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Peter Zezel

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: April 22, 1965 in Toronto, Ontario
Died: May 26, 2009

Drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2nd round (41st overall) of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 10:14AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #351. Petr Svoboda… #351. Brenden Morrow… #353. Todd Bertuzzi… #353. PETER ZEZEL… #355. Ching Johnson… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 19 PHI NHL 65 15 46 61 21 22 26 7 8 0 2 91 16.5
1985-86 20 PHI NHL 79 17 37 54 19 27 76 13 4 0 4 144 11.8
1986-87 21 PHI NHL 71 33 39 72 29 21 71 25 6 2 7 181 18.2
1987-88 22 PHI NHL 69 22 35 57 22 7 42 8 14 0 1 133 16.5
1988-89 23 TOT NHL 78 21 49 70 25 -14 42 15 5 1 4 149 14.1
1988-89 23 PHI NHL 26 4 13 17 6 -13 15 4 0 0 0 34 11.8
1988-89 23 STL NHL 52 17 36 53 19 -1 27 11 5 1 4 115 14.8
1989-90 24 STL NHL 73 25 47 72 27 -9 30 18 7 0 3 158 15.8
1990-91 25 TOT NHL 52 21 19 40 17 -20 14 9 12 0 5 90 23.3
1990-91 25 WSH NHL 20 7 5 12 5 -13 10 1 6 0 0 21 33.3
1990-91 25 TOR NHL 32 14 14 28 12 -7 4 8 6 0 5 69 20.3
1991-92 26 TOR NHL 64 16 33 49 18 -22 26 12 4 0 1 125 12.8
1992-93 27 TOR NHL 70 12 23 35 13 0 24 12 0 0 4 102 11.8
1993-94 28 TOR NHL 41 8 8 16 7 5 19 8 0 0 0 47 17.0
1994-95 29 DAL NHL 30 6 5 11 5 -6 19 6 0 0 1 47 12.8
1995-96 30 STL NHL 57 8 13 21 8 -2 12 6 2 0 1 87 9.2
1996-97 31 TOT NHL 53 4 12 16 5 10 16 4 0 0 1 62 6.5
1996-97 31 STL NHL 35 4 9 13 5 6 12 4 0 0 1 49 8.2
1996-97 31 NJD NHL 18 0 3 3 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 13 0.0
1997-98 32 TOT NHL 30 5 15 20 7 15 2 3 2 0 1 40 12.5
1997-98 32 NJD NHL 5 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1997-98 32 VAN NHL 25 5 12 17 6 13 2 3 2 0 1 37 13.5
1998-99 33 VAN NHL 41 6 8 14 6 5 16 5 1 0 2 45 13.3 538 13:08
Career NHL 873 219 389 608 226 39 435 151 65 3 37 1501 14.6 538 13:08

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
1984-85 19 PHI NHL 65 0.23 0.71 0.94 0.32 0.40 1.40 12 37 49 17 90 36 33 1 22 2.8 1.2 4.0
1985-86 20 PHI NHL 79 0.22 0.47 0.68 0.24 0.96 1.82 13 29 42 15 78 18 42 9 27 1.8 1.7 3.5
1986-87 21 PHI NHL 71 0.46 0.55 1.01 0.41 1.00 2.55 28 33 61 24 92 28 58 15 21 5.1 1.3 6.4
1987-88 22 PHI NHL 69 0.32 0.51 0.83 0.31 0.61 1.93 18 29 47 18 80 37 49 13 7 3.2 1.1 4.2
1988-89 23 TOT NHL 78 0.27 0.63 0.90 0.32 0.54 1.91 17 41 58 20 96 34 98 22 -14 3.6 0.7 4.3
1988-89 23 PHI NHL 26 0.15 0.50 0.65 0.22 0.58 1.31 3 11 14 5 21 6 30 2 -13 0.5 0.0 0.5
1988-89 23 STL NHL 52 0.33 0.69 1.02 0.36 0.52 2.21 14 30 44 16 75 28 68 20 -1 3.0 0.7 3.8
1989-90 24 STL NHL 73 0.34 0.64 0.99 0.37 0.41 2.16 21 39 60 22 101 47 72 9 -9 4.4 0.8 5.2
1990-91 25 TOT NHL 52 0.40 0.37 0.77 0.32 0.27 1.73 18 16 34 14 51 24 53 6 -20 2.9 0.2 3.1
1990-91 25 WSH NHL 20 0.35 0.25 0.60 0.25 0.50 1.05 6 4 10 4 14 8 20 1 -13 0.7 0.0 0.7
1990-91 25 TOR NHL 32 0.44 0.44 0.88 0.36 0.13 2.16 12 12 24 10 37 16 33 5 -7 2.1 0.3 2.4
1991-92 26 TOR NHL 64 0.25 0.52 0.77 0.28 0.41 1.95 14 29 43 16 65 20 79 12 -22 2.6 0.4 3.0
1992-93 27 TOR NHL 70 0.17 0.33 0.50 0.18 0.34 1.46 10 18 28 10 44 5 48 9 0 0.8 1.1 2.0
1993-94 28 TOR NHL 41 0.20 0.20 0.39 0.16 0.46 1.15 7 7 14 6 21 0 34 18 5 0.5 0.7 1.1
1994-95 29 DAL NHL 30 0.20 0.17 0.37 0.16 0.63 1.57 10 9 19 8 13 1 28 10 -6 0.4 0.2 0.7
1995-96 30 STL NHL 57 0.14 0.23 0.37 0.14 0.21 1.53 8 12 20 8 32 12 32 10 -2 0.4 0.8 1.2
1996-97 31 TOT NHL 53 0.08 0.23 0.30 0.10 0.30 1.17 4 12 16 5 29 2 25 8 10 -0.2 1.1 0.9
1996-97 31 STL NHL 35 0.11 0.26 0.37 0.13 0.34 1.40 4 9 13 5 21 2 21 8 6 0.2 0.7 0.9
1996-97 31 NJD NHL 18 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.05 0.22 0.72 0 3 3 1 8 0 4 0 4 -0.4 0.4 0.0
1997-98 32 TOT NHL 30 0.17 0.50 0.67 0.23 0.07 1.33 6 17 23 8 32 5 18 6 15 1.5 0.9 2.4
1997-98 32 NJD NHL 5 0.00 0.60 0.60 0.16 0.00 0.60 0 3 3 1 3 0 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 0.3
1997-98 32 VAN NHL 25 0.20 0.48 0.68 0.25 0.08 1.48 6 14 20 7 29 5 16 5 13 1.4 0.8 2.1
1998-99 33 VAN NHL 41 0.15 0.20 0.34 0.14 0.39 1.10 7 9 16 6 19 2 20 8 5 0.7 0.8 1.5
Career NHL 873 0.25 0.45 0.70 0.26 0.50 1.72 193 337 530 197 843 271 689 156 39 30.4 12.9 43.4

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 19 PHI NHL 19 1 8 9 -5 28 0 1 0 0 24 4.2
1985-86 20 PHI NHL 5 3 1 4 -2 4 2 1 0 1 11 27.3
1986-87 21 PHI NHL 25 3 10 13 6 10 1 1 1 1 36 8.3
1987-88 22 PHI NHL 7 3 2 5 0 7 3 0 0 0 15 20.0
1988-89 23 STL NHL 10 6 6 12 -2 4 4 1 1 1 31 19.4
1989-90 24 STL NHL 12 1 7 8 3 4 0 1 0 0 28 3.6
1992-93 27 TOR NHL 20 2 1 3 -6 6 2 0 0 0 40 5.0
1993-94 28 TOR NHL 18 2 4 6 -2 8 2 0 0 1 32 6.3
1994-95 29 DAL NHL 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 33.3
1995-96 30 STL NHL 10 3 0 3 4 2 2 0 1 0 17 17.6
1996-97 31 NJD NHL 2 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
Career NHL 131 25 39 64 -4 83 17 5 3 4 241 10.4

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 16 Don Mills Flyers MTHL 40 43 51 94 36
1982-83 17 Toronto Marlboros OHL 66 35 39 74 28
1983-84 18 Toronto Marlboros OHL 68 47 86 133 31
1994-95 29 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 2 0 0 0 0
1997-98 32 Albany River Rats AHL 35 13 37 50 2 18 8 5 0 1 108 12.0
2002-03 37 Cambridge Hornets OHA-Sr. 8 5 4 9 0
2003-04 38 Cambridge Hornets OHA-Sr. 18 7 17 24 16
2004-05 39 Cambridge Hornets OHA-Sr. 4 0 6 6 2
Career 1 Season AHL 35 13 37 50 2 18 8 5 0 1 108 12.0
Career 1 Season IHL 2 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season MTHL 40 43 51 94 36
Career 3 Seasons OHA-Sr. 30 12 27 39 18
Career 2 Seasons OHL 134 82 125 207 59

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 17 Toronto Marlboros OHL 4 2 4 6 0
1983-84 18 Toronto Marlboros OHL 9 7 5 12 4
2002-03 37 Cambridge Hornets OHA-Sr. 3 0 2 2 5
Career 1 Season OHA-Sr. 3 0 2 2 5
Career 2 Seasons OHL 13 9 9 18 4

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
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
Peter Zezel 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
Brent Ashton 90.7 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
Tony McKegney 89.7 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
Mike Murphy 88.9 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Ryan Walter 88.9 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
Matt Cullen 88.9 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.6
Chris Gratton 88.8 6.9 5.8 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.3 -0.2
Darcy Tucker 88.4 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 Lever 88.2 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
Radek Dvorak 88.2 7.3 5.6 4.9 4.5 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.7 1.5 0.9
Mush March 87.7 5.1 3.8 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.0 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 16 17
Peter Zezel 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
Brent Ashton 90.7 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
Tony McKegney 89.7 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
Mike Sillinger 89.0 6.2 5.8 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.7 2.4 1.9 1.7 1.2 1.1 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.5
Matt Cullen 88.9 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.6
Mike Murphy 88.9 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Ryan Walter 88.9 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
Chris Gratton 88.8 6.9 5.8 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.3 -0.2
Darcy Tucker 88.4 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 Lever 88.2 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
Radek Dvorak 88.1 7.3 5.6 4.9 4.5 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.7 1.5 0.9

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Game-Winning Goals

1986-87 NHL 7 (6)

Shooting Percentage

1990-91 NHL 23.3 (2)

Transactions

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November 29, 1988: Traded to St. Louis by Philadelphia for Mike Bullard, November 29, 1988.

July 13, 1990: Traded to Washington by St. Louis with Mike Lalor for Geoff Courtnall, July 13, 1990.

January 16, 1991: Traded to Toronto by Washington with Bob Rouse for Al Iafrate, January 16, 1991.

August 10, 1994: Transferred to Dallas by Toronto with Grant Marshall as compensation for Toronto's signing of free agent Mike Craig, August 10, 1994.

October 19, 1995: Signed as a free agent by St. Louis, October 19, 1995.

February 11, 1997: Traded to New Jersey by St. Louis for Chris McAlpine and New Jersey's 9th round choice (James Desmarais) in 1999 Entry Draft, February 11, 1997.

February 5, 1998: Traded to Vancouver by New Jersey for Vancouver's 5th round choice (Anton But) in 1998 Entry Draft, February 5, 1998.

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