Mick Vukota

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CanadaCanada  Mick Vukota Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 14, 1966
place of birth Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 102 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1983-1984 North Battleford North Stars
1984-1985 Kelowna Wings
1985-1987 Spokane Chiefs
1987-1988 Springfield Indians
1988-1996 New York Islanders
1996-1997 Utah grizzlies
1997-1998 Tampa Bay Lightning
1998 Canadiens de Montréal
1998-2000 Utah grizzlies

Marinko "Mick" Vukota (born September 14, 1966 in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 596 games for the New York Islanders , Tampa Bay Lightning and Canadiens de Montréal in the course of his active career between 1984 and 2000 of the National Hockey League (NHL) on the position of right winger . Vukota embodied the Enforcer player type .

Career

Vukota first spent his junior years in the 1983/84 season with the North Battleford North Stars in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) in his home province of Saskatchewan . From there, the striker moved in the summer of 1984 to the higher-class junior league Western Hockey League (WHL) to the Kelowna Wings , after he had already completed his first appearances there for the league competitor Winnipeg Warriors the previous year . After a year in Kelowna, he was from the 1985/86 season for two years for the Spokane Chiefs on the ice, which Vukota ran up during his time in the junior division for a total of three WHL franchises .

For the 1987/88 season, the enforcer moved undrafted to the professional field, but was signed as a free agent by the New York Islanders from the National Hockey League (NHL). Vukota spent most of his rookie season with the Springfield Indians , the Islanders' farm team , from the American Hockey League (AHL). Nevertheless, the attacker was also used 17 times by the Islanders in the NHL this year. From the 1988/89 season onwards, the Canadian was a regular for the New York Islanders for the next eight years and had by far his best year in the 1989/90 season with twelve points scorer . Vukota's time with the Islanders ended shortly after the start of the 1996/97 season when he was sent to cooperation partner Utah Grizzlies in the International Hockey League (IHL). There he ended the game year.

Before the 1997/98 season , Vukota was finally selected in the NHL Waiver Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning . After 42 missions he was transferred to the Canadiens de Montréal with Patrick Poulin and Igor Ulanow in the course of the season , who in return gave Stéphane Richer , Darcy Tucker and David Wilkie to the franchise from the US state of Florida . In Montréal, Vukota completed the season with another 22 missions and then moved back to the Utah Grizzlies in the IHL for the following two years until the summer of 2000. Then the Enforcer ended his active career, in which he collected a total of 4370 penalty minutes.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 North Battleford North Stars SJHL 52 9 16 25th - - - - -
1983/84 Winnipeg Warriors WHL 3 1 1 2 10 - - - - -
1984/85 Kelowna Wings WHL 66 10 6th 16 247 6th 0 0 0 56
1985/86 Spokane Chiefs WHL 64 19th 14th 33 369 9 6th 4th 10 68
1986/87 Spokane Chiefs WHL 61 25th 28 53 337 4th 0 0 0 40
1987/88 Springfield Indians AHL 52 7th 9 16 372 - - - - -
1987/88 New York Islanders NHL 17th 1 0 1 82 2 0 0 0 23
1988/89 Springfield Indians AHL 3 1 0 1 33 - - - - -
1988/89 New York Islanders NHL 48 2 2 4th 237 - - - - -
1989/90 New York Islanders NHL 76 4th 8th 12 290 1 0 0 0 17th
1990/91 Capital District Islanders AHL 2 0 0 0 9 - - - - -
1990/91 New York Islanders NHL 60 2 4th 6th 238 - - - - -
1991/92 New York Islanders NHL 74 0 6th 6th 293 - - - - -
1992/93 New York Islanders NHL 74 2 5 7th 216 15th 0 0 0 16
1993/94 New York Islanders NHL 72 3 1 4th 237 4th 0 0 0 17th
1994/95 New York Islanders NHL 39 0 2 2 109 - - - - -
1995/96 New York Islanders NHL 32 1 1 2 106 - - - - -
1996/97 New York Islanders NHL 17th 1 0 1 71 - - - - -
1996/97 Utah grizzlies IHL 43 11 11 22nd 185 7th 1 2 3 20th
1997/98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 42 1 0 1 116 - - - - -
1997/98 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 22nd 0 0 0 76 1 0 0 0 0
1998/99 Utah grizzlies IHL 48 8th 7th 15th 226 - - - - -
1999/00 Utah grizzlies IHL 71 6th 15th 21st 249 4th 0 0 0 2
WHL overall 194 55 49 104 963 19th 6th 4th 10 164
AHL total 57 8th 9 17th 417 - - - - -
IHL total 162 25th 33 58 660 11 1 2 3 22nd
NHL overall 573 17th 29 46 2071 23 0 0 0 73

( 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 Vukota, Mick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vukota, Marinko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada