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Rick Vaive

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-1    Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: May 14, 1959 in Ottawa, Ontario

Drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL/WHA Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1978-79 19 Birmingham Bulls WHA 75 26 33 59 14 248 23 3 0 173 15.0
1979-80 20 2 Teams NHL 69 22 15 37 -16 188 19 3 0 5 144 15.3
1979-80 20 Vancouver Canucks NHL 47 13 8 21 -12 111 12 1 0 4 89 14.6
1979-80 20 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 22 9 7 16 -4 77 7 2 0 1 55 16.4
1980-81 21 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 75 33 29 62 -16 229 23 8 2 1 195 16.9
1981-82 22 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 77 54 35 89 12 157 37 12 5 6 267 20.2
1982-83 23 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 78 51 28 79 -13 105 30 18 3 8 296 17.2
1983-84 24 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 76 52 41 93 -12 114 35 17 0 6 261 19.9
1984-85 25 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 72 35 33 68 -26 112 22 13 0 2 258 13.6
1985-86 26 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 61 33 31 64 -19 85 21 12 0 1 225 14.7
1986-87 27 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 73 32 34 66 12 61 23 8 1 6 214 15.0
1987-88 28 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 43 26 69 -20 108 24 19 0 6 229 18.8
1988-89 29 2 Teams NHL 58 31 26 57 2 124 15 16 0 4 138 22.5
1988-89 29 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 30 12 13 25 -5 60 3 9 0 1 57 21.1
1988-89 29 Buffalo Sabres NHL 28 19 13 32 7 64 12 7 0 3 81 23.5
1989-90 30 Buffalo Sabres NHL 70 29 19 48 9 74 21 8 0 4 195 14.9
1990-91 31 Buffalo Sabres NHL 71 25 27 52 11 74 16 9 0 3 155 16.1
1991-92 32 Buffalo Sabres NHL 20 1 3 4 -2 14 1 0 0 0 25 4.0
Career 13 Seasons NHL 876 441 347 788 -78 1445 287 143 11 52 2602 16.9
Career 1 Season WHA 75 26 33 59 14 248 23 3 0 173 15.0

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM SOG G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/-
1978-79 19 Birmingham Bulls WHA 75 0.35 0.44 0.79 0.32 0.19 3.31 2.31 14
1979-80 20 2 Teams NHL 69 0.32 0.22 0.54 0.24 -0.23 2.72 2.09 18 13 31 13 53 7 63 1 -16
1979-80 20 Vancouver Canucks NHL 47 0.28 0.17 0.45 0.20 -0.26 2.36 1.89 11 7 18 8 29 2 39 0 -12
1979-80 20 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 22 0.41 0.32 0.73 0.31 -0.18 3.50 2.50 7 6 13 5 24 5 24 1 -4
1980-81 21 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 75 0.44 0.39 0.83 0.35 -0.21 3.05 2.60 25 22 47 20 93 23 99 13 -16
1981-82 22 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 77 0.70 0.45 1.16 0.52 0.16 2.04 3.47 39 26 65 28 119 29 106 28 12
1982-83 23 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 78 0.65 0.36 1.01 0.47 -0.17 1.35 3.79 41 23 64 29 121 47 109 22 -13
1983-84 24 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 76 0.68 0.54 1.22 0.53 -0.16 1.50 3.43 41 33 74 31 135 55 96 4 -12
1984-85 25 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 72 0.49 0.46 0.94 0.40 -0.36 1.56 3.58 28 26 54 22 109 42 95 2 -26
1985-86 26 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 61 0.54 0.51 1.05 0.44 -0.31 1.39 3.69 26 24 50 21 86 28 88 11 -19
1986-87 27 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 73 0.44 0.47 0.90 0.39 0.16 0.84 2.93 27 29 56 23 109 31 70 4 12
1987-88 28 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 0.57 0.34 0.91 0.40 -0.26 1.42 3.01 36 22 58 26 119 62 77 0 -20
1988-89 29 2 Teams NHL 58 0.53 0.45 0.98 0.42 0.03 2.14 2.38 26 22 48 20 91 50 41 2 2
1988-89 29 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 30 0.40 0.43 0.83 0.34 -0.17 2.00 1.90 10 11 21 8 45 29 22 1 -5
1988-89 29 Buffalo Sabres NHL 28 0.68 0.46 1.14 0.49 0.25 2.29 2.89 16 11 27 12 46 21 19 1 7
1989-90 30 Buffalo Sabres NHL 70 0.41 0.27 0.69 0.30 0.13 1.06 2.79 24 16 40 17 102 50 43 0 9
1990-91 31 Buffalo Sabres NHL 71 0.35 0.38 0.73 0.30 0.15 1.04 2.18 22 24 46 19 75 29 35 0 11
1991-92 32 Buffalo Sabres NHL 20 0.05 0.15 0.20 0.07 -0.10 0.70 1.25 1 3 4 1 10 3 9 0 -2
Career 13 Seasons NHL 876 0.50 0.40 0.90 0.39 -0.09 1.65 2.97 354 283 637 270 1222 456 931 87 -78
Career 1 Season WHA 75 0.35 0.44 0.79 0.32 0.19 3.31 2.31 14

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1979-80 20 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 1 0 1 11 1 0 0 0
1980-81 21 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0
1982-83 23 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 4 2 5 7 6 2 0 0 0
1985-86 26 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 9 6 2 8 -2 9 3 3 0 0 31 19.4
1986-87 27 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 13 4 2 6 -1 23 3 1 0 0 42 9.5
1987-88 28 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 5 6 2 8 1 38 1 5 0 0 17 35.3
1988-89 29 Buffalo Sabres NHL 5 2 1 3 -5 8 0 2 0 0 15 13.3
1989-90 30 Buffalo Sabres NHL 6 4 2 6 0 6 0 4 0 1 21 19.0
1990-91 31 Buffalo Sabres NHL 6 1 2 3 0 6 0 1 0 0 3 33.3
Career 9 Seasons NHL 54 27 16 43 -7 111 11 16 0 1 129 17.8

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1976-77 17 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 67 51 59 110 91
1977-78 18 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 68 76 79 155 199
1977-78 18 Canada WJC-A 6 3 0 3 4
1981-82 22 Canada WEC-A 9 3 1 4 12
1984-85 25 Canada WEC-A 10 6 2 8 16
1991-92 32 Rochester Americans AHL 12 4 9 13 4
1992-93 33 Hamilton Canucks AHL 38 16 15 31 34
2001-02 42 Dundas Real McCoys OHA-Sr. 5 2 2 4 24
2002-03 43 Dundas Real McCoys OHA-Sr. 9 6 5 11 34
Career 2 Seasons AHL 50 20 24 44 38
Career 2 Seasons OHA-Sr. 14 8 7 15 58
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 135 127 138 265 290
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 19 9 3 12 28
Career 1 Season WJC-A 6 3 0 3 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1976-77 17 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 18 10 13 23 78
1977-78 18 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 9 8 4 12 38
1991-92 32 Rochester Americans AHL 16 4 4 8 10
2002-03 43 Dundas Real McCoys OHA-Sr. 4 2 3 5 0 6 0
Career 1 Season AHL 16 4 4 8 10
Career 1 Season OHA-Sr. 4 2 3 5 0 6 0
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 27 18 17 35 116

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games

1982 NHL
1983 NHL
1984 NHL

Goals

1981-82 NHL 54 (5)
1982-83 NHL 51 (7)
1983-84 NHL 52 (5)
Career NHL 441 (58)

Adjusted Goals

1981-82 NHL 39 (5)
1982-83 NHL 41 (7)
1983-84 NHL 41 (5)

Goals Per Game

1981-82 NHL 0.70 (5)
1982-83 NHL 0.65 (8)
1983-84 NHL 0.68 (5)
Career NHL 0.50 (21)

Goals Created

Career NHL 342.8 (98)

Goals Created Per Game

1983-84 NHL 0.53 (9)
Career NHL 0.39 (56)

Penalties in Minutes

1978-79 WHA 248 (1)
 1980-81 NHL 229 (9)

Even Strength Goals

1981-82 NHL 37 (6)
1983-84 NHL 35 (8)
Career NHL 287 (59)

Power Play Goals

1982-83 NHL 18 (4)
1983-84 NHL 17 (6)
Career NHL 143 (48)

Short-Handed Goals

1981-82 NHL 5 (3)

Game-Winning Goals

1981-82 NHL 6 (7)
1982-83 NHL 8 (6)
Career NHL 52 (87)

Shots on Goal

1982-83 NHL 296 (4)

Shooting Percentage

1988-89 NHL 22.5 (9)
Career NHL 16.9 (59)
      

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

May, 1978: Signed as an underage free agent by Birmingham (WHA), May, 1978.

February 18, 1980: Traded to Toronto by Vancouver with Bill Derlago for Tiger Williams and Jerry Butler, February 18, 1980.

September 3, 1987: Traded to Chicago by Toronto with Steve Thomas and Bob McGill for Al Secord and Ed Olczyk, September 3, 1987.

December 26, 1988: Traded to Buffalo by Chicago for Adam Creighton, December 26, 1988.

September 2, 1992: Signed as a free agent by Vancouver, September 2, 1992.

July 20, 2000: Named Head Coach of Mississauga (OHL), July 20, 2000.

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