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Brent Ashton

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: May 18, 1960 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2nd round (26th overall) of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:22AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #528. Steve Rucchin… #529. BRENT ASHTON… #529. Don Lever… #531. Andre Boudrias… 

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 19 VAN NHL 47 5 14 19 7 4 11 5 0 0 0 69 7.2
1980-81 20 VAN NHL 77 18 11 29 13 -10 57 18 0 0 0 111 16.2
1981-82 21 CLR NHL 80 24 36 60 23 -31 26 21 3 0 4 182 13.2
1982-83 22 NJD NHL 76 14 19 33 13 -23 47 10 4 0 1 113 12.4
1983-84 23 MNS NHL 68 7 10 17 7 -13 54 7 0 0 0 82 8.5
1984-85 24 TOT NHL 78 31 31 62 25 19 53 24 6 1 2 152 20.4
1984-85 24 MNS NHL 29 4 7 11 4 1 15 4 0 0 0 30 13.3
1984-85 24 QUE NHL 49 27 24 51 21 18 38 20 6 1 2 122 22.1
1985-86 25 QUE NHL 77 26 32 58 23 7 64 19 5 2 5 207 12.6
1986-87 26 TOT NHL 81 40 35 75 31 -15 39 22 15 3 4 184 21.7
1986-87 26 QUE NHL 46 25 19 44 19 -12 17 11 12 2 1 98 25.5
1986-87 26 DET NHL 35 15 16 31 13 -3 22 11 3 1 3 86 17.4
1987-88 27 DET NHL 73 26 27 53 22 10 50 17 7 2 3 161 16.1
1988-89 28 WIN NHL 75 31 37 68 27 -5 36 23 7 1 1 180 17.2
1989-90 29 WIN NHL 79 22 34 56 21 4 37 19 3 0 5 167 13.2
1990-91 30 WIN NHL 61 12 24 36 13 -10 58 11 1 0 2 107 11.2
1991-92 31 TOT NHL 68 18 22 40 16 -7 51 11 6 1 1 130 13.8
1991-92 31 WIN NHL 7 1 0 1 1 -3 4 1 0 0 0 6 16.7
1991-92 31 BOS NHL 61 17 22 39 15 -4 47 10 6 1 1 124 13.7
1992-93 32 TOT NHL 58 10 13 23 9 11 52 8 0 2 1 84 11.9
1992-93 32 BOS NHL 26 2 2 4 2 0 11 2 0 0 0 26 7.7
1992-93 32 CGY NHL 32 8 11 19 7 11 41 6 0 2 1 58 13.8
Career NHL 998 284 345 629 248 -59 635 215 57 12 29 1929 14.7

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1979-80 19 VAN NHL 47 0.11 0.30 0.40 0.14 0.23 1.47 4 12 16 5 36 5 27 0 4 0.0 0.8 0.8
1980-81 20 VAN NHL 77 0.23 0.14 0.38 0.17 0.74 1.44 14 9 23 10 46 2 56 2 -10 0.2 0.8 1.0
1981-82 21 CLR NHL 80 0.30 0.45 0.75 0.29 0.33 2.28 17 26 43 16 89 25 106 11 -31 2.5 0.8 3.3
1982-83 22 NJD NHL 76 0.18 0.25 0.43 0.17 0.62 1.49 11 15 26 10 52 10 68 3 -23 0.3 0.8 1.2
1983-84 23 MNS NHL 68 0.10 0.15 0.25 0.10 0.79 1.21 5 8 13 5 27 0 44 4 -13 -1.0 0.4 -0.6
1984-85 24 TOT NHL 78 0.40 0.40 0.79 0.32 0.68 1.95 24 25 49 20 76 14 66 23 19 3.4 1.5 4.9
1984-85 24 MNS NHL 29 0.14 0.24 0.38 0.14 0.52 1.03 3 6 9 3 15 0 27 13 1 -0.1 0.5 0.4
1984-85 24 QUE NHL 49 0.55 0.49 1.04 0.42 0.78 2.49 21 19 40 17 61 14 39 10 18 3.5 1.0 4.5
1985-86 25 QUE NHL 77 0.34 0.42 0.75 0.29 0.83 2.69 20 25 45 18 80 14 69 10 7 2.7 1.3 4.0
1986-87 26 TOT NHL 81 0.49 0.43 0.93 0.38 0.48 2.27 34 30 64 27 96 42 81 12 -15 5.4 0.9 6.3
1986-87 26 QUE NHL 46 0.54 0.41 0.96 0.40 0.37 2.13 21 16 37 16 55 26 46 5 -12 3.3 0.4 3.7
1986-87 26 DET NHL 35 0.43 0.46 0.89 0.36 0.63 2.46 13 14 27 11 41 16 35 7 -3 2.1 0.5 2.5
1987-88 27 DET NHL 73 0.36 0.37 0.73 0.30 0.68 2.21 22 22 44 18 81 23 57 9 10 3.1 1.0 4.1
1988-89 28 WIN NHL 75 0.41 0.49 0.91 0.36 0.48 2.40 26 30 56 22 109 29 102 17 -5 4.3 0.9 5.1
1989-90 29 WIN NHL 79 0.28 0.43 0.71 0.27 0.47 2.11 18 28 46 17 80 12 77 13 4 2.7 1.2 3.8
1990-91 30 WIN NHL 61 0.20 0.39 0.59 0.21 0.95 1.75 11 21 32 12 50 11 59 10 -10 1.4 0.7 2.1
1991-92 31 TOT NHL 68 0.26 0.32 0.59 0.23 0.75 1.91 16 19 35 14 70 20 67 10 -7 1.9 0.8 2.7
1991-92 31 WIN NHL 7 0.14 0.00 0.14 0.08 0.57 0.86 1 0 1 1 4 1 9 3 -3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1991-92 31 BOS NHL 61 0.28 0.36 0.64 0.25 0.77 2.03 15 19 34 13 66 19 58 7 -4 2.0 0.7 2.8
1992-93 32 TOT NHL 58 0.17 0.22 0.40 0.15 0.90 1.45 8 11 19 7 40 4 36 11 11 0.2 1.0 1.2
1992-93 32 BOS NHL 26 0.08 0.08 0.15 0.06 0.42 1.00 2 2 4 2 8 0 13 5 0 -0.5 0.3 -0.2
1992-93 32 CGY NHL 32 0.25 0.34 0.59 0.23 1.28 1.81 6 9 15 6 32 4 23 6 11 0.8 0.7 1.4
Career NHL 998 0.28 0.35 0.63 0.25 0.64 1.93 230 281 511 202 932 211 915 135 -59 27.0 12.8 39.8

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 19 VAN NHL 4 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 0
1980-81 20 VAN NHL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983-84 23 MNS NHL 12 1 2 3 -2 22 1 0 0 0 22 4.5
1984-85 24 QUE NHL 18 6 4 10 -6 13 4 1 1 1 28 21.4
1985-86 25 QUE NHL 3 2 1 3 -1 9 1 0 1 0 11 18.2
1986-87 26 DET NHL 16 4 9 13 5 6 2 2 0 0 35 11.4
1987-88 27 DET NHL 16 7 5 12 4 10 4 2 1 0 32 21.9
1989-90 29 WIN NHL 7 3 1 4 -1 2 1 2 0 1 21 14.3
1992-93 32 CGY NHL 6 0 3 3 -6 2 0 0 0 0 11 0.0
Career NHL 85 24 25 49 -7 70 14 7 3 2 160 14.4

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 15 Saskatoon Olympics SJHL 47 40 50 90
1975-76 15 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 11 3 4 7 11
1976-77 16 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 54 26 25 51 84
1977-78 17 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 46 38 26 64 47
1978-79 18 Saskatoon Blades WHL 62 64 55 119 80
1988-89 28 Canada WEC-A 10 3 3 6 2
1992-93 32 Providence Bruins AHL 11 4 8 12 10
1993-94 33 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 16 4 10 14 29
Career 1 Season AHL 11 4 8 12 10
Career 1 Season IHL 16 4 10 14 29
Career 1 Season SJHL 47 40 50 90
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 111 67 55 122 142
Career 1 Season WEC-A 10 3 3 6 2
Career 1 Season WHL 62 64 55 119 80

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 15 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 18 1 1 2 5
1976-77 16 Saskatoon Blades WCJHL 6 1 2 3 15
1978-79 18 Saskatoon Blades WHL 11 14 4 18 5
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 24 2 3 5 20
Career 1 Season WHL 11 14 4 18 5

Similarity Scores

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Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Brent Ashton 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Mike Murphy 94.6 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Peter Zezel 92.2 6.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7
Sylvain Turgeon 91.1 6.6 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.1 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.8
Ryan Walter 90.8 6.3 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.2 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.8 0.7 0.3 -0.6
Michael Peca 90.7 7.2 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 2.7 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 -0.1
Bob Bourne 90.5 6.5 5.4 5.3 4.2 3.5 3.4 2.8 2.4 2.3 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.1 -0.8
Eddie Wiseman 89.5 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.1
Tony McKegney 88.7 6.9 5.8 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.8
Richard Zednik 88.5 6.4 6.3 4.6 4.4 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.6 1.5 1.4 0.1 0.0
Don Lever 88.4 5.8 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.2 3.4 2.8 2.6 2.6 1.3 1.2 0.2 -0.3
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Brent Ashton 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Mike Murphy 94.6 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Sylvain Turgeon 91.1 6.6 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.1 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.8
Peter Zezel 90.7 6.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7
Michael Peca 90.7 7.2 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 2.7 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 -0.1
Bob Bourne 90.5 6.5 5.4 5.3 4.2 3.5 3.4 2.8 2.4 2.3 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.1 -0.8
Ryan Walter 89.9 6.3 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.2 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.8 0.7 0.3 -0.4 -0.6
Eddie Wiseman 89.5 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.1
Tony McKegney 88.7 6.9 5.8 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.8
Richard Zednik 88.5 6.4 6.3 4.6 4.4 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.6 1.5 1.4 0.1 0.0
Joe Carveth 88.2 5.4 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.0 1.0 0.0 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1986-87 NHL 81 (1)

Transactions

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July 15, 1981: Rights traded to Winnipeg by Vancouver with Vancouver's 4th round choice (Tom Martin) in 1982 Entry Draft as compensation for Vancouver's signing of free agent Ivan Hlinka, July 15, 1981.

July 15, 1981: Traded to Colorado by Winnipeg with Winnipeg's 3rd round choice (Dave Kasper) in 1982 Entry Draft for Lucien DeBlois, July 15, 1981.

June 30, 1982: Transferred to New Jersey after Colorado franchise relocated, June 30, 1982.

October 3, 1983: Traded to Minnesota by New Jersey for Dave Lewis, October 3, 1983.

December 14, 1984: Traded to Quebec by Minnesota with Brad Maxwell for Tony McKegney and Bo Berglund, December 14, 1984.

January 17, 1987: Traded to Detroit by Quebec with Gilbert Delorme and Mark Kumpel for Basil McRae, John Ogrodnick and Doug Shedden, January 17, 1987.

June 13, 1988: Traded to Winnipeg by Detroit for Paul MacLean, June 13, 1988.

October 29, 1991: Traded to Boston by Winnipeg for Petri Skriko, October 29, 1991.

February 1, 1993: Traded to Calgary by Boston for C.J. Young, February 1, 1993.

November, 1993: Suffered career-ending knee injury, November 1993.

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