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Greg Vaydik
Greg Vaydik
	Vaydik in 1976
Born	October 9, 1955 (age 68); Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Chicago Black Hawks
NHL Draft	7th overall, 1975; Chicago Black Hawks
WHA Draft	9th overall, 1975; Phoenix Roadrunners
Playing career	1975–1982

Gregory Brooks Vaydik (born October 9, 1955) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played 5 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1976–77 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1975 to 1982, was spent in the minor leagues.

Biography edit

Vaydik was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. As a youth, he played in the 1966 and 1967 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Yellowknife.^[1] He was selected with the seventh overall pick in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft by the Chicago Black Hawks, and played five games with them during the 1976–77 season without scoring any points.

Career statistics edit

Regular season and playoffs edit

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1972–73	Drumheller Falcons	AJHL	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1972–73	Medicine Hat Tigers	WCHL	38	5	3	8	6	17	0	0	0	0
1973–74	Medicine Hat Tigers	WCHL	68	33	41	74	24	6	4	4	8	7
1974–75	Medicine Hat Tigers	WCHL	61	55	51	106	37	5	4	7	11	4
1975–76	Dallas Black Hawks	CHL	17	5	5	10	2	—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	Dallas Black Hawks	CHL	68	29	32	61	10	5	0	3	3	0
1977–78	Dallas Black Hawks	CHL	73	26	18	44	8	13	3	3	6	4
1978–79	Rochester Americans	AHL	80	16	25	41	10	—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	New Brunswick Hawks	AHL	60	12	19	31	0	—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Dallas Black Hawks	CHL	26	6	5	11	6	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Dallas Black Hawks	CHL	65	20	30	50	20	16	3	6	9	8
CHL totals			249	86	90	176	46	34	6	12	18	12
NHL totals			5	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—

International edit

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1975	Canada	WJC		3	0	1	1	0
Junior totals				3	0	1	1	0

References edit

^ "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 2019-01-06.

External links edit

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by Grant Mulvey	Chicago Blackhawks first round draft pick 1975	Succeeded by Real Cloutier
Preceded by Dennis Olmstead	Phoenix Roadrunners first round draft pick 1975	Succeeded by None

[1] "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 2019-01-06.

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