Pokey Reddick

Eldon Wade "Pokey" Reddick (born October 6, 1964) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League from 1986–87 to 1993–94.

Pokey Reddick
Born (1964-10-06) October 6, 1964
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Winnipeg Jets
Edmonton Oilers
Florida Panthers
Frankfurt Lions
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1984–2003

Playing career

As a youth, Reddick played in the 1977 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.[1]

Reddick spent most of his career in various minor leagues playing for various teams. His NHL-level experience included playing for the Winnipeg Jets, Edmonton Oilers, and Florida Panthers. He won a Stanley Cup Championship with the Oilers in 1990 as the backup goaltender to Bill Ranford, because of a season-ending injury to the Oilers regular goaltender Grant Fuhr. During his tenure with the Winnipeg Jets, he formed one half of the goaltending duo "Pokey and the Bandit" with Daniel Berthiaume.

Pokey Reddick holds the National Hockey League record for most games played by a goaltender without recording a shutout. Reddick played in 132 National Hockey League games over his career without recording a single shutout.

Reddick also holds the distinction of being the only goaltender at any level of professional hockey to go through a three-round playoff system undefeated. He achieved this feat with the Fort Wayne Komets in the IHL in 1992–93. Reddick had a 1.49 GAA through 12 postseason games, leading the Komets to the franchise's first title in 20 years.

Personal

Reddick received the nickname "Pokey" from his father as a result of his "slowpoke" movement throughout the house.[2]

His younger brother, Stan "Smokey" Reddick, was also a goaltender who spent twelve years playing in the ECHL and Slovenia.[3] His son, Bryce Reddick, is a forward currently enrolled in Michigan Tech's hockey program.[3] Pokey also has three other children: Jenna Reddick, Zoe Reddick, and Matthew Vorce.

Reddick was formerly an assistant coach for the Tri-City Storm of the USHL. He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, and served as tournament director at the Las Vegas Ice Center through April 2014 and head coach of the Las Vegas Storm Midget U16 AAA hockey team through April 2013. He is also coaching the first high school hockey team in Nevada at Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School, which is playing in its inaugural season in 2018-2019.

NHL Statistics
REGULAR SEASON[4] PLAYOFFS[4]
SEASON TEAM GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO MIN GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO MIN
1986-87 WINNIPEG JETS 48 21 21 4 1254 149 3.24 0.881 0 2760 3 0 2 73 10 3.63 0.863 0 165
1987-88 WINNIPEG JETS 28 9 13 3 711 102 4.11 0.857 0 1488
1988-89 WINNIPEG JETS 41 11 17 7 1129 144 4.10 0.872 0 2109
1989-90 EDMONTON OILERS 11 5 4 2 281 31 3.08 0.890 0 604 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 1.000 0 2
1990-91 EDMONTON OILERS 2 0 2 0 59 9 4.50 0.847 0 120
1993-94 FLORIDA PANTHERS 2 0 1 0 45 8 6.00 0.822 0 80
NHL CAREER TOTALS 132 46 58 16 3479 443 3.71 0.873 0 7161 4 0 2 74 10 3.59 0.865 0 167

Awards and honours
Award Year
IHL
James Norris Memorial Trophy 1986
N.R. "Bud" Poile Trophy 1993
Turner Cup (Fort Wayne Komets) 1993
NHL
Stanley Cup (Edmonton Oilers) 1990
UHL
Colonial Cup (Fort Wayne Komets) 2003
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References
  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  2. LegendsOfHockey.net: Eldon "Pokey" Reddick"
  3. EliteProspects.com: Eldon Reddick Player Profile Page
  4. "Eldon Reddick Stats and News". NHL.com. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
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