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Dennis Vial

Position: D/LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: April 10, 1969 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 6th round (110th overall) of the 1988 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
1990-91 21 TOT NHL 30 0 0 0 0 -7 77 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1990-91 21 NYR NHL 21 0 0 0 0 -4 61 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1990-91 21 DET NHL 9 0 0 0 0 -3 16 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1991-92 22 DET NHL 27 1 0 1 1 1 72 1 0 0 0 6 16.7
1992-93 23 DET NHL 9 0 1 1 0 1 20 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1993-94 24 OTT NHL 55 2 5 7 2 -9 214 2 0 0 0 37 5.4
1994-95 25 OTT NHL 27 0 4 4 1 0 65 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1995-96 26 OTT NHL 64 1 4 5 2 -13 276 1 0 0 0 33 3.0
1996-97 27 OTT NHL 11 0 1 1 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1997-98 28 OTT NHL 19 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
Career NHL 242 4 15 19 6 -27 794 4 0 0 0 111 3.6

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
1990-91 21 TOT NHL 30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.57 0.27 0 0 0 0 6 0 13 0 -7 -0.6 1.0 0.3
1990-91 21 NYR NHL 21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.90 0.24 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 0 -4 -0.4 0.8 0.3
1990-91 21 DET NHL 9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.78 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -3 -0.2 0.2 0.0
1991-92 22 DET NHL 27 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.02 2.67 0.22 1 0 1 1 7 0 6 0 1 -0.4 1.2 0.8
1992-93 23 DET NHL 9 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.03 2.22 0.56 0 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 1 -0.1 0.5 0.4
1993-94 24 OTT NHL 55 0.04 0.09 0.13 0.04 3.89 0.67 2 5 7 2 25 1 46 13 -9 -0.4 1.9 1.5
1994-95 25 OTT NHL 27 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.04 2.41 0.33 0 7 7 2 12 0 15 3 0 -0.2 1.4 1.2
1995-96 26 OTT NHL 64 0.02 0.06 0.08 0.03 4.31 0.52 1 4 5 2 10 0 26 3 -13 -0.7 2.6 1.9
1996-97 27 OTT NHL 11 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.03 2.27 0.36 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -0.3 0.2 -0.2
1997-98 28 OTT NHL 19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.37 0.47 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -0.7 0.3 -0.4
Career NHL 242 0.02 0.06 0.08 0.03 3.28 0.46 4 18 22 7 67 2 111 19 -27 -3.5 9.0 5.5

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 15 Sault Ste. Marie Legion Minor-ON 31 4 19 23 40
1985-86 16 Hamilton Kilty B's ON-Jr.B 27 11 7 18 215
1985-86 16 Hamilton Steelhawks OHL 31 1 1 2 66
1986-87 17 Hamilton Steelhawks OHL 53 1 8 9 194
1987-88 18 Hamilton Steelhawks OHL 52 3 17 20 229
1988-89 19 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 50 10 27 37 227
1989-90 20 Flint Spirits IHL 79 6 29 35 351
1990-91 21 Binghamton Rangers AHL 40 2 7 9 250
1991-92 22 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 20 2 4 6 107
1992-93 23 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 30 2 11 13 177
1997-98 28 Chicago Wolves IHL 24 1 3 4 3 86 1 0 0 0 33 3.0
1998-99 29 Chicago Wolves IHL 55 1 4 5 -7 213 1 0 0 0 63 1.6
1999-00 30 Sheffield Steelers Britain 24 2 3 5 78
2000-01 31 Sheffield Steelers BH-Cup 11 1 2 3 32
2000-01 31 Sheffield Steelers Britain 44 3 8 11 175
2001-02 32 Columbia Inferno ECHL 68 8 11 19 8 137 8 0 0 1
2002-03 33 Columbia Inferno ECHL 69 3 15 18 37 158 3 0 0 1 98 3.1
2003-04 34 Columbia Inferno ECHL 54 5 15 20 15 101 5 0 0 1
2004-05 35 2 Teams UHL 75 1 11 12 -22 85 1 0 0 0
2004-05 35 Missouri River Otters UHL 46 0 4 4 -14 66 0 0 0 0
2004-05 35 Richmond RiverDogs UHL 29 1 7 8 -8 19 1 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons AHL 90 6 22 28 534
Career 1 Season BH-Cup 11 1 2 3 32
Career 2 Seasons Britain 68 5 11 16 253
Career 3 Seasons ECHL 191 16 41 57 60 396 16 0 0 3 98 3.1
Career 3 Seasons IHL 158 8 36 44 -4 650 2 0 0 0 96 2.1
Career 1 Season Minor-ON 31 4 19 23 40
Career 4 Seasons OHL 186 15 53 68 716
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.B 27 11 7 18 215
Career 1 Season UHL 75 1 11 12 -22 85 1 0 0 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 17 Hamilton Steelhawks OHL 8 0 0 0 8
1987-88 18 Hamilton Steelhawks OHL 13 2 2 4 49
1988-89 19 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 15 1 7 8 44
1989-90 20 Flint Spirits IHL 4 0 0 0 10
1991-92 22 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 17 1 3 4 43
1992-93 23 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 11 1 1 2 14
1997-98 28 Chicago Wolves IHL 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1999-00 30 Sheffield Steelers Britain 7 0 1 1 10
2000-01 31 Sheffield Steelers Britain 4 0 1 1 20
2001-02 32 Columbia Inferno ECHL 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
2002-03 33 Columbia Inferno ECHL 17 0 1 1 27 0 0 0 0 20 0.0
2003-04 34 Columbia Inferno ECHL 4 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons AHL 28 2 4 6 57
Career 2 Seasons Britain 11 0 2 2 30
Career 3 Seasons ECHL 26 0 1 1 51 0 0 0 0 20 0.0
Career 2 Seasons IHL 5 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons OHL 36 3 9 12 101

Similarity Scores

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Thru 8 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Dennis Vial 1.9 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.3 -0.2 -0.4
Alexei Semenov 85.1 2.0 1.9 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.5
Greg Smyth 77.8 2.1 1.8 1.3 1.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Kevan Guy 76.5 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.4 0.2
Marc Chorney 76.0 2.1 1.7 1.2 0.9
Jean-Guy Lagace 75.9 2.5 1.9 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.1
Jamie Allison 75.6 2.4 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.0 -0.4
Alain Cote 75.4 1.9 1.8 1.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Garnet Exelby 75.3 2.5 2.2 1.7 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.3
Barry Melrose 73.8 2.2 1.5 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.1
Andrew Hutchinson 73.4 2.2 1.7 1.5 0.5 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Dennis Vial 1.9 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.3 -0.2 -0.4
Alexei Semenov 85.1 2.0 1.9 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.5
Kevan Guy 76.5 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.4 0.2
Marc Chorney 76.0 2.1 1.7 1.2 0.9
Jean-Guy Lagace 75.9 2.5 1.9 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.1
Garnet Exelby 75.3 2.5 2.2 1.7 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.3
Alain Cote 74.6 1.9 1.8 1.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Barry Melrose 73.8 2.2 1.5 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.1
Andrew Hutchinson 73.4 2.2 1.7 1.5 0.5 -0.1
Joel Kwiatkowski 71.7 2.5 1.8 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.3
Peter Harrold 70.3 2.2 1.4 1.1 0.6 0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Penalties in Minutes

1995-96 NHL 276 (7)

Transactions

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March 5, 1991: Traded to Detroit by NY Rangers with Kevin Miller and Jim Cummins for Joe Kocur and Per Djoos, March 5, 1991.

June 15, 1992: Traded to Quebec by Detroit with Doug Crossman for cash, June 15, 1992.

September 9, 1992: Traded to Detroit by Quebec for cash, September 9, 1992.

June 8, 1993: Traded to Tampa Bay by Detroit for Steve Maltais, June 8, 1993.

June 24, 1993: Claimed by Anaheim from Tampa Bay in Expansion Draft, June 24, 1993.

June 25, 1993: Claimed by Ottawa from Anaheim in Phase II of Expansion Draft, June 25, 1993.

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