Gregory Brooks Vaydik (born October 9, 1955) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played 5 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1976–77 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1975 to 1982, was spent in the minor leagues.
| Greg Vaydik | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Vaydik in 1976 | |||
| Born |
October 9, 1955 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Chicago Black Hawks | ||
| NHL draft |
7th overall, 1975 Chicago Black Hawks | ||
| WHA draft |
9th overall, 1975 Phoenix Roadrunners | ||
| Playing career | 1975–1982 | ||
Biography
editVaydik was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. As a youth, he played in the 1966 and 1967 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Yellowknife.[1] He was selected with the seventh overall pick in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft by the Chicago Black Hawks, and played five games with them during the 1976–77 season without scoring any points.
Career statistics
editRegular season and playoffs
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1972–73 | Drumheller Falcons | AJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WCHL | 38 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1973–74 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WCHL | 68 | 33 | 41 | 74 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 1974–75 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WCHL | 61 | 55 | 51 | 106 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | ||
| 1975–76 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 68 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1977–78 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 73 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1978–79 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 80 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | New Brunswick Hawks | AHL | 60 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 26 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 65 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | ||
| CHL totals | 249 | 86 | 90 | 176 | 46 | 34 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | ||||
| NHL totals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
edit| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Canada | WJC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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