Gerald Diduck
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| image_size =
| position = Defence
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 225
| played_for = New York Islanders
Montreal Canadiens
Vancouver Canucks
Chicago Blackhawks
Hartford Whalers
Phoenix Coyotes
Toronto Maple Leafs
Dallas Stars
| ntl_team =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|4|6|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| draft = 16th overall
| draft_year = 1983
| draft_team = New York Islanders
| career_start = 1984
| career_end = 2001
}}
Gerald Mark Diduck ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɪ|d|ə|k}} {{Respell|DID|ək}}; born April 4, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the first round, 16th overall, by the Islanders in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. Diduck played 932 games in an NHL career that spanned eight different teams from 1984 to 2001. He played for the New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks, Hartford Whalers, Phoenix Coyotes, Toronto Maple Leafs and Dallas Stars. He is part of hockey lore as the man who ended the career of Islanders legend and teammate Bob Nystrom with an accidental high stick that almost cost Nystrom his eye. Diduck was born in Edmonton, Alberta and now resides in Texas. He is the brother-in-law of professional musician and CKY bassist Matt Deis. Diduck is of Ukrainian ancestry.[https://www.amazon.ca/Ukrainian-Canadians-Hnatyshyn-Nagurski-Wasylycia-Leis/dp/1156646642 Ukrainian Canadians: Roberta Bondar, Ray Hnatyshyn, Bronko Nagurski, Ed Stelmach, Ukrainian Canadian, Mike Bossy, Judy Wasylycia-Leis]
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
| 1981–82
| WHL | 71 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 81 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
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| 1982–83 | Lethbridge Broncos | WHL | 67 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 151 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 49 |
| 1982–83
| Lethbridge Broncos | MC | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| 1983–84 | Lethbridge Broncos | WHL | 65 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 133 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
| 1983–84
| CHL | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
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| 1984–85 | NHL | 65 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86
| New York Islanders | NHL | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985–86 | AHL | 61 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 173 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87
| New York Islanders | NHL | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1986–87 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 45 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 120 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88
| New York Islanders | NHL | 68 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 113 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89 | New York Islanders | NHL | 65 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 155 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90
| New York Islanders | NHL | 76 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 163 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
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| 1990–91 | NHL | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| NHL | 31 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 77 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 229 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1992–93
| Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 80 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 171 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
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| 1993–94 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 55 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 72 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 1994–95
| Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1994–95 | NHL | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 1995–96
| NHL | 79 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 88 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 56 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97
| NHL | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997–98 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 78 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 1998–99
| Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| NHL | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 2000–01
| NHL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 932 ! 56 ! 156 ! 212 ! 1612 ! 114 ! 8 ! 16 ! 24 ! 212 |
=International=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=10361}}
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{{succession box | before = Pat LaFontaine | title = New York Islanders first round draft pick | years = 1983 | after = Duncan MacPherson}}
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