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Ben Eager

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: January 22, 1984 in Ottawa, Ontario

Drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2005-06 22 PHI NHL 25 3 5 8 3 0 18 3 0 0 0 21 14.3 185 7:24
2006-07 23 PHI NHL 63 6 5 11 5 -13 233 6 0 0 0 48 12.5 519 8:14
2007-08 24 TOT NHL 32 0 2 2 1 -9 89 0 0 0 0 16 0.0 186 5:48
2007-08 24 PHI NHL 23 0 0 0 0 -8 62 0 0 0 0 11 0.0 126 5:29
2007-08 24 CHI NHL 9 0 2 2 1 -1 27 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 60 6:37
2008-09 25 CHI NHL 75 11 4 15 7 1 161 11 0 0 0 80 13.8 639 8:31
2009-10 26 CHI NHL 60 7 9 16 6 9 120 7 0 0 2 68 10.3 500 8:20
2010-11 27 TOT NHL 68 7 10 17 7 4 120 7 0 0 1 84 8.3 723 10:38
2010-11 27 ATL NHL 34 3 7 10 4 4 77 3 0 0 1 41 7.3 417 12:15
2010-11 27 SJS NHL 34 4 3 7 3 0 43 4 0 0 0 43 9.3 307 9:02
2011-12 28 EDM NHL 42 6 2 8 4 -7 79 6 0 0 2 44 13.6 342 8:09
Career NHL 365 40 37 77 31 -15 820 40 0 0 5 361 11.1 3094 8:29

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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
2005-06 22 PHI NHL 25 0.12 0.20 0.32 0.12 0.72 0.84 3 5 8 3 10 0 10 0 0 0.6 0.2 0.7
2006-07 23 PHI NHL 63 0.10 0.08 0.17 0.07 3.70 0.76 6 5 11 5 15 1 27 0 -13 0.2 0.1 0.3
2007-08 24 TOT NHL 32 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.02 2.78 0.50 0 2 2 1 3 0 12 0 -9 -0.3 -0.2 -0.5
2007-08 24 PHI NHL 23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.48 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -8 -0.4 -0.2 -0.6
2007-08 24 CHI NHL 9 0.00 0.22 0.22 0.06 3.00 0.56 0 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 -1 0.0 0.0 0.1
2008-09 25 CHI NHL 75 0.15 0.05 0.20 0.09 2.15 1.07 12 4 16 8 24 1 24 2 1 0.9 0.7 1.5
2009-10 26 CHI NHL 60 0.12 0.15 0.27 0.10 2.00 1.13 8 9 17 7 23 0 14 0 9 1.0 0.9 1.9
2010-11 27 TOT NHL 68 0.10 0.15 0.25 0.10 1.76 1.24 7 10 17 7 25 0 21 0 4 0.6 0.9 1.5
2010-11 27 ATL NHL 34 0.09 0.21 0.29 0.11 2.26 1.21 3 7 10 4 17 0 13 0 4 0.3 0.6 0.9
2010-11 27 SJS NHL 34 0.12 0.09 0.21 0.09 1.26 1.26 4 3 7 3 8 0 8 0 0 0.3 0.3 0.6
2011-12 28 EDM NHL 42 0.14 0.05 0.19 0.09 1.88 1.05 10 3 13 6 -7 0.6 0.1 0.7
Career NHL 365 0.11 0.10 0.21 0.09 2.25 0.99 46 38 84 35 100 2 108 2 -15 3.5 2.7 6.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2005-06 22 PHI NHL 2 0 0 0 -4 26 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 14 7:06
2008-09 25 CHI NHL 17 1 1 2 -1 61 1 0 0 1 15 6.7 145 8:32
2009-10 26 CHI NHL SC 18 1 2 3 2 20 1 0 0 1 13 7.7 109 6:02
2010-11 27 SJS NHL 10 1 0 1 -2 41 1 0 0 0 11 9.1 49 4:53
Career NHL 1 47 3 3 6 -5 148 3 0 0 2 42 7.1 317 6:44

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 16 Ottawa Jr. Senators CJHL 50 8 11 19 119
2000-01 17 Oshawa Generals OHL 61 4 6 10 120
2000-01 17 Canada U-18 5 1 1 2 4
2001-02 18 Oshawa Generals OHL 63 14 23 37 -16 255 7 7 0 2
2001-02 18 Canada WJ18-A 8 1 3 4 -3 45 1 0 0 0
2002-03 19 Oshawa Generals OHL 58 16 24 40 3 216 11 5 0
2003-04 20 Oshawa Generals OHL 61 25 27 52 -3 204 19 6 0
2003-04 20 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004-05 21 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 66 7 10 17 12 232 5 2 0 0
2005-06 22 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 49 6 12 18 -6 256 5 1 0 2
2006-07 23 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 3 0 0 0 1 21 0 0 0 0
Career 4 Seasons AHL 123 13 22 35 7 509 10 3 0 2
Career 1 Season CJHL 50 8 11 19 119
Career 4 Seasons OHL 243 59 80 139 -16 795 37 18 0 2
Career 1 Season U-18 5 1 1 2 4
Career 1 Season WJ18-A 8 1 3 4 -3 45 1 0 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
2001-02 18 Oshawa Generals OHL 5 0 1 1 13
2002-03 19 Oshawa Generals OHL 8 0 4 4 -1 8 0 0 0
2003-04 20 Oshawa Generals OHL 7 2 3 5 31 2 0 0
2003-04 20 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 3 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0
2004-05 21 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 16 1 1 2 -3 71 0 1 0 0
Career 2 Seasons AHL 19 1 2 3 -3 79 0 1 0 0
Career 3 Seasons OHL 20 2 8 10 -1 52 2 0 0

Similarity Scores

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Thru 6 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6
Ben Eager 1.9 1.5 1.5 0.7 0.3 -0.5
Bruce Gardiner 88.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 0.6 0.4 -0.4
Paul Broten 85.4 1.9 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.1 -0.3
Garnet Bailey 85.3 2.1 1.6 1.5 0.7 0.5 -0.9
Bob Carse 83.3 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.5 0.2
Mark Reeds 82.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.2
Jamal Mayers 82.4 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.6 -0.2
Mike Craig 80.7 2.1 1.9 1.8 0.5 0.4 -0.2
Floyd Thomson 79.6 1.7 1.6 1.2 0.4 0.2 -0.3
Jody Hull 79.4 2.4 1.9 1.5 0.7 0.3 -0.2
John McKenzie 78.3 1.9 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.1 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ben Eager 1.9 1.5 1.5 0.7 0.3 -0.5
Bruce Gardiner 88.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 0.6 0.4 -0.4
Bob Carse 83.3 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.5 0.2
Paul Broten 80.3 1.9 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.1 -0.3 -0.3
Larry Keenan 77.3 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.2
Doug Robinson 75.3 2.3 1.9 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.0
Dave Hudson 75.1 2.4 2.0 1.8 0.9 0.8 -0.5
Mark Reeds 73.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.2 -0.1 -0.6
Doug Evans 73.2 1.6 1.5 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 -0.2
Serge Aubin 73.1 2.1 1.7 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 -0.1
Stacy Roest 73.0 2.2 1.8 1.4 0.6 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

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2010 Chicago Blackhawks (NHL)

Penalties in Minutes

2006-07 NHL 233 (1)

Transactions

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February 9, 2004: Traded to Philadelphia by Phoenix with Sean Burke and Branko Radivojevic for Mike Comrie, February 9, 2004.

December 18, 2007: Traded to Chicago by Philadelphia for Jim Vandermeer, December 18, 2007.

June 24, 2010: Traded to Atlanta by Chicago with Brent Sopel, Dustin Byfuglien and Akim Aliu for Marty Reasoner, Joey Crabb, Jeremy Morin and New Jersey's 1st (previously acquired, Chicago selected Kevin Hayes) and 2nd (previously acquired, Chicago selected Justin Holl) round choices in 2010 Entry Draft, June 24, 2010.

January 18, 2011: Traded to San Jose by Atlanta for San Jose's 5th round choice (Austen Brassard) in 2011 Entry Draft, January 18, 2011.

July 1, 2011: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, July 1, 2011.

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