Rudy Poeschek

Rudy Poeschek
Date of birth	September 29, 1966
place of birth	Terrace , British Columbia , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1985 , 12th lap, 238th position New York Rangers
Career stations
1982-1983	Vernon Lakers
1983-1984	Kamloops Junior Oilers
1984-1987	Kamloops Blazers
1987-1988	Colorado Rangers
1988-1990	New York Rangers
1990-1991	Binghamton Rangers
1991-1992	Moncton Hawks
1992-1993	St. John's Maple Leafs
1993-1997	Tampa Bay Lightning
1997-1999	St. Louis Blues
1999-2001	Houston Eros

Rudolph Leopold Poeschek (born September 29, 1966 in Terrace , British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . During his career, the defender played for the New York Rangers , Winnipeg Jets , Tampa Bay Lightning and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League from 1987 to 2000 .

Career

The New York Rangers secured the rights to Poeschek in the twelfth round in 238th place in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft . He played three years for the Kamloops Blazers in the Western Hockey League , where he established himself as a tenacious enforcer . In the 1987/88 season Poeschek played his first game with the Rangers. In the following season he completed 52 games with the Rangers and finished them with 199 penalty minutes.

Before the 1993/94 season , the Tampa Bay Lightning took him under contract. Poeschek played four seasons with Lightning before he was signed by the St. Louis Blues. He played there for a full year and sometimes two more years. He played one season with the Houston Eros from the IHL before retiring from active sports after the 2000/01 season.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1982-83	Vernon Lakers	BCJHL		54	4th	10	14th	100		-	-	-	-	-
1983-84	Kamloops Junior Oilers	WHL		47	3	9	12	93		8th	0	2	2	7th
1984-85	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		34	6th	7th	13	100		15th	0	3	3	56
1985-86	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		32	3	13	16	92		16	3	7th	10	40
1986-87	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		54	13	18th	31	153		13	1	4th	5	39
1987-88	Colorado Rangers	IHL		82	7th	31	38	210		12	2	2	4th	31
1987-88	New York Rangers	NHL		1	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
1988-89	Denver Rangers	IHL		2	0	0	0	6th		-	-	-	-	-
1988-89	New York Rangers	NHL		52	0	2	2	199		-	-	-	-	-
1989-90	Flint Spirits	IHL		38	8th	13	21st	109		4th	0	0	0	16
1989-90	New York Rangers	NHL		15th	0	0	0	55		-	-	-	-	-
1990-91	Binghamton Rangers	AHL		38	1	3	4th	162		-	-	-	-	-
1990-91	Moncton Hawks	AHL		23	2	4th	6th	67		9	1	1	2	41
1990-91	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		1	0	0	0	5		-	-	-	-	-
1991-92	Moncton Hawks	AHL		63	4th	18th	22nd	170		11	0	2	2	46
1991-92	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		4th	0	0	0	17th		-	-	-	-	-
1992-93	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		78	7th	24	31	189		9	0	4th	4th	13
1993-94	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		71	3	6th	9	118		-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		25th	1	1	2	92		-	-	-	-	-
1995-96	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		57	1	3	4th	88		3	0	0	0	12
1996-97	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		60	0	6th	6th	120		-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	St. Louis Blues	NHL		50	1	7th	8th	64		2	0	0	0	6th
1998-99	St. Louis Blues	NHL		16	0	0	0	33		-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	Worcester IceCats	AHL		5	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	Houston Eros	IHL		32	2	6th	8th	51		-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	St. Louis Blues	NHL		12	0	0	0	24		-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Houston Eros	IHL		67	3	13	16	66		7th	0	0	0	8th
NHL overall				364	6th	25th	31	817		5	0	0	0	18th

( 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 )

Web links

• Rudy Poeschek at hockeydb.com (English)
• Rudy Poeschek at legendsofhockey.net (English)