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Darcy Rota

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: February 16, 1953 in Vancouver, British Columbia

Drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 10:03AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #569. Joe Klukay… #569. DARCY ROTA… #571. Brian Bradley… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 20 CBH NHL 74 21 12 33 15 16 58 15 6 0 3 120 17.5
1974-75 21 CBH NHL 78 22 22 44 18 1 93 17 5 0 2 158 13.9
1975-76 22 CBH NHL 79 20 17 37 16 -8 73 16 4 0 2 201 10.0
1976-77 23 CBH NHL 76 24 22 46 20 -7 82 20 4 0 3 148 16.2
1977-78 24 CBH NHL 78 17 20 37 15 5 67 14 3 0 1 107 15.9
1978-79 25 TOT NHL 76 22 22 44 18 -7 98 21 1 0 1 143 15.4
1978-79 25 CBH NHL 63 13 17 30 12 -10 77 12 1 0 1 116 11.2
1978-79 25 ATF NHL 13 9 5 14 6 3 21 9 0 0 0 27 33.3
1979-80 26 TOT NHL 70 15 14 29 12 -6 78 15 0 0 3 123 12.2
1979-80 26 ATF NHL 44 10 8 18 8 3 49 10 0 0 1 70 14.3
1979-80 26 VAN NHL 26 5 6 11 4 -9 29 5 0 0 2 53 9.4
1980-81 27 VAN NHL 80 25 31 56 22 10 124 18 7 0 5 178 14.0
1981-82 28 VAN NHL 51 20 20 40 17 6 139 18 2 0 0 80 25.0
1982-83 29 VAN NHL 73 42 39 81 33 13 88 33 9 0 5 173 24.3
1983-84 30 VAN NHL 59 28 20 48 21 -12 73 22 6 0 0 127 22.0
Career NHL 794 256 239 495 206 11 973 209 47 0 25 1558 16.4

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
1973-74 20 CBH NHL 74 0.28 0.16 0.45 0.20 0.78 1.62 20 11 31 14 54 13 25 0 16 1.4 1.5 2.9
1974-75 21 CBH NHL 78 0.28 0.28 0.56 0.23 1.19 2.03 19 19 38 16 66 9 56 0 1 1.9 1.3 3.2
1975-76 22 CBH NHL 79 0.25 0.22 0.47 0.20 0.92 2.54 17 15 32 13 71 16 63 0 -8 1.1 1.2 2.4
1976-77 23 CBH NHL 76 0.32 0.29 0.61 0.26 1.08 1.95 21 20 41 17 72 13 66 0 -7 2.7 1.2 3.9
1977-78 24 CBH NHL 78 0.22 0.26 0.47 0.19 0.86 1.37 15 18 33 13 46 10 31 0 5 1.3 1.4 2.7
1978-79 25 TOT NHL 76 0.29 0.29 0.58 0.24 1.29 1.88 18 18 36 15 56 4 60 1 -7 2.0 0.8 2.8
1978-79 25 CBH NHL 63 0.21 0.27 0.48 0.19 1.22 1.84 11 14 25 10 40 3 47 0 -10 0.8 0.6 1.4
1978-79 25 ATF NHL 13 0.69 0.38 1.08 0.48 1.62 2.08 7 4 11 5 16 1 13 1 3 1.3 0.2 1.5
1979-80 26 TOT NHL 70 0.21 0.20 0.41 0.18 1.11 1.76 12 12 24 10 45 6 48 3 -6 0.6 0.8 1.4
1979-80 26 ATF NHL 44 0.23 0.18 0.41 0.18 1.11 1.59 8 7 15 6 30 3 24 0 3 0.4 0.7 1.1
1979-80 26 VAN NHL 26 0.19 0.23 0.42 0.17 1.12 2.04 4 5 9 4 15 3 24 3 -9 0.2 0.1 0.3
1980-81 27 VAN NHL 80 0.31 0.39 0.70 0.28 1.55 2.23 19 24 43 17 87 18 61 2 10 2.5 1.4 3.9
1981-82 28 VAN NHL 51 0.39 0.39 0.78 0.33 2.73 1.57 15 15 30 12 50 11 33 0 6 2.0 0.9 3.0
1982-83 29 VAN NHL 73 0.58 0.53 1.11 0.45 1.21 2.37 34 32 66 27 104 30 61 0 13 5.7 1.5 7.2
1983-84 30 VAN NHL 59 0.47 0.34 0.81 0.36 1.24 2.15 22 16 38 16 71 22 62 1 -12 3.1 0.6 3.6
Career NHL 794 0.32 0.30 0.62 0.26 1.23 1.96 212 200 412 170 722 152 566 7 11 24.4 12.6 37.0

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 20 CBH NHL 11 3 0 3 11 3 0 0 0
1974-75 21 CBH NHL 7 0 1 1 24 0 0 0 0
1975-76 22 CBH NHL 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0
1976-77 23 CBH NHL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977-78 24 CBH NHL 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1978-79 25 ATF NHL 2 0 1 1 26 0 0 0 0
1979-80 26 VAN NHL 4 2 0 2 8 2 0 0 0
1980-81 27 VAN NHL 3 2 1 3 14 1 1 0 0
1981-82 28 VAN NHL 17 6 3 9 54 4 2 0 1
1982-83 29 VAN NHL 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
1983-84 30 VAN NHL 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
Career NHL 60 14 7 21 1 147 10 4 0 1 4 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
1970-71 17 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 64 43 39 82 60
1971-72 18 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 67 51 54 105 68
1972-73 19 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 68 73 56 129 104
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 199 167 149 316 232

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1970-71 17 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 17 13 10 23 15
1970-71 17 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup 2 0 0 0 4
1971-72 18 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 16 8 9 17 11
1971-72 18 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup 2 1 1 2 2
1972-73 19 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 4 5 4 9 14
Career 2 Seasons M-Cup 4 1 1 2 6
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 37 26 23 49 40

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 11 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Darcy Rota 7.2 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.4 1.4
Todd Marchant 90.9 6.3 3.8 3.7 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.0 -0.1
Cal Gardner 90.3 6.2 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.5 2.4 1.2 1.1
Dirk Graham 88.1 6.3 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.3 1.2 0.1
Mush March 86.7 5.1 3.8 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.2 0.3
Chris Gratton 83.7 6.9 5.8 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.3 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.3
Buddy O'Connor 83.7 6.3 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.3 2.7 2.6 1.8 1.7
Radek Dvorak 83.1 7.3 5.6 4.9 4.5 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.7
Mike Krushelnyski 82.9 8.0 5.0 4.2 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.5 2.1 0.9 0.2
John Tucker 82.7 4.9 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.4 2.1 2.1 1.5 0.3
Greg Malone 82.2 6.1 4.4 4.0 3.7 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 1.0 0.6 -0.1
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
Darcy Rota 7.2 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.4 1.4
Dirk Graham 89.9 6.3 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.3 1.2 0.6 0.1
Cal Gardner 89.1 6.2 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.5 2.5 2.4 1.2 1.1
Claude Larose 87.4 6.0 4.6 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.4 0.7 0.4 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3
Mike Krushelnyski 86.6 8.0 5.0 4.2 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.5 2.1 0.9 0.2 0.2 -0.2
Todd Marchant 86.6 6.3 3.8 3.7 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.9 0.8 0.4 0.4 -0.1 -1.6
Walt McKechnie 84.8 6.7 5.3 4.5 4.5 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.2 1.7 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3
Keith Acton 83.7 7.3 3.9 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.0 -0.3 -1.3
Buddy O'Connor 83.7 6.3 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.3 2.7 2.6 1.8 1.7
Darcy Tucker 82.9 7.4 5.9 4.4 4.4 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.5 1.9 0.7 0.5 0.2 -0.1
Mush March 82.3 5.1 3.8 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.3 -0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1984 NHL

Games Played

1980-81 NHL 80 (2)

Shooting Percentage

1981-82 NHL 25.0 (3)
1982-83 NHL 24.3 (1)
 Career NHL 16.4 (75)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

March 13, 1979: Traded to Atlanta by Chicago with Ivan Boldirev and Phil Russell for Tom Lysiak, Pat Ribble, Harold Phillipoff, Greg Fox and Miles Zaharko, March 13, 1979.

February 8, 1980: Traded to Vancouver by Atlanta with Ivan Boldirev for Don Lever and Brad Smith, February 8, 1980.

February 2, 1984: Missed entire 1984-85 due to neck injury vs. Los Angeles, February 2, 1984.

December 4, 1984: Officially announced his retirement, December 4, 1984.

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