Rocky Saganiuk

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Rocky Saganiuk
Born (1957-10-15) October 15, 1957 (age 66)
Myrnam, Alberta, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Left
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL Draft 29th overall, 1977
Toronto Maple Leafs
WHA Draft 42nd overall, 1977
Edmonton Oilers
Playing career 19771995

Rocky Ray Saganiuk (born October 15, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 259 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins. [1]

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Playing career

Born in Myrnam, Alberta, Saganiuk played junior hockey for the Kamloops Chiefs and Lethbridge Broncos. He was drafted in 1977 by the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association (WHA) and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Saganiuk signed with the Maple Leafs and made his professional debut in 1977 with the Dallas Black Hawks of the Central Hockey League, a farm team of the Maple Leafs. He had an outstanding season for the New Brunswick Hawks of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 1978–79, for which he won the Les Cunningham Award as the most valuable player of the 1978–79 AHL season. [2]

He played the next three seasons in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, from 1979 to 1982, scoring 24 goals and 47 points in his best season.. Before the 1983–84 season, he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins. He only played one season with the Penguins, playing in only 29 games.

Post-playing career

After retiring from the NHL due to injuries, Saganiuk helped develop hockey in Britain as a player-coach with both Ayr Bruins and Peterborough Pirates. He also had spells as coach of the Durham Wasps, Murrayfield Racers and Blackburn Hawks.

Saganiuk returned to North America, first as a coach in the WHL, and then as a youth hockey director in Chicago.[ citation needed ]

Career statistics

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1974–75 Taber Golden Suns AJHL 50213253124
1975–76Taber Golden SunsAJHL49423274169
1975–76 Kamloops Chiefs WCHL 40000
1975–76 Lethbridge Broncos WCHL6213052136
1976–77 Lethbridge BroncosWCHL72604810820315651121
1977–78 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 4216132971
1978–79 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 16358931015
1978–79 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 6147297691
1979–80 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL7524234752300010
1980–81 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL7112183052
1981–82 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL6517163349
1982–83 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL30002
1982–83 St. Catharines Saints AHL6126234983
1983–84 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL2913437
1983–84 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL51120
1984–85 St. Catharines SaintsAHL411211
1986–87 Brantford Motts Clamatos OHA-Sr. 3321224355
1987–88 Ayr Bruins GBR 1419203950
1988–89 Ayr BruinsGBR8881632
1991–92 Peterborough Pirates GBR464102
1993–94 Murrayfield Racers GBR34374
1994–95 Durham Wasps GBR21236
NHL totals2595765122201610115
AHL totals1317554129185
GBR totals3138377594

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References

  1. "Rocky Saganiuk Stats and News".
  2. "AHL Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on August 1, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2016.