Rick Vaive

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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1959)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Rick Vaive 1988.JPG
| caption = Vaive with the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] in 1988
| image_size =
| position = [[Right Wing (ice hockey)|Right Wing]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 180
| ntl_team = CAN
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|5|14|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| career_start = 1979
| career_end = 1992
| draft = 5th overall
| draft_year = 1979
| draft_team = [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| played_for = [[Birmingham Bulls (WHA)|Birmingham Bulls]]<br>[[Vancouver Canucks]]<br>[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]<br>[[Chicago Blackhawks]]<br>[[Buffalo Sabres]]
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country | {{CAN}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[1982 World Ice Hockey Championships|1982 Finland]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[1985 World Ice Hockey Championships|1985 Prague]]|}}
}}
'''Richard Claude Vaive''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|aɪ|v}}; born May 14, 1959) is a Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] player. He played in the final season of the [[World Hockey Association]] (WHA) and played in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) from [[1979–80 NHL season|1979]] to [[1991–92 NHL season|1992]]. While with the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], he became the first member of that team to score 50 goals in a season.

==Biography==
Vaive was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] to Claude (d. 2016) and Mary Vaive (d. 2010),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-546924-claude-vaive.html|title = Claude Vaive: Obituary and death notice on InMemoriam}}</ref> and lived in [[Charlottetown]], [[Prince Edward Island]] after he turned 11.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/news/local/rogers-hometown-hockey-in-summerside-unites-fans-of-the-sport-56873/|title=Rogers Hometown Hockey in Summerside unites fans of the sport|work=Journal Pioneer|date=December 13, 2015|access-date=2023-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.estevanmercury.ca/opinion/columnists/hockey-day-shows-off-pei-s-history-1.1438026|title=Hockey Day shows off PEI's history|work=Estevan Mercury|date=February 15, 2012|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref> Grandparents Lionel and Reina Vaive were from [[Gatineau, Quebec]]. As a youth, he played in the 1970 and 1971 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]]s with a [[minor ice hockey]] team from [[Amherst, Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-10|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After a stellar junior hockey career with the [[Sherbrooke Castors]], he began his professional career in 1978-79 in the [[World Hockey Association]] (WHA) with the [[Birmingham Bulls (WHA)|Birmingham Bulls]], with whom he signed as an underage free agent. He was part of a contingent of young players who were nicknamed the "Baby Bulls", a group which also included [[Michel Goulet]], [[Craig Hartsburg]], [[Keith Crowder]], [[Gaston Gingras]] and [[Pat Riggin]]. Following the [[NHL-WHA merger]] at the end of the season, these youngsters were declared eligible for the [[1979 NHL Entry Draft]], and Vaive was selected fifth overall by the [[Vancouver Canucks]].

In 1980, the Canucks traded Vaive, along with [[Bill Derlago]], to the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] in exchange for [[Tiger Williams|Dave "Tiger" Williams]] and [[Jerry Butler (ice hockey)|Jerry Butler]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Leafs no longer 'hold that Tiger'|work=The Globe and Mail|date=February 19, 1980}}</ref> In Toronto, Vaive and Derlago were teamed with [[Pat Hickey (ice hockey)|Pat Hickey]], and Derlago became Vaive's setup man. Vaive was a prolific scorer for the Leafs, becoming the first player in the team's history to score 50 goals in a season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vaive scores his 50th as Leafs beat Blues|work=The Globe and Mail|date=March 25, 1982}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=On this day in 1982… Rick Vaive becomes the first Toronto Maple Leafs player to score 50 goals in a season |url=https://theleafsnation.com/news/on-this-day-in-1982-rick-vaive-becomes-the-first-toronto-maple-leafs-player-to-score-50-goals-in-a-season |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=TheLeafsNation |language=en}}</ref> His 54 goals in [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]] stood as a franchise record for 40 years before it was broken by [[Auston Matthews]] in [[2021–22 NHL season|2021–22]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/matthews-scores-hat-trick-to-tie-vaives-single-season-maple-leafs-record/|title=Matthews scores hat trick to tie Vaive's single-season Maple Leafs record|date=2022-04-04|website=Sportsnet|access-date=2022-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/auston-matthews-rick-vaive-toronto-maple-leafs-55-goals-1.1782458|title=Matthews sets Leafs' single-season franchise record for goals with 55|date=2022-04-07|website=TSN|access-date=2022-04-07}}</ref> He served as [[captain (ice hockey)|captain]] of the Maple Leafs from 1982 to 1986; he was stripped of the captaincy during the 1985–86 NHL season, for missing a morning practice. Vaive was invited to the [[Canada Cup (ice hockey)|Canada Cup]] team in 1984, but was cut in training camp.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19860224&id=kqQkAAAAIBAJ&pg=3107,2454356&hl=en|title=Leafs' sleepy Vaive stripped of captaincy|work=The Montreal Gazette|date=February 24, 1986|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2016/02/09/leafs-captains-often-had-nasty-departures.html|title=Leafs' captains often had nasty departures|work=Toronto Star|date=February 9, 2016|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref>

In 1987 Vaive was traded, along with [[Steve Thomas (ice hockey)|Steve Thomas]] and [[Bob McGill]], to the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] in exchange for [[Al Secord]] and [[Ed Olczyk]], one of several lamentable deals by team owner [[Harold Ballard]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vaive traded to the Hawks|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 4, 1987}}</ref> Vaive netted 43 goals in his first season in Chicago but never managed more than 31 in a season after that. He spent four seasons with the [[Buffalo Sabres]], then retired as a member of the [[American Hockey League]]'s [[Hamilton Canucks]] in 1993.

In May 2000, Vaive was inducted into the [[PEI Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/vaive-inducted-into-sports-hall-of-fame-1.229833|title=Vaive inducted into Sports Hall of Fame|publisher=CBC News|date=May 15, 2000|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://peisportshalloffame.ca/vaive-rick-hockey/|title=Rick Vaive biography|publisher=Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Fame|date=May 13, 2000|access-date=2023-02-18}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
In 1993, immediately after his retirement as a player, Vaive became coach of the expansion [[South Carolina Stingrays]] of the [[ECHL|East Coast Hockey League]]. He led the Stingrays to division titles in 1995 and 1997 and a conference championship in 1997, and in [[1996-97 ECHL season|1996–97]] he became the first ECHL coach to win both the [[Brabham Cup]] and [[Kelly Cup]] in the same season. He then coached the [[Saint John Flames]] of the [[American Hockey League|AHL]] for two seasons. Vaive coached the [[Mississauga Ice Dogs]] of the [[Ontario Hockey League]] in [[2000-01 OHL season|2000-01]], guiding the team to the worst record in the league and tying the 1995-96 [[London Knights]] for fewest wins in a season. He was fired and replaced by [[Don Cherry (ice hockey)|Don Cherry]].

==Personal==
Vaive hosted various shows on [[Leafs TV]], an [[Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment|MLSE]]-run property focusing on the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Vaive and his wife Joyce have two sons, Jeff and [[Justin Vaive|Justin]], who was selected by the [[Anaheim Ducks]] in the [[2007 NHL Entry Draft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/rick-vaive-catch-22-review-1.5805734|title=Feuds with Harold Ballard, Don Cherry part of ex-Leafs captain Rick Vaive's new book|work=CBC Sports|date=November 17, 2020|access-date=2020-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/rick-vaive-took-winding-road-to-become-first-maple-leaf-to-score-50-goals-in-a-season|title=Rick Vaive took winding road to become first Maple Leaf to score 50 goals in a season|work=The Hockey News|date=February 14, 2016|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
[[File:Rick Vaive and Darryl Sittler.jpg|thumb|right|275px|Vaive (left) signing books with [[Darryl Sittler]] (right) and author Mike Bynum (centre) at the [[Oshawa Centre]] in 2005]]

===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="5" | [[regular season|Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1975–76
| [[Charlottetown Abbies]]
| [[Island Junior Hockey League (1973–1991)|PEIJHL]]
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1976–77 QMJHL season|1976–77]]
| [[Sherbrooke Castors]]
| [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League|QMJHL]]
| 68
| 51
| 59
| 110
| 93
| 18
| 10
| 13
| 23
| 78
|-
| [[1977–78 QMJHL season|1977–78]]
| Sherbrooke Castors
| QMJHL
| 68
| 76
| 79
| 155
| 199
| 9
| 8
| 4
| 12
| 38
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1978–79 WHA season|1978–79]]
| [[Birmingham Bulls (WHA)|Birmingham Bulls]]
| [[World Hockey Association|WHA]]
| 75
| 26
| 33
| 59
| 248
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]]
| [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 47
| 13
| 8
| 21
| 111
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1979–80
| [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| NHL
| 22
| 9
| 7
| 16
| 77
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 11
|-
| [[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 75
| 33
| 29
| 62
| 229
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 77
| 54
| 35
| 89
| 157
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 78
| 51
| 28
| 79
| 105
| 4
| 2
| 5
| 7
| 6
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 76
| 52
| 41
| 93
| 114
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 72
| 35
| 33
| 68
| 112
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 61
| 33
| 31
| 64
| 85
| 9
| 6
| 2
| 8
| 9
|-
| [[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 73
| 32
| 34
| 66
| 61
| 13
| 4
| 2
| 6
| 23
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]]
| [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
| NHL
| 76
| 43
| 26
| 69
| 108
| 5
| 6
| 2
| 8
| 38
|-
| [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 30
| 12
| 13
| 25
| 60
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1988–89
| [[Buffalo Sabres]]
| NHL
| 28
| 19
| 13
| 32
| 64
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 8
|-
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 70
| 29
| 19
| 48
| 74
| 6
| 4
| 2
| 6
| 6
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 71
| 25
| 27
| 52
| 74
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 6
|-
| [[1991–92 AHL season|1991–92]]
| [[Rochester Americans]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 12
| 4
| 9
| 13
| 4
| 16
| 4
| 4
| 8
| 10
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 20
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 14
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1992–93 AHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Hamilton Canucks]]
| AHL
| 38
| 16
| 15
| 31
| 34
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2001–02
| [[Dundas Real McCoys]]
| [[Allan Cup Hockey|ACH]]
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 24
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 2002–03
| Dundas Real McCoys
| ACH
| 9
| 6
| 5
| 11
| 34
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 6
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 876
! 441
! 347
! 788
! 1,445
! 54
! 27
! 16
! 43
! 111
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1978]]
| [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|WJC]]
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1982 World Ice Hockey Championships|1982]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[World Ice Hockey Championships|WC]]
| 9
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 12
|-
| [[1985 World Ice Hockey Championships|1985]]
| Canada
| WC
| 10
| 6
| 2
| 8
| 16
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | Senior totals
! 19
! 9
! 3
! 12
! 28
|}

==Coaching statistics==
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:90%; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! G
! W
! L
! T
! OTL
! PCT.
! Playoff Result
|-
| 1993-94
| [[South Carolina Stingrays]]
| [[ECHL]]
| 68
| 33
| 26
| 0
| 9
| 0.551
| Lost in round 1
|- background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1994-95
| South Carolina Stingrays
| ECHL
| 68
| 42
| 19
| 0
| 7
| 0.669
| Lost in round 2
|-
| 1995-96
| South Carolina Stingrays
| ECHL
| 70
| 40
| 22
| 0
| 8
| 0.629
| Lost in round 2
|- background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1996-97
| South Carolina Stingrays
| ECHL
| 70
| 45
| 15
| 10
| 0
| 0.714
| Won Championship
|-
| 1997-98
| South Carolina Stingrays
| ECHL
| 70
| 41
| 23
| 6
| 0
| 0.629
| Lost in round 1
|- background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1998-99
| [[Saint John Flames]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 80
| 31
| 40
| 8
| 1
| 0.444
| Lost in round 2
|-
| 1999-00
| Saint John Flames
| AHL
| 80
| 32
| 32
| 11
| 5
| 0.500
| Lost in round 1
|- background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2000-01
| [[Mississauga IceDogs]]
| [[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]]
| 68
| 3
| 56
| 7
| 2
| 0.110
|-
| 2004-05
| [[Dundas Real McCoys]]
| [[Allan Cup Hockey|OHASr]]
| 34
| 20
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0.618
|
|}
'''''Note:''' G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, PCT. = Winning Percentage''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Ice hockey stats}}
* [http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1979/79005.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]

{{commons category|Rick Vaive}}

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