Bob Kudelski
Encyclopedia
Robert Kudelski is an American
former professional ice hockey
player. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings
in the 1986 NHL Supplemental Draft
.
, where he was an ECAC
First All-Star in 1987, Kudelski made his professional debut with the American Hockey League
's New Haven Nighthawks
in the 1987–88 season
. He also made his NHL debut with the Kings that same season, appearing in 26 games and recording one assist. Kudelski led the Nighthawks to the Calder Cup
finals the following season, before making the Kings for good in 1989, scoring at least twenty goals in the next three years.
Kudelski was traded to the Ottawa Senators
during their inaugural season of 1992–93, and made an immediate scoring impact, finishing only four goals behind Sylvain Turgeon
for the team lead despite playing 25 fewer games for the Senators.
The following season his scoring pace was more prolific yet, and was on track to become Ottawa's first fifty-goal scorer, but was dealt midseason to the more defensively-oriented Florida Panthers
. He finished that season scoring a career high 40 goals, and was selected to play in the 1994 All Star Game
. The Panthers had played fewer games at the time of the trade than the Senators, and in consequence Kudelski tied Jimmy Carson
for the NHL record for games played in a single season with 86.
On January 13th his wife Maire-France gave birth to their daughter Jessica,named the first panther baby, who was the first child born to a player of the new team.
Unfortunately, with the lockout the following season, Kudelski was unfavored by the coaches and played just thirteen games in the 1995–96 season, during which he retired. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Florida Panthers
Alumni Association.
United States
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former professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
in the 1986 NHL Supplemental Draft
1986 NHL Supplemental Draft
The 1986 NHL Supplemental Draft took place on September 15, 1986.This is a list of players drafted. They were not selected in this order.-Round 1:-See also:*1986 NHL Entry Draft*1986–87 NHL season*List of NHL players-References:*...
.
Playing career
After playing three seasons at Yale UniversityYale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, where he was an ECAC
Eastern College Athletic Conference
The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois...
First All-Star in 1987, Kudelski made his professional debut with the American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
's New Haven Nighthawks
New Haven Nighthawks
The New Haven Nighthawks are a former ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League from 1972 to 1992. They had affiliations with the Minnesota North Stars , New York Islanders , New York Rangers , and Los Angeles Kings...
in the 1987–88 season
1987–88 AHL season
The 1987–88 AHL season was the 52nd season of the American Hockey League. Fourteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league abandoned shootout, but continues to award points for an overtime loss...
. He also made his NHL debut with the Kings that same season, appearing in 26 games and recording one assist. Kudelski led the Nighthawks to the Calder Cup
Calder Cup
The Calder Cup is awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League. The trophy is the world's second oldest continuous professional ice hockey championship, having first been awarded in 1937 following the 1936-37 AHL season, and continuously being awarded every year.The cup...
finals the following season, before making the Kings for good in 1989, scoring at least twenty goals in the next three years.
Kudelski was traded to the Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
during their inaugural season of 1992–93, and made an immediate scoring impact, finishing only four goals behind Sylvain Turgeon
Sylvain Turgeon
Sylvain Turgeon is a retired NHL player and the older brother of retired NHL player Pierre Turgeon.-Playing career:He was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft as the second pick overall...
for the team lead despite playing 25 fewer games for the Senators.
The following season his scoring pace was more prolific yet, and was on track to become Ottawa's first fifty-goal scorer, but was dealt midseason to the more defensively-oriented Florida Panthers
Florida Panthers
The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the...
. He finished that season scoring a career high 40 goals, and was selected to play in the 1994 All Star Game
National Hockey League All-Star Game
The National Hockey League All-Star Game is an exhibition ice hockey game that is traditionally held at the midway point of the regular season of the National Hockey League , with many of the league's star players playing against each other...
. The Panthers had played fewer games at the time of the trade than the Senators, and in consequence Kudelski tied Jimmy Carson
Jimmy Carson
James Charles Carson is a retired American professional hockey player. He is best known for his 10 year NHL career, spent with several teams. After retiring from professional hockey, he embarked on a new career as a financial advisor....
for the NHL record for games played in a single season with 86.
On January 13th his wife Maire-France gave birth to their daughter Jessica,named the first panther baby, who was the first child born to a player of the new team.
Unfortunately, with the lockout the following season, Kudelski was unfavored by the coaches and played just thirteen games in the 1995–96 season, during which he retired. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Florida Panthers
Florida Panthers
The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the...
Alumni Association.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1983–84 | Yale YALE RapidMiner, formerly YALE , is an environment for machine learning, data mining, text mining, predictive analytics, and business analytics. It is used for research, education, training, rapid prototyping, application development, and industrial applications... |
ECAC ECAC Hockey League ECAC Hockey is one of the five NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conferences that compete in NCAA Division I ice hockey. The conference used to be affiliated with the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a consortium of over 300 colleges in the eastern United States. This relationship ended in... |
21 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Yale | ECAC | 32 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Yale | ECAC | 31 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Yale | ECAC | 30 | 25 | 22 | 47 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 1987–88 AHL season The 1987–88 AHL season was the 52nd season of the American Hockey League. Fourteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league abandoned shootout, but continues to award points for an overtime loss... |
New Haven Nighthawks New Haven Nighthawks The New Haven Nighthawks are a former ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League from 1972 to 1992. They had affiliations with the Minnesota North Stars , New York Islanders , New York Rangers , and Los Angeles Kings... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
50 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 1988–89 AHL season The 1988–89 AHL season was the 53rd season of the American Hockey League. Fourteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league abandoned awarding points for an overtime loss. The Sherbrooke Canadiens finished first overall in the regular season... |
New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 60 | 32 | 19 | 51 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 12 | ||
| 1989–90 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 62 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1990–91 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 72 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1991–92 | Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 80 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 48 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 42 | 26 | 15 | 41 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Florida Panthers Florida Panthers The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the... |
NHL | 44 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 26 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 1995–96 AHL season The 1995–96 AHL season was the 60th season of the American Hockey League. The AHL expands by two teams and realigns into two conferences, and four divisions. The Northern Conference includes the North and Atlantic Divisions... |
Carolina Monarchs Carolina Monarchs The Carolina Monarchs were a short-lived ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum.... |
AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 442 | 139 | 102 | 241 | 218 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||||
Awards
- ECACECACECAC can refer to:* ECAC Hockey* Eastern College Athletic Conference* European Civil Aviation Conference...
First All-Star Team (1987) - Played in NHL All-Star Game (1994)
Transactions
- Traded to Ottawa by Los Angeles with Shawn McCoshShawn McCoshShawn M. McCosh is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in 9 NHL games with the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers over parts of two seasons....
for Marc FortierMarc FortierMarc Fortier is a Canadian former ice hockey centre. Fortier played in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques, Ottawa Senators and Los Angeles Kings...
and Jim Thomson, December 19, 1992. - Traded to Florida by Ottawa for Evgeny DavydovEvgeny DavydovEvgeny Vitalievich Davydov is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Winnipeg Jets, Florida Panthers and the Ottawa Senators.-Playing career:...
, Scott LevinsScott LevinsScott M. Levins is an American former professional ice hockey player.-Playing career:...
, Florida's 6th-round choice (Mike Gaffney) in 1994 Entry Draft, and Dallas' 4th-round choice (previously acquired, Ottawa selected Kevin Bolibruck) in 1995 Entry Draft, January 6, 1994.