Wayne Babych

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CanadaCanada  Wayne Babych Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 6, 1958
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1978 , 1st round, 3rd position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
1973-1974 Edmonton Mets
1974-1976 Edmonton Oil Kings
1976-1988 Portland Winter Hawks
1978-1984 St. Louis Blues
1984-1985 Pittsburgh Penguins
1985-1986 Nordiques de Québec
1986-1987 Hartford Whalers

Wayne Joseph Babych (born June 6, 1958 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 560 games for the St. Louis Blues , Pittsburgh Penguins , Nordiques de Québec and Hartford Whalers between 1974 and 1987 has played in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . Babych, who had already been selected in third position in the NHL Amateur Draft 1978 and embodied the player type of the Power Forward , celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian U20 national team by winning the bronze medal at the Junior World Championship in 1978 . His three year younger brother Dave was also a professional ice hockey player and 19 years active in the NHL.

Career

Babych played during his junior years between 1973 and 1974 for the Edmonton Mets from his hometown Edmonton in the Alberta Junior Hockey League . From there he dared in the course of the 1973/74 season the jump to the higher-class Edmonton Oil Kings in the Western Canada Hockey League . After all, the striker completed two solid years of play there between 1974 and 1976 before he moved with the team to Portland , Oregon , and from then on participated with the team under the name Portland Winter Hawks . In the Winter Hawks jersey, Babych completed two seasons with 50 goals scored, which earned him the nomination for the league's First All-Star Team. He was also selected in the NHL Amateur Draft 1978 in third overall position by the St. Louis Blues from the National Hockey League .

The Blues immediately took the offensive player under contract, with which he decided against a baseball career at the Montreal Expos . In St. Louis he formed a storm line with Bernie Federko and Brian Sutter and had scored 63 points by the end of his rookie season . In his third of six seasons in the St. Louis Blues jersey, Babych reached 96 points, including 54 goals. This gave the Power Forward an extension of its contract by four years in the summer of 1981. The contract volume during this period was $ 400,000 and a bonus payment of $ 125,000 upon signature. With 19, 16 and 13 goals in the following three game years, Babych's productivity declined significantly in the first three years of the contract, which was also due to the fact that the attacker seriously injured his rotator cuff in a preparatory game for the 1981/82 season.

Before the start of the 1983/84 season , however, the Blues lost patience with Babych and left him unprotected in the NHL Waiver Draft , whereupon the Canadian was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins . There he was able to slightly increase his number of points compared to previous years at the side of Mario Lemieux and reached the 20-goal mark for the first time in four years. Although the Penguins extended his contract before the start of the 1985/86 game year , they transferred him to the Nordiques de Québec after only two missions in October 1985 . There the striker only found a sporting home until January of the following calendar year, as he again became part of a transfer business after 15 games. In exchange for Greg Malone , he moved to the Hartford Whalers , where he ended the season and played with his brother Dave . The following year, Babych was hit by a bad injury again when he broke his leg when he was hit by an opponent in the pre-season season. Finally, at the end of the 1986/87 season , he fought his way back to Hartford's NHL squad and played his last four NHL games. He then had to end his career prematurely at the age of 29 due to persistent pain in his leg.

International

For his home country, Babych took part in the junior division at the 1978 Junior World Championship in native Canada . With ten scorer points, including five goals, from six games he was the team's second-best scorer behind Wayne Gretzky and thus significantly involved in winning the bronze medal. Among all tournament games, he ranked tenth in the points collected. The following year he took part in the 1979 World Cup in the Soviet capital Moscow . There he finished fourth with the Canadians. In seven games he scored three times.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1977 WCHL First All-Star Team
  • 1978 WCHL First All-Star Team
  • 1981 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1973/74 Edmonton Mets AJHL 56 20th 18th 38 68 - - - - -
1973/74 Edmonton Oil Kings WCHL 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1974/75 Edmonton Oil Kings WCHL 68 19th 17th 36 157 - - - - -
1975/76 Edmonton Oil Kings WCHL 61 32 46 78 98 5 2 1 3 23
1976/77 Portland Winter Hawks WCHL 71 50 62 112 76 10 2 6th 8th 10
1977/78 Portland Winter Hawks WCHL 68 50 71 121 218 8th 4th 4th 8th 19th
1978/79 St. Louis Blues NHL 67 27 36 63 75 - - - - -
1979/80 St. Louis Blues NHL 59 26th 35 61 49 3 1 2 3 2
1980/81 St. Louis Blues NHL 78 54 42 96 93 11 2 0 2 8th
1981/82 St. Louis Blues NHL 51 19th 25th 44 51 7th 3 2 5 8th
1982/83 St. Louis Blues NHL 71 16 23 39 62 - - - - -
1983/84 St. Louis Blues NHL 70 13 29 42 52 10 1 4th 5 4th
1984/85 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 65 20th 34 54 35 - - - - -
1985/86 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1985/86 Nordiques de Québec NHL 15th 6th 5 11 18th - - - - -
1985/86 Hartford Whalers NHL 37 11 17th 28 59 10 0 1 1 2
1986/87 Binghamton Whalers AHL 6th 2 5 7th 6th - - - - -
1986/87 Hartford Whalers NHL 4th 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
WCHL overall 269 151 197 348 549 23 8th 11 19th 52
NHL overall 519 192 246 438 498 41 7th 9 16 24

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1978 Canada June World Cup 3rd place, bronze 6th 5 5 10 4th
1979 Canada WM 4th Place 7th 1 2 3 0
Juniors overall 6th 5 5 10 4th
Men overall 7th 1 2 3 0

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Joe Pelletier: St. Louis Blues Legends: Wayne Babych. greatesthockeylegends.com, September 21, 2007, accessed February 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Babych, Wayne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Babych, Wayne Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta