Rick Vasko
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1957)}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|12|mf=y}}
| birth_place = St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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| height_ft = 6
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| weight_lb = 200
| position = Defence
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| played_for = Detroit Red Wings
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| draft = 37th overall
| draft_year = 1977
| draft_team = Detroit Red Wings
| wha_draft = 53rd overall
| wha_draft_year = 1977
| wha_draft_team = Indianapolis Racers
| career_start = 1977
| career_end = 1982
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Richard John Vasko (born January 12, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings.
Career
As a youth, Vasko played in the 1970 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Cedar Hill, Toronto.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-10}}
Vasko was drafted 37th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1977 NHL amateur draft and 53rd overall by the Indianapolis Racers in the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft. He went on to play 31 regular season games for the Red Wings over three seasons.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1975–76
| OMJHL | 63 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 52
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| 1976–77 | Peterborough Petes | OMJHL | 65 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 122
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| 1977–78
| CHL | 70 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 72
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| 1977–78 | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7
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| 1978–79
| Kansas City Red Wings | CHL | 75 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 67
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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| 1979–80 | AHL | 71 | 22 | 39 | 61 | 79
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| 1979–80
| Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
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| 1980–81 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 57 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 78
| 18 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 31 |
| 1980–81
| Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20
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| 1981–82 | CHL | 68 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 92
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 31 !! 3 !! 7 !! 10 !! 29 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
- [http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77037.html Rick Vasko's Bio on Hockey Draft Central.com]
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Category:Adirondack Red Wings players
Category:Detroit Red Wings draft picks
Category:Detroit Red Wings players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Indianapolis Racers draft picks
Category:Kansas City Red Wings players
Category:Oklahoma City Stars players
Category:Peterborough Petes (ice hockey) players
Category:Ice hockey people from St. Catharines
Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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