Larry Melnyk

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CanadaCanada  Larry Melnyk Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 21, 1960
place of birth Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1979 , 4th lap, 78th position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
1977-1980 New Westminster Bruins
1980-1981 Springfield Indians
1980-1984 Boston Bruins
Baltimore Skipjacks
Hershey Bears
1984-1985 Edmonton Oilers
Nova Scotia Oilers
1985-1987 New York Rangers
1987-1990 Vancouver Canucks

Larry Joseph Melnyk (born February 21, 1960 in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The defender played over 400 games for the Boston Bruins , Edmonton Oilers , New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League between 1980 and 1990 . With the Oilers he won the Stanley Cup in the 1985 playoffs .

Career

Larry Melnyk was born in Saskatoon and grew up in Winnipeg and later in New Westminster . There he was active from the 1977/78 season for the New Westminster Bruins in the Western Canada Hockey League , which was only to be called Western Hockey League from the following year . In his first season he won the playoffs for the Ed Chynoweth Cup with the Bruins and then also the prestigious Memorial Cup . In the following year he represented the Canadian junior national team at the Junior World Championship in 1979 and reached fifth place with the team. The Boston Bruins then selected him in 78th position in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft .

With the beginning of the season 1980/81 Melnyk moved to the organization of the Boston Bruins, but he did not succeed in the following years to establish himself in the National Hockey League (NHL). Instead, he was regularly used in the American Hockey League (AHL), with the farm teams of the Bruins, the Springfield Indians , the Baltimore Skipjacks , the Erie Blades and the Hershey Bears . Finally, in March 1984, the defense attorney was handed over to the Edmonton Oilers , who in return sent John Blum to Boston. Even with the Oilers, the Canadian came to regular use with the Nova Scotia Oilers in the AHL, but won the Stanley Cup with Edmonton in the 1985 playoffs , where he came to twelve games and contributed five scorer points .

After this success, Melnyk and Todd Strueby were transferred to the New York Rangers in December 1985 , while the Oilers received Mike Rogers . In the Rangers, the defender was for the first time firmly in the NHL line-up and recorded his career record with 15 points from 73 games in the 1986/87 season. After almost three years, the Rangers sent him along with Willie Huber to the Vancouver Canucks and received Michel Petit in return . With the Canucks, which should be his last NHL station, he was active for about two and a half years before he declared his career after the 1989/90 season for an end. In total, Melnyk had completed 498 NHL games and scored 86 points scorer.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1977/78 New Westminster Bruins WCHL 44 3 22nd 25th 71 20th 2 9 11 28
1978 New Westminster Bruins Memorial Cup 5 1 3 4th 7th
1978/79 New Westminster Bruins WHL 71 7th 33 40 142 8th 1 4th 5 14th
1979/80 New Westminster Bruins WHL 67 13 38 51 236 - - - - - -
1979/80 Binghamton Dusters AHL 6th 0 3 3 20th - - - - - -
1980/81 Springfield Indians AHL 47 1 10 11 109 1 0 0 0 0
1980/81 Boston Bruins NHL 26th 0 4th 4th –7 39 - - - - - -
1981/82 Erie Blades AHL 10 0 3 3 36 - - - - - -
1981/82 Boston Bruins NHL 48 0 8th 8th +1 84 11 0 3 3 +2 40
1982/83 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 72 2 24 26th 215 - - - - - -
1982/83 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 -2 0 11 0 0 0 +3 9
1983/84 Hershey Bears AHL 50 0 18th 18th 156 - - - - - -
1983/84 Moncton Alpines AHL 14th 0 3 3 17th - - - - - -
1983/84 Edmonton Oilers NHL - - - - - - 6th 0 1 1 +1 2
1984/85 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 37 2 10 12 97 - - - - - -
1984/85 Edmonton Oilers NHL 28 0 11 11 +16 25th 12 1 4th 5 +9 26th
1985/86 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 19th 2 8th 10 72 - - - - - -
1985/86 Edmonton Oilers NHL 6th 2 3 5 +8 11 - - - - - -
1985/86 New York Rangers NHL 46 1 8th 9 +2 65 16 1 2 3 -8th 46
1986/87 New York Rangers NHL 73 3 12 15th –9 182 6th 0 0 0 -4 4th
1987/88 New York Rangers NHL 14th 0 1 1 –7 34 - - - - - -
1987/88 Vancouver Canucks NHL 49 2 3 5 -12 73 - - - - - -
1988/89 Vancouver Canucks NHL 74 3 11 14th +3 82 4th 0 0 0 -1 2
1989/90 Vancouver Canucks NHL 67 0 2 2 -27 91 - - - - - -
W (C) HL total 182 23 93 116 449 28 3 13 16 42
AHL total 255 7th 79 86 722 1 0 0 0 0
NHL overall 432 11 63 74 -34 686 66 2 10 12 +2 129

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1979 Canada June World Cup 5th place 5 1 1 2 2
Juniors overall 5 1 1 2 2

( 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 Melnyk, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Melnyk, Larry Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada