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Ryan Walter

Position: C/LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: April 23, 1958 in New Westminster, British Columbia

Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 10:06AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #409. Martin Gelinas… #409. Bob Bourne… #411. Dave Ellett… #411. Ed Litzenberger… #411. RYAN WALTER… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 20 WSH NHL 69 28 28 56 23 -1 70 22 6 0 1 156 17.9
1979-80 21 WSH NHL 80 24 42 66 25 -1 106 11 12 1 1 157 15.3
1980-81 22 WSH NHL 80 24 44 68 25 -9 150 20 4 0 1 178 13.5
1981-82 23 WSH NHL 78 38 49 87 34 -3 142 18 19 1 3 183 20.8
1982-83 24 MTL NHL 80 29 46 75 29 15 40 20 8 1 4 169 17.2
1983-84 25 MTL NHL 73 20 29 49 19 -11 83 12 7 1 4 117 17.1
1984-85 26 MTL NHL 72 19 19 38 16 -18 59 8 11 0 0 120 15.8
1985-86 27 MTL NHL 69 15 34 49 18 -9 45 6 9 0 1 115 13.0
1986-87 28 MTL NHL 76 23 23 46 19 -6 34 12 11 0 4 117 19.7
1987-88 29 MTL NHL 61 13 23 36 13 12 39 7 6 0 3 93 14.0
1988-89 30 MTL NHL 78 14 17 31 12 23 48 12 1 1 0 104 13.5
1989-90 31 MTL NHL 70 8 16 24 9 4 59 7 1 0 1 109 7.3
1990-91 32 MTL NHL 25 0 1 1 0 -3 12 0 0 0 0 14 0.0
1991-92 33 VAN NHL 67 6 11 17 6 6 49 4 1 1 0 73 8.2
1992-93 34 VAN NHL 25 3 0 3 2 -2 10 3 0 0 0 15 20.0
Career NHL 1003 264 382 646 250 -3 946 162 96 6 23 1720 15.3

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
1978-79 20 WSH NHL 69 0.41 0.41 0.81 0.33 1.01 2.26 23 24 47 19 87 25 83 20 -1 3.8 0.8 4.6
1979-80 21 WSH NHL 80 0.30 0.53 0.83 0.31 1.33 1.96 20 36 56 21 104 32 94 21 -1 3.8 1.1 4.9
1980-81 22 WSH NHL 80 0.30 0.55 0.85 0.32 1.88 2.23 18 34 52 19 106 26 103 14 -9 3.3 0.9 4.2
1981-82 23 WSH NHL 78 0.49 0.63 1.12 0.43 1.82 2.35 28 36 64 25 141 58 103 17 -3 5.2 1.1 6.3
1982-83 24 MTL NHL 80 0.36 0.58 0.94 0.36 0.50 2.11 23 37 60 23 122 35 102 30 15 4.4 1.1 5.5
1983-84 25 MTL NHL 73 0.27 0.40 0.67 0.27 1.14 1.60 16 23 39 15 82 28 84 19 -11 2.1 0.9 3.0
1984-85 26 MTL NHL 72 0.26 0.26 0.53 0.22 0.82 1.67 15 15 30 12 61 23 61 5 -18 1.2 0.6 1.8
1985-86 27 MTL NHL 69 0.22 0.49 0.71 0.26 0.65 1.67 12 27 39 14 87 45 52 1 -9 1.8 0.7 2.5
1986-87 28 MTL NHL 76 0.30 0.30 0.61 0.25 0.45 1.54 19 19 38 16 79 34 58 7 -6 2.2 1.0 3.2
1987-88 29 MTL NHL 61 0.21 0.38 0.59 0.22 0.64 1.52 11 19 30 11 71 21 40 2 12 1.3 1.1 2.4
1988-89 30 MTL NHL 78 0.18 0.22 0.40 0.16 0.62 1.33 12 14 26 10 57 4 45 15 23 0.3 1.7 1.9
1989-90 31 MTL NHL 70 0.11 0.23 0.34 0.13 0.84 1.56 7 13 20 7 45 7 52 18 4 -0.3 1.0 0.7
1990-91 32 MTL NHL 25 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.01 0.48 0.56 0 1 1 0 7 0 11 1 -3 -0.9 0.3 -0.6
1991-92 33 VAN NHL 67 0.09 0.16 0.25 0.09 0.73 1.09 5 10 15 5 32 5 45 24 6 -0.8 1.0 0.3
1992-93 34 VAN NHL 25 0.12 0.00 0.12 0.07 0.40 0.60 2 0 2 1 6 0 20 12 -2 -0.5 0.1 -0.4
Career NHL 1003 0.26 0.38 0.64 0.25 0.94 1.71 211 308 519 199 1087 343 953 206 -3 26.7 13.6 40.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 24 MTL NHL 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0
1983-84 25 MTL NHL 15 2 1 3 -3 4 1 1 0 1 23 8.7
1984-85 26 MTL NHL 12 2 7 9 -7 13 2 0 0 0 17 11.8
1985-86 27 MTL NHL SC 5 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1986-87 28 MTL NHL 17 7 12 19 4 10 4 2 1 1 28 25.0
1987-88 29 MTL NHL 11 2 4 6 -3 6 0 2 0 1 18 11.1
1988-89 30 MTL NHL 21 3 5 8 2 6 2 0 1 2 35 8.6
1989-90 31 MTL NHL 11 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
1990-91 32 MTL NHL 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1991-92 33 VAN NHL 13 0 3 3 -1 8 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
Career NHL 1 113 16 35 51 -8 62 9 5 2 5 147 10.9

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 15 Langley Lords BCJHL 62 40 62 102
1973-74 15 Kamloops Chiefs WCJHL 2 0 0 0 0
1974-75 16 Langley Lords BCJHL 52 32 60 92 111
1974-75 16 Kamloops Chiefs WCJHL 9 8 4 12 2
1975-76 17 Kamloops Chiefs WHL 72 35 49 84 96
1976-77 18 Kamloops Chiefs WCJHL 71 41 58 99 100
1977-78 19 Seattle Breakers WCJHL 62 54 71 125 148
1977-78 19 Canada WJC-A 6 5 3 8 4
1978-79 20 Canada WEC-A 8 4 1 5 4
1980-81 22 Canada WEC-A 8 0 1 1 2
1981-82 23 Canada WEC-A 4 1 3 4 0
1990-91 32 Montreal Canadiens Fr-Tour 2 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons BCJHL 114 72 122 194 111
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 2 0 0 0 0
Career 4 Seasons WCJHL 144 103 133 236 250
Career 3 Seasons WEC-A 20 5 5 10 6
Career 1 Season WHL 72 35 49 84 96
Career 1 Season WJC-A 6 5 3 8 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
1974-75 16 Kamloops Chiefs WCJHL 2 1 1 2 2
1975-76 17 Kamloops Chiefs WHL 12 3 9 12 10
1976-77 18 Kamloops Chiefs WCJHL 5 1 3 4 11
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 7 2 4 6 13
Career 1 Season WHL 12 3 9 12 10

Similarity Scores

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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
Ryan Walter 6.3 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.2 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.8 0.7 0.3 -0.4 -0.6
Richard Zednik 91.6 6.4 6.3 4.6 4.4 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.6 1.5 1.4 0.1 0.0
Mike Murphy 91.0 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Mario Tremblay 90.2 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.7 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.3 1.1 0.8
Mike Sillinger 90.1 6.2 5.8 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.7 1.9 1.7 1.2 1.1 0.4 -0.1 -0.5
Brent Ashton 89.9 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Don Lever 89.5 5.8 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.2 3.4 2.8 2.6 2.6 1.3 1.2 0.2 0.2 -0.3
Darcy Tucker 89.4 7.4 5.9 4.4 4.4 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.5 1.9 0.7 0.5 0.2 -0.1
Don Marshall 89.2 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 3.1 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.0 -0.6
Tom Fergus 89.2 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.5 0.6 0.4
Peter Zezel 88.9 6.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Ryan Walter 6.3 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.2 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.8 0.7 0.3 -0.4 -0.6
Richard Zednik 91.6 6.4 6.3 4.6 4.4 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.6 1.5 1.4 0.1 0.0
Mike Murphy 91.0 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Mario Tremblay 90.2 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.7 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.3 1.1 0.8
Brent Ashton 89.9 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Don Lever 89.5 5.8 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.2 3.4 2.8 2.6 2.6 1.3 1.2 0.2 0.2 -0.3
Darcy Tucker 89.4 7.4 5.9 4.4 4.4 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.5 1.9 0.7 0.5 0.2 -0.1
Tom Fergus 89.2 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.5 0.6 0.4
Peter Zezel 88.9 6.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7
Tony McKegney 88.7 6.9 5.8 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.8
Walt McKechnie 88.7 6.7 5.3 4.5 4.5 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.2 1.7 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1983 NHL

Championships

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1986 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)

Games Played

1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
1980-81 NHL 80 (2)
1982-83 NHL 80 (1)

Power Play Goals

1981-82 NHL 19 (5)

Transactions

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September 9, 1982: Traded to Montreal by Washington with Rick Green for Rod Langway, Brian Engblom, Doug Jarvis and Craig Laughlin, September 9, 1982.

October 13, 1990: Missed majority of 1990-91 due to wrist injury vs. Hartford, October 13, 1990.

July 26, 1991: Signed as a free agent by Vancouver, July 26, 1991.

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