Steve Atkinson

Player profile and career history

R · #19

Steve Atkinson was a right wing. Born October 16, 1948 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he stood 5'11", weighed 170 lbs and shot right. He was drafted in 1966 (round 1, 6th overall) by the Detroit Red Wings. In 302 NHL regular-season games he had 60 goals and 51 assists for 111 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games: 302
Goals: 60
Assists: 51
Points: 111

All supplied career statistics

Assists: 51
Game Winning Goals: 4
Games Played: 302
Goals: 60
Ot Goals: 0
Pim: 104
Plus Minus: -50
Points: 111
Power Play Goals: 8
Power Play Points: 17
Shooting Pctg: 0.11
Shorthanded Goals: 3
Shorthanded Points: 3
Shots: 545

NHL playoff career

Games: 1
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Points: 0

All supplied career statistics

Assists: 0
Game Winning Goals: 0
Games Played: 1
Goals: 0
Ot Goals: 0
Pim: 0
Plus Minus: 0
Points: 0
Power Play Goals: 0
Power Play Points: 0
Shorthanded Goals: 0
Shorthanded Points: 0
Shots: 0

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game: 0.20
Assists / game: 0.17
Points / game: 0.37
Shots / game: 1.80

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals: 20
Assists: 18
Points: 38
Shots: 126

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1977–78
- BrantfordOHA-Sr.
1976–77
- ErieNAPro
- BrantfordOHA-Sr.
1975–76
- BuffaloNAPro
- Toronto TorosWHA
1974–75
- RichmondAHL
- Washington CapitalsNHL
1973–74
- Buffalo SabresNHL
1972–73
- Buffalo SabresNHL
1971–72
- Buffalo SabresNHL
1970–71
- Buffalo SabresNHL
1969–70
- Oklahoma CityCHL
1968–69
- Oklahoma CityCHL
- Boston BruinsNHL
1967–68
- Niagara FallsM-Cup
- Niagara FallsOHA-Jr.
1966–67
- Niagara FallsOHA-Jr.
1965–66
- Niagara FallsOHA-Jr.
1964–65
- Niagara FallsM-Cup
- Niagara FallsOHA-Jr.

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

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Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
1977–78	OHA-Sr.	Brantford	Regular	33	15	28	43	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 28 Games Played 33 Goals 15 Pim 4 Points 43
1976–77	NAPro	Erie	Regular	28	18	20	38	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 20 Games Played 28 Goals 18 Pim 19 Points 38
1976–77	OHA-Sr.	Brantford	Regular	11	9	13	22	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 13 Games Played 11 Goals 9 Pim 8 Points 22
1975–76	NAPro	Buffalo	Regular	37	30	31	61	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 31 Games Played 37 Goals 30 Pim 38 Points 61
1975–76	WHA	Toronto Toros	Regular	52	2	6	8	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Games Played 52 Goals 2 Pim 22 Points 8
1974–75	AHL	Richmond	Regular	22	11	18	29	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 18 Games Played 22 Goals 11 Pim 6 Points 29
1974–75	NHL	Washington Capitals	Regular	46	11	4	15	8	-25	92	3	5	2	2	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 46 Goals 11 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus -25 Points 15 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.1196 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 92
1974–75	AHL	Richmond	Playoffs	7	1	4	5	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 15 Points 5
1973–74	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	Regular	70	6	10	16	22	1	109	0	0	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 10 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 70 Goals 6 Ot Goals 0 Pim 22 Plus Minus 1 Points 16 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.055 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 109
1972–73	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	Regular	61	9	9	18	36	-5	96	2	4	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 9 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 61 Goals 9 Ot Goals 0 Pim 36 Plus Minus -5 Points 18 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.0938 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 96
1972–73	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 0
1971–72	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	Regular	67	14	10	24	26	-23	122	3	5	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 10 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 67 Goals 14 Ot Goals 0 Pim 26 Plus Minus -23 Points 24 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.1148 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 122
1970–71	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	Regular	57	20	18	38	12	3	126	0	3	1	1	2	0	All stats Assists 18 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 57 Goals 20 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus 3 Points 38 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.1587 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 126
1969–70	CHL	Oklahoma City	Regular	63	29	23	52	63	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 23 Games Played 63 Goals 29 Pim 63 Points 52
1968–69	CHL	Oklahoma City	Regular	65	40	40	80	62	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 40 Games Played 65 Goals 40 Pim 62 Points 80
1968–69	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 0
1968–69	CHL	Oklahoma City	Playoffs	12	4	0	4	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 12 Goals 4 Pim 13 Points 4
1967–68	M-Cup	Niagara Falls	Regular	10	7	9	16	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 9 Games Played 10 Goals 7 Pim 2 Points 16
1967–68	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Regular	50	37	36	73	61	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 36 Games Played 50 Goals 37 Pim 61 Points 73
1967–68	M-Cup	Niagara Falls	Playoffs	10	7	9	16	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 9 Games Played 10 Goals 7 Pim 2 Points 16
1967–68	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Playoffs	19	14	10	24	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 10 Games Played 19 Goals 14 Pim 15 Points 24
1966–67	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Regular	44	31	35	66	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 35 Games Played 44 Goals 31 Pim 42 Points 66
1966–67	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Playoffs	10	6	5	11	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 10 Goals 6 Pim 4 Points 11
1965–66	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Regular	39	8	7	15	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 7 Games Played 39 Goals 8 Pim 12 Points 15
1965–66	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Playoffs	6	5	2	7	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 6 Goals 5 Pim 2 Points 7
1964–65	M-Cup	Niagara Falls	Regular	3	3	2	5	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 3 Goals 3 Pim 4 Points 5
1964–65	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Regular	15	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 15 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 1
1964–65	M-Cup	Niagara Falls	Playoffs	3	3	2	5	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 3 Goals 3 Pim 4 Points 5

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Recent NHL games

Date	Opponent	Time on ice
1975-02-26	PIT	–
1975-02-25	CHI	–
1975-02-23	STL	–
1975-02-22	CHI	–
1975-02-21	BUF	–

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Profile updated Oct 16, 7:50 am EDT. Missing stats are shown as –.

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NHL regular-season career

NHL playoff career

NHL career scoring rates

NHL season record highs

Teams & leagues through the years

1977–78

1976–77

1975–76

1974–75

1973–74

1972–73

1971–72

1970–71

1969–70

1968–69

1967–68

1966–67

1965–66

1964–65

Season-by-season history

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