Steve Ludzik
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and television analyst}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| caption =
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| image =
| image_size = 230px
| position = Centre
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 185
| played_for = Chicago Blackhawks
Buffalo Sabres
EK Zell am See
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|4|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
| draft = 28th overall
| draft_year = 1980
| draft_team = Chicago Black Hawks
| career_start = 1981
| career_end = 1993
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Stephen Paul Ludzik (born April 3, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach who has worked as a television analyst for The Score television network. He played in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks and Buffalo Sabres between 1981 and 1990. He later coached the Tampa Bay Lightning between 1999 and 2001, and also spent several years coaching in the minor leagues.
Biography
As a youth, Ludzik played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from 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=2019-01-11}}
He had a distinguished junior career with the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey League, amassing 125 goals and 233 assists, for a total of 358 points. This broke the career point total record for the Flyers, which still stands today. He was subsequently named to the Flyers' All-Time Five Man All-Star Team.
He was drafted 28th overall by the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. After one more year of junior hockey, Ludzik turned pro in 1981–82. He split that season between the Black Hawks and the American Hockey League's New Brunswick Hawks. The next season, he became a Black Hawk regular.
Ludzik played with the Black Hawks until the 1988–89 season. Except for 11 games with the Buffalo Sabres in 1989–90, he spent the rest of his playing career in the minors. He played in a total of 424 NHL games and scored 46 goals and 93 assists.
Coaching
After retiring as a player, Ludzik turned to coaching, starting in the IHL with the Muskegon Fury and then the Detroit Vipers, where he won the 1996–97 Turner Cup with General Manager Rick Dudley. He then spent two years as head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, but was let go after the 2000–01 season. He subsequently went to the OHL as head coach of the Mississauga IceDogs, and then to the AHL, where he ended his coaching career in 2004–05 with the San Antonio Rampage.
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 | ||||||||
| 1977–78
| OJPHL | 31 | 30 | 20 | 50 | 15
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1978–79 | OMJHL | 68 | 32 | 65 | 97 | 138
| 20 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 48 |
| 1979–80
| Niagara Falls Flyers | OMJHL | 67 | 43 | 76 | 119 | 102
| 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 |
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| 1980–81 | Niagara Falls Flyers | OHL | 58 | 50 | 92 | 142 | 108
| 12 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 40 |
| 1981–82
| NHL | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1981–82 | AHL | 73 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 142
| 15 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| 1982–83
| Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 66 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 63
| 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
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| 1983–84 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 80 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 73
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 1984–85
| Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 79 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 86
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
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| 1985–86 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 49 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1986–87
| Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 52 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1987–88 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 73 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 40
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 1988–89
| Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1988–89 | IHL | 65 | 21 | 57 | 78 | 129
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 1989–90
| NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1989–90 | AHL | 54 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 71
| 16 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 57 |
| 1990–91
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 65 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 137
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
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| 1991–92 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 45 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 88
| 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 1992–93
| AUT | 51 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 64
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 424 !! 46 !! 93 !! 139 !! 333 ! 44 !! 4 !! 8 !! 12 !! 70 |
=NHL coaching career=
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| rowspan="2"|Team | rowspan="2"|Year | colspan="7"|Regular season | colspan="1"|Post season | ||||
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| G | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | Division rank | Result |
| |Tampa Bay Lightning
| 1999–00 | 82 || 19 || 47 || 9 || 7 || 54 | 4th in Southeast || Missed Playoffs | |||||||
| Tampa Bay Lightning
| 2000–01 | 39 || 12 || 20 || 5 || 2 || 29 | 5th in Southeast || fired | |||||||
| colspan="2"|Total
| 123 || 31 || 67 || 14 || 9 |
=Other leagues=
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| G | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | Finish | W | L | Win% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muskegon Fury
! 1993–94 ! CoHL | 64 || 35 || 24 || 5 || — || 75 | 2nd in West | 0 || 3 || {{winpct|0|3}} || Lost in Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
| Muskegon Fury
! 1994–95 | CoHL
| 74 || 42 || 27 || 5 || — || 89 | 2nd in West | 10 || 6 || {{winpct|10|6}} || Lost in Colonial Cup Final | |||||||||
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! 1996–97 ! IHL | 82 | 57 | 17 | — | 8 | 122
| 1st in North | 15 | 6 | {{winpct|15|6}} | Won Turner Cup | ||
| Detroit Vipers | 1997–98 | IHL
| 82 || 47 || 20 || — || 15 || 109 | 1st in Northeast | 14 || 9 || {{winpct|14|9}} || Lost in Turner Cup Final | ||||||||
| Detroit Vipers
! 1998–99 | IHL
| 82 || 50 || 21 || — || 11 || 111 | 1st in Northeast | 6 || 5 || {{winpct|6|5}} || Lost in Semifinals | |||||||||
| Mississauga IceDogs
! 2002–03 ! OHL | 68 || 23 || 31 || 11 || 3 || 60 | 4th in Central || 1 || 4 || {{winpct|1|4}} || Lost in Conference Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
| San Antonio Rampage
! 2003–04 ! AHL | 12 || 8 || 3 || 1 || — || 17 | Named Florida Panthers assistant coach || — || — || — || — | ||||||||||
| San Antonio Rampage
! 2004–05 ! AHL | 80 || 27 || 45 || — || 8 || 62 | 6th in West || — || — || — || Missed playoffs |
Broadcasting and publishing
Since coaching, Ludzik has been a hockey pundit on television, most notably on The Score Television Network. He also co-authored a book, entitled "Been There, Done That". Ludzik also cohosts a weekend program on CKTB in St Catharines.
Parkinson's disease
Ludzik came public in 2012 that he has Parkinson's disease and was diagnosed in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/23/former-nhler-opens-up-about-battle-with-parkinsons|title=Former NHLer opens up about battle with Parkinson's|author=Cory Smith, QMI Agency|publisher=Toronto Sun|accessdate=10 November 2012}}
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
- {{Official website|http://www.ludzy.com}}
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{{succession box | before = Bruce Boudreau | title = Head coach of the Muskegon Fury | years = 1993–95 | after = Bill Stewart }}
{{succession box | before = Rick Dudley | title = Head coach of the Detroit Vipers | years = 1996–99 | after = Paulin Bordeleau }}
{{Succession box| before = Jacques Demers | title = Head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning | years = 1999–2001 | after = John Tortorella}}
{{succession box | before = Don Cherry | title = Head coach of the Mississauga IceDogs | years = 2002–03 | after = Greg Gilbert }}
{{succession box | before = Scott Allen
Scott Allen | title = Head coach of the San Antonio Rampage | years = 2003
2004–05 | after = Scott Allen
Pat Conacher }}
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