Steve Baker

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BORN: Boston, Massachusetts, May 6, 1957.

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HEIGHT: 6'3".

WEIGHT: 200 lbs.

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CATCHES: Left.

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• Selected by New York Rangers in third round (Rangers' fourth selection, 44th overall) during National Hockey League Amateur Draft, 1977.
• Selected by Birmingham Bulls in fifth round (40th overall) during World Hockey Association Amateur Draft, 1977.

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• Baker (along with several other top members of the Union College hockey team) quit the program when the team's coach, Ned Harkness, was forced to resign.
• Steve lost just one of his first ten National Hockey League starts with the Rangers in 1979-80.

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REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                             GP    Min   W   L   T    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
74-75 Owen Sound Grays OHA-B           22   1320                38   1.73                    5
75-76 Union College Dutchmen ECAC       9    480   8   1   0    21   2.62                    0
76-77 Union College Dutchmen ECAC      19   1117  16   3   0    67   3.60                    0
77-78 Union College Dutchmen ECAC       5    300   3   1   1    16   3.20                    0
      Toledo Goaldiggers IHL           10    544                46   5.07                    0   0   1     0
78-79 New Haven Nighthawks AHL         24   1435  15   5   4    82   3.43     712   .885     1   0   2     6
79-80 New York Rangers NHL             27   1391   9   8   6    79   3.41                    1   0   0     2
      New Haven Nighthawks AHL          9    492   6   1   1    29   3.54     265   .891     2   0   0     2
80-81 New Haven Nighthawks AHL         25   1497  10  11   4    90   3.57     796   .887     1   0   1     4
      New York Rangers NHL             21   1260  10   6   5    73   3.48                    2   0   0     5
81-82 United States CANADA CUP          1     60   0   0   1     4   4.00                    0
      Springfield Indians AHL          11    503   2   7   1    42   5.01                    0   0   0     0
      New York Rangers NHL              6    328   1   5   0    33   6.04                    0   0   0     0
82-83 New York Rangers NHL              3    102   0   1   0     5   2.94      44   .886     0   0   0     0
      Tulsa Oilers CHL                 49   2901  22  27   0   186   3.85    1398   .867     0   0   0    15
83-84 Binghamton Whalers AHL            6    345   0   4   1    35   6.09     210   .833     0   0   0     0
      Maine Mariners AHL               13    744   5   5   2    41   3.31     387   .894     0   0   1     2
FOUR (4) NHL SEASONS                   57   3081  20  20  11   190   3.70                    3   0   0     7

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Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
76-77 Union College Dutchmen ECAC      2    120   1   1    10   5.00                    0
78-79 New Haven Nighthawks AHL         5    297   2   3    17   3.43                    0
80-81 New York Rangers NHL            14    826   7   7    55   4.00                    0   0   0     4
83-84 Maine Mariners AHL               6    353   3   3    23   3.91                    0   0   0     0
ONE (1) NHL POSTSEASON                14    826   7   7    55   4.00                    0   0   0     4

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