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Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

C · VAL group SKATER

Bernie Federko

1977–1990 · 14 seasons

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R · VAL group SKATER

Rick Middleton

1975–1988 · 14 seasons

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At a glance

Bernie Federko and Rick Middleton: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Bernie Federko	Stat	Rick Middleton
14	Seasons	14
135.2	Career VAL	137.6
14.6 (1984)	Peak-season VAL	16.4 (1984)
Inducted 2002	Hall of Fame	—
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
12	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	4

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NHL VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1960 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Bernie Federko and Rick Middleton have
Bernie Federko	Stat	Rick Middleton
Career
1,000	Games	1,005
Skating
369	Goals	448
761	Assists	540
1,130	Points	988
-131	Plus/minus	+175
120	Power-play goals	115
40

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Bernie Federko	Rick Middleton
20	3.1	—
21	3.3	5.1
22	13.6	3.9
23	13.6	3.8
24	11.8	8.5
25	11.1	14.5
26	8.8	14.3
27	14.6	14.7
28	11.9	15.1
29	14.4	14.4
30	7.3	16.4
31	9.2	9.4
32	6.9	6.3
33	5.6	9.1
34	—	2.1