Gerald Diduck

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CanadaCanada  Gerald Diduck Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 6, 1965
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 99 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1983 , 1st lap, 16th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
1981-1984 Lethbridge Broncos
1984 Indianapolis Checkers
1984-1990 New York Islanders
1990-1991 Canadiens de Montréal
1991-1995 Vancouver Canucks
1995 Chicago Blackhawks
1995-1997 Hartford Whalers
1997-1999 Phoenix Coyotes
1999-2000 Team Canada
2000 Toronto Maple Leafs
2000-2001 Dallas Stars

Gerald Mark Diduck (born April 6, 1965 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 1046 games for the New York Islanders , Canadiens de Montréal , Vancouver Canucks , Chicago Blackhawks , Hartford Whalers , Phoenix Coyotes , Toronto Maple Leafs and Dallas Stars played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . With the Vancouver Canucks Diduck reached the finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1994 . His younger sister Judy was also an ice hockey player and won four world titles in her career.

Career

Diduck played during his junior years between 1981 and 1984 for the Lethbridge Broncos in the Western Hockey League , with whom he won the President's Cup in 1983 . In the same year he was selected in the first round in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft in 16th place by the New York Islanders from the National Hockey League . This brought him to the end of the 1983/84 season in the roster of their farm team , the Indianapolis Checkers . He supported this in the rest of the play-offs , before he succeeded in the 1984/85 season at the age of 19, the jump into the NHL squad of the Islanders.

With the exception of the 1985/86 and 1986/87 seasons , when he spent large parts of the American Hockey League with the Springfield Indians , the defender was part of New York's regular squad until the end of the 1989/90 season . In September 1990 the Islanders transferred him to the Canadiens de Montréal in exchange for Craig Ludwig . Since Diduck could never adapt his style of play to that of the Canadiens, he played only 32 games for the French Canadians and was given up in January 1991 for a four-round vote in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft to the Vancouver Canucks . On the Canadian west coast, the defender became an integral part of the defensive for the next four years. In the 1993/94 season , the Canucks reached the final of the Stanley Cup with him , which they lost to the New York Rangers . After a game year plagued by injuries in 1994/95 , the Canadian moved to the Chicago Blackhawks shortly before the trade deadline , who in return gave up a third-round vote in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft and the Ukrainian youngster Bohdan Sawenko to the Canucks. Diduck's time in Chicago ended after being eliminated in the play-offs in the same season, as he joined the Hartford Whalers as a free agent .

For the Whalers, the defender ran for almost two years before a new transfer deal took him to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Chris Murray shortly before the closure of the 1996/97 season window . The defender remained loyal to the Coyotes until the end of the 1998/99 season . After initially not finding a new employer, Diduck signed up for the Canadian ice hockey association Hockey Canada , where he played a large number of games for Team Canada until February 2000 , including the 1999 Spengler Cup . In early February 2000 he joined the Toronto Maple Leafs - again as a free agent - who had been looking for an experienced man for the defensive. In October of the same year, the Maple Leafs separated from him and gave him to the Dallas Stars . Due to a serious injury he had suffered in December, his appearances were limited to only 14. At the end of the 2000/01 season Diduck finally ended his active career.

International

Diduck only took part in a major international tournament with the Canadian U20 national team. At the Junior World Championship in 1984 , he finished fourth. He remained pointless in seven tournament games. For the senior national team , the defender only appeared in a few friendly matches in 1999. This also included taking part in the traditional Spengler Cup , in which Team Canada took third place in 1999 .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1981/82 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 71 1 15th 16 81 12 0 3 3 27
1982/83 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 67 8th 16 24 151 20th 3 12 15th 49
1983 Lethbridge Broncos Memorial Cup 3 0 1 1 2
1983/84 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 65 10 24 34 133 5 1 4th 5 27
1983/84 Indianapolis Checkers CHL - - - - - 10 1 6th 7th 19th
1984/85 New York Islanders NHL 65 2 8th 10 80 - - - - -
1985/86 New York Islanders NHL 10 1 2 3 2 - - - - -
1985/86 Springfield Indians AHL 61 6th 14th 20th 173 - - - - -
1986/87 New York Islanders NHL 30th 2 3 5 67 14th 0 1 1 35
1986/87 Springfield Indians AHL 45 6th 8th 14th 120 - - - - -
1987/88 New York Islanders NHL 68 7th 12 19th 113 6th 1 0 1 42
1988/89 New York Islanders NHL 65 11 21st 32 155 - - - - -
1989/90 New York Islanders NHL 76 3 17th 20th 163 5 0 0 0 12
1990/91 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 32 1 2 3 39 - - - - -
1990/91 Vancouver Canucks NHL 31 3 7th 10 66 6th 1 0 1 11
1991/92 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 6th 21st 27 229 5 0 0 0 10
1992/93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 6th 14th 20th 171 12 4th 2 6th 12
1993/94 Vancouver Canucks NHL 55 1 10 11 72 24 1 7th 8th 22nd
1994/95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 22nd 1 3 4th 15th - - - - -
1994/95 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 13 1 0 1 48 16 1 3 4th 22nd
1995/96 Hartford Whalers NHL 79 1 9 10 88 - - - - -
1996/97 Hartford Whalers NHL 56 1 10 11 40 - - - - -
1996/97 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 11 1 2 3 23 7th 0 0 0 10
1997/98 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 78 8th 10 18th 118 6th 0 2 2 20th
1998/99 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 44 0 2 2 72 3 0 0 0 2
1999/00 Team Canada International 12 3 0 3 6th
1999/00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 26th 0 3 3 33 10 0 1 1 14th
2000/01 Dallas Stars NHL 14th 0 0 0 18th - - - - -
WHL overall 203 19th 55 74 365 37 4th 19th 23 103
AHL total 106 12 22nd 34 293 - - - - -
NHL overall 932 56 156 212 1612 114 8th 16 24 212

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1984 Canada June World Cup 4th Place 7th 0 0 0 4th
Juniors overall 7th 0 0 0 4th

( 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 Diduck, Gerald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Diduck, Gerald Mark (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta