Greg Polis

Position: LW ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: August 8, 1950 in Westlock, Alberta
Draft: Pittsburgh, 1st round (7th overall), 1970 NHL Amateur

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 23, 2013 2:25 AM

Skater Rank: #576. Jerry Toppazzini… #577. Terry Ruskowski… #578. Metro Prystai… #579. GREG POLIS… #580. Tony Leswick… #581. Bill Flett… #582. Greg Malone…

Skater Rank: #576. Jerry Toppazzini… #577. Terry Ruskowski… #578. Metro Prystai… #579. GREG POLIS… #580. Tony Leswick… #581. Bill Flett… #582. Greg Malone…

NHL Standard

					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
1970-71	20	PIT	NHL	61	18	15	33	14	-6	40	13	5	0	2	10	0	5	157	11.5
1971-72	21	PIT	NHL	76	30	19	49	22	-4	38	22	8	0	0	17	0	2	208	14.4
1972-73	22	PIT	NHL	78	26	23	49	21	-32	36	18	8	0	2	16	0	7	221	11.8
1973-74	23	TOT	NHL	78	22	25	47	19	-25	56	14	8	0	1	16	0	9	285	7.7
1973-74	23	PIT	NHL	41	14	13	27	11	-18	32	9	5	0	1	7	0	6	163	8.6
1973-74	23	STL	NHL	37	8	12	20	8	-7	24	5	3	0	0	9	0	3	122	6.6
1974-75	24	NYR	NHL	76	26	15	41	19	3	55	22	4	0	4	11	0	4	213	12.2
1975-76	25	NYR	NHL	79	15	21	36	14	-8	77	15	0	0	1	21	0	0	158	9.5
1976-77	26	NYR	NHL	77	16	23	39	15	0	44	13	3	0	2	20	3	0	187	8.6
1977-78	27	NYR	NHL	37	7	16	23	8	-3	12	3	0	4	1	15	0	1	72	9.7
1978-79	28	TOT	NHL	25	13	7	20	9	4	14	7	6	0	1	7	0	0	56	23.2
1978-79	28	NYR	NHL	6	1	1	2	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	10.0
1978-79	28	WSH	NHL	19	12	6	18	8	3	6	6	6	0	1	6	0	0	46	26.1
1979-80	29	WSH	NHL	28	1	5	6	2	-6	19	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	30	3.3
Career			NHL	615	174	169	343	142	-77	391	128	42	4	14	138	3	28	1587	11.0

NHL Miscellaneous

					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
1970-71	20	PIT	NHL	61	0.30	0.25	0.54	0.23	0.66	2.57	16	14	30	13	56	17	45	0	-6	2.0	0.8	2.8
1971-72	21	PIT	NHL	76	0.39	0.25	0.64	0.29	0.50	2.74	29	19	48	21	74	20	58	0	-4	3.9	1.1	4.9
1972-73	22	PIT	NHL	78	0.33	0.29	0.63	0.26	0.46	2.83	24	21	45	19	73	23	82	0	-32	2.9	0.2	3.1
1973-74	23	TOT	NHL	78	0.28	0.32	0.60	0.24	0.72	3.65	20	23	43	17	66	22	69	0	-25	2.6	0.5	3.0
1973-74	23	PIT	NHL	41	0.34	0.32	0.66	0.28	0.78	3.98	13	12	25	10	35	13	40	0	-18	1.8	0.0	1.8
1973-74	23	STL	NHL	37	0.22	0.32	0.54	0.21	0.65	3.30	7	11	18	7	31	9	29	0	-7	0.8	0.4	1.2
1974-75	24	NYR	NHL	76	0.34	0.20	0.54	0.24	0.72	2.80	22	13	35	16	63	13	48	1	3	2.1	1.1	3.3
1975-76	25	NYR	NHL	79	0.19	0.27	0.46	0.18	0.97	2.00	13	18	31	12	50	3	58	3	-8	0.7	1.0	1.7
1976-77	26	NYR	NHL	77	0.21	0.30	0.51	0.19	0.57	2.43	14	21	35	13	58	4	66	12	0	1.2	1.1	2.3
1977-78	27	NYR	NHL	37	0.19	0.43	0.62	0.23	0.32	1.95	6	14	20	7	32	1	44	10	-3	1.0	0.5	1.5
1978-79	28	TOT	NHL	25	0.52	0.28	0.80	0.36	0.56	2.24	11	6	17	8	32	9	21	2	4	1.6	0.4	2.0
1978-79	28	NYR	NHL	6	0.17	0.17	0.33	0.14	1.33	1.67	1	1	2	1	4	0	3	0	1	0.0	0.1	0.1
1978-79	28	WSH	NHL	19	0.63	0.32	0.95	0.43	0.32	2.42	10	5	15	7	28	9	18	2	3	1.6	0.3	1.9
1979-80	29	WSH	NHL	28	0.04	0.18	0.21	0.07	0.68	1.07	1	4	5	2	15	1	22	2	-6	-0.6	0.2	-0.4
Career			NHL	615	0.28	0.27	0.56	0.23	0.64	2.58	156	153	309	127	519	113	513	30	-77	17.3	6.8	24.1

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
1971-72	21	PIT	NHL	4	0	2	2	1		0	0	0	0	0
1974-75	24	NYR	NHL	3	0	0	0	0		6	0	0	0	0
Career			NHL	7	0	2	2	1		6	0	0	0	0

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
1966-67	16	Estevan Bruins	CMJHL	54	12	20	32			83
1967-68	17	Estevan Bruins	WCJHL	59	35	32	67			124
1968-69	18	Estevan Bruins	WCJHL	60	40	85	125			94
1969-70	19	Estevan Bruins	WCJHL	60	48	56	104			69
1978-79	28	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL	10	3	3	6			0
1979-80	29	Hershey Bears	AHL	9	0	2	2			2
1980-81	30	Hershey Bears	AHL	2	1	0	1			5
Career		3 Seasons	AHL	21	4	5	9			7
Career		1 Season	CMJHL	54	12	20	32			83
Career		3 Seasons	WCJHL	179	123	173	296			287

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
1966-67	16	Estevan Bruins	CMJHL	13	1	5	6			12
1967-68	17	Estevan Bruins	WCJHL	13	3	6	9			20
1967-68	17	Estevan Bruins	M-Cup	12	1	4	5			8
1968-69	18	Estevan Bruins	WCJHL	12	4	6	10			8
1969-70	19	Estevan Bruins	WCJHL	5	2	1	3			2
Career		1 Season	CMJHL	13	1	5	6			12
Career		1 Season	M-Cup	12	1	4	5			8
Career		3 Seasons	WCJHL	30	9	13	22			30

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 10 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Greg Polis		4.9	3.3	3.1	3.0	2.8	2.3	2.0	1.7	1.5	-0.4
Steve Kasper	91.7	5.0	3.6	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.3	1.7	1.6	0.6	-0.2
Tiger Williams	90.4	5.0	3.9	3.7	3.1	2.3	2.2	2.0	1.6	1.4	0.3
Matt Cooke	88.3	4.9	2.9	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.1	1.9	1.1	0.8	-0.6
Lucien DeBlois	88.3	5.2	3.6	3.3	3.2	2.2	2.1	1.7	1.5	0.8	-0.2
Kelly Miller	88.2	4.3	3.6	2.7	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.2	1.5	1.4	0.0
Joe Klukay	87.8	4.3	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.0	1.9	1.0	0.4	-0.5
Mike Keane	86.5	4.3	3.3	3.0	2.3	2.2	1.7	1.4	1.0	0.9	0.5
Sean Avery	86.0	4.2	4.0	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.3	1.7	1.4	0.6	0.2
Andrei Nikolishin	85.7	4.1	3.5	2.7	2.7	2.0	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.0	0.6
Ric Seiling	85.5	5.0	4.7	3.3	3.1	2.9	2.5	2.4	1.7	0.8	-0.8

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Greg Polis		4.9	3.3	3.1	3.0	2.8	2.3	2.0	1.7	1.5	-0.4
Jason Chimera	91.8	4.9	3.3	3.0	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.1	1.8	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0
Steve Kasper	88.1	5.0	3.6	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.3	1.7	1.6	1.0	0.6	0.2	-0.2	-1.0
Joe Klukay	87.8	4.3	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.0	1.9	1.0	0.4	-0.5
Sean Avery	86.0	4.2	4.0	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.3	1.7	1.4	0.6	0.2
Bob Errey	86.0	5.0	2.8	2.7	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4
Andrei Nikolishin	85.7	4.1	3.5	2.7	2.7	2.0	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.0	0.6
Ric Seiling	85.5	5.0	4.7	3.3	3.1	2.9	2.5	2.4	1.7	0.8	-0.8
Mike Corrigan	84.7	6.2	3.2	3.2	2.7	2.7	2.4	1.7	1.5	0.0	-0.2
Dave Barr	84.5	4.6	3.2	3.2	2.8	2.1	1.8	1.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
Randy Robitaille	83.6	3.6	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.0	1.9	1.9	0.1	0.0	-0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games 1971 NHL 1972 NHL 1973 NHL	Games Played 1972-73 NHL 78 (3) 1973-74 NHL 78 (1)	Short-Handed Goals 1977-78 NHL 4 (2)	Shots 1973-74 NHL 285 (8)

All-Star Games

1971 NHL
1972 NHL
1973 NHL

Games Played

1972-73 NHL 78 (3)
1973-74 NHL 78 (1)

Short-Handed Goals

1977-78 NHL 4 (2)

Shots

1973-74 NHL 285 (8)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

January 17, 1974: Traded to St. Louis by Pittsburgh with Bryan Watson and Pittsburgh's 2nd round choice (Bob Hess) in 1974 Amateur Draft for Steve Durbano, Ab DeMarco Jr. and Bob Kelly, January 17, 1974.

August 29, 1974: Traded to NY Rangers by St. Louis for Larry Sacharuk and NY Rangers' 1st round choice (later traded back to NY Rangers - NY Rangers selected Lucien DeBlois) in 1977 Entry Draft, August 29, 1974.

January 15, 1979: Claimed on waivers by Washington from NY Rangers, January 15, 1979.

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