	9	4	-7	12	5	2	0	4	36	11.1

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

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
Johan Franzen	86.8	7.9	7.8	6.7	5.3	4.4	3.0	2.6	1.0
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
David Backes	84.5	8.8	7.0	6.6	4.6	2.6	2.6	2.4
Odie Cleghorn	84.4	4.3	4.0	3.2	2.7	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.1	-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
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
Ryan Kesler	83.2	10.4	7.7	6.2	5.5	3.9	1.2	1.2	1.1	0.2
Red Berenson	82.3	9.3	8.0	6.2	5.3	4.9	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	-0.1	-0.4

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
Johan Franzen	86.8	7.9	7.8	6.7	5.3	4.4	3.0	2.6	1.0
David Backes	84.5	8.8	7.0	6.6	4.6	2.6	2.6	2.4
Odie Cleghorn	84.4	4.3	4.0	3.2	2.7	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.2
Tom Anderson	84.1	6.0	5.9	3.7	2.4	1.9	1.6	0.5	0.1
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
Ryan Kesler	83.2	10.4	7.7	6.2	5.5	3.9	1.2	1.2	1.1	0.2
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
Petri Skriko	80.7	6.2	6.0	5.3	5.0	2.4	1.6	1.6	0.3	0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games 1989 NHL	Shooting Percentage Career NHL 16.4 (77)

All-Star Games

1989 NHL

Shooting Percentage

Career NHL 16.4 (77)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

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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