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Steve Thomas

RW | 5'10", 185 lbs. |

Birth Date:July 15, 1963 (49 years old)
Place of Birth:Stockport, ENG
Shoots:L

Experience:20 years
Drafted:Signed by Toronto in 1984.

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
AHL	Dudley "Red" Garret Memorial Trophy	1984-85
AHL	First All-Star Team	1984-85

Movements & Injuries

2005
9/14/2005	Invited to training camp by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
2004
2/14/2004	Missed 4 games (rib injury).
1/30/2004	Rib injury, sidelined indefinitely.
1/21/2004	Missed 19 games (knee injury).
2003
12/09/2003	Knee injury, mid-January.
11/05/2003	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Detroit Red Wings.
3/11/2003	Acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks.
2002
6/26/2002	Re-signed by the Chicago Blackhawks.
4/03/2002	Missed 1 game (flu).
3/31/2002	Flu, day-to-day.
3/18/2002	Missed 30 games (broken left ankle).
2001
12/23/2001	Broken left ankle, late March.
12/23/2001	Missed 17 games (fractured left ankle).
11/16/2001	Fractured left ankle, sidelined indefinitely.
7/18/2001	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Chicago Blackhawks.
1/20/2001	Missed 22 games (knee injury).
2000
12/02/2000	Knee injury, late January.
10/31/2000	Missed 3 games (right hand injury).
10/24/2000	Right hand injury, early November.

Career Transactions

2003
11/05/2003	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Detroit Red Wings.
3/11/2003	Chicago Blackhawks traded Steve Thomas to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks for a 5th round selection (Alexei Ivanov) in 2003.
2001
7/18/2001	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Chicago Blackhawks.
1998
7/30/1998	Signed as a free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1995
10/03/1995	New Jersey Devils traded Claude Lemieux to the New York Islanders for Steve Thomas.
1991
10/25/1991	Chicago Blackhawks traded Steve Thomas and Adam Creighton to the New York Islanders for Brent Sutter and Brad Lauer.
1987
9/03/1987	Chicago Blackhawks traded Ed Olczyk and Al Secord to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Rick Vaive, Steve Thomas and Bob McGill.
1984
5/12/1984	Signed as a free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2004-05	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2003-04	Detroit	NHL	44	10	12	22	8	25	0	0	3	12:45	80	0.50
2002-03	Anaheim	NHL	12	10	3	13	10	2	1	0	3	13:41	27	1.08
	Chicago	NHL	69	4	13	17	0	51	0	0	1	12:45	91	0.25
	Total Chi/Ana	NHL	81	14	16	30	10	53	1	0	4	-	118	0.37
2001-02	Chicago	NHL	34	11	4	15	0	17	3	0	0	17:21	66	0.44
2000-01	Toronto	NHL	57	8	26	34	0	46	1	0	1	16:02	140	0.60
1999-00	Toronto	NHL	81	26	37	63	1	68	9	0	9	16:19	151	0.78
1998-99	Toronto	NHL	78	28	45	73	26	33	11	0	7	18:23	209	0.94
1997-98	New Jersey	NHL	55	14	10	24	4	32	3	0	4	-	111	0.44
1996-97	New Jersey	NHL	57	15	19	34	9	46	1	0	2	-	124	0.60
1995-96	New Jersey	NHL	81	26	35	61	-2	98	6	0	6	-	192	0.75
	Canada	WC	8	2	3	5	-	29	-	-	-	-	-	0.63
1994-95	NY Islanders	NHL	47	11	15	26	-14	60	3	0	2	-	133	0.55
1993-94	NY Islanders	NHL	78	42	33	75	-9	139	17	0	5	-	249	0.96
	Canada	WC	6	1	5	6	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
1992-93	NY Islanders	NHL	79	37	50	87	3	111	12	0	7	-	264	1.10
1991-92	NY Islanders	NHL	71	28	42	70	11	71	3	0	2	-	210	0.99
	Chicago	NHL	11	2	6	8	-3	26	0	0	1	-	35	0.73
	Total Chi/NYI	NHL	82	30	48	78	8	97	3	0	3	-	245	0.95
	Canada	WC	5	2	2	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.80
1990-91	Chicago	NHL	69	19	35	54	8	129	2	0	3	-	192	0.78
	Canada	WEC	10	5	3	8	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	0.80
1989-90	Chicago	NHL	76	40	30	70	-3	91	13	0	7	-	235	0.92
1988-89	Chicago	NHL	45	21	19	40	-2	69	8	0	0	-	124	0.89
1987-88	Chicago	NHL	30	13	13	26	1	40	5	0	3	-	69	0.87
1986-87	Toronto	NHL	78	35	27	62	-3	114	3	0	7	-	245	0.79
1985-86	Toronto	NHL	65	20	37	57	-15	36	5	0	5	-	197	0.88
	St. Catharines	AHL	19	18	14	32	-	35	-	-	-	-	-	1.68
1984-85	Toronto	NHL	18	1	1	2	-13	2	0	0	0	-	26	0.11
	St. Catharines	AHL	64	42	48	90	-	56	-	-	-	-	-	1.41
1983-84	Toronto	OHL	70	51	54	105	-	77	-	-	-	-	-	1.50
1982-83	Toronto	OHL	61	18	20	38	-	42	-	-	-	-	-	0.62
1981-82	Toronto	OHA	1	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
	Markham	OJHL-B	48	68	57	125	-	113	-	-	-	-	-	2.60
NHL	Total	NHL	1235	421	512	933	17	1306	106	0	78	-	3170	0.76
AHL	Total	AHL	83	60	62	122	-	91	-	-	-	-	-	1.47
OHA	Total	OHA	1	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
OHL	Total	OHL	131	69	74	143	-	119	-	-	-	-	-	1.09
OJHL-B	Total	OJHL-B	48	68	57	125	-	113	-	-	-	-	-	2.60
WC	Total	WC	19	5	10	15	-	33	-	-	-	-	-	0.79
WEC	Total	WEC	10	5	3	8	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	0.80

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2004-05	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2003-04	Detroit	NHL	6	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	-	10	0.17
2002-03	Anaheim	NHL	21	4	4	8	2	8	2	0	3	-	40	0.38
2001-02	Chicago	NHL	5	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0	0	-	8	0.40
2000-01	Toronto	NHL	11	6	3	9	4	4	4	0	0	-	27	0.82
1999-00	Toronto	NHL	12	6	3	9	8	10	0	0	1	-	32	0.75
1998-99	Toronto	NHL	17	6	3	9	-1	12	2	0	1	-	41	0.53
1997-98	New Jersey	NHL	6	0	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	-	12	0.50
1996-97	New Jersey	NHL	10	1	1	2	-6	18	0	0	0	-	25	0.20
1995-96	New Jersey	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1994-95	NY Islanders	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1993-94	NY Islanders	NHL	4	1	0	1	-5	8	1	0	0	-	9	0.25
1992-93	NY Islanders	NHL	18	9	8	17	-1	37	1	0	1	-	66	0.94
1991-92	NY Islanders	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1990-91	Chicago	NHL	6	1	2	3	3	15	0	0	0	-	17	0.50
1989-90	Chicago	NHL	20	7	6	13	2	33	1	0	3	-	60	0.65
1988-89	Chicago	NHL	12	3	5	8	-2	10	1	0	2	-	23	0.67
1987-88	Chicago	NHL	3	1	2	3	-	6	0	0	0	-	-	1.00
1986-87	Toronto	NHL	13	2	3	5	-	13	0	0	0	-	-	0.38
1985-86	Toronto	NHL	10	6	8	14	-	9	3	0	0	-	-	1.40
	St. Catharines	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1984-85	Toronto	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	St. Catharines	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1983-84	Toronto	OHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1982-83	Toronto	OHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1981-82	Toronto	OHA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Markham	OJHL-B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
NHL	Total	NHL	174	54	53	107	-	187	15	0	11	-	-	0.61

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	82	1991-92 (Chi/NYI)
Goals	42	1993-94 (NYI)
Assists	50	1992-93 (NYI)
Points	87	1992-93 (NYI)
Penalty Minutes	139	1993-94 (NYI)
Plus/Minus	+26	1998-99 (Tor)
Power Play Goals	17	1993-94 (NYI)
Shots	264	1992-93 (NYI)

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