# Rocky Saganiuk

Rocky Ray Saganiuk (born October 15, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 259 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins.

## Playing career

Born in Myrnam, Alberta, Saganiuk played junior hockey for the Kamloops Chiefs and Lethbridge Broncos. He was drafted in 1977 by the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association (WHA) and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Saganiuk signed with the Maple Leafs and made his professional debut in 1977 with the Dallas Black Hawks of the Central Hockey League, a farm team of the Maple Leafs. He had an outstanding season for the New Brunswick Hawks of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 1978–79, for which he won the Les Cunningham Award as the most valuable player of the 1978–79 AHL season.
He played the next three seasons in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, from 1979 to 1982, scoring 24 goals and 47 points in his best season.. Before the 1983–84 season, he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins. He only played one season with the Penguins, playing in only 29 games.

## Post-playing career

After retiring from the NHL due to injuries, Saganiuk helped develop hockey in Britain as a player-coach with both Ayr Bruins and Peterborough Pirates. He also had spells as coach of the Durham Wasps, Murrayfield Racers and Blackburn Hawks.
Saganiuk returned to North America, first as a coach in the WHL, and then as a youth hockey director in Chicago.

## Career statistics

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1974–75 | Taber Golden Suns | AJHL | 50 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 124 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975–76 | Taber Golden Suns | AJHL | 49 | 42 | 32 | 74 | 169 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975–76 | Kamloops Chiefs | WCHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975–76 | Lethbridge Broncos | WCHL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1976–77 | Lethbridge Broncos | WCHL | 72 | 60 | 48 | 108 | 203 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 1977–78 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 42 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978–79 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1978–79 | New Brunswick Hawks | AHL | 61 | 47 | 29 | 76 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979–80 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 75 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1980–81 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 71 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 65 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982–83 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982–83 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 61 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984–85 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87 | Brantford Motts Clamatos | OHA-Sr. | 33 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88 | Ayr Bruins | GBR | 14 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89 | Ayr Bruins | GBR | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92 | Peterborough Pirates | GBR | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | Murrayfield Racers | GBR | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95 | Durham Wasps | GBR | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 259 | 57 | 65 | 122 | 201 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| AHL totals | AHL totals | AHL totals | 131 | 75 | 54 | 129 | 185 | — | — | — | — | — |
| GBR totals | GBR totals | GBR totals | 31 | 38 | 37 | 75 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — |