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Dennis Polonich

Position: C/RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-6    Weight: 166 lbs.
Born: December 4, 1953 in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan

Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 8th round (118th overall) of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.

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NHL Standard

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 21 DET NHL 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1975-76 22 DET NHL 57 11 12 23 9 -9 302 10 1 0 0 97 11.3
1976-77 23 DET NHL 79 18 28 46 18 -20 274 11 6 1 1 183 9.8
1977-78 24 DET NHL 79 16 19 35 14 -5 254 11 5 0 0 128 12.5
1978-79 25 DET NHL 62 10 12 22 9 -10 208 9 1 0 0 80 12.5
1979-80 26 DET NHL 66 2 8 10 3 -15 127 2 0 0 0 61 3.3
1980-81 27 DET NHL 32 2 2 4 2 -14 77 2 0 0 0 27 7.4
1982-83 29 DET NHL 11 0 1 1 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
Career NHL 390 59 82 141 55 -78 1242 45 13 1 1 587 10.1

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
1974-75 21 DET NHL 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
1975-76 22 DET NHL 57 0.19 0.21 0.40 0.16 5.30 1.70 9 10 19 8 30 4 36 1 -9 0.3 0.6 0.9
1976-77 23 DET NHL 79 0.23 0.35 0.58 0.22 3.47 2.32 16 25 41 16 67 19 73 5 -20 2.1 0.9 3.0
1977-78 24 DET NHL 79 0.20 0.24 0.44 0.18 3.22 1.62 14 17 31 12 63 18 50 0 -5 1.1 1.0 2.1
1978-79 25 DET NHL 62 0.16 0.19 0.35 0.14 3.35 1.29 8 10 18 7 44 9 45 0 -10 0.0 0.8 0.8
1979-80 26 DET NHL 66 0.03 0.12 0.15 0.05 1.92 0.92 2 7 9 3 22 1 43 7 -15 -1.8 0.5 -1.3
1980-81 27 DET NHL 32 0.06 0.06 0.13 0.05 2.41 0.84 2 2 4 2 8 2 26 6 -14 -0.9 0.2 -0.7
1982-83 29 DET NHL 11 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.03 0.00 0.64 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 2 -4 -0.4 0.0 -0.3
Career NHL 390 0.15 0.21 0.36 0.14 3.18 1.51 51 72 123 47 235 53 281 21 -78 0.2 4.2 4.4

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 24 DET NHL 7 1 0 1 19 1 0 0 0
Career NHL 7 1 0 1 19 1 0 0 0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 18 Flin Flon Bombers WCJHL 65 9 21 30 200
1972-73 19 Flin Flon Bombers WCJHL 68 26 48 74 222
1973-74 20 London Lions Britain 67 17 43 60 57
1974-75 21 Virginia Wings AHL 60 14 20 34 194
1975-76 22 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 5 1 8 9 32
1980-81 27 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 40 16 13 29 99
1981-82 28 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 80 30 26 56 202
1982-83 29 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 61 18 22 40 128
1983-84 30 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 66 14 26 40 122
1984-85 31 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 53 18 17 35 133
1985-86 32 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 78 32 36 68 222
1986-87 33 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 22 2 9 11 24
Career 6 Seasons AHL 360 110 124 234 878
Career 1 Season Britain 67 17 43 60 57
Career 3 Seasons IHL 105 35 53 88 278
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 133 35 69 104 422

Other Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 18 Flin Flon Bombers WCJHL 7 0 1 1 41
1972-73 19 Flin Flon Bombers WCJHL 9 1 5 6 38
1974-75 21 Virginia Wings AHL 5 0 2 2 30
1980-81 27 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 14 9 5 14 95
1981-82 28 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 5 2 2 4 0
1982-83 29 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 6 2 2 4 10
1985-86 32 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 14 8 10 18 36
Career 4 Seasons AHL 30 13 11 24 135
Career 1 Season IHL 14 8 10 18 36
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 16 1 6 7 79

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 8 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Dennis Polonich 3.0 2.1 0.9 0.8 -0.1 -0.3 -0.7 -1.3
Wally Kilrea 73.0 2.2 1.3 1.1 0.9 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.7
Andrei Nazarov 72.2 2.9 2.2 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 -1.1 -1.2
Bill Lochead 64.0 2.9 2.2 1.0 0.4 0.0 -0.3
Josh Green 63.1 2.6 2.1 0.7 0.5 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3
Chris Nilan 62.2 2.3 2.1 1.2 0.8 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.8
Brit Selby 61.0 2.6 2.0 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 -0.2 -1.6
John Wensink 60.4 4.0 2.2 0.6 0.4 -0.1 -0.3 -0.7 -0.8
Turner Stevenson 59.8 2.9 1.9 0.8 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6
Wayne Bianchin 59.4 3.2 2.4 0.8 0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.4
Roger Jenkins 58.6 2.1 0.9 0.6 0.4 -0.1 -0.5 -0.7 -0.8
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Dennis Polonich 3.0 2.1 0.9 0.8 -0.1 -0.3 -0.7 -1.3
Bill Lochead 64.0 2.9 2.2 1.0 0.4 0.0 -0.3
Josh Green 63.1 2.6 2.1 0.7 0.5 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3
Brit Selby 61.0 2.6 2.0 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 -0.2 -1.6
John Wensink 60.4 4.0 2.2 0.6 0.4 -0.1 -0.3 -0.7 -0.8
Wayne Bianchin 59.4 3.2 2.4 0.8 0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.4
Tomas Kopecky 58.6 3.4 2.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 -0.2
Roger Jenkins 58.6 2.1 0.9 0.6 0.4 -0.1 -0.5 -0.7 -0.8
Bengt Lundholm 58.4 2.8 2.4 0.9 0.3 -0.1
Maxime Talbot 58.4 2.6 1.7 1.1 1.0 -0.2 -0.4
Lane Lambert 58.1 2.5 2.0 0.8 0.8 0.1 -0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Penalties in Minutes

1975-76 NHL 302 (5)
1976-77 NHL 274 (2)
1977-78 NHL 254 (3)
1978-79 NHL 208 (6)

Links

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