Mike Stapleton

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 5-10 ▪ Weight: 183 lbs.
Born: May 5, 1966 in Sarnia, Ontario
Draft: Chicago, 7th round (132nd overall), 1984 NHL Entry

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1986-87	20	CHI	NHL	39	3	6	9	3	-9	6	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	54	5.6
1987-88	21	CHI	NHL	53	2	9	11	4	-10	59	2	0	0	1	7	0	2	50	4.0
1988-89	22	CHI	NHL	7	0	1	1	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0
1990-91	24	CHI	NHL	7	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0
1991-92	25	CHI	NHL	19	4	4	8	3	0	8	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	32	12.5
1992-93	26	PIT	NHL	78	4	9	13	5	-8	10	3	0	1	1	6	0	3	78	5.1
1993-94	27	TOT	NHL	81	12	13	25	10	-5	46	8	4	0	0	8	0	5	102	11.8
1993-94	27	PIT	NHL	58	7	4	11	5	-4	18	4	3	0	0	1	0	3	59	11.9
1993-94	27	EDM	NHL	23	5	9	14	5	-1	28	4	1	0	0	7	0	2	43	11.6
1994-95	28	EDM	NHL	46	6	11	17	6	-12	21	3	3	0	2	7	0	4	59	10.2
1995-96	29	WIN	NHL	58	10	14	24	9	-4	37	6	3	1	0	14	0	0	91	11.0
1996-97	30	PHX	NHL	55	4	11	15	5	-4	36	2	2	0	1	8	0	3	74	5.4
1997-98	31	PHX	NHL	64	5	5	10	4	-4	36	3	1	1	1	3	0	2	69	7.2
1998-99	32	PHX	NHL	76	9	9	18	7	-7	34	7	0	2	2	7	0	2	106	8.5	1039	13:40
1999-00	33	ATL	NHL	62	10	12	22	9	-29	30	6	4	0	1	7	0	5	146	6.8	1073	17:18
2000-01	34	TOT	NHL	52	2	6	8	3	-11	10	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	31	6.5	491	9:26
2000-01	34	NYI	NHL	34	1	4	5	2	-5	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	22	4.5	311	9:09
2000-01	34	VAN	NHL	18	1	2	3	1	-6	8	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	9	11.1	179	9:58
Career			NHL	697	71	111	182	69	-104	342	47	19	5	9	83	0	28	904	7.9	2602	13:42

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
1986-87	20	CHI	NHL	39	0.08	0.15	0.23	0.08	0.15	1.38	3	5	8	3	17	0	32	6	-9	-0.6	0.1	-0.5
1987-88	21	CHI	NHL	53	0.04	0.17	0.21	0.07	1.11	0.94	2	7	9	3	19	8	39	18	-10	-1.1	0.5	-0.6
1988-89	22	CHI	NHL	7	0.00	0.14	0.14	0.04	1.00	0.86	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	-1	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
1990-91	24	CHI	NHL	7	0.00	0.14	0.14	0.04	0.29	0.86	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
1991-92	25	CHI	NHL	19	0.21	0.21	0.42	0.17	0.42	1.68	4	4	8	3	9	2	9	2	0	0.2	0.3	0.5
1992-93	26	PIT	NHL	78	0.05	0.12	0.17	0.06	0.13	1.00	3	7	10	4	20	6	35	13	-8	-1.7	0.6	-1.1
1993-94	27	TOT	NHL	81	0.15	0.16	0.31	0.12	0.57	1.26	11	12	23	9	37	13	46	17	-5	0.0	0.8	0.7
1993-94	27	PIT	NHL	58	0.12	0.07	0.19	0.08	0.31	1.02	6	4	10	4	17	8	29	16	-4	-0.7	0.5	-0.3
1993-94	27	EDM	NHL	23	0.22	0.39	0.61	0.22	1.22	1.87	5	8	13	5	20	5	17	1	-1	0.7	0.3	1.0
1994-95	28	EDM	NHL	46	0.13	0.24	0.37	0.14	0.46	1.28	10	19	29	11	27	9	36	6	-12	0.3	0.2	0.5
1995-96	29	WIN	NHL	58	0.17	0.24	0.41	0.16	0.64	1.57	10	13	23	9	43	10	54	17	-4	0.7	0.5	1.2
1996-97	30	PHX	NHL	55	0.07	0.20	0.27	0.09	0.65	1.35	4	11	15	5	23	9	29	11	-4	-0.4	0.7	0.3
1997-98	31	PHX	NHL	64	0.08	0.08	0.16	0.06	0.56	1.08	6	6	12	5	20	5	30	11	-4	-0.9	0.5	-0.4
1998-99	32	PHX	NHL	76	0.12	0.12	0.24	0.10	0.45	1.39	10	10	20	8	24	3	53	25	-7	0.0	0.9	0.9
1999-00	33	ATL	NHL	62	0.16	0.19	0.35	0.14	0.48	2.35	11	13	24	10	32	13	69	21	-29	0.3	0.2	0.6
2000-01	34	TOT	NHL	52	0.04	0.12	0.15	0.05	0.19	0.60	2	6	8	3	17	6	35	13	-11	-0.3	0.1	-0.2
2000-01	34	NYI	NHL	34	0.03	0.12	0.15	0.05	0.06	0.65	1	4	5	2	11	3	25	12	-5	-0.2	0.2	-0.1
2000-01	34	VAN	NHL	18	0.06	0.11	0.17	0.06	0.44	0.50	1	2	3	1	6	3	10	1	-6	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
Career			NHL	697	0.10	0.16	0.26	0.10	0.49	1.30	76	115	191	73	291	84	471	160	-104	-3.8	5.6	1.8

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1986-87	20	CHI	NHL	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
1992-93	26	PIT	NHL	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
1995-96	29	WIN	NHL	6	0	0	0	0	-1	21	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
1996-97	30	PHX	NHL	7	0	0	0	0	-1	14	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
1997-98	31	PHX	NHL	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
1998-99	32	PHX	NHL	7	1	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3	76	10:51
Career			NHL	34	1	0	1	1	-2	39	1	0	0	0	22	4.5	76	10:51

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1981-82	15	Strathroy Blades	ON-Jr.B	42	25	18	43			38	18	6	1
1982-83	16	Strathroy Blades	ON-Jr.B	40	39	38	77			99
1983-84	17	Cornwall Royals	OHL	70	24	45	69			94
1984-85	18	Cornwall Royals	OHL	56	41	44	85			68
1985-86	19	Cornwall Royals	OHL	56	39	64	103			74
1985-86	19	Canada	WJC-A	7	3	3	6			6
1986-87	20	Canada	Nat-Tm	21	2	4	6			4
1987-88	21	Saginaw Hawks	IHL	31	11	19	30			52
1988-89	22	Saginaw Hawks	IHL	69	21	47	68			162
1989-90	23	Arvika HC	Sweden-3	30	15	18	33
1989-90	23	Indianapolis Ice	IHL	16	5	10	15			6
1990-91	24	Indianapolis Ice	IHL	75	29	52	81			76
1991-92	25	Indianapolis Ice	IHL	59	18	40	58			65
2001-02	35	Blues Espoo	Finland	41	18	19	37			42
2002-03	36	Leksands IF	Sweden	19	5	5	10			10
2002-03	36	Blues Espoo	Finland	33	8	20	28			55
2003-04	37	Tappara Tampere	Finland	18	6	12	18			26
Career		3 Seasons	Finland	92	32	51	83			123
Career		5 Seasons	IHL	250	84	168	252			361
Career		1 Season	Nat-Tm	21	2	4	6			4
Career		3 Seasons	OHL	182	104	153	257			236
Career		2 Seasons	ON-Jr.B	82	64	56	120			137	18	6	1
Career		1 Season	Sweden	19	5	5	10			10
Career		1 Season	Sweden-3	30	15	18	33
Career		1 Season	WJC-A	7	3	3	6			6

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1982-83	16	Strathroy Blades	ON-Jr.B	3	1	2	3			4
1983-84	17	Cornwall Royals	OHL	3	1	2	3			4
1984-85	18	Cornwall Royals	OHL	9	2	4	6			23
1985-86	19	Cornwall Royals	OHL	6	2	3	5			2
1987-88	21	Saginaw Hawks	IHL	10	5	6	11			10
1988-89	22	Saginaw Hawks	IHL	6	1	3	4			4
1989-90	23	Indianapolis Ice	IHL	13	9	10	19			38
1990-91	24	Indianapolis Ice	IHL	7	1	4	5			0
2001-02	35	Blues Espoo	Finland	3	0	0	0			4
2002-03	36	Blues Espoo	Finland	7	1	2	3			10
2003-04	37	Tappara Tampere	Finland	3	1	1	2			2
Career		3 Seasons	Finland	13	2	3	5			16
Career		4 Seasons	IHL	36	16	23	39			52
Career		3 Seasons	OHL	18	5	9	14			29
Career		1 Season	ON-Jr.B	3	1	2	3			4

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 14 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Mike Stapleton		1.2	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.3	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-1.1
Troy Loney	63.9	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.5
Scott Nichol	45.4	1.7	1.1	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3
Todd Fedoruk	40.1	1.7	0.9	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.2
Wayne Primeau	38.1	2.5	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6
Ron Stern	32.4	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.0	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.7
Jan Erixon	30.8	1.6	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.1	-0.5
Jocelyn Lemieux	29.7	1.7	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.8
Len Lunde	29.5	1.6	1.3	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.4	-0.2	-0.3
Tom Kostopoulos	27.9	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.4
Val Fonteyne	27.5	1.5	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.7	-0.9

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Mike Stapleton		1.2	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.3	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-1.1
Troy Loney	63.9	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.5
Scott Nichol	45.4	1.7	1.1	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3
Todd Fedoruk	40.1	1.7	0.9	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.2
Ron Stern	32.4	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.0	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.7
Jan Erixon	30.8	1.6	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.1	-0.5
Jocelyn Lemieux	29.7	1.7	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.8
Len Lunde	29.5	1.6	1.3	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.4	-0.2	-0.3
Wayne Primeau	29.5	2.5	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6
Tom Kostopoulos	27.9	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.4
Val Fonteyne	27.5	1.5	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.7	-0.9

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

September 30, 1992: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, September 30, 1992.

February 19, 1994: Claimed on waivers by Edmonton from Pittsburgh, February 19, 1994.

August 18, 1995: Signed as a free agent by Winnipeg, August 18, 1995.

July 1, 1996: Transferred to Phoenix after Winnipeg franchise relocated, July 1, 1996.

June 25, 1999: Claimed by Atlanta from Phoenix in Expansion Draft, June 25, 1999.

July 3, 2000: Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders, July 3, 2000.

December 28, 2000: Traded to Vancouver by NY Islanders for Vancouver's 9th round choice (later traded to Washington - Washington selected Robert Muller) in 2001 Entry Draft, December 28, 2000.

October 23, 2001: Signed as a free agent by Espoo (Finland), October 23, 2001.

November 11, 2002: Signed as a free agent by Leksands IF (Sweden), November 11, 2002.

January 12, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Tappara Tampere (Finland), January 12, 2004.

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