Bruce Bell

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: February 15, 1965 in Toronto, Ontario
Draft: Quebec, 3rd round (53rd overall), 1983 NHL Entry

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1984-85	19	QUE	NHL	75	6	31	37	11	32	44	4	2	0	1	22	0	9	116	5.2
1985-86	20	STL	NHL	75	2	18	20	6	2	43	0	2	0	0	7	0	11	96	2.1
1986-87	21	STL	NHL	45	3	13	16	5	3	18	2	1	0	0	9	0	4	50	6.0
1987-88	22	NYR	NHL	13	1	2	3	1	-10	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	8.3
1989-90	24	EDM	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Career			NHL	209	12	64	76	24	27	113	7	5	0	2	38	0	26	275	4.4

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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
1984-85	19	QUE	NHL	75	0.08	0.41	0.49	0.15	0.59	1.55	5	25	30	10	110	23	60	5	32	1.4	5.4	6.8
1985-86	20	STL	NHL	75	0.03	0.24	0.27	0.08	0.57	1.28	2	14	16	5	99	33	67	3	2	0.0	4.1	4.1
1986-87	21	STL	NHL	45	0.07	0.29	0.36	0.11	0.40	1.11	3	11	14	5	48	12	33	0	3	0.5	2.8	3.3
1987-88	22	NYR	NHL	13	0.08	0.15	0.23	0.08	0.62	0.92	1	2	3	1	14	6	19	1	-10	0.0	0.2	0.2
1989-90	24	EDM	NHL	1	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career			NHL	209	0.06	0.31	0.36	0.11	0.54	1.32	11	52	63	20	272	74	180	9	27	1.9	12.5	14.5

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1984-85	19	QUE	NHL	16	2	2	4	2	-2	21	1	1	0	0	11	18.2
1985-86	20	STL	NHL	14	0	2	2	1	-5	13	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
1986-87	21	STL	NHL	4	1	1	2	1	-1	7	1	0	0	0	6	16.7
Career			NHL	34	3	5	8	3	-8	41	2	1	0	0	28	10.7

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1981-82	16	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL	67	11	18	29			63
1982-83	17	2 Teams	OHL	66	10	37	47			41
1982-83	17	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL	5	0	2	2			2
1982-83	17	Windsor Spitfires	OHL	61	10	35	45			39
1983-84	18	Brantford Alexanders	OHL	63	7	41	48			55
1987-88	22	Colorado Rangers	IHL	65	11	34	45			107
1988-89	23	HC Bolzano	Italy	11	6	7	13			6
1988-89	23	2 Teams	AHL	21	1	10	11			4
1988-89	23	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	9	1	4	5			4
1988-89	23	Halifax Citadels	AHL	12	0	6	6			0
1989-90	24	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL	52	8	26	34			64
1990-91	25	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL	14	2	5	7			7
1990-91	25	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	48	5	21	26			32
1991-92	26	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	45	5	16	21			70
1992-93	27	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL	70	10	28	38			120
1993-94	28	Brantford Smoke	ColHL	51	10	38	48			22
1993-94	28	Binghamton Rangers	AHL	13	1	5	6			16
1994-95	29	Fort Worth Fire	CHL	48	12	50	62			77
1995-96	30	Durham Wasps	BH-Cup	4	0	2	2			8
1995-96	30	2 Teams	Britain	28	8	17	25			106
1995-96	30	Durham Wasps	Britain	17	5	12	17			30
1995-96	30	Humberside Hawks	Britain	11	3	5	8			76
1996-97	31	EC Villacher SV	Alpenliga	42	5	30	35			76
1996-97	31	EC Villacher SV	Austria	6	1	4	5			36
1997-98	32	2 Teams	IHL	10	0	0	0		-2	18	0	0	0	0	16	0.0
1997-98	32	2 Teams	WCHL	33	5	13	18		-15	22	4	1	0	0	76	6.6
1997-98	32	Reno Renegades	WCHL	24	4	11	15		-16	14	3	1	0	0	58	6.9
1997-98	32	Phoenix Mustangs	WCHL	9	1	2	3		1	8	1	0	0	0	18	5.6
1997-98	32	Houston Aeros	IHL	2	0	0	0		1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
1997-98	32	Chicago Wolves	IHL	8	0	0	0		-3	16	0	0	0	0	14	0.0
Career		5 Seasons	AHL	145	17	62	79			161
Career		1 Season	Alpenliga	42	5	30	35			76
Career		1 Season	Austria	6	1	4	5			36
Career		1 Season	BH-Cup	4	0	2	2			8
Career		1 Season	Britain	28	8	17	25			106
Career		1 Season	CHL	48	12	50	62			77
Career		1 Season	ColHL	51	10	38	48			22
Career		4 Seasons	IHL	193	26	83	109		-2	277	0	0	0	0	16	0.0
Career		1 Season	Italy	11	6	7	13			6
Career		3 Seasons	OHL	196	28	96	124			159
Career		1 Season	WCHL	33	5	13	18		-15	22	4	1	0	0	76	6.6

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1981-82	16	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL	12	0	2	2			24
1982-83	17	Windsor Spitfires	OHL	3	0	4	4			0
1983-84	18	Brantford Alexanders	OHL	6	0	3	3			16
1987-88	22	Colorado Rangers	IHL	4	2	3	5			0
1988-89	23	HC Bolzano	Italy	5	1	3	4			2
1988-89	23	Halifax Citadels	AHL	2	0	1	1			2
1989-90	24	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL	6	3	4	7			2
1990-91	25	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	3	0	0	0			8
1991-92	26	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	10	4	7	11			8
1992-93	27	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL	6	0	2	2			6
1995-96	30	Humberside Hawks	Britain	5	0	0	0			0
Career		3 Seasons	AHL	18	7	12	19			12
Career		1 Season	Britain	5	0	0	0			0
Career		3 Seasons	IHL	13	2	5	7			14
Career		1 Season	Italy	5	1	3	4			2
Career		3 Seasons	OHL	21	0	9	9			40

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 5 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5
Bruce Bell		6.8	4.1	3.3	0.2	0.0
Miroslav Dvorak	93.2	6.7	4.8	3.2
Lubomir Sekeras	89.2	6.9	4.5	2.3	0.4
Denis Grebeshkov	88.8	6.8	3.7	2.8	0.0	-0.2
Cody Franson	87.6	6.3	5.1	4.6	3.5
Hy Buller	87.5	6.7	4.7	3.5	0.7	0.1
Adrian Aucoin	87.0	7.1	3.6	3.5	1.1	0.3
Barry Gibbs	86.9	6.5	4.8	2.6	0.1	-0.1
Darryl Edestrand	84.5	7.6	5.6	2.9	0.5	0.0
Nick Boynton	83.8	7.1	4.9	4.8	-0.1	-0.3
Steve Durbano	83.6	6.5	3.7	2.5	0.4	0.1

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Bruce Bell		6.8	4.1	3.3	0.2	0.0
Miroslav Dvorak	93.2	6.7	4.8	3.2
Lubomir Sekeras	89.2	6.9	4.5	2.3	0.4
Denis Grebeshkov	88.8	6.8	3.7	2.8	0.0	-0.2
Cody Franson	87.6	6.3	5.1	4.6	3.5
Hy Buller	87.5	6.7	4.7	3.5	0.7	0.1
Gord Fraser	83.6	6.8	3.5	2.5	1.1	-0.2
Steve Durbano	82.5	6.5	3.7	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.1
Bill Nyrop	82.0	7.4	5.5	3.4	2.1
Peter Andersson	81.4	5.4	3.6	3.1
Andre Dore	81.1	6.5	4.9	4.0	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.0

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Honors 1984-85 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Honors

1984-85 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

October 2, 1985: Traded to St. Louis by Quebec for Gilbert Delorme, October 2, 1985.

May 28, 1987: Traded to NY Rangers by St. Louis with future considerations for Tony McKegney and Rob Whistle, May 28, 1987.

August 1, 1988: Traded to Quebec by NY Rangers with Jari Gronstrand, Walt Poddubny and NY Rangers' 4th round choice (Eric Dubois) in 1989 Entry Draft for Jason Lafreniere and Normand Rochefort, August 1, 1988.

December 20, 1988: Claimed on waivers by Detroit from Quebec, December 20, 1988.

February 1, 1990: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, February 1, 1990.

November 22, 1990: Traded to Minnesota by Edmonton for Kari Takko, November 22, 1990.

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