Walt Poddubny

**Walter Michael Poddubny** (February 14, 1960 – March 21, 2009) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and coach who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1981–1982 until 1991–1992.

He died of a heart attack at the age of 49, after collapsing at his sister's house in Thunder Bay.

### Ice hockey

|ALIGN="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" colspan="5"|Regular season|ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" colspan="5"|Playoffs||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1978–79|Brandon Wheat Kings|WHL|20|11|11|22|12|--|--|--|--|--|
|1979–80|Kitchener Rangers|OMJHL|19|3|9|12|35||||||
|1979–80|Kingston Canadians|OMJHL|43|30|17|47|36||||||
|1980–81|Milwaukee Admirals|IHL|5|4|2|6|4|--|--|--|--|--|
|1980–81|Wichita Wind|CHL|70|21|29|50|207|11|1|6|7|26|
|1981–82|Wichita Wind|CHL|60|35|46|81|79|--|--|--|--|--|
|1981–82|Edmonton Oilers|NHL|4|0|0|0|0|--|--|--|--|--|
|1981–82|Toronto Maple Leafs|NHL|11|3|4|7|8|--|--|--|--|--|
|1982–83|Toronto Maple Leafs|NHL|72|28|31|59|71|4|3|1|4|0|
|1983–84|Toronto Maple Leafs|NHL|38|11|14|25|48|--|--|--|--|--|
|1984–85|St. Catharines Saints|AHL|8|5|7|12|10|--|--|--|--|--|
|1984–85|Toronto Maple Leafs|NHL|32|5|15|20|26|--|--|--|--|--|
|1985–86|St. Catharines Saints|AHL|37|28|27|55|52|--|--|--|--|--|
|1985–86|Toronto Maple Leafs|NHL|33|12|22|34|25|9|4|1|5|4|
|1986–87|New York Rangers|NHL|75|40|47|87|49|6|0|0|0|8|
|1987–88|New York Rangers|NHL|77|38|50|88|76|--|--|--|--|--|
|1988–89|Quebec Nordiques|NHL|72|38|37|75|107|--|--|--|--|--|
|1989–90|Utica Devils|AHL|2|1|2|3|0|--|--|--|--|--|
|1989–90|New Jersey Devils|NHL|33|4|10|14|28|--|--|--|--|--|
|1990–91|New Jersey Devils|NHL|14|4|6|10|10|--|--|--|--|--|
|1991–92|New Jersey Devils|NHL|7|1|2|3|6|--|--|--|--|--|
|1992–93|Bad Nauheim EC|2.GBun|||||||||||
|1994–95|Worcester IceCats|AHL|34|7|6|13|62|--|--|--|--|--|

### Roller hockey

|ALIGN="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" colspan="5"|Regular season|ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" colspan="5"|Playoffs||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1994|Las Vegas Flash|RHI|19|21|26|47|32||||||
|1995|Orlando Rollergators|RHI|10|7|10|17|12||||||

### Coaching

|ALIGN="center" colspan="4" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" colspan="7" bgcolor="#ffffff"|||||||
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|1994–95|Orlando Rollergators|RHI|Head Coach|23|7|16|0|0|0.304||
|1995–96|Daytona-Beach Breakers|SHL|Head Coach|60|33|20|7|0|0.608|Lost in round 1|
|1996–97|Anchorage Aces|WCHL|Head Coach|64|41|18|0|5|0.68|Lost in Finals|
|1997–98|Anchorage Aces|WCHL|Head Coach|64|36|20|0|8|0.625|Lost in round 2|
|1998–99|Anchorage Aces|WCHL|Head Coach|71|46|22|0|3|0.669|Lost in round 2|
|1999–00|Anchorage Aces|WCHL|Head Coach‡|56|30|21|0|5|0.58||
|2000–01|Anchorage Aces|WCHL|Head Coach|72|27|41|0|4|0.403||
|2001–02|Anchorage Aces|WCHL|Head Coach‡|40|9|26|0|5|0.287|Lost in round 1|
**‡ - Midseason Replacement**

## References

- Villagracia, Reuben. "Former NHLer passes away," _The Chronicle Journal_ (Thunder Bay, Ontario), Sunday, March 22, 2009.

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **position**: Winger (ice hockey), Left Wing
- **shoots**: Left
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 1
- **weight lb**: 210
- **league**: National Hockey League, NHL
- **birth place**: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
- **death place**: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
- **career start**: 1980
- **career end**: 1995
- **draft**: 90th overall
- **draft year**: 1980
- **draft team**: Edmonton Oilers
- **image size**: 230px
- **played for**: Edmonton Oilers
Toronto Maple Leafs
New York Rangers
Quebec Nordiques
New Jersey Devils