Mick Vukota

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Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Height
Weight
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
195 lb (88 kg/13 st 13 lb)
Pro clubs New York Islanders
Tampa Bay Lightning
Montreal Canadiens
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born September 14, 1966 (1966-09-14) (age 41),
Saskatoon, SK, CAN
Pro career 19871998

Mick Vukota (born September 14, 1966 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a former NHL Right Wing. Undrafted, he signed with the New York Islanders, who were looking to add toughness and muscle to their roster, on March 2, 1987. Vukota worked his way up the system and found himself skating on NHL ice by the end of the 1987–88 season, and he even scored his first goal. But more importantly, he registered 82 penalty minutes in 17 games on the way to becoming his team's top enforcer. Over the next decade, Vukota forged a reputation as a tough scrapper and punishing forechecker who could occasionally pop in a goal. He was suspended several times by the league for on ice behavior, and this added to his growing tough guy reputation. He went on to become the Islander career penalty minutes leader (1,879 PIM), but his one dimensional style resulted in a demotion to the Utah Grizzlies of the IHL in 1996–97. He split the 1997–98 season between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens in what would be his last year in the NHL, surpassing 2,000 career penalty minutes, and then played 2 more seasons with the Grizzlies in the IHL before retiring.

[edit] NHL Statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1987–88 New York Islanders NHL 17 1 0 1 82 2 0 0 0 23
1988–89 New York Islanders NHL 48 2 2 4 237 -- -- -- -- --
1989–90 New York Islanders NHL 76 4 8 12 290 1 0 0 0 17
1990–91 New York Islanders NHL 60 2 4 6 238 -- -- -- -- --
1991–92 New York Islanders NHL 74 0 6 6 293 -- -- -- -- --
1992–93 New York Islanders NHL 74 2 5 7 216 15 0 0 0 16
1993–94 New York Islanders NHL 72 3 1 4 237 4 0 0 0 17
1994–95 New York Islanders NHL 40 0 2 2 109 -- -- -- -- --
1995–96 New York Islanders NHL 33 1 1 2 106 -- -- -- -- --
1996–97 New York Islanders NHL 17 1 0 1 71 -- -- -- -- --
1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 42 1 0 1 116
Montreal Canadiens NHL 22 0 0 0 76 1 0 0 0 0
NHL Totals 575 17 29 46 2071 23 0 0 0 73

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