Dan Cleary

Position: RW ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 208 lbs.
Born: December 18, 1978 in Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador
Draft: Chicago, 1st round (13th overall), 1997 NHL Entry
Contract: 5 years/$14,000,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $2,800,000.00 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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NHL Standard

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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
1997-98	19	CHI	NHL	6	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
1998-99	20	CHI	NHL	35	4	5	9	4	-1	24	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	49	8.2	502	14:21
1999-00	21	EDM	NHL	17	3	2	5	2	-1	8	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	18	16.7	166	9:44
2000-01	22	EDM	NHL	81	14	21	35	13	5	37	12	2	0	2	14	0	7	107	13.1	1051	12:58
2001-02	23	EDM	NHL	65	10	19	29	11	-1	51	7	2	1	1	14	0	5	75	13.3	826	12:43
2002-03	24	EDM	NHL	57	4	13	17	6	5	31	4	0	0	1	13	0	0	89	4.5	682	11:58
2003-04	25	PHX	NHL	68	6	11	17	6	-8	42	3	0	3	0	10	0	1	83	7.2	898	13:12
2005-06	27	DET	NHL	77	3	12	15	5	5	40	3	0	0	1	10	2	0	106	2.8	808	10:30
2006-07	28	DET	NHL	71	20	20	40	16	6	24	12	6	2	5	17	1	2	135	14.8	1098	15:28
2007-08	29	DET	NHL	63	20	22	42	17	21	33	15	5	0	3	14	1	7	177	11.3	1095	17:23
2008-09	30	DET	NHL	74	14	26	40	14	0	46	11	3	0	3	23	0	3	163	8.6	1253	16:56
2009-10	31	DET	NHL	64	15	19	34	13	-3	29	13	2	0	2	14	0	5	140	10.7	1103	17:14
2010-11	32	DET	NHL	68	26	20	46	19	-1	20	21	5	0	8	17	0	3	192	13.5	1131	16:38
2011-12	33	DET	NHL	75	12	21	33	12	2	30	10	2	0	0	20	0	1	199	6.0	1199	15:59
2012-13	34	DET	NHL	48	9	6	15	6	-6	40	3	5	1	0	6	0	0	93	9.7	789	16:27
Career			NHL	869	160	217	377	144	21	455	121	32	7	27	178	4	35	1630	9.8	12602	14:36

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	75	0.16	0.28	0.44	0.16	0.40	2.65	14	23	37	14	49	7	53	13	2	1.6	1.2	2.8
2012-13	34	DET	NHL	48	0.19	0.13	0.31	0.13	0.83	1.94									-6	0.4	0.7	1.2
Career			NHL	869	0.18	0.25	0.43	0.17	0.52	1.88	166	223	389	151	531	123	509	128	21	21.5	14.1	35.6

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
1999-00	21	EDM	NHL		4	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	35	8:40
2000-01	22	EDM	NHL		6	1	1	2	1	-2	8	0	1	0	0	6	16.7	85	14:09
2005-06	27	DET	NHL		6	0	1	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	64	10:44
2006-07	28	DET	NHL		18	4	8	12	4	2	30	1	1	2	0	53	7.5	296	16:28
2007-08	29	DET	NHL	SC	22	2	1	3	1	1	4	1	0	1	0	54	3.7	392	17:50
2008-09	30	DET	NHL		23	9	6	15	6	17	12	9	0	0	3	57	15.8	389	16:55
2009-10	31	DET	NHL		12	2	0	2	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	27	7.4	177	14:47
2010-11	32	DET	NHL		11	2	4	6	2	2	6	2	0	0	1	30	6.7	189	17:09
2011-12	33	DET	NHL		5	0	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	76	15:11
2012-13	34	DET	NHL		9	2	4	6	2	-1	2	1	1	0	0	13	15.4	150	16:37
Career			NHL	1	116	22	26	48	19	24	76	16	3	3	4	267	8.2	1853	15:59

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
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

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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

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

Thru 15 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Dan Cleary		5.7	5.6	4.5	3.4	3.3	3.0	2.9	2.8	1.2	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.4	-0.2
Ab McDonald	88.3	6.2	5.3	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.7	2.8	2.8	1.2	1.1	0.4	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2
Travis Green	88.3	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
Gus Bodnar	87.4	4.5	4.3	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.4	1.9	1.1	0.2	-0.9
Dan Maloney	87.2	5.9	5.3	4.0	3.9	3.1	2.6	2.5	2.3	1.5	1.1	0.1
Mark Johnson	86.9	6.2	5.3	3.4	3.3	3.1	2.6	2.6	1.9	1.2	0.6	0.3
Andrei Kovalenko	86.5	6.6	5.8	5.3	4.1	3.4	2.9	2.4	1.9	1.1
Randy Burridge	86.3	5.4	5.3	5.1	4.0	3.6	3.2	2.9	2.4	2.3	0.9	0.6	-0.1	-0.3
Buzz Boll	86.0	4.8	4.7	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.5	1.8	1.5	1.1	0.5	-0.3
Greg Malone	86.0	6.1	4.4	4.0	3.7	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.8	1.0	0.6	-0.1
Adam Creighton	85.9	5.6	4.0	3.4	3.0	2.9	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.4	1.3	0.2	0.0	-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
Dan Cleary		5.7	5.6	4.5	3.4	3.3	3.0	2.9	2.8	1.2	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.4	-0.2
Ab McDonald	88.3	6.2	5.3	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.7	2.8	2.8	1.2	1.1	0.4	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2
Travis Green	88.3	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
Gus Bodnar	87.4	4.5	4.3	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.4	1.9	1.1	0.2	-0.9
Dan Maloney	87.2	5.9	5.3	4.0	3.9	3.1	2.6	2.5	2.3	1.5	1.1	0.1
Mark Johnson	86.9	6.2	5.3	3.4	3.3	3.1	2.6	2.6	1.9	1.2	0.6	0.3
Andrei Kovalenko	86.5	6.6	5.8	5.3	4.1	3.4	2.9	2.4	1.9	1.1
Randy Burridge	86.3	5.4	5.3	5.1	4.0	3.6	3.2	2.9	2.4	2.3	0.9	0.6	-0.1	-0.3
Don Marcotte	86.1	5.8	4.8	4.8	4.4	4.3	2.9	2.9	1.8	1.3	1.2	0.6	0.5	0.0	-0.1	-0.2
Buzz Boll	86.0	4.8	4.7	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.5	1.8	1.5	1.1	0.5	-0.3
Greg Malone	86.0	6.1	4.4	4.0	3.7	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.8	1.0	0.6	-0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 2008 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)	Games Played 2012-13 NHL 48 (1)	Short-Handed Goals 2003-04 NHL 3 (10)	Game-Winning Goals 2010-11 NHL 8 (7)

Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)

2008 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)

Games Played

2012-13 NHL 48 (1)

Short-Handed Goals

2003-04 NHL 3 (10)

Game-Winning Goals

2010-11 NHL 8 (7)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

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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