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Martin Straka

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-9    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: September 3, 1972 in Plzen, Czechoslovakia

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:55AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #246. Petr Sykora… #247. Geoff Courtnall… #248. MARTIN STRAKA… #249. Teppo Numminen… #250. Ian Turnbull… #250. Craig Janney… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 20 PIT NHL 42 3 13 16 5 2 29 3 0 0 1 28 10.7
1993-94 21 PIT NHL 84 30 34 64 25 24 24 28 2 0 6 130 23.1
1994-95 22 TOT NHL 37 5 13 18 6 -1 16 5 0 0 0 49 10.2
1994-95 22 PIT NHL 31 4 12 16 5 0 16 4 0 0 0 36 11.1
1994-95 22 OTT NHL 6 1 1 2 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 13 7.7
1995-96 23 TOT NHL 77 13 30 43 15 -19 41 7 6 0 1 98 13.3
1995-96 23 OTT NHL 43 9 16 25 9 -14 29 4 5 0 1 63 14.3
1995-96 23 NYI NHL 22 2 10 12 4 -6 6 2 0 0 0 18 11.1
1995-96 23 FLA NHL 12 2 4 6 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 17 11.8
1996-97 24 FLA NHL 55 7 22 29 10 9 12 5 2 0 1 94 7.4
1997-98 25 PIT NHL 75 19 23 42 16 -1 28 12 4 3 4 117 16.2
1998-99 26 PIT NHL 80 35 48 83 32 12 26 26 5 4 4 177 19.8 1887 23:35
1999-00 27 PIT NHL 71 20 39 59 21 24 26 16 3 1 2 146 13.7 1701 23:58
2000-01 28 PIT NHL 82 27 68 95 32 19 38 19 7 1 4 185 14.6 1888 23:01
2001-02 29 PIT NHL 13 5 4 9 4 3 0 4 1 0 1 33 15.2 234 18:00
2002-03 30 PIT NHL 60 18 28 46 17 -18 12 11 7 0 4 136 13.2 1237 20:37
2003-04 31 TOT NHL 54 10 16 26 10 -25 20 7 2 1 0 68 14.7 1011 18:43
2003-04 31 PIT NHL 22 4 8 12 4 -16 16 3 1 0 0 34 11.8 474 21:32
2003-04 31 LAK NHL 32 6 8 14 5 -9 4 4 1 1 0 34 17.6 537 16:47
2005-06 33 NYR NHL 82 22 54 76 26 17 42 18 4 0 4 171 12.9 1571 19:09
2006-07 34 NYR NHL 77 29 41 70 26 16 24 21 8 0 6 165 17.6 1536 19:57
2007-08 35 NYR NHL 65 14 27 41 14 5 22 10 3 1 2 116 12.1 1210 18:37
Career NHL 954 257 460 717 260 67 360 192 54 11 40 1713 15.0 12274 21:01

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
1992-93 20 PIT NHL 42 0.07 0.31 0.38 0.12 0.69 0.67 2 10 12 4 21 4 15 0 2 -0.2 0.5 0.3
1993-94 21 PIT NHL 84 0.36 0.40 0.76 0.30 0.29 1.55 27 31 58 23 98 7 70 3 24 4.6 1.6 6.2
1994-95 22 TOT NHL 37 0.14 0.35 0.49 0.17 0.43 1.32 9 23 32 11 30 7 25 1 -1 0.7 0.2 0.9
1994-95 22 PIT NHL 31 0.13 0.39 0.52 0.17 0.52 1.16 7 21 28 10 26 5 22 1 0 0.6 0.2 0.8
1994-95 22 OTT NHL 6 0.17 0.17 0.33 0.14 0.00 2.17 2 2 4 2 4 2 3 0 -1 0.1 0.1 0.1
1995-96 23 TOT NHL 77 0.17 0.39 0.56 0.20 0.53 1.27 13 29 42 15 66 22 65 2 -19 1.9 0.6 2.5
1995-96 23 OTT NHL 43 0.21 0.37 0.58 0.22 0.67 1.47 9 15 24 9 36 14 38 2 -14 1.3 0.3 1.6
1995-96 23 NYI NHL 22 0.09 0.45 0.55 0.18 0.27 0.82 2 10 12 4 21 6 21 0 -6 0.4 0.1 0.5
1995-96 23 FLA NHL 12 0.17 0.33 0.50 0.18 0.50 1.42 2 4 6 2 9 2 6 0 1 0.2 0.2 0.4
1996-97 24 FLA NHL 55 0.13 0.40 0.53 0.18 0.22 1.71 7 23 30 10 50 15 26 0 9 1.2 1.1 2.3
1997-98 25 PIT NHL 75 0.25 0.31 0.56 0.22 0.37 1.56 22 26 48 19 57 13 59 14 -1 3.3 1.0 4.3
1998-99 26 PIT NHL 80 0.44 0.60 1.04 0.40 0.33 2.21 40 54 94 37 128 47 92 23 12 7.0 2.3 9.3
1999-00 27 PIT NHL 71 0.28 0.55 0.83 0.29 0.37 2.06 22 42 64 23 101 34 62 19 24 3.3 2.5 5.7
2000-01 28 PIT NHL 82 0.33 0.83 1.16 0.39 0.46 2.26 29 73 102 36 140 63 79 21 19 7.0 2.0 9.0
2001-02 29 PIT NHL 13 0.38 0.31 0.69 0.29 0.00 2.54 6 5 11 5 14 3 10 2 3 0.9 0.4 1.2
2002-03 30 PIT NHL 60 0.30 0.47 0.77 0.28 0.20 2.27 20 31 51 19 63 21 60 0 -18 3.3 1.0 4.3
2003-04 31 TOT NHL 54 0.19 0.30 0.48 0.18 0.37 1.26 12 18 30 11 36 14 47 0 -25 1.2 0.0 1.2
2003-04 31 PIT NHL 22 0.18 0.36 0.55 0.19 0.73 1.55 5 9 14 5 18 8 26 0 -16 0.5 -0.1 0.3
2003-04 31 LAK NHL 32 0.19 0.25 0.44 0.17 0.13 1.06 7 9 16 6 18 6 21 0 -9 0.7 0.2 0.9
2005-06 33 NYR NHL 82 0.27 0.66 0.93 0.32 0.51 2.09 22 52 74 26 121 52 54 2 17 5.1 2.5 7.5
2006-07 34 NYR NHL 77 0.38 0.53 0.91 0.34 0.31 2.14 30 41 71 28 103 52 40 5 16 5.7 2.5 8.2
2007-08 35 NYR NHL 65 0.22 0.42 0.63 0.22 0.34 1.78 15 29 44 16 60 20 46 11 5 2.4 1.8 4.2
Career NHL 954 0.27 0.48 0.75 0.27 0.38 1.80 276 487 763 283 1088 374 750 103 67 47.2 20.0 67.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 20 PIT NHL 11 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 7 28.6
1993-94 21 PIT NHL 6 1 0 1 -3 2 1 0 0 0 3 33.3
1995-96 23 FLA NHL 13 2 2 4 -2 2 2 0 0 0 20 10.0
1996-97 24 FLA NHL 4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1997-98 25 PIT NHL 6 2 0 2 -3 2 1 0 1 0 10 20.0
1998-99 26 PIT NHL 13 6 9 15 0 6 5 1 0 0 27 22.2 325 25:00
1999-00 27 PIT NHL 11 3 9 12 5 10 2 1 0 0 23 13.0 269 24:27
2000-01 28 PIT NHL 18 5 8 13 -1 8 2 3 0 2 47 10.6 385 21:24
2005-06 33 NYR NHL 4 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 82 20:30
2006-07 34 NYR NHL 10 2 8 10 0 2 1 1 0 0 15 13.3 198 19:48
2007-08 35 NYR NHL 10 3 7 10 2 16 2 1 0 0 13 23.1 199 19:57
Career NHL 106 26 44 70 -6 52 18 7 1 2 173 15.0 1459 22:06

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1989-90 17 Skoda Plzen Czech 1 0 3 3
1989-90 17 Czechoslovakia EJC-A 6 4 2 6 2
1990-91 18 HC Skoda Plzen Czech 47 7 24 31 6
1990-91 18 Czechoslovakia WJC-A 6 1 5 6 0
1991-92 19 HC Skoda Plzen Czech 50 27 28 55 20
1991-92 19 Czechoslovakia WJC-A 7 2 6 8 4
1992-93 20 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 4 4 3 7 0
1993-94 21 Czech Republic WC-A 3 1 0 1 4
1994-95 22 HC Interconex Plzen CzRep 19 10 11 21 18
1996-97 24 Czech Republic W-Cup 1 0 0 0 0
1997-98 25 Czech Republic Olympics 6 1 2 3 0
2002-03 30 Czech Republic WC-A 9 6 4 10 4
2003-04 31 Czech Republic WC-A 7 2 2 4 4
2004-05 32 Czech Republic W-Cup 5 1 2 3 1 0
2004-05 32 HC Lasselsberger Plzen CzRep 45 16 18 34 76
2004-05 32 Czech Republic WC-A 9 3 1 4 8
2005-06 33 Czech Republic Olympics 8 2 6 8 4 6 2 0 0 0
2008-09 36 HC Lasselsberger Plzen CzRep 51 22 30 52 20
2009-10 37 HC Plzen 1929 CzRep 35 17 26 43 32
2010-11 38 HC Plzen 1929 CzRep 51 17 44 61 12
Career 3 Seasons Czech 98 34 55 89 26
Career 5 Seasons CzRep 201 82 129 211 158
Career 1 Season EJC-A 6 4 2 6 2
Career 1 Season IHL 4 4 3 7 0
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 14 3 8 11 4 6 2 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons W-Cup 6 1 2 3 1 0
Career 4 Seasons WC-A 28 12 7 19 20
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 13 3 11 14 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2008-09 36 HC Lasselsberger Plzen CzRep 17 8 13 21 2
2009-10 37 HC Plzen 1929 CzRep 6 2 2 4 4
2010-11 38 HC Plzen 1929 CzRep 4 3 2 5 0
Career 3 Seasons CzRep 27 13 17 30 6

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 15 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Martin Straka 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
Michael Nylander 92.4 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
Marc Savard 90.5 9.8 9.3 8.7 7.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.6 3.7 3.6 2.8 0.2 -0.1
Ray Whitney 90.4 9.0 8.7 8.3 7.0 6.7 6.2 5.1 4.7 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.2 0.2 0.1 -0.3
Stephane Richer 90.2 9.6 7.9 7.6 6.3 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.5 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.4 0.0
Keith Primeau 90.1 9.3 8.0 7.4 7.1 5.5 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.5 2.3 2.1 1.3 1.0 0.5 -0.5
Babe Siebert 90.1 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
Vinny Prospal 89.7 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
Danny Gare 89.3 10.4 8.7 8.4 7.7 6.0 5.9 4.1 3.8 2.6 2.3 1.3 -0.2 -0.2
Pat Verbeek 89.2 9.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 6.9 6.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.4
Peter McNab 89.1 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
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Martin Straka 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
Michael Nylander 92.4 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
Marc Savard 90.5 9.8 9.3 8.7 7.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.6 3.7 3.6 2.8 0.2 -0.1
Keith Primeau 90.1 9.3 8.0 7.4 7.1 5.5 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.5 2.3 2.1 1.3 1.0 0.5 -0.5
Babe Siebert 90.1 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
Vinny Prospal 89.7 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
Danny Gare 89.3 10.4 8.7 8.4 7.7 6.0 5.9 4.1 3.8 2.6 2.3 1.3 -0.2 -0.2
Peter McNab 89.1 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
Dmitri Khristich 89.0 8.8 8.6 7.0 6.4 5.8 5.7 5.1 3.4 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.8
Petr Nedved 88.9 10.7 8.4 7.3 7.1 6.3 6.3 4.9 4.0 3.8 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.0 0.1 -0.5
Garry Unger 88.8 8.7 8.0 7.6 7.4 6.8 6.0 4.9 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.3 1.8 1.3 0.4 -0.3 -0.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1999 NHL

Games Played

1993-94 NHL 84 (5)
2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2005-06 NHL 82 (3)

Assists

2000-01 NHL 68 (3)

Points

2000-01 NHL 95 (4)

Even Strength Goals

1998-99 NHL 26 (9)

Short-Handed Goals

1998-99 NHL 4 (4)

Shooting Percentage

1993-94 NHL 23.1 (2)
1998-99 NHL 19.8 (3)

Assists Per Game

2000-01 NHL 0.83 (5)

Points Per Game

2000-01 NHL 1.16 (9)

Adjusted Assists

2000-01 NHL 73 (3)

Adjusted Points

2000-01 NHL 102 (5)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1998-99 NHL 128 (9)
2000-01 NHL 140 (7)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

2000-01 NHL 63 (6)
      

Transactions

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April 7, 1995: Traded to Ottawa by Pittsburgh for Troy Murray and Norm Maciver, April 7, 1995.

January 23, 1996: Traded to NY Islanders by Ottawa with Don Beaupre and Bryan Berard for Damian Rhodes and Wade Redden, January 23, 1996.

March 15, 1996: Claimed on waivers by Florida from NY Islanders, March 15, 1996.

August 6, 1997: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, August 6, 1997.

October 28, 2001: Missed majority of 2001-02 due to leg injury vs. Florida, October 28, 2001.

November 30, 2003: Traded to Los Angeles by Pittsburgh for Martin Strbak and Sergei Anshakov, November 30, 2003.

September 17, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Plzen (CzRep), September 17, 2004.

August 2, 2005: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, August 2, 2005.

July 10, 2008: Signed as a free agent by Plzen (CzRep), July 10, 2008.

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