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MATT
WALKER
DEFENSE | WALL-kuhr, MAT
BIRTHDATE: April 7, 1980 | BIRTHPLACE: Beaverlodge, Alberta
HEIGHT: 6’4” | WEIGHT: 215 | SHOOTS: Right | Season: 10th NHL, 3rd Flyers
ACQUIRED: Trade from Tampa Bay – July 19, 2010
2011-12
Recorded 16 PIM in four games for the Flyers… appeared in 33 games for Adirondack, posting five points (1G,4A), along
with 41 penalty minutes.
CAREER
2010-11: Loaned to Adirondack (AHL) on 1/28…Played four consecutive games from 1/13-1/18…Played in first game
as a Flyer at Boston on 1/13… Underwent left hip surgery on 12/16… Loaned to Adirondack on 12/10 for conditioning
assignment…Underwent right hip surgery on 10/20, expected to miss 10-12 weeks. 2009-10:Ranked 3rd on the team and
t-6th among all NHL defensemen in PIM with 90…Was t-1st on the Lightning with 116 blocked shots and was t-7th with
81 hits…Appeared in his 250th career game on 10/31 vs. NJD. 2008-09: Recorded career highs with 13 assists and 14
points in 65 games after entering the season with 10 assist and 11 points in 175 career NHL games … Ranked 4th on the
team with 79 PIM and finished with a +7 rating … Tallied 10 (1g-9a) of his 14 points on the road … Notched a career high
3 points with 3 assists 2/5 at CGY … Recorded 2 career-best 3-game point streaks (2/3-2/7 and 3/1-3/7) … Netted his
only goal of the season 2/21 at DAL … Recorded a season-high 8 PIM 1/6 at PHX … 2007-08: Recorded 1 goal, 1 assist
and 61 PIM in 43 games with St. Louis … Registered his 1st career NHL goal 2/17 … Collected both of his points in a
five-game span from 1/23-2/17 … Was 3rd on STL in plus/minus among defensemen with 40 or more games played with
a -3 rating … 2006-07: Dished out a career-high 5 assists and posted 72 PIM in 48 games with STL … Tallied 1 assist in 2
games with Peoria (AHL) … 2005-06: Skated in his 1st full NHL season, posting 2 assists and a career-best 79 PIM in 54
outings with the Blues … 2004-05: Recorded 2 goals, 4 assists and 44 PIM in 20 games with Worcester (AHL) … 2003-04
Season: Collected 1 assist and 25 PIM in 14 games with STL … Held off the score sheet in 4 games during his Stanley Cup
Playoffs debut … Dished out 1 assist in 4 games with Worcester … 2002-03: Made his NHL debut in 16 games with STL,
recording an assist and 38 PIM … Posted 8 assists, 9 points and 58 PIM in 40 games with Worcester … 2001-02: Notched
professional career highs with 11 assists, 13 points and 164 PIM in 49 games with Worcester 2000-01: Tallied 4 goals and
recorded 12 points with 131 PIM in 61 games with Worcester … Racked up 6 PIM in 11 playoff tilts … Appeared in 8
ECHL games with Peoria, registering 1 goal and 70 PIM … Junior Career: In 1999-00, captured the WHL’s President’s Cup
with the Kootenay Ice during his final junior season … Posted 4 goals and 23 points with 53 PIM in 31 regular season
games before registering 5 goals and 18 points with 24 PIM in 21 playoff games … Started the season with the Portland
Winter Hawks, recording 2 goals and 9 points with 97 PIM in 38 games … Skated in 194 WHL regular season games with
Portland (1997-00) and Kootenay (1999-00), notching 9 goals and 58 points with 425 PIM.
STATISTICAL CAREER HIGHS
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MOST GOALS (GAME) none 1 (TWO TIMES)
MOST ASSIST (GAME) none 3 (@ CGY, 2/5/09)
MOST POINTS (GAME) none 3 (@ CGY, 2/5/09)
MOST GOALS (SEASON) none 2 (2009-10)
MOST ASSIST (SEASON) none 13 (2008-09)
MOST POINTS (SEASON) none 14 (2008-09)
LONGEST GOAL-SCORING streak none none
LONGEST ASSIST-SCORING streak none 3 GAMES (TWO TIMES)
LONGEST POINT-SCORING streak none 3 GAMES (TWO TIMES)
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