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Brian Curran

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-5    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: November 5, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario

Drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 2nd round (22nd overall) of the 1982 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
1983-84 20 BOS NHL 16 1 1 2 1 0 57 1 0 0 0 6 16.7
1984-85 21 BOS NHL 56 0 1 1 0 -8 158 0 0 0 0 17 0.0
1985-86 22 BOS NHL 43 2 5 7 2 6 192 2 0 0 0 23 8.7
1986-87 23 NYI NHL 68 0 10 10 3 3 356 0 0 0 0 34 0.0
1987-88 24 TOT NHL 29 0 2 2 1 -6 87 0 0 0 0 13 0.0
1987-88 24 NYI NHL 22 0 1 1 0 -9 68 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1987-88 24 TOR NHL 7 0 1 1 0 3 19 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1988-89 25 TOR NHL 47 1 4 5 2 0 185 1 0 0 0 18 5.6
1989-90 26 TOR NHL 72 2 9 11 4 -2 301 2 0 0 0 21 9.5
1990-91 27 TOT NHL 21 0 1 1 0 -5 50 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1990-91 27 TOR NHL 4 0 0 0 0 -2 7 0 0 0 0 0
1990-91 27 BUF NHL 17 0 1 1 0 -3 43 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1991-92 28 BUF NHL 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1993-94 30 WSH NHL 26 1 0 1 1 -2 61 1 0 0 0 11 9.1
Career NHL 381 7 33 40 13 -14 1461 7 0 0 0 151 4.6

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
1983-84 20 BOS NHL 16 0.06 0.06 0.13 0.05 3.56 0.38 1 1 2 1 9 0 11 2 0 -0.1 0.9 0.8
1984-85 21 BOS NHL 56 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00 2.82 0.30 0 1 1 0 23 0 34 3 -8 -1.1 2.7 1.7
1985-86 22 BOS NHL 43 0.05 0.12 0.16 0.06 4.47 0.53 2 4 6 2 33 0 38 11 6 -0.2 2.7 2.5
1986-87 23 NYI NHL 68 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.04 5.24 0.50 0 8 8 2 47 1 64 21 3 -0.6 4.0 3.3
1987-88 24 TOT NHL 29 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.02 3.00 0.45 0 2 2 1 14 0 24 4 -6 -0.5 1.0 0.5
1987-88 24 NYI NHL 22 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.01 3.09 0.55 0 1 1 0 8 0 21 4 -9 -0.4 0.5 0.1
1987-88 24 TOR NHL 7 0.00 0.14 0.14 0.04 2.71 0.14 0 1 1 0 6 0 3 0 3 -0.1 0.5 0.4
1988-89 25 TOR NHL 47 0.02 0.09 0.11 0.03 3.94 0.38 1 3 4 1 24 0 30 6 0 -0.5 2.0 1.5
1989-90 26 TOR NHL 72 0.03 0.13 0.15 0.05 4.18 0.29 2 7 9 3 49 0 70 19 -2 -0.5 2.1 1.7
1990-91 27 TOT NHL 21 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.01 2.38 0.33 0 1 1 0 8 0 13 0 -5 -0.4 0.7 0.4
1990-91 27 TOR NHL 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.75 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1990-91 27 BUF NHL 17 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.02 2.53 0.41 0 1 1 0 8 0 11 0 -3 -0.3 0.6 0.4
1991-92 28 BUF NHL 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.67 0.33 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -0.1 0.1 0.1
1993-94 30 WSH NHL 26 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.02 2.35 0.42 1 0 1 1 11 0 14 1 -2 -0.4 1.2 0.8
Career NHL 381 0.02 0.09 0.10 0.03 3.83 0.40 7 27 34 11 219 1 299 67 -14 -4.3 17.5 13.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 20 BOS NHL 3 0 0 0 -2 7 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1985-86 22 BOS NHL 2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 0
1986-87 23 NYI NHL 8 0 0 0 -4 51 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1987-88 24 TOR NHL 6 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1989-90 26 TOR NHL 5 0 1 1 -1 19 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Career NHL 24 0 1 1 -8 122 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 17 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 59 2 28 30 275
1981-82 18 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 51 2 16 18 132
1982-83 19 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 56 1 30 31 187
1983-84 20 Hershey Bears AHL 23 0 2 2 94
1984-85 21 Hershey Bears AHL 4 0 0 0 19
1987-88 24 Springfield Indians AHL 8 1 0 1 43
1990-91 27 2 Teams AHL 16 0 1 1 68
1990-91 27 Newmarket Saints AHL 6 0 1 1 32
1990-91 27 Rochester Americans AHL 10 0 0 0 36
1991-92 28 Rochester Americans AHL 36 0 3 3 122
1992-93 29 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 61 2 24 26 223
1993-94 30 Portland Pirates AHL 46 1 6 7 247
1994-95 31 Portland Pirates AHL 59 2 10 12 328
1995-96 32 Portland Pirates AHL 34 1 2 3 122
1995-96 32 Michigan K-Wings IHL 18 0 5 5 55
1996-97 33 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 3 0 0 0 8
1997-98 34 Monroe Moccasins WPHL 68 7 17 24 1 239 7 0 0 0 72 9.7
1997-98 34 2 Teams IHL 10 0 2 2 2 51 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1997-98 34 Utah Grizzlies IHL 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0
1997-98 34 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 9 0 2 2 3 49 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Career 10 Seasons AHL 290 7 48 55 1274
Career 2 Seasons IHL 28 0 7 7 2 106 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Career 3 Seasons WHL 166 5 74 79 594
Career 1 Season WPHL 68 7 17 24 1 239 7 0 0 0 72 9.7

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 17 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 7 0 1 1 13
1980-81 17 Portland Winter Hawks M-Cup 4 0 2 2 6
1981-82 18 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 14 1 7 8 63
1981-82 18 Portland Winter Hawks M-Cup 4 0 2 2 6
1982-83 19 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 14 1 3 4 57
1982-83 19 Portland Winter Hawks M-Cup 4 0 2 2 26
1992-93 29 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 12 0 3 3 12
1993-94 30 Portland Pirates AHL 15 0 1 1 59
1994-95 31 Portland Pirates AHL 7 0 0 0 24
1995-96 32 Michigan K-Wings IHL 10 0 4 4 38
1997-98 34 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 2 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons AHL 34 0 4 4 95
Career 2 Seasons IHL 12 0 4 4 58 0 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons M-Cup 12 0 6 6 38
Career 3 Seasons WHL 35 2 11 13 133

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 Curran 3.3 2.5 1.7 1.7 1.5 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.1
Donald Dufresne 87.4 3.4 2.7 1.8 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.2
Jim Pavese 85.5 3.2 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.4 0.9 0.4 0.1
Jim Kyte 83.8 3.9 2.1 2.1 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.0
Rob Zettler 83.6 3.2 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.1 0.0
Sean Brown 82.5 3.6 2.7 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.1 -0.3
Jason Marshall 82.4 3.2 2.8 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.2 -0.1
Harold Starr 82.1 2.4 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.2 0.9
Rich Pilon 81.9 3.1 2.5 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.4
Ernie Dickens 81.8 3.1 2.3 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.7
Aaron Johnson 81.1 3.0 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.6 0.9
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Brian Curran 3.3 2.5 1.7 1.7 1.5 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.1
Donald Dufresne 87.4 3.4 2.7 1.8 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.2
Jim Pavese 85.5 3.2 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.4 0.9 0.4 0.1
Sean Brown 82.5 3.6 2.7 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.1 -0.3
Harold Starr 82.1 2.4 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.2 0.9
Ernie Dickens 81.8 3.1 2.3 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.7
Aaron Johnson 81.1 3.0 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.6 0.9
Mattias Timander 79.7 3.1 2.9 2.8 1.7 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.4
Scot Kleinendorst 79.7 3.5 2.7 2.4 2.2 1.6 1.1 0.5 0.3
Andrew Alberts 79.6 3.1 2.7 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.2
Yvon Labre 79.5 3.3 2.7 2.6 2.2 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Penalties in Minutes

1986-87 NHL 356 (3)
1989-90 NHL 301 (6)

Transactions

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August 29, 1986: Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders, August 29, 1986.

March 8, 1988: Traded to Toronto by NY Islanders for Toronto's 6th round choice (Pavel Gross) in 1988 Entry Draft, March 8, 1988.

December 17, 1990: Traded to Buffalo by Toronto with Lou Franceschetti for Mike Foligno and Buffalo's 8th round choice (Tomas Kucharcik) in 1991 Entry Draft, December 17, 1990.

October 27, 1992: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, October 27, 1992.

October 21, 1993: Signed as a free agent by Washington, October 21, 1993.

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