Garry Valk

Garry Valk (born November 27, 1967) is a Canadian broadcaster and former professional ice hockey player. After finishing his playing career, Valk became a television analyst.
== Playing career==
He was selected 108th overall in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. Valk had a ten-year NHL career, debuting with the Vancouver Canucks in the 1990–91 season, scoring ten goals and eleven assists for twenty-one points, while recording sixty-seven penalty minutes. Valk's strongest career year came in 1993–94, when he recorded forty-five points in seventy-eight games for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, after being selected in the NHL's expansion draft.
Arguably his best work came in the late 1990s, when he was signed as a free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Valk became a player-coach that Pat Quinn depended on, fighting off opponents in crucial situations while also being an offensive threat.
Career highlights for Valk include the 1998–1999 playoffs, when he scored a key overtime goal to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round of the NHL playoffs.
Valk finished his career with a brief stint in 2003 with the Chicago Blackhawks.
==Post-playing career==
Valk retired to pursue an interest in broadcasting, and to spend time with his family. Today, Garry coaches his son's junior hockey team in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and was featured in a Canadian Business Magazine article on athletes who have gone on to be successful after their careers. He is also a Vancouver Canucks analyst on the sports news show Sportsnet Connected
In 2010, developers of a downtown Toronto condominium project enlisted the public's assistance in picking a name for the structure. Among the names submitted in the Internet poll, "Garry Valk Plaza" proved to be amongst the most popular entries.
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
 	 	 		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
1984–85 	Sherwood Park Crusaders 	AJHL 		53 	20 	22 	42 	66 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1985–86 	Sherwood Park Crusaders 	AJHL 		40 	20 	26 	46 	116 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1986–87 	Sherwood Park Crusaders 	AJHL 		59 	42 	44 	86 	204 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1987–88 	University of North Dakota	WCHA 		38 	23 	12 	35 	64 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1988–89 	University of North Dakota	WCHA 		40 	14 	17 	31 	71 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1989–90 	University of North Dakota	WCHA 		43 	22 	17 	39 	92 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1990–91 	Vancouver Canucks 	NHL 		59 	10 	11 	21 	67 		5 	0 	0 	0 	20
1990–91 	Milwaukee Admirals 	IHL 		10 	12 	4 	16 	13 		3 	0 	0 	0 	2
1991–92 	Vancouver Canucks 	NHL 		65 	8 	17 	25 	56 		4 	0 	0 	0 	5
1992–93 	Vancouver Canucks 	NHL 		48 	6 	7 	13 	77 		7 	0 	1 	1 	12
1992–93 	Hamilton Canucks 	AHL 		7 	3 	6 	9 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1993–94 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	NHL 		78 	18 	27 	45 	100 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	NHL 		36 	3 	6 	9 	34 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	NHL 		79 	12 	12 	24 	125 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	NHL 		53 	7 	7 	14 	53 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 		17 	3 	4 	7 	25 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 		39 	2 	1 	3 	33 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 		77 	8 	21 	29 	53 		17 	3 	4 	7 	22
1999–00 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 		73 	10 	14 	24 	44 		12 	1 	2 	3 	14
2000–01 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 		74 	8 	18 	26 	46 		5 	1 	0 	1 	2
2001–02 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 		63 	5 	10 	15 	28 		11 	1 	0 	1 	4
2002–03 	Chicago Blackhawks 	NHL 		16 	0 	1 	1 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Norfolk Admirals 	AHL 		22 	6 	5 	11 	16 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals		777 	100 	156 	256 	747 		61 	6 	7 	13 	79
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
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