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Career profile Last roster: 2010-11 PHX
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Brian Rafalski

D · USA
+ 2 other teams
Status
Retired 15 yrs ago
Career
2004–2011 (7 yrs)
Age
53 (37 in 2011)
Vitals
5'10" · 191 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Career Regular Season

7 seasons (2004–2011)
Games 565
Goals 78
Assists 287
Points 365
+/- +35
P/GP 0.65
SHT% 8.2
PiM 347

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 NYR 77 5 37 42 0.55 +11 82 0 1 0 110 4.5% 88
2005-06 NYR 82 8 26 34 0.41 +21 69 0 0 1 100 8.0% 115
2006-07 NYI 80 13 32 45 0.56 +15 78 3 0 1 159 8.2% 94
2007-08 NYI 80 10 40 50 0.63 +16 22 1 2 0 133 7.5% 119
2008-09 NYI 82 11 32 43 0.52 -16 50 3 7 1 155 7.1% 55
2009-10 PHX 82 21 64 85 1.04 -7 40 3 14 0 162 13.0% 39
2010-11 PHX 82 10 56 66 0.80 -5 6 2 5 0 137 7.3% 15
CAREER 7 yrs 565 78 287 365 0.65 +35 347 12 29 3 -- 8.2% 525
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2006-07 NYI 7 1 3 4 0.57 0 12 0 0 0 20 5.0% 14
2007-08 NYI 15 1 11 12 0.80 +8 8 0 0 0 40 2.5% 28
2008-09 NYI 6 0 4 4 0.67 -3 6 0 0 0 5 0.0% 4
CAREER 3 app. 28 2 18 20 0.71 +5 26 0 0 0 -- 3.1% 46
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
1999-00 NJD 75 5 27 32 0.43 +21 28 1 1 7 3.9% 18:51
2000-01 NJD 78 9 43 52 0.67 +36 26 1 6 22 6.3% 21:41
2001-02 NJD 76 7 40 47 0.62 +15 18 4 2 19 5.6% 22:08
2002-03 NJD 79 3 37 40 0.51 +18 14 0 2 16 1.7% 23:09
2003-04 NJD 69 6 30 36 0.52 +6 24 1 2 18 4.6% 22:48
2005-06 NJD 82 6 43 49 0.60 0 36 2 3 27 4.8% 25:32
2006-07 NJD 82 8 47 55 0.67 +4 34 4 3 30 5.4% 25:29
2007-08 DET 73 13 42 55 0.75 +27 34 1 10 31 7.4% 24:04
2008-09 DET 78 10 49 59 0.76 +17 20 1 5 28 7.1% 23:10
2009-10 DET 78 8 34 42 0.54 +23 26 1 5 19 6.0% 24:14
2010-11 DET 63 4 44 48 0.76 +11 22 0 0 17 3.8% 20:25
Career NHL 833 79 436 515 0.62 +178 282 16 39 234 5.2% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 31 D NYR - - 80 77 59 81 84 - - 77 55 73 - 59 64 75
2005-06 32 D NYR - - 80 77 59 81 84 - - 77 55 73 - 59 64 75
2006-07 33 D NYI - - 80 79 62 85 84 - - 81 62 76 - 61 65 78
2007-08 34 D NYI - - 88 79 62 85 86 - - 82 62 77 - 72 76 79
2008-09 35 D NYI 56 50 85 85 70 - 91 79 25 88 75 76 - 87 82 -
2009-10 36 D PHX 55 40 89 84 70 - 90 91 40 91 75 78 - 89 84 76
2010-11 37 D PHX 55 40 87 86 68 - 90 83 40 83 71 79 - 93 88 76
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 31 D NYR - - 80 77 59 81 84 - - 77 55 73 - 59 64 75
2005-06 32 D NYR - - · · · · · - - · · · - · · ·
2006-07 33 D NYI - - · +2 +3 +4 · - - +4 +7 +3 - +2 +1 +3
2007-08 34 D NYI - - +8 · · · +2 - - +1 · +1 - +11 +11 +1
2008-09 35 D NYI 56 50 −3 +6 +8 - +5 79 25 +6 +13 −1 - +15 +6 -
2009-10 36 D PHX −1 −10 +4 −1 · - −1 +12 +15 +3 · +2 - +2 +2 76
2010-11 37 D PHX · · −2 +2 −2 - · −8 · −8 −4 +1 - +4 +4 ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2004-05 NYR $3,750,000 2 yr 7.5% 31 UFA
2005-06 NYR $4,000,000 4 yr 8.0% 32 UFA
2006-07 NYI $3,680,000 3 yr 9.4% 33 UFA
2009-10 PHX $5,850,000 3 yr 10.3% 36 UFA
2004-05
Jul 8 2004
2004-05
to FLYERS
Nov 29 2004
2004-05
to RANGERS
to FLYERS
2006-07
Feb 27 2007
2006-07
to ISLANDERS
  • Brian Rafalski 78
  • Andrei Popov P
2009-10
Sep 19 2009
2009-10
to COYOTES
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