Career
He had a distinguished junior career with the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey League, amassing 125 goals and 233 assists, for a total of 358 points. This broke the career point total record for the Flyers, which still stands today. He was subsequently named to the Flyers" All-Time Five Manitoba All-Star Team.
He was drafted 28th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1980 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
After one more year of junior hockey, Ludzik turned pro in 1981-1982. He split that season between the Blackhawks and the American Hockey League"s New Brunswick Hawks.
The next season he became a Blackhawk regular. Ludzik played with the Blackhawks until the 1988-1989 season.
Except for 11 games with the Buffalo Sabres in 1989-1990, he spent the rest of his playing career in the minors.
He played in a total of 424 National Hockey League games and scored 46 goals and 93 assists. He then spent two years as head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, but was let go after the 2000-2001 season. He subsequently went to the OHL as head coach of the Mississauga IceDogs, and then to the AHL, where he ended his coaching career in 2004-2005 with the San Antonio Rampage.
National Hockey League coaching career
Since coaching, Ludzik has been a hockey pundit on television, most notably on The Score Television Network.
He has also co-authored a book, entitled "Been There, Done That". Ludzik came public in 2012 that he has been suffering from since being diagnosed in 2000.