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Rich Preston

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: May 22, 1952 in Regina, Saskatchewan

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1974-75 22 Houston Aeros WHA 78 20 21 41 0.53 16 0.21 25 10 19 1 0 137 1.76 14.6
1975-76 23 Houston Aeros WHA 77 22 33 55 0.71 21 0.28 30 33 19 1 2 4 159 2.06 13.8
1976-77 24 Houston Aeros WHA 80 38 41 79 0.99 31 0.39 37 54 27 6 5 5 216 2.70 17.6
1977-78 25 Houston Aeros WHA 73 25 25 50 0.68 20 0.27 3 52 15 7 3 213 2.92 11.7
1978-79 26 Winnipeg Jets WHA 80 28 32 60 0.75 24 0.30 -5 88 21 6 1 177 2.21 15.8
1979-80 27 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 80 31 30 61 0.76 24 0.30 106 38 75 23 16 70 17 12 2 5 205 2.56 15.1
1980-81 28 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 47 7 14 21 0.45 8 0.16 46 14 72 25 -15 24 4 3 0 1 100 2.13 7.0
1981-82 29 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 75 15 28 43 0.57 16 0.21 84 15 94 25 0 30 13 1 1 1 122 1.63 12.3
1982-83 30 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 79 25 28 53 0.67 21 0.27 97 23 80 20 14 64 21 4 0 2 161 2.04 15.5
1983-84 31 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 75 10 18 28 0.37 10 0.14 59 11 91 22 -21 50 6 3 1 1 109 1.45 9.2
1984-85 32 New Jersey Devils NHL 75 12 15 27 0.36 11 0.14 48 6 85 19 -24 26 11 1 0 1 106 1.41 11.3
1985-86 33 New Jersey Devils NHL 76 19 22 41 0.54 16 0.21 70 19 82 34 3 65 16 3 0 2 117 1.54 16.2
1986-87 34 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 73 8 9 17 0.23 7 0.09 30 2 59 23 -8 19 8 0 0 1 55 0.75 14.5
Career 8 Seasons NHL 580 127 164 291 0.50 113 0.19 540 128 638 191 -35 348 96 27 4 14 975 1.68 13.0
Career 5 Seasons WHA 388 133 152 285 0.73 113 0.29 90 237 101 21 11 9 902 2.32 14.7

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1974-75 22 Houston Aeros WHA 13 1 6 7 0.54 6 0
1975-76 23 Houston Aeros WHA 17 4 6 10 0.59 -1 8
1976-77 24 Houston Aeros WHA 11 3 5 8 0.73 6 10 0
1978-79 26 Winnipeg Jets WHA 10 8 5 13 1.30 3 15 0
1979-80 27 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 7 0 3 3 0.43 2 0 0 0 0
1980-81 28 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 3 0 1 1 0.33 0 0 0 0 0
1981-82 29 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 15 2 4 6 0.40 21 2 0 0 0
1982-83 30 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 13 2 7 9 0.69 25 2 0 0 1
1983-84 31 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 5 0 1 1 0.20 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.80 0.0
1986-87 34 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 4 0 2 2 0.50 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.75 0.0
Career 6 Seasons NHL 47 4 18 22 0.47 2 56 4 0 0 1 7 0.78 0.0
Career 4 Seasons WHA 51 16 22 38 0.75 8 39 0

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1969-70 17 Regina Pats SJHL 36 15 15 30 0.83 4
1970-71 18 University of Denver WCHA 17 0 1 1 0.06 0
1971-72 19 University of Denver WCHA 33 3 11 14 0.42 18
1972-73 20 University of Denver WCHA 39 23 25 48 1.23 24
1973-74 21 University of Denver WCHA 38 20 25 45 1.18 36
Career 1 Season SJHL 36 15 15 30 0.83 4
Career 4 Seasons WCHA 127 46 62 108 0.85 78

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1978-79 WHA WHA Playoff MVP

Games Played

1974-75 WHA 78 (3)
1978-79 WHA 80 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
Career WHA 388 (48)

Goals

Career WHA 133 (41)

Assists

Career WHA 152 (61)

Points

Career WHA 285 (49)

Goals Created

Career WHA 112.5 (45)

Short-Handed Goals

1979-80 NHL 2 (9)
  

Transactions

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June, 1973: Selected by Houston (WHA) in 1973 WHA Professional Player Draft, June, 1973.

July 6, 1978: Traded to Winnipeg (WHA) by Houston (WHA) for cash, July 6, 1978.

June 13, 1979: Claimed by Chicago from Winnipeg in Expansion Draft, June 13, 1979.

June 19, 1984: Traded to New Jersey by Chicago with Don Dietrich and Chicago's 2nd round choice (Eric Weinrich) in 1985 Entry Draft for Bob MacMillan and New Jersey's 5th round choice (Rick Herbert) in 1985 Entry Draft, June 19, 1984.

July 14, 1986: Signed as a free agent by Chicago, July 14, 1986.

June 25, 2000: Named Assistant Coach of San Jose, June 25, 2000.