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Stan Smyl

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-8    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: January 28, 1958 in Glendon, Alberta

Drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 3rd round (40th overall) of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:51AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #395. Calle Johansson… #396. STAN SMYL… #396. Doug Crossman… #398. Bryan Hextall… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 21 VAN NHL 62 14 24 38 14 -6 89 10 4 0 0 122 11.5
1979-80 22 VAN NHL 77 31 47 78 30 28 204 20 11 0 3 182 17.0
1980-81 23 VAN NHL 80 25 38 63 24 -8 171 18 6 1 2 209 12.0
1981-82 24 VAN NHL 80 34 44 78 31 18 144 22 10 2 5 222 15.3
1982-83 25 VAN NHL 74 38 50 88 34 -6 114 22 15 1 2 215 17.7
1983-84 26 VAN NHL 80 24 43 67 25 -21 136 16 8 0 4 205 11.7
1984-85 27 VAN NHL 80 27 37 64 25 -18 100 19 6 2 1 182 14.8
1985-86 28 VAN NHL 73 27 35 62 25 -20 144 20 3 4 1 165 16.4
1986-87 29 VAN NHL 66 20 23 43 17 -20 84 13 5 2 2 113 17.7
1987-88 30 VAN NHL 57 12 25 37 14 -5 110 6 5 1 0 96 12.5
1988-89 31 VAN NHL 75 7 18 25 9 0 102 6 1 0 0 89 7.9
1989-90 32 VAN NHL 47 1 15 16 5 -14 71 1 0 0 0 58 1.7
1990-91 33 VAN NHL 45 2 12 14 4 -5 87 2 0 0 0 45 4.4
Career NHL 896 262 411 673 259 -77 1556 175 74 13 20 1903 13.8

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
1978-79 21 VAN NHL 62 0.23 0.39 0.61 0.23 1.44 1.97 12 20 32 12 62 24 44 0 -6 1.6 1.1 2.7
1979-80 22 VAN NHL 77 0.40 0.61 1.01 0.39 2.65 2.36 26 40 66 25 107 29 53 3 28 5.5 1.9 7.4
1980-81 23 VAN NHL 80 0.31 0.48 0.79 0.30 2.14 2.61 19 29 48 18 92 32 72 4 -8 3.0 0.9 3.9
1981-82 24 VAN NHL 80 0.43 0.55 0.98 0.39 1.80 2.78 25 32 57 22 126 40 96 28 18 4.4 1.7 6.1
1982-83 25 VAN NHL 74 0.51 0.68 1.19 0.46 1.54 2.91 30 40 70 27 124 52 85 7 -6 5.9 1.0 6.9
1983-84 26 VAN NHL 80 0.30 0.54 0.84 0.32 1.70 2.56 19 34 53 20 106 40 106 19 -21 3.3 0.6 4.0
1984-85 27 VAN NHL 80 0.34 0.46 0.80 0.32 1.25 2.28 21 29 50 19 95 25 111 23 -18 3.4 0.6 4.1
1985-86 28 VAN NHL 73 0.37 0.48 0.85 0.34 1.97 2.26 21 27 48 19 90 23 117 30 -20 3.4 0.8 4.1
1986-87 29 VAN NHL 66 0.30 0.35 0.65 0.26 1.27 1.71 17 19 36 14 78 30 85 17 -20 2.2 0.4 2.7
1987-88 30 VAN NHL 57 0.21 0.44 0.65 0.24 1.93 1.68 10 21 31 11 58 18 53 8 -5 1.5 0.7 2.2
1988-89 31 VAN NHL 75 0.09 0.24 0.33 0.12 1.36 1.19 6 15 21 7 47 8 45 6 0 -0.6 1.3 0.7
1989-90 32 VAN NHL 47 0.02 0.32 0.34 0.10 1.51 1.23 1 13 14 4 29 5 45 7 -14 -0.5 0.3 -0.2
1990-91 33 VAN NHL 45 0.04 0.27 0.31 0.10 1.93 1.00 2 11 13 4 21 1 26 1 -5 -0.4 0.6 0.1
Career NHL 896 0.29 0.46 0.75 0.29 1.74 2.12 209 330 539 204 1035 327 938 153 -77 32.7 12.0 44.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 21 VAN NHL 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
1979-80 22 VAN NHL 4 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 0
1980-81 23 VAN NHL 3 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
1981-82 24 VAN NHL 17 9 9 18 25 8 1 0 1
1982-83 25 VAN NHL 4 3 2 5 12 2 1 0 1
1983-84 26 VAN NHL 4 2 1 3 1 4 2 0 0 0 13 15.4
1988-89 31 VAN NHL 7 0 0 0 -1 9 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
Career NHL 41 16 17 33 0 64 14 2 0 2 17 11.8

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 17 Bellingham Blazers BCJHL 48 29 33 62 115
1975-76 18 New Westminster Bruins WCJHL 72 32 42 74 169
1976-77 19 New Westminster Bruins WCJHL 72 35 31 66 200
1977-78 20 New Westminster Bruins WCJHL 53 29 47 76 211
1977-78 20 Canada WJC-A 6 1 1 2 6
1978-79 21 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 3 1 1 2 9
1984-85 27 Canada WEC-A 10 1 1 2 6
Career 1 Season BCJHL 48 29 33 62 115
Career 1 Season CHL 3 1 1 2 9
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 197 96 120 216 580
Career 1 Season WEC-A 10 1 1 2 6
Career 1 Season WJC-A 6 1 1 2 6

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 17 Bellingham Blazers BCJHL 25 13 22 33 15
1974-75 17 New Westminster Bruins WCJHL 3 0 0 0 15
1975-76 18 New Westminster Bruins WCJHL 19 8 6 14 58
1975-76 18 New Westminster Bruins M-Cup 4 5 1 6 21
1976-77 19 New Westminster Bruins WCJHL 13 6 7 13 51
1976-77 19 New Westminster Bruins M-Cup 3 0 0 0 6
1977-78 20 New Westminster Bruins WCJHL 20 14 21 35 43
1977-78 20 New Westminster Bruins M-Cup 5 4 10 14 0
Career 1 Season BCJHL 25 13 22 33 15
Career 3 Seasons M-Cup 12 9 11 20 27
Career 4 Seasons WCJHL 55 28 34 62 167

Similarity Scores

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Thru 13 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Stan Smyl 7.4 6.9 6.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 2.7 2.7 2.2 0.7 0.1 -0.2
Michal Handzus 92.1 6.7 6.5 5.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.8 2.7 2.2 1.0 0.1 -0.1
Fredrik Modin 91.9 8.2 6.9 6.0 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.2 1.4 0.2 -0.6
Steve Rucchin 90.9 7.0 6.7 5.9 5.5 5.3 4.1 3.8 3.0 2.1 1.2 0.9 0.5
Joe Juneau 90.6 8.5 7.3 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 1.7 0.5 0.3
Phil Goyette 89.7 7.0 6.1 4.8 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.5 2.4 2.0 1.9 0.8 0.7 -0.1
Claude Lemieux 88.8 7.6 6.8 6.4 5.3 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.2 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.1
Paul Henderson 88.6 7.1 6.5 6.2 4.9 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.4 0.9 0.9 -0.1 -0.2
Jamie Langenbrunner 88.5 6.8 6.2 5.9 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.0 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.4 0.2 0.0
Dan Quinn 88.5 6.7 6.3 6.0 4.4 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.8 1.7 0.9 -0.1
Michael Peca 88.2 7.2 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 2.7 1.9 1.0 0.8 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
Stan Smyl 7.4 6.9 6.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 2.7 2.7 2.2 0.7 0.1 -0.2
Michal Handzus 92.1 6.7 6.5 5.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.8 2.7 2.2 1.0 0.1 -0.1
Fredrik Modin 91.0 8.2 6.9 6.0 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.2 1.4 0.5 0.2 -0.6
Steve Rucchin 90.9 7.0 6.7 5.9 5.5 5.3 4.1 3.8 3.0 2.1 1.2 0.9 0.5
Joe Juneau 90.6 8.5 7.3 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 1.7 0.5 0.3
Paul Henderson 88.6 7.1 6.5 6.2 4.9 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.4 0.9 0.9 -0.1 -0.2
Nik Antropov 88.2 7.6 6.5 5.9 5.0 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.1 1.6 0.1
Dan Quinn 88.1 6.7 6.3 6.0 4.4 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.8 1.7 0.9 -0.1 -0.4
Tony McKegney 87.8 6.9 5.8 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.8
Gary Dornhoefer 87.6 7.1 5.7 5.6 5.0 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.3 2.2 0.7 -0.1 -0.3 -0.6
David Legwand 87.6 7.3 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.1 4.1 3.9 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.0 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1980-81 NHL 80 (2)
1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1983-84 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)

Power Play Goals

1982-83 NHL 15 (9)

Short-Handed Goals

1985-86 NHL 4 (8)

Transactions

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June 28, 2001: Named Head Coach of Manitoba (AHL), June 28, 2001.

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