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Brian Benning

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: June 10, 1966 in Edmonton, Alberta

Drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 2nd round (26th overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 18 STL NHL 4 0 2 2 1 -6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1986-87 20 STL NHL 78 13 36 49 17 2 110 6 7 0 2 144 9.0
1987-88 21 STL NHL 77 8 29 37 12 -5 107 3 5 0 5 130 6.2
1988-89 22 STL NHL 66 8 26 34 11 -23 102 5 3 0 0 91 8.8
1989-90 23 TOT NHL 55 6 19 25 8 -2 106 3 3 0 0 122 4.9
1989-90 23 STL NHL 7 1 1 2 1 -3 2 1 0 0 0 8 12.5
1989-90 23 LAK NHL 48 5 18 23 8 1 104 2 3 0 0 114 4.4
1990-91 24 LAK NHL 61 7 24 31 10 12 127 5 2 0 1 120 5.8
1991-92 25 TOT NHL 75 4 42 46 13 -5 134 2 2 0 0 152 2.6
1991-92 25 LAK NHL 53 2 30 32 9 4 99 2 0 0 0 102 2.0
1991-92 25 PHI NHL 22 2 12 14 4 -9 35 0 2 0 0 50 4.0
1992-93 26 TOT NHL 55 10 24 34 12 -1 152 4 6 0 0 115 8.7
1992-93 26 PHI NHL 37 9 17 26 10 0 93 3 6 0 0 87 10.3
1992-93 26 EDM NHL 18 1 7 8 2 -1 59 1 0 0 0 28 3.6
1993-94 27 FLA NHL 73 6 24 30 10 -7 107 4 2 0 0 112 5.4
1994-95 28 FLA NHL 24 1 7 8 3 -6 18 0 1 0 0 26 3.8
Career NHL 568 63 233 296 97 -41 963 32 31 0 8 1013 6.2

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
1984-85 18 STL NHL 4 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.14 0.00 0.25 0 2 2 1 2 2 6 0 -6 0.1 -0.1 -0.1
1986-87 20 STL NHL 78 0.17 0.46 0.63 0.22 1.41 1.85 11 31 42 14 143 57 114 30 2 3.0 4.6 7.6
1987-88 21 STL NHL 77 0.10 0.38 0.48 0.16 1.39 1.69 7 24 31 10 126 51 105 25 -5 1.6 3.9 5.5
1988-89 22 STL NHL 66 0.12 0.39 0.52 0.17 1.55 1.38 7 21 28 10 94 44 76 3 -23 1.7 2.4 4.1
1989-90 23 TOT NHL 55 0.11 0.35 0.45 0.15 1.93 2.22 5 16 21 7 86 24 70 6 -2 1.2 1.9 3.1
1989-90 23 STL NHL 7 0.14 0.14 0.29 0.12 0.29 1.14 1 1 2 1 8 3 8 0 -3 0.1 0.2 0.3
1989-90 23 LAK NHL 48 0.10 0.38 0.48 0.16 2.17 2.38 4 15 19 6 78 21 62 6 1 1.1 1.7 2.8
1990-91 24 LAK NHL 61 0.11 0.39 0.51 0.17 2.08 1.97 6 21 27 9 82 26 46 2 12 1.7 3.1 4.8
1991-92 25 TOT NHL 75 0.05 0.56 0.61 0.18 1.79 2.03 4 37 41 12 110 41 89 15 -5 2.3 3.3 5.6
1991-92 25 LAK NHL 53 0.04 0.57 0.60 0.17 1.87 1.92 2 26 28 8 83 29 58 8 4 1.5 2.7 4.2
1991-92 25 PHI NHL 22 0.09 0.55 0.64 0.20 1.59 2.27 2 11 13 4 27 12 31 7 -9 0.8 0.7 1.5
1992-93 26 TOT NHL 55 0.18 0.44 0.62 0.22 2.76 2.09 8 20 28 10 83 27 74 17 -1 2.2 2.3 4.5
1992-93 26 PHI NHL 37 0.24 0.46 0.70 0.26 2.51 2.35 7 14 21 8 64 23 52 11 0 1.9 1.5 3.3
1992-93 26 EDM NHL 18 0.06 0.39 0.44 0.14 3.28 1.56 1 6 7 2 19 4 22 6 -1 0.3 0.9 1.2
1993-94 27 FLA NHL 73 0.08 0.33 0.41 0.14 1.47 1.53 5 22 27 9 81 27 76 15 -7 1.5 3.8 5.3
1994-95 28 FLA NHL 24 0.04 0.29 0.33 0.10 0.75 1.08 2 12 14 4 20 5 25 4 -6 0.3 1.1 1.5
Career NHL 568 0.11 0.41 0.52 0.17 1.70 1.78 55 206 261 86 827 304 681 117 -41 15.6 26.3 41.9

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 19 STL NHL 6 1 2 3 1 13 0 1 0 0 10 10.0
1986-87 20 STL NHL 6 0 4 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1987-88 21 STL NHL 10 1 6 7 -7 25 0 1 0 0 16 6.3
1988-89 22 STL NHL 7 1 1 2 -2 11 0 1 0 0 6 16.7
1989-90 23 LAK NHL 7 0 2 2 -9 10 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1990-91 24 LAK NHL 12 0 5 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 19 0.0
Career NHL 48 3 20 23 -16 74 0 3 0 0 72 4.2

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 16 St. Albert Saints AJHL 57 8 38 46 81
1983-84 17 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 38 6 41 47 108
1984-85 18 Kamloops Blazers WHL 17 3 18 21 26
1985-86 19 Canada Nat-Tm 60 6 13 19 43
1992-93 26 Canada WC-A 8 1 2 3 0
Career 1 Season AJHL 57 8 38 46 81
Career 1 Season Nat-Tm 60 6 13 19 43
Career 1 Season WC-A 8 1 2 3 0
Career 2 Seasons WHL 55 9 59 68 134

Similarity Scores

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Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Brian Benning 7.6 5.6 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.5 4.1 3.1 1.5 -0.1
Mike Milbury 94.1 8.2 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.1 4.5 4.4 3.8 3.3 0.2
Jason York 91.8 7.3 5.8 5.4 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.2 2.0 0.4 0.1
Jiri Slegr 91.5 7.0 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.4 4.0 3.9 3.4 1.7 0.6
Pavel Kubina 91.5 7.7 7.1 6.3 5.3 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.4 2.4 0.6
Reg Hamilton 90.9 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.5 2.7 1.9 1.6 0.4
Lyle Odelein 90.8 7.2 6.7 6.3 5.5 5.2 4.6 4.5 2.3 1.8 0.4
Bryan Berard 90.8 7.6 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.1 3.3 3.0 2.7 0.3
Jack Crawford 90.5 5.9 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.2 3.9 3.4 2.8 2.0 0.2
Rick Smith 90.3 9.0 6.2 5.7 5.2 5.0 4.1 3.5 3.2 1.9 1.5
Dollard St. Laurent 90.1 6.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.9 0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Brian Benning 7.6 5.6 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.5 4.1 3.1 1.5 -0.1
Bryan Berard 90.8 7.6 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.1 3.3 3.0 2.7 0.3
Jack Portland 90.0 5.5 4.4 3.8 3.6 3.6 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.4 0.2
Moe Mantha 89.8 8.1 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.4 3.4 2.9 2.4 1.4 1.2 1.0
Brad Maxwell 89.4 7.7 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.0 4.5 3.0 2.5 2.2
Stewart Evans 89.2 5.5 4.9 4.5 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.2
Reg Hamilton 89.1 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.6 0.4 0.3
Bill Brydge 89.0 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.0 3.9 2.6 2.3 2.0 0.6
Stephane Robidas 89.0 6.1 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.1 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.5 0.5 0.0
Rick Smith 88.6 9.0 6.2 5.7 5.2 5.0 4.1 3.5 3.2 3.0 1.9 1.5
Dale Tallon 88.5 9.4 6.0 6.0 5.7 4.8 3.9 3.4 3.3 2.6 2.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Honors

1986-87 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1986-87 NHL 143 (10)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1986-87 NHL 57 (8)

Transactions

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November 10, 1989: Traded to Los Angeles by St. Louis for Los Angeles' 3rd round choice (Kyle Reeves) in 1991 Entry Draft, November 10, 1989.

February 19, 1992: Traded to Pittsburgh by Los Angeles with Jeff Chychrun and Los Angeles' 1st round choice (later traded to Philadelphia - Philadelphia selected Jason Bowen) in 1992 Entry Draft for Paul Coffey, February 19, 1992.

February 19, 1992: Traded to Philadelphia by Pittsburgh with Mark Recchi and Los Angeles' 1st round choice (previously acquired, Philadelphia selected Jason Bowen) in 1992 Entry Draft for Rick Tocchet, Kjell Samuelsson, Ken Wregget and Philadelphia's 3rd round choice (Dave Roche) in 1993 Entry Draft, February 19, 1992.

January 16, 1993: Traded to Edmonton by Philadelphia for Greg Hawgood and Josef Beranek, January 16, 1993.

July 13, 1993: Signed as a free agent by Florida, July 13, 1993.

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