Garry Valk

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CanadaCanada  Garry Valk Ice hockey player
Date of birth November 27, 1967
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 6th lap, 108th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1984-1987 Sherwood Park Crusaders
1987-1990 University of North Dakota
1990-1993 Vancouver Canucks
1993-1997 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1997-1998 Pittsburgh Penguins
1998-2002 Toronto Maple Leafs
2002-2003 Chicago Blackhawks
Norfolk Admirals

Garry Valk (born November 27, 1967 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 838 games for the Vancouver Canucks , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , Pittsburgh Penguins , Toronto Maple Leafs and between 1984 and 2003 Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League on the left winger position .

Career

Garry Valk began his career in 1984 with the Sherwood Park Crusaders in the Alberta Junior Hockey League , before joining the University of North Dakota ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1987 . In a total of 121 games he reached 105 points and received 227 penalty minutes. Valk was selected in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks in the sixth round at a total of 108th position. In the 1990/91 season he ran in 64 NHL games for the Canucks and collected 21 points scorer. In the same season he also played 13 games for the Milwaukee Admirals in the International Hockey League and was credited 16 points. In the following two years, the Canadian was one of the Canucks' regulars and qualified with the team for the play-offs, in which the team was eliminated from the competition in the second round at the latest. For the 1993/94 season he left the franchise and joined the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim .

With the Californians he was able to earn a regular place within a short time and scored 45 points for the Ducks in his first season. Valk ran regularly for the Southern Californians on the ice in the following years, but could not build on his earlier performances and missed the play-offs with the team. In 1997 he moved to the Pittsburgh Penguins , where he scored ten points in 56 NHL games. A year later these gave him over to the Toronto Maple Leafs . There he managed to improve his performance again and qualified for the finals with the Maple Leafs. After the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins were defeated in the first two rounds , the team lost in the conference final in five games against the Buffalo Sabers .

In the following year, the winger with the team reached first place in the Northeast Division with five points ahead of the Ottawa Senators . In the play-offs, the team was finally defeated in six games against the New Jersey Devils . For the 2002/03 season he was on the ice for the Norfolk Admirals from the American Hockey League and the Chicago Blackhawks . After that, Valk ended his active career.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1984/85 Sherwood Park Crusaders AJHL 53 20th 22nd 42 66 - - - - -
1985/86 Sherwood Park Crusaders AJHL 40 20th 26th 46 116 - - - - -
1986/87 Sherwood Park Crusaders AJHL 59 42 44 86 204 - - - - -
1987/88 University of North Dakota NCAA 38 23 12 35 64
1988/89 University of North Dakota NCAA 40 14th 17th 31 71
1989/90 University of North Dakota NCAA 43 22nd 17th 39 92
1990/91 Vancouver Canucks NHL 59 10 11 21st 67 5 0 0 0 20th
1990/91 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 10 12 4th 16 13 3 0 0 0 2
1991/92 Vancouver Canucks NHL 65 8th 17th 25th 56 4th 0 0 0 5
1992/93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 48 6th 7th 13 77 7th 0 1 1 12
1992/93 Hamilton Canucks AHL 7th 3 6th 9 6th - - - - -
1993/94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 78 18th 27 45 100 - - - - -
1994/95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 36 3 6th 9 34 - - - - -
1995/96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 79 12 12 24 125 - - - - -
1996/97 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 53 7th 7th 14th 53 - - - - -
1996/97 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 17th 3 4th 7th 25th - - - - -
1997/98 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 39 2 1 3 33 - - - - -
1998/99 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 77 8th 21st 29 53 17th 3 4th 7th 22nd
1999/00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 73 10 14th 24 44 12 1 2 3 14th
2000/01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 8th 18th 26th 46 5 1 0 1 2
2001/02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 5 10 15th 28 11 1 0 1 4th
2002/03 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 16 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
2002/03 Norfolk Admirals AHL 22nd 6th 5 11 16 - - - - -
AJHL total 152 82 92 174 386 - - - - -
NCAA overall 121 59 46 105 227
AHL total 29 9 11 20th 22nd - - - - -
NHL overall 777 100 156 256 747 61 6th 7th 13 79

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Valk, Garry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta