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Vinny Prospal

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: February 17, 1975 in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia

Drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 3rd round (71st overall) of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 10:17AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #348. Petr Svoboda… #348. Sylvain Turgeon… #350. VINNY PROSPAL… #350. Ron Duguay… #350. Gary Dornhoefer… #350. Peter Zezel… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1996-97 21 PHI NHL 18 5 10 15 5 3 4 5 0 0 0 35 14.3
1997-98 22 TOT NHL 56 6 19 25 8 -11 21 2 4 0 0 88 6.8
1997-98 22 PHI NHL 41 5 13 18 6 -10 17 1 4 0 0 60 8.3
1997-98 22 OTT NHL 15 1 6 7 2 -1 4 1 0 0 0 28 3.6
1998-99 23 OTT NHL 79 10 26 36 13 8 58 8 2 0 3 114 8.8 1031 13:03
1999-00 24 OTT NHL 79 22 33 55 21 -2 40 17 5 0 4 204 10.8 1299 16:26
2000-01 25 TOT NHL 74 5 24 29 9 -1 22 4 1 0 0 136 3.7 1082 14:38
2000-01 25 OTT NHL 40 1 12 13 4 1 12 1 0 0 0 68 1.5 518 12:57
2000-01 25 FLA NHL 34 4 12 16 5 -2 10 3 1 0 0 68 5.9 564 16:36
2001-02 26 TBL NHL 81 18 37 55 20 -11 38 11 7 0 2 166 10.8 1419 17:31
2002-03 27 TBL NHL 80 22 57 79 27 9 53 13 9 0 4 134 16.4 1493 18:39
2003-04 28 MDA NHL 82 19 35 54 20 -9 54 12 7 0 4 185 10.3 1527 18:37
2005-06 30 TBL NHL 81 25 55 80 28 -3 50 15 10 0 3 236 10.6 1553 19:10
2006-07 31 TBL NHL 82 14 41 55 18 -24 36 12 2 0 1 219 6.4 1563 19:04
2007-08 32 TOT NHL 80 33 38 71 28 0 45 23 10 0 5 215 15.3 1550 19:22
2007-08 32 TBL NHL 62 29 28 57 23 -7 39 20 9 0 4 175 16.6 1239 19:60
2007-08 32 PHI NHL 18 4 10 14 5 7 6 3 1 0 1 40 10.0 310 17:15
2008-09 33 TBL NHL 82 19 26 45 17 -20 52 12 7 0 2 194 9.8 1450 17:41
2009-10 34 NYR NHL 75 20 38 58 21 8 32 13 6 1 4 180 11.1 1508 20:06
2010-11 35 NYR NHL 29 9 14 23 9 4 8 7 2 0 0 61 14.8 445 15:20
2011-12 36 CBJ NHL 53 9 24 33 11 -13 18 7 2 0 0 115 7.8 964 18:12
Career NHL 1031 236 477 713 255 -62 531 161 74 1 32 2282 10.3 16883 17:39

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
1996-97 21 PHI NHL 18 0.28 0.56 0.83 0.30 0.22 1.94 5 10 15 5 22 10 9 0 3 1.2 0.3 1.5
1997-98 22 TOT NHL 56 0.11 0.34 0.45 0.15 0.38 1.57 7 22 29 10 34 17 29 1 -11 1.1 0.3 1.4
1997-98 22 PHI NHL 41 0.12 0.32 0.44 0.15 0.41 1.46 6 15 21 7 25 13 23 1 -10 0.8 0.1 0.9
1997-98 22 OTT NHL 15 0.07 0.40 0.47 0.15 0.27 1.87 1 7 8 2 9 4 6 0 -1 0.3 0.2 0.5
1998-99 23 OTT NHL 79 0.13 0.33 0.46 0.16 0.73 1.44 11 29 40 14 50 12 30 0 8 2.1 1.3 3.4
1999-00 24 OTT NHL 79 0.28 0.42 0.70 0.27 0.51 2.58 24 36 60 23 80 25 58 1 -2 4.5 1.4 5.9
2000-01 25 TOT NHL 74 0.07 0.32 0.39 0.13 0.30 1.84 5 26 31 10 57 20 38 0 -1 0.5 1.1 1.6
2000-01 25 OTT NHL 40 0.03 0.30 0.33 0.10 0.30 1.70 1 13 14 4 26 8 17 0 1 0.0 0.5 0.5
2000-01 25 FLA NHL 34 0.12 0.35 0.47 0.16 0.29 2.00 4 13 17 6 31 12 21 0 -2 0.5 0.6 1.1
2001-02 26 TBL NHL 81 0.22 0.46 0.68 0.24 0.47 2.05 21 42 63 23 79 36 59 5 -11 4.0 1.5 5.5
2002-03 27 TBL NHL 80 0.28 0.71 0.99 0.33 0.66 1.68 25 63 88 31 104 45 52 2 9 6.5 2.2 8.7
2003-04 28 MDA NHL 82 0.23 0.43 0.66 0.24 0.66 2.26 22 40 62 23 77 34 54 2 -9 3.9 1.6 5.6
2005-06 30 TBL NHL 81 0.31 0.68 0.99 0.34 0.62 2.91 25 53 78 28 112 45 71 1 -3 5.7 1.9 7.5
2006-07 31 TBL NHL 82 0.17 0.50 0.67 0.23 0.44 2.67 15 41 56 19 81 18 87 0 -24 2.6 0.9 3.5
2007-08 32 TOT NHL 80 0.41 0.48 0.89 0.35 0.56 2.69 36 41 77 31 101 31 70 0 0 7.0 1.9 8.8
2007-08 32 TBL NHL 62 0.47 0.45 0.92 0.37 0.63 2.82 32 30 62 26 79 23 63 0 -7 5.9 1.2 7.1
2007-08 32 PHI NHL 18 0.22 0.56 0.78 0.27 0.33 2.22 4 11 15 5 22 8 7 0 7 1.1 0.6 1.7
2008-09 33 TBL NHL 82 0.23 0.32 0.55 0.21 0.63 2.37 20 26 46 18 75 31 67 3 -20 2.5 0.7 3.2
2009-10 34 NYR NHL 75 0.27 0.51 0.77 0.28 0.43 2.40 22 40 62 23 98 38 56 4 8 4.2 2.2 6.4
2010-11 35 NYR NHL 29 0.31 0.48 0.79 0.30 0.28 2.10 10 15 25 10 28 13 11 0 4 2.3 0.7 3.0
2011-12 36 CBJ NHL 53 0.17 0.45 0.62 0.21 0.34 2.17 16 40 56 20 -13 1.9 0.6 2.5
Career NHL 1031 0.23 0.46 0.69 0.25 0.52 2.21 264 524 788 287 998 375 691 19 -62 49.8 18.5 68.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1996-97 21 PHI NHL 5 1 3 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 10 10.0
1997-98 22 OTT NHL 6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1998-99 23 OTT NHL 4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 50 12:37
1999-00 24 OTT NHL 6 0 4 4 -1 4 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 106 17:40
2002-03 27 TBL NHL 11 4 2 6 -3 8 2 2 0 0 23 17.4 234 21:15
2005-06 30 TBL NHL 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 80 15:56
2006-07 31 TBL NHL 6 1 4 5 2 4 1 0 0 1 15 6.7 134 22:19
2007-08 32 PHI NHL 17 3 10 13 -3 6 2 1 0 0 34 8.8 286 16:49
2010-11 35 NYR NHL 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 11.1 98 19:30
Career NHL 65 10 25 35 -7 26 7 3 0 1 122 8.2 987 18:17

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 16 Motor Ceske Budejovice Jr. Czech-Jr. 36 16 16 32 12
1992-93 17 Motor Ceske Budejovice Jr. Czech-Jr. 32 26 31 57 24
1992-93 17 Czech Republic EJC-A 6 4 7 11 2
1993-94 18 Hershey Bears AHL 55 14 21 35 38
1993-94 18 Czech Republic WJC-A 7 1 1 2 16
1994-95 19 Hershey Bears AHL 69 13 32 45 36
1994-95 19 Czech Republic WJC-A 7 3 7 10 2
1995-96 20 Hershey Bears AHL 68 15 36 51 59
1996-97 21 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 63 32 63 95 70
1999-00 24 Czech Republic WC-A 9 3 4 7 5 8 1 2 0 0
2003-04 28 Czech Republic WC-A 7 3 4 7 2
2004-05 29 Czech Republic W-Cup 4 1 3 4 1 0
2004-05 29 HC Ceske Budejovice CzRep-2 39 28 60 88 82
2004-05 29 Czech Republic WC-A 9 2 6 8 4
2005-06 30 Czech Republic Olympics 8 4 2 6 -1 2 3 0 1 0
Career 4 Seasons AHL 255 74 152 226 203
Career 2 Seasons Czech-Jr. 68 42 47 89 36
Career 1 Season CzRep-2 39 28 60 88 82
Career 1 Season EJC-A 6 4 7 11 2
Career 1 Season Olympics 8 4 2 6 -1 2 3 0 1 0
Career 1 Season W-Cup 4 1 3 4 1 0
Career 3 Seasons WC-A 25 8 14 22 5 14 1 2 0 0
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 4 8 12 18

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1993-94 18 Hershey Bears AHL 2 0 0 0 2
1994-95 19 Hershey Bears AHL 2 1 0 1 4
1995-96 20 Hershey Bears AHL 5 2 4 6 2
2004-05 29 HC Ceske Budejovice CzRep-2 16 15 15 30 32
Career 3 Seasons AHL 9 3 4 7 8
Career 1 Season CzRep-2 16 15 15 30 32

Similarity Scores

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Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Vinny Prospal 8.8 8.7 7.5 6.4 5.9 5.6 5.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.0 1.6 1.5 1.4
Dmitri Khristich 93.8 8.8 8.6 7.0 6.4 5.8 5.7 5.1 3.4 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.8
Doug Bentley 92.1 7.0 6.3 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.1 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.4
Kirk Muller 91.5 8.2 7.8 7.5 6.3 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.7 3.6 3.0 2.4 2.3 1.8 1.5
Babe Siebert 91.5 6.2 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.1 1.1 1.0 0.6
Daymond Langkow 91.4 9.0 8.4 7.6 6.3 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 3.4 2.6 2.2 1.4 0.0
Michael Nylander 91.3 9.0 8.4 7.1 7.0 6.1 5.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.1 1.6 1.4 0.9 -0.1
Pit Martin 90.9 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.1 6.5 5.2 5.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.2 1.3 0.8 0.1
Bobby Holik 90.3 8.6 7.6 6.7 6.6 6.2 5.0 4.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.7 2.7 2.6 1.8
Peter McNab 90.3 8.5 8.3 7.7 7.5 6.7 5.6 5.1 4.5 3.8 2.7 2.1 2.0 0.5 0.4
Robert Reichel 90.1 9.5 8.1 7.2 7.0 6.2 5.7 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.7
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Vinny Prospal 8.8 8.7 7.5 6.4 5.9 5.6 5.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.0 1.6 1.5 1.4
Dmitri Khristich 93.4 8.8 8.6 7.0 6.4 5.8 5.7 5.1 3.4 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.8
Michael Nylander 93.1 9.0 8.4 7.1 7.0 6.1 5.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.1 2.5 1.6 1.4 0.9 -0.1
Doug Bentley 91.7 7.0 6.3 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.1 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.4
Daymond Langkow 91.2 9.0 8.4 7.6 6.3 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 3.4 2.6 2.2 1.4 0.1 0.0
Babe Siebert 91.1 6.2 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.1 1.1 1.0 0.6
Pit Martin 90.7 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.1 6.5 5.2 5.1 4.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.2 1.6 1.3 0.8 0.1
Peter McNab 89.9 8.5 8.3 7.7 7.5 6.7 5.6 5.1 4.5 3.8 2.7 2.1 2.0 0.5 0.4
Robert Reichel 89.8 9.5 8.1 7.2 7.0 6.2 5.7 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.7
Kirk Muller 89.7 8.2 7.8 7.5 6.3 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.7 3.6 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.5 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4
Martin Straka 89.7 9.3 9.0 8.2 7.5 6.2 5.7 4.3 4.3 4.2 2.5 2.3 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

2003-04 NHL 82 (3)
2006-07 NHL 82 (2)
2008-09 NHL 82 (2)

Assists

2002-03 NHL 57 (4)

Assists Per Game

2002-03 NHL 0.71 (7)

Adjusted Assists

2002-03 NHL 63 (4)

Transactions

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January 17, 1998: Traded to Ottawa by Philadelphia with Pat Falloon and Dallas' 2nd round choice (previously acquired, Ottawa selected Chris Bala) in 1998 Entry Draft for Alexandre Daigle, January 17, 1998.

January 20, 2001: Traded to Florida by Ottawa for future considerations, January 20, 2001.

July 10, 2001: Traded to Tampa Bay by Florida for Ryan Johnson and Tampa Bay's 6th round choice (later traded back to Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay selected Doug O'Brien) in 2003 Entry Draft, July 10, 2001.

July 17, 2003: Signed as a free agent by Anaheim, July 17, 2003.

August 16, 2004: Traded to Tampa Bay by Anaheim for Tampa Bay's 2nd round choice (Brendan Mikkelson) in 2005 Entry Draft, August 16, 2004.

September 17, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Ceske Budejovice (CzRep-2), September 17, 2004.

February 25, 2008: Traded to Philadelphia by Tampa Bay for Alexandre Picard and Philadelphia's 2nd round choice (Richard Panik) in 2009 Entry Draft, February 25, 2008.

June 18, 2008: Traded to Tampa Bay by Philadelphia for Nashville's 7th round choice (previously acquired, Philadelphia selected Joacim Eriksson) in 2008 Entry Draft and future considerations, June 18, 2008.

August 17, 2009: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, August 17, 2009.

October 6, 2010: Missed majority of 2010-11 due to knee surgery, October 6, 2010.

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