Warren Skorodenski

Warren Skorodenski
Date of birth	March 22, 1960
place of birth	Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
1976-1977	West Kildonan North Stars
1977-1980	Calgary Wranglers
1980-1982	New Brunswick Hawks
1982-1983	Birmingham South Stars
1983-1984	Sherbrooke Jets Springfield Indians
1984-1985	Chicago Black Hawks
1985-1988	Nova Scotia Oilers
1988-1989	Cape Breton Oilers
1989-1991	Team Canada

Warren Skorodenski (born March 22, 1960 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who played for the Chicago Black Hawks and Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League from 1981 to 1988 .

Career

During his junior years he played with the Calgary Wranglers in the WCHL . In the NHL Entry Draft not considered, he signed in the summer of 1979 as a free agent with the Chicago Black Hawks .

After serving with the Flint Generals in the IHL and the New Brunswick Hawks in the AHL , he made his NHL debut in the 1981/82 season . But then a lot of time passed before his second game in the NHL. He has since played for the Birmingham South Stars in the CHL and in the AHL for the Springfield Indians and the Sherbrooke Jets . With the latter he made a derailment in 1983. He attacked the referee after a defeat in overtime and was suspended for 20 games.

In the 1984/85 season he was well on the way to making the breakthrough. With Murray Bannerman he shared the space in the gate of the Black Hawks. However, an injury in February threw him out of the running for 13 games. His catch rate of 0.903 this season was the best of any NHL goalkeeper. The following year he was only in one game in Chicago's goal, which was a disappointing appearance with six goals conceded. The next year he was mostly in the AHL for the Nova Scotia Oilers in action.

His new team in the NHL were the Edmonton Oilers , with whom he had signed as a free agent for the 1987/88 season. But even here it was hardly used. With Grant Fuhr , the first position was permanently taken and there was no getting around young Bill Ranford either.

He played for the Canadian national team for a few more years before ending his playing career.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victory cut	Conceded goal	Shutouts
Regular season	5	35	0.314	3.46	2
Playoffs	1	2	0	10.91	0

Achievements and Awards

• 1982 Calder Cup win with the New Brunswick Hawks
• 1982 Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award (together with Bob Janecyk )
• 1985 Best catch quota in the NHL

Web links

• Warren Skorodenski at hockeydb.com (English)
• Warren Skorodenski at hockeygoalies.org
• Warren Skorodenski at legendsofhockey.net (English)