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Dan Cleary

Position: RW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: December 18, 1978 in Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador

Drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1997 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
1997-98 19 CHI NHL 6 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1998-99 20 CHI NHL 35 4 5 9 4 -1 24 4 0 0 0 49 8.2 502 14:21
1999-00 21 EDM NHL 17 3 2 5 2 -1 8 3 0 0 1 18 16.7 166 9:44
2000-01 22 EDM NHL 81 14 21 35 13 5 37 12 2 0 2 107 13.1 1051 12:58
2001-02 23 EDM NHL 65 10 19 29 11 -1 51 7 2 1 1 75 13.3 826 12:43
2002-03 24 EDM NHL 57 4 13 17 6 5 31 4 0 0 1 89 4.5 682 11:58
2003-04 25 PHX NHL 68 6 11 17 6 -8 42 3 0 3 0 83 7.2 898 13:12
2005-06 27 DET NHL 77 3 12 15 5 5 40 3 0 0 1 106 2.8 808 10:30
2006-07 28 DET NHL 71 20 20 40 16 6 24 12 6 2 5 135 14.8 1098 15:28
2007-08 29 DET NHL 63 20 22 42 17 21 33 15 5 0 3 177 11.3 1095 17:23
2008-09 30 DET NHL 74 14 26 40 14 0 46 11 3 0 3 163 8.6 1253 16:56
2009-10 31 DET NHL 64 15 19 34 13 -3 29 13 2 0 2 140 10.7 1103 17:14
2010-11 32 DET NHL 68 26 20 46 19 -1 20 21 5 0 8 192 13.5 1131 16:38
2011-12 33 DET NHL 52 11 13 24 9 11 20 9 2 0 0 153 7.2 856 16:28
Career NHL 798 150 203 353 135 36 405 117 27 6 27 1491 10.1 11470 14:29

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
1997-98 19 CHI NHL 6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1998-99 20 CHI NHL 35 0.11 0.14 0.26 0.10 0.69 1.40 5 6 11 4 14 1 19 5 -1 0.0 0.4 0.4
1999-00 21 EDM NHL 17 0.18 0.12 0.29 0.13 0.47 1.06 3 2 5 2 8 1 8 0 -1 0.4 0.1 0.5
2000-01 22 EDM NHL 81 0.17 0.26 0.43 0.16 0.46 1.32 15 22 37 14 49 15 31 2 5 2.1 1.2 3.3
2001-02 23 EDM NHL 65 0.15 0.29 0.45 0.16 0.78 1.15 11 22 33 12 39 13 27 0 -1 2.0 1.0 2.9
2002-03 24 EDM NHL 57 0.07 0.23 0.30 0.10 0.54 1.56 5 14 19 7 22 0 17 0 5 0.3 0.9 1.2
2003-04 25 PHX NHL 68 0.09 0.16 0.25 0.09 0.62 1.22 7 13 20 7 23 1 50 20 -8 0.1 0.7 0.8
2005-06 27 DET NHL 77 0.04 0.16 0.19 0.06 0.52 1.38 3 11 14 5 21 0 39 23 5 -0.6 1.0 0.4
2006-07 28 DET NHL 71 0.28 0.28 0.56 0.23 0.34 1.90 21 20 41 17 55 19 47 17 6 3.0 1.5 4.5
2007-08 29 DET NHL 63 0.32 0.35 0.67 0.26 0.52 2.81 22 23 45 18 67 20 40 14 21 3.6 2.1 5.7
2008-09 30 DET NHL 74 0.19 0.35 0.54 0.19 0.62 2.20 15 26 41 15 62 13 71 22 0 2.0 1.0 3.0
2009-10 31 DET NHL 64 0.23 0.30 0.53 0.21 0.45 2.19 16 20 36 14 60 19 51 7 -3 2.1 1.3 3.4
2010-11 32 DET NHL 68 0.38 0.29 0.68 0.28 0.29 2.82 29 21 50 22 62 14 54 5 -1 4.6 1.0 5.6
2011-12 33 DET NHL 52 0.21 0.25 0.46 0.18 0.38 2.94 20 22 42 17 11 1.5 1.2 2.7
Career NHL 798 0.19 0.25 0.44 0.17 0.51 1.87 172 222 394 154 482 116 456 115 36 20.9 13.4 34.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 21 EDM NHL 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 35 8:40
2000-01 22 EDM NHL 6 1 1 2 -2 8 0 1 0 0 6 16.7 85 14:09
2005-06 27 DET NHL 6 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 64 10:44
2006-07 28 DET NHL 18 4 8 12 2 30 1 1 2 0 53 7.5 296 16:28
2007-08 29 DET NHL SC 22 2 1 3 1 4 1 0 1 0 54 3.7 392 17:50
2008-09 30 DET NHL 23 9 6 15 17 12 9 0 0 3 57 15.8 389 16:55
2009-10 31 DET NHL 12 2 0 2 3 4 2 0 0 0 27 7.4 177 14:47
2010-11 32 DET NHL 11 2 4 6 2 6 2 0 0 1 30 6.7 189 17:09
Career NHL 1 102 20 22 42 26 72 15 2 3 4 244 8.2 1628 15:57

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1993-94 15 Kingston Voyageurs ON-Jr.A 41 18 28 46 33
1994-95 16 Belleville Bulls OHL 62 26 55 81 62
1994-95 16 Canada U-18 5 4 4 8 6
1995-96 17 Belleville Bulls OHL 64 53 62 115 74
1996-97 18 Belleville Bulls OHL 64 32 48 80 88
1997-98 19 Belleville Bulls OHL 30 16 31 47 9 14 13 3 0 0
1997-98 19 Indianapolis Ice IHL 4 2 1 3 1 6 2 0 0 0 9 22.2
1998-99 20 2 Teams AHL 39 9 18 27 -8 81 5 4 0 2 100 9.0
1998-99 20 Portland Pirates AHL 30 9 17 26 -3 74 5 4 0 2 80 11.3
1998-99 20 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 9 0 1 1 -5 7 0 0 0 0 20 0.0
1999-00 21 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 58 22 52 74 -9 108 11 11 0 4 208 10.6
2001-02 23 Canada WC-A 7 2 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 0
2004-05 26 Mora IK Sweden 47 11 26 37 138
Career 2 Seasons AHL 97 31 70 101 -17 189 16 15 0 6 308 10.1
Career 1 Season IHL 4 2 1 3 1 6 2 0 0 0 9 22.2
Career 4 Seasons OHL 220 127 196 323 9 238 13 3 0 0
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.A 41 18 28 46 33
Career 1 Season Sweden 47 11 26 37 138
Career 1 Season U-18 5 4 4 8 6
Career 1 Season WC-A 7 2 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1993-94 15 Kingston Voyageurs ON-Jr.A 2 0 1 1 0
1994-95 16 Belleville Bulls OHL 16 7 10 17 23
1995-96 17 Belleville Bulls OHL 14 10 17 27 40
1996-97 18 Belleville Bulls OHL 6 3 4 7 6
1997-98 19 Belleville Bulls OHL 10 6 17 23 10 4 2 0 2
1998-99 20 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999-00 21 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 5 2 3 5 18 0 2 0 0
Career 2 Seasons AHL 8 2 3 5 18 0 2 0 0
Career 4 Seasons OHL 46 26 48 74 79 4 2 0 2
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.A 2 0 1 1 0

Similarity Scores

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Thru 13 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Dan Cleary 5.7 5.6 4.5 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.9 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 -0.2
Rejean Houle 90.5 6.0 4.9 4.6 3.8 3.3 3.3 2.6 1.4 0.8 0.1 -0.2
Mud Bruneteau 90.1 5.2 4.7 4.2 2.7 2.5 2.2 1.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 -0.2
Don Raleigh 90.0 6.1 4.9 3.8 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.4 0.9 0.5 -0.4
Niklas Sundstrom 88.4 5.6 5.1 4.2 3.4 3.3 3.3 1.7 1.5 0.5 0.3
Don Marcotte 87.2 5.8 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.3 2.9 2.9 1.2 0.6 0.5 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Mark Johnson 87.1 6.2 5.3 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.6 2.6 1.9 1.2 0.6 0.3
Curtis Brown 87.1 6.1 5.2 3.9 3.3 3.2 2.5 1.9 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.1
Art Chapman 86.8 4.4 3.9 3.3 2.9 2.1 1.7 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.5
Art Jackson 85.9 4.6 4.3 4.1 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.0
Pelle Eklund 85.7 5.1 4.6 4.5 3.6 3.3 3.0 1.8 1.1 0.4
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Dan Cleary 5.7 5.6 4.5 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.9 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 -0.2
Rejean Houle 90.2 6.0 4.9 4.6 3.8 3.3 3.3 2.6 1.4 0.8 0.1 -0.2
Mud Bruneteau 89.8 5.2 4.7 4.2 2.7 2.5 2.2 1.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 -0.2
Don Raleigh 89.7 6.1 4.9 3.8 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.4 0.9 0.5 -0.4
Niklas Sundstrom 88.1 5.6 5.1 4.2 3.4 3.3 3.3 1.7 1.5 0.5 0.3
Mark Johnson 86.8 6.2 5.3 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.6 2.6 1.9 1.2 0.6 0.3
Art Chapman 86.5 4.4 3.9 3.3 2.9 2.1 1.7 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.5
Curtis Brown 86.4 6.1 5.2 3.9 3.3 3.2 2.5 1.9 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.1
Art Jackson 85.6 4.6 4.3 4.1 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.0
Travis Green 85.5 6.2 6.0 4.8 3.5 3.1 3.1 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.2 -0.1
Pelle Eklund 85.4 5.1 4.6 4.5 3.6 3.3 3.0 1.8 1.1 0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

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2008 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)

Short-Handed Goals

2003-04 NHL 3 (10)

Game-Winning Goals

2010-11 NHL 8 (7)

Transactions

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March 20, 1999: Traded to Edmonton by Chicago with Chad Kilger, Ethan Moreau and Christian Laflamme for Boris Mironov, Dean McAmmond and Jonas Elofsson, March 20, 1999.

July 15, 2003: Signed as a free agent by Phoenix, July 15, 2003.

September 6, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Mora (Sweden), September 6, 2004.

October 4, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Detroit, October 4, 2005.

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