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Rick Wamsley

Position: G
Catches: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: May 25, 1959 in Simcoe, Ontario

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 3rd round (58th overall) of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 10:24AM
All-Time NHL Goalie Rank: #86. Tommy Salo… #87. Michel Larocque… #88. RICK WAMSLEY… #89. Gilles Villemure… #90. Byron Dafoe… 

NHL Standard

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Goalie Stats Scoring Stats
Season Age Tm Lg GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN GPS G A PTS
1980-81 21 MTL NHL 5 3 0 1 8 1.90 1 0 253 1.3 0 0 0
1981-82 22 MTL NHL 38 23 7 7 101 2.75 2 4 2206 9.2 0 2 2
1982-83 23 MTL NHL 46 27 12 5 151 3.51 0 4 2583 8.0 0 1 1
1983-84 24 MTL NHL 42 19 17 3 144 977 833 .853 3.70 2 6 2333 3.7 0 3 3
1984-85 25 STL NHL 40 23 12 5 126 1094 968 .885 3.26 0 0 2319 6.7 0 1 1
1985-86 26 STL NHL 42 22 16 3 144 1354 1210 .894 3.43 1 2 2517 9.0 0 0 0
1986-87 27 STL NHL 41 17 15 6 142 1212 1070 .883 3.54 0 10 2410 6.9 0 0 0
1987-88 28 TOT NHL 33 14 16 1 108 958 850 .887 3.43 2 14 1891 5.7 0 0 0
1987-88 28 STL NHL 31 13 16 1 103 922 819 .888 3.40 2 14 1818 5.6 0 0 0
1987-88 28 CGY NHL 2 1 0 0 5 36 31 .861 4.11 0 0 73 0.1 0 0 0
1988-89 29 CGY NHL 35 17 11 4 95 796 701 .881 2.96 2 8 1927 4.4 0 1 1
1989-90 30 CGY NHL 36 18 8 6 107 855 748 .875 3.26 2 4 1969 4.2 0 0 0
1990-91 31 CGY NHL 29 14 7 5 85 762 677 .888 3.05 0 0 1670 4.3 0 1 1
1991-92 32 TOT NHL 17 7 7 0 61 444 383 .863 4.14 0 0 885 1.4 0 0 0
1991-92 32 CGY NHL 9 3 4 0 34 226 192 .850 4.46 0 0 457 0.5 0 0 0
1991-92 32 TOR NHL 8 4 3 0 27 218 191 .876 3.79 0 0 428 1.0 0 0 0
1992-93 33 TOR NHL 3 0 3 0 15 91 76 .835 5.63 0 0 160 0.1 0 0 0
Career NHL 407 204 131 46 1287 8543 7516 .880 3.34 12 52 23123 64.9 0 9 9

NHL Playoffs

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Goalie Stats Scoring Stats
Season Age Tm Lg GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN G A PTS
1981-82 22 MTL NHL 5 2 3 11 2.20 0 2 300 0 0 0
1982-83 23 MTL NHL 3 0 3 7 2.76 0 0 152 0 0 0
1983-84 24 MTL NHL 1 0 0 0 12 12 1.000 0.00 0 0 32 0 0 0
1984-85 25 STL NHL 2 0 2 7 56 49 .875 3.50 0 0 120 0 0 0
1985-86 26 STL NHL 10 4 6 37 307 270 .879 3.90 0 0 569 0 0 0
1986-87 27 STL NHL 2 1 1 5 54 49 .907 2.50 0 0 120 0 0 0
1987-88 28 CGY NHL 1 0 1 2 8 6 .750 3.64 0 0 33 0 0 0
1988-89 29 CGY NHL SC 1 0 1 2 10 8 .800 6.00 0 0 20 0 0 0
1989-90 30 CGY NHL 1 0 1 9 23 14 .609 11.02 0 0 49 0 0 0
1990-91 31 CGY NHL 1 0 0 1 2 1 .500 30.00 0 0 2 0 0 0
Career NHL 1 27 7 18 81 472 409 .867 3.48 0 2 1397 0 0 0

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Goalie Stats Scoring Stats
Season Age Team Lg GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN G A PTS
1976-77 17 St. Catharines Fincups OMJHL 12 36 3.34 0 647
1977-78 18 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 25 74 2.97 2 1495
1978-79 19 Brantford Alexanders OMJHL 24 128 5.32 0 1444
1979-80 20 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 40 19 16 2 125 3.25 2 2305
1980-81 21 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 43 17 19 3 155 3.92 0 2372
1982-83 23 Canada WEC-A 10 6 4 0 30 3.00 1 600
1984-85 25 Canada WEC-A 2 1 1 0 11 5.50 0 120
1989-90 30 Calgary Flames Fr-Tour 3 1 1 0 5 3.26 0 92
1992-93 33 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 2 0 1 0 8 4.29 0 112
Career 3 Seasons AHL 85 36 36 5 288 3.61 2 4789
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 3 1 1 0 5 3.26 0 92
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 61 238 3.98 2 3586
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 12 7 5 0 41 3.42 1 720

Other Playoffs

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Goalie Stats Scoring Stats
Season Age Team Lg GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN G A PTS
1976-77 17 St. Catharines Fincups OMJHL 3 0 1 0 10 4.55 0 132
1977-78 18 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 3 2 1 0 9 1.62 0 333
1979-80 20 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 3 1 1 0 12 5.03 0 143
1980-81 21 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 4 2 1 0 6 1.81 1 199
Career 2 Seasons AHL 7 3 2 0 18 3.16 1 342
Career 2 Seasons OMJHL 6 2 2 0 19 2.45 0 465

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 13 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Rick Wamsley 9.2 9.0 8.0 6.9 6.7 5.7 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.7 1.4 1.3 0.1
Glenn Healy 90.8 9.5 7.7 7.4 7.3 6.8 5.0 4.3 3.6 2.3 2.2 1.5 1.1 0.1
Phil Myre 90.1 8.3 8.3 7.4 6.0 5.9 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 1.9 1.3 0.9
Gilles Gilbert 88.6 10.6 9.8 9.3 7.1 6.8 6.4 5.0 4.0 3.5 3.3 1.5 0.6 -0.1
Glen Hanlon 88.6 9.9 9.0 8.1 8.1 6.3 5.9 5.8 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.0 1.5 0.7
Manny Legace 87.6 10.5 9.3 7.5 7.3 7.2 5.4 4.1 3.3 2.7 2.2 0.7
Ron Tugnutt 86.8 11.6 10.1 7.8 7.2 5.8 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.9 3.7 2.9 0.9 0.6
Ken Wregget 86.8 9.7 8.1 8.0 7.2 7.1 6.7 4.8 4.6 3.8 3.4 2.6 2.3 0.8
Cesare Maniago 86.4 8.8 8.4 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.5 5.5 5.4 3.4 3.2 2.1 1.5 0.3
Bob Sauve 86.3 9.8 9.8 8.9 7.9 7.4 7.3 5.2 3.8 3.8 2.3 1.8 0.6 0.4
Denis Herron 86.2 9.1 8.1 7.6 7.4 7.4 6.6 6.6 6.2 3.5 2.7 2.4 1.5 0.3
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Rick Wamsley 9.2 9.0 8.0 6.9 6.7 5.7 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.7 1.4 1.3 0.1
Phil Myre 89.7 8.3 8.3 7.4 6.0 5.9 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 1.9 1.3 0.9 0.7
Glenn Healy 88.7 9.5 7.7 7.4 7.3 6.8 5.0 4.3 3.6 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.1
Gilles Gilbert 88.3 10.6 9.8 9.3 7.1 6.8 6.4 5.0 4.0 3.5 3.3 2.1 1.5 0.6 -0.1
Manny Legace 87.6 10.5 9.3 7.5 7.3 7.2 5.4 4.1 3.3 2.7 2.2 0.7
Glen Hanlon 86.7 9.9 9.0 8.1 8.1 6.3 5.9 5.8 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.0 2.7 1.5 0.7
Bob Sauve 86.3 9.8 9.8 8.9 7.9 7.4 7.3 5.2 3.8 3.8 2.3 1.8 0.6 0.4
Patrick Lalime 86.2 12.0 10.0 8.5 7.3 7.2 5.2 4.0 3.4 3.3 2.4 1.6 0.5
Denis Herron 86.0 9.1 8.1 7.6 7.4 7.4 6.6 6.6 6.2 3.5 2.7 2.4 1.5 0.3 0.3
Jim Rutherford 85.7 8.5 7.7 6.7 6.4 6.2 5.6 5.2 4.9 2.8 2.5 2.3 -0.1 -0.2
Chris Terreri 85.2 8.2 8.1 7.4 7.1 6.1 5.8 3.8 3.0 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.9

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

Awards

1981-82 NHL William M. Jennings Trophy

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1989 Calgary Flames (NHL)

Games Played

Career NHL 407 (88)

Wins

1981-82 NHL 23 (8)
1982-83 NHL 27 (3)
1984-85 NHL 23 (9)
Career NHL 204 (67)

Ties plus OT/SO Losses

1986-87 NHL 6 (6)
1989-90 NHL 6 (8)

Goals Against

Career NHL 1287 (71)

Shots Against

Career NHL 8543 (71)

Saves

Career NHL 7516 (72)

Save Percentage

1984-85 NHL .885 (9)
1985-86 NHL .894 (4)
Career NHL .880 (87)

Goals Against Average

1981-82 NHL 2.75 (2)
1984-85 NHL 3.26 (7)
1985-86 NHL 3.43 (8)
1988-89 NHL 2.96 (5)
1990-91 NHL 3.05 (10)

Shutouts

1981-82 NHL 2 (2)
1983-84 NHL 2 (4)
1987-88 NHL 2 (7)
1988-89 NHL 2 (7)
1989-90 NHL 2 (6)

Minutes

Career NHL 23123 (90)

Adjusted Goals Against Average

1981-82 NHL 2.07 (2)
1984-85 NHL 2.59 (7)
1985-86 NHL 2.67 (8)
1988-89 NHL 2.43 (5)
1990-91 NHL 2.73 (10)
Career NHL 2.71 (25)

Goalie Point Shares

1981-82 NHL 9.2 (9)
1985-86 NHL 9.0 (9)
Career NHL 64.9 (88)
    

Transactions

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June 9, 1984: Traded to St. Louis by Montreal with Hartford's 2nd round choice (previously acquired, St. Louis selected Brian Benning) in 1984 Entry Draft and Montreal's 2nd (Tony Hrkac) and 3rd (Robert Dirk) round choices in 1984 Entry Draft for St. Louis' 1st (Shayne Corson) and 2nd (Stephane Richer) round choices in 1984 Entry Draft, June 9, 1984.

March 7, 1988: Traded to Calgary by St. Louis with Rob Ramage for Brett Hull and Steve Bozek, March 7, 1988.

January 2, 1992: Traded to Toronto by Calgary with Doug Gilmour, Jamie Macoun, Kent Manderville and Ric Nattress for Gary Leeman, Alexander Godynyuk, Jeff Reese, Michel Petit and Craig Berube, January 2, 1992.

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