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Rich Sutter

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 188 lbs.
Born: December 2, 1963 in Viking, Alberta

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 19 PIT NHL 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1983-84 20 TOT NHL 75 16 12 28 12 8 93 14 2 0 1 135 11.9
1983-84 20 PIT NHL 5 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1983-84 20 PHI NHL 70 16 12 28 12 10 93 14 2 0 1 133 12.0
1984-85 21 PHI NHL 56 6 10 16 6 0 89 6 0 0 0 62 9.7
1985-86 22 PHI NHL 78 14 25 39 14 28 199 14 0 0 2 124 11.3
1986-87 23 VAN NHL 74 20 22 42 17 -17 113 17 3 0 2 166 12.0
1987-88 24 VAN NHL 80 15 15 30 12 -4 165 12 2 1 2 132 11.4
1988-89 25 VAN NHL 75 17 15 32 13 3 122 13 1 3 4 125 13.6
1989-90 26 TOT NHL 74 11 9 20 9 -3 155 10 0 1 1 122 9.0
1989-90 26 VAN NHL 62 9 9 18 7 -1 133 8 0 1 1 100 9.0
1989-90 26 STL NHL 12 2 0 2 1 -2 22 2 0 0 0 22 9.1
1990-91 27 STL NHL 77 16 11 27 12 6 122 14 0 2 2 130 12.3
1991-92 28 STL NHL 77 9 16 25 9 7 107 8 0 1 3 113 8.0
1992-93 29 STL NHL 84 13 14 27 11 -4 100 11 0 2 1 148 8.8
1993-94 30 CHI NHL 83 12 14 26 10 -8 108 12 0 0 2 122 9.8
1994-95 31 TOT NHL 37 0 3 3 1 -6 38 0 0 0 0 39 0.0
1994-95 31 CHI NHL 15 0 0 0 0 1 28 0 0 0 0 17 0.0
1994-95 31 TBL NHL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1994-95 31 TOR NHL 18 0 3 3 1 -7 10 0 0 0 0 19 0.0
Career NHL 874 149 166 315 127 8 1411 131 8 10 20 1421 10.5

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
1982-83 19 PIT NHL 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.75 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 -2 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
1983-84 20 TOT NHL 75 0.21 0.16 0.37 0.16 1.24 1.80 13 9 22 10 46 3 35 0 8 0.2 0.8 1.0
1983-84 20 PIT NHL 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.40 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1983-84 20 PHI NHL 70 0.23 0.17 0.40 0.17 1.33 1.90 13 9 22 10 46 3 33 0 10 0.3 0.8 1.2
1984-85 21 PHI NHL 56 0.11 0.18 0.29 0.11 1.59 1.11 5 8 13 5 25 0 28 3 0 -0.6 0.5 -0.1
1985-86 22 PHI NHL 78 0.18 0.32 0.50 0.18 2.55 1.59 11 20 31 11 58 1 35 6 28 0.6 1.7 2.3
1986-87 23 VAN NHL 74 0.27 0.30 0.57 0.23 1.53 2.24 17 19 36 14 62 13 74 8 -17 1.8 0.6 2.5
1987-88 24 VAN NHL 80 0.19 0.19 0.38 0.16 2.06 1.65 12 12 24 10 50 6 69 21 -4 0.3 1.1 1.4
1988-89 25 VAN NHL 75 0.23 0.20 0.43 0.18 1.63 1.67 14 12 26 11 49 5 69 28 3 0.7 1.4 2.0
1989-90 26 TOT NHL 74 0.15 0.12 0.27 0.12 2.09 1.65 10 7 17 7 37 0 64 24 -3 -0.5 1.0 0.5
1989-90 26 VAN NHL 62 0.15 0.15 0.29 0.12 2.15 1.61 8 7 15 6 32 0 55 22 -1 -0.4 0.9 0.6
1989-90 26 STL NHL 12 0.17 0.00 0.17 0.09 1.83 1.83 2 0 2 1 5 0 9 2 -2 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1990-91 27 STL NHL 77 0.21 0.14 0.35 0.15 1.58 1.69 14 10 24 10 43 0 58 21 6 0.4 1.0 1.4
1991-92 28 STL NHL 77 0.12 0.21 0.32 0.12 1.39 1.47 8 14 22 8 40 0 48 15 7 -0.3 1.2 0.9
1992-93 29 STL NHL 84 0.15 0.17 0.32 0.13 1.19 1.76 11 11 22 9 42 1 77 32 -4 -0.2 1.2 1.0
1993-94 30 CHI NHL 83 0.14 0.17 0.31 0.12 1.30 1.47 11 13 24 10 36 2 47 5 -8 0.0 0.9 0.9
1994-95 31 TOT NHL 37 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.02 1.03 1.05 0 5 5 1 7 0 15 2 -6 -1.1 0.3 -0.8
1994-95 31 CHI NHL 15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.87 1.13 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 1 -0.6 0.2 -0.3
1994-95 31 TBL NHL 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1994-95 31 TOR NHL 18 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.05 0.56 1.06 0 5 5 1 3 0 11 1 -7 -0.4 0.0 -0.4
Career NHL 874 0.17 0.19 0.36 0.15 1.61 1.63 126 140 266 107 496 31 622 165 8 0.9 11.9 12.9

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 20 PHI NHL 3 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1984-85 21 PHI NHL 11 3 0 3 -2 10 3 0 0 0 12 25.0
1985-86 22 PHI NHL 5 2 0 2 2 19 2 0 0 0 9 22.2
1988-89 25 VAN NHL 7 2 1 3 1 12 2 0 0 0 13 15.4
1989-90 26 STL NHL 12 2 1 3 -3 39 1 0 1 1 18 11.1
1990-91 27 STL NHL 13 4 2 6 2 16 4 0 0 1 21 19.0
1991-92 28 STL NHL 6 0 0 0 -3 8 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1992-93 29 STL NHL 11 0 1 1 -6 10 0 0 0 0 14 0.0
1993-94 30 CHI NHL 6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 15 0.0
1994-95 31 TOR NHL 4 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 78 13 5 18 -13 133 12 0 1 2 112 11.6

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 16 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 60 13 19 32 157
1980-81 17 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 72 23 18 41 255
1981-82 18 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 57 38 31 69 263
1982-83 19 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 64 37 30 67 200
1983-84 20 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 2 0 1 1 0
1984-85 21 Hershey Bears AHL 13 3 7 10 14
1994-95 31 Atlanta Knights IHL 4 0 5 5 0
Career 2 Seasons AHL 15 3 8 11 14
Career 1 Season AJHL 60 13 19 32 157
Career 1 Season IHL 4 0 5 5 0
Career 3 Seasons WHL 193 98 79 177 718

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 17 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 9 3 1 4 35
1981-82 18 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 12 3 3 6 55
1982-83 19 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 17 14 9 23 43
1982-83 19 Lethbridge Broncos M-Cup 3 4 2 6 2
Career 1 Season M-Cup 3 4 2 6 2
Career 3 Seasons WHL 38 20 13 33 133

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
Rich Sutter 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.5 -0.1 -0.1 -0.8
Rick Meagher 84.9 2.9 2.1 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7 -0.1 -0.1
Boyd Devereaux 81.8 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 -0.5
Jay Pandolfo 81.1 2.9 2.5 2.5 1.7 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 -0.1 -0.2 -0.6
Chad Kilger 77.7 2.8 2.4 2.4 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.0 -0.1
Gino Cavallini 77.4 2.9 2.8 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7
Joe Sacco 76.9 2.6 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.7 -1.4
Tom Fitzgerald 76.5 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0
Arron Asham 75.2 3.6 2.4 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.5 0.3 -0.2 -0.2
Garnet Bailey 73.2 3.2 2.9 2.1 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.5 -0.9
Doug Jarvis 73.1 3.0 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Rich Sutter 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.5 -0.1 -0.1 -0.8
Rick Meagher 84.9 2.9 2.1 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7 -0.1 -0.1
Boyd Devereaux 81.8 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 -0.5
Jay Pandolfo 78.0 2.9 2.5 2.5 1.7 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 -0.1 -0.2 -0.6
Chad Kilger 77.7 2.8 2.4 2.4 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.0 -0.1
Gino Cavallini 77.4 2.9 2.8 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7
Joe Sacco 76.9 2.6 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.7 -1.4
Arron Asham 75.2 3.6 2.4 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.5 0.3 -0.2 -0.2
Leon Rochefort 74.5 3.9 2.6 2.4 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Garnet Bailey 73.2 3.2 2.9 2.1 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.5 -0.9
Doug Jarvis 73.1 3.0 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 84 (2)

Transactions

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October 23, 1983: Traded to Philadelphia by Pittsburgh with Pittsburgh's 2nd (Greg Smyth) and 3rd (David McLay) round choices in 1984 Entry Draft for Andy Brickley, Mark Taylor, Ron Flockhart and Philadelphia's 1st (Roger Belanger) and 3rd (later traded to Vancouver - Vancouver selected Mike Stevens) in 1984 Entry Draft, October 23, 1983.

June 6, 1986: Traded to Vancouver by Philadelphia with Dave Richter and Vancouver's 3rd round choice (previously acquired, Vancouver selected Don Gibson) in 1986 Entry Draft for J.J. Daigneault, Vancouver's 2nd round choice (Kent Hawley) in 1986 Entry Draft and Vancouver's 5th round choice (later traded back to Vancouver - Vancouver selected Sean Fabian) in 1987 Entry Draft, June 6, 1986.

March 6, 1990: Traded to St. Louis by Vancouver with Harold Snepsts and St. Louis' 2nd round choice (previously acquired, St. Louis selected Craig Johnson) in 1990 Entry Draft for Adrien Plavsic, Montreal's 1st round choice (previously acquired, Vancouver selected Shawn Antoski) in 1990 Entry Draft and St. Louis' 2nd round choice (later traded to Montreal - Montreal selected Craig Darby) in 1991 Entry Draft, March 6, 1990.

October 3, 1993: Claimed by Chicago from St. Louis in Waiver Draft, October 3, 1993.

February 22, 1995: Traded to Tampa Bay by Chicago with Paul Ysebaert for Jim Cummins, Tom Tilley and Jeff Buchanan, February 22, 1995.

March 13, 1995: Traded to Toronto by Tampa Bay for cash, March 13, 1995.

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