Rick Vaive
| Rick Vaive | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Vaive with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1988 | |||
| Born |
May 14, 1959 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position |
Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Birmingham Bulls Vancouver Canucks Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Blackhawks Buffalo Sabres | ||
| National team |
 Canada | ||
| NHL draft |
5th overall, 1979 Vancouver Canucks | ||
| Playing career | 1979–1992 | ||
Richard Claude "Rick" Vaive (/ˈvaɪv/; born May 14, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the final season of the World Hockey Association (WHA), before playing the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1979 to 1992.
He is the first 50-goal scorer in Toronto Maple Leafs franchise history.
Biography
Vaive was born in
Gatineau, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1970 and 1971 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Amherst, Nova Scotia.[4]
His professional career began in the
1979 NHL Entry Draft, making for an exceptionally strong draft class. Vaive was selected fifth overall by the Vancouver Canucks
in that draft and his NHL career lasted from 1979 until 1992.
In 1980, the Canucks traded Vaive, along with
Canada Cup team. He also served as captain of the Maple Leafs from 1982 to 1986. Vaive was stripped of his captaincy during the 1985–86 NHL season, for missing a morning practice.[10][11]
His trade from the Maple Leafs, along with
Ed Olczyk before the 1987 season was one of several lamentable trades arranged by team owner Harold Ballard in the 1980s.[12] Vaive netted 43 goals in his first season in Chicago but never managed more than 31 in a season after that. He spent four seasons with the Buffalo Sabres before retiring as a member of the American Hockey League's Hamilton Canucks
in 1993.
In May 2000, Vaive was inducted into the PEI Sports Hall of Fame.[13][14]
Coaching career
Vaive coached in the
Don Cherry
.
Personal
Vaive hosted various shows on
Leafs TV, an MLSE
-run property focusing on the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Vaive and his wife Joyce have two sons, Jeff and
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
|
Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1975–76 | Charlottetown Abbies | PEIJHL | ||||||||||||
| 1976–77 | Sherbrooke Castors | QMJHL
|
68 | 51 | 59 | 110 | 93 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 78 | ||
| 1977–78 | Sherbrooke Castors | QMJHL | 68 | 76 | 79 | 155 | 199 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 38 | ||
| 1978–79 | Birmingham Bulls | WHA | 75 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 248 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 47 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 22 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||
| 1980–81 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 75 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 229 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1981–82 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 77 | 54 | 35 | 89 | 157 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 78 | 51 | 28 | 79 | 105 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1983–84 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 76 | 52 | 41 | 93 | 114 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 72 | 35 | 33 | 68 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 61 | 33 | 31 | 64 | 85 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | ||
| 1986–87 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 73 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | ||
| 1987–88 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 76 | 43 | 26 | 69 | 108 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 38 | ||
| 1988–89 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 30 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 28 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 1989–90 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 70 | 29 | 19 | 48 | 74 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1990–91 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 71 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 74 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1991–92 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 12 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 1991–92 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Hamilton Canucks | AHL | 38 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Dundas Real McCoys | ACH | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Dundas Real McCoys | ACH | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| NHL totals | 876 | 441 | 347 | 788 | 1,445 | 54 | 27 | 16 | 43 | 111 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Canada | WJC
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
1982
|
Canada | WC
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
1985
|
Canada | WC | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | |
| Senior totals | 19 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 28 | |||
Coaching statistics
| Season | Team | League | G | W | L | T | OTL | PCT. | Playoff Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-94 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 68 | 33 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 0.551 | Lost in round 1 |
| 1994-95 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 68 | 42 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0.669 | Lost in round 2 |
| 1995-96 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 70 | 40 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0.629 | Lost in round 2 |
| 1996-97 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 70 | 45 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0.714 | Won Championship |
| 1997-98 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 70 | 41 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0.629 | Lost in round 1 |
| 1998-99 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 80 | 31 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 0.444 | Lost in round 2 |
| 1999-00 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 80 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 0.500 | Lost in round 1 |
| 2000-01 | Mississauga IceDogs | OHL | 68 | 3 | 56 | 7 | 2 | 0.110 | |
| 2004-05 | Dundas Real McCoys | OHASr | 34 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0.618 |
Note: G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, PCT. = Winning Percentage
References
- ^ "Claude Vaive: Obituary and death notice on InMemoriam".
- ^ "Rogers Hometown Hockey in Summerside unites fans of the sport". Journal Pioneer. December 13, 2015. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "Hockey Day shows off PEI's history". Estevan Mercury. February 15, 2012. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ^ "Leafs no longer 'hold that Tiger'". The Globe and Mail. February 19, 1980.
- ^ "Vaive scores his 50th as Leafs beat Blues". The Globe and Mail. March 25, 1982.
- ^ "On this day in 1982… Rick Vaive becomes the first Toronto Maple Leafs player to score 50 goals in a season". TheLeafsNation. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "Matthews scores hat trick to tie Vaive's single-season Maple Leafs record". Sportsnet. 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "Matthews sets Leafs' single-season franchise record for goals with 55". TSN. 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "Leafs' sleepy Vaive stripped of captaincy". The Montreal Gazette. February 24, 1986. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
- ^ "Leafs' captains often had nasty departures". Toronto Star. February 9, 2016. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
- ^ "Vaive traded to the Hawks". The Globe and Mail. September 4, 1987.
- ^ "Vaive inducted into Sports Hall of Fame". CBC News. May 15, 2000. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
- ^ "Rick Vaive biography". Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Fame. May 13, 2000. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "Feuds with Harold Ballard, Don Cherry part of ex-Leafs captain Rick Vaive's new book". CBC Sports. November 17, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ "Rick Vaive took winding road to become first Maple Leaf to score 50 goals in a season". The Hockey News. February 14, 2016. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
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