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Dave Ellett

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: March 30, 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio

Drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the 4th round (75th overall) of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 8:43AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #422. Jimmy Carson… #423. Michael Nylander… #424. Dollard St. Laurent… #424. DAVE ELLETT… #424. John Anderson… 

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 20 WIN NHL 80 11 27 38 13 20 85 8 3 0 0 146 7.5
1985-86 21 WIN NHL 80 15 31 46 17 -38 96 13 2 0 1 168 8.9
1986-87 22 WIN NHL 78 13 31 44 16 19 53 8 5 0 2 159 8.2
1987-88 23 WIN NHL 68 13 45 58 19 -8 106 8 5 0 1 198 6.6
1988-89 24 WIN NHL 75 22 34 56 21 -18 62 11 9 2 5 209 10.5
1989-90 25 WIN NHL 77 17 29 46 17 -15 96 9 8 0 1 205 8.3
1990-91 26 TOT NHL 77 12 37 49 17 -8 75 5 6 1 1 195 6.2
1990-91 26 WIN NHL 17 4 7 11 4 -4 6 2 1 1 0 41 9.8
1990-91 26 TOR NHL 60 8 30 38 13 -4 69 3 5 0 1 154 5.2
1991-92 27 TOR NHL 79 18 33 51 19 -13 95 8 9 1 4 225 8.0
1992-93 28 TOR NHL 70 6 34 40 13 19 46 2 4 0 1 186 3.2
1993-94 29 TOR NHL 68 7 36 43 14 6 42 2 5 0 1 146 4.8
1994-95 30 TOR NHL 33 5 10 15 6 -6 26 2 3 0 1 84 6.0
1995-96 31 TOR NHL 80 3 19 22 7 -10 59 1 1 1 0 153 2.0
1996-97 32 TOT NHL 76 6 15 21 7 -6 40 5 1 0 2 105 5.7
1996-97 32 TOR NHL 56 4 10 14 5 -8 34 4 0 0 1 83 4.8
1996-97 32 NJD NHL 20 2 5 7 2 2 6 1 1 0 1 22 9.1
1997-98 33 BOS NHL 82 3 20 23 7 3 67 1 2 0 1 129 2.3
1998-99 34 BOS NHL 54 0 6 6 2 11 25 0 0 0 0 45 0.0 799 14:48
1999-00 35 STL NHL 52 2 8 10 3 -4 12 2 0 0 1 41 4.9 701 13:28
Career NHL 1129 153 415 568 197 -48 985 85 63 5 22 2394 6.4 1500 14:09

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 20 WIN NHL 80 0.14 0.34 0.48 0.17 1.06 1.83 9 21 30 11 120 16 99 15 20 1.8 4.0 5.9
1985-86 21 WIN NHL 80 0.19 0.39 0.58 0.21 1.20 2.10 12 24 36 13 127 39 171 45 -38 2.6 2.0 4.6
1986-87 22 WIN NHL 78 0.17 0.40 0.56 0.20 0.68 2.04 11 26 37 13 111 23 83 14 19 2.7 5.4 8.1
1987-88 23 WIN NHL 68 0.19 0.66 0.85 0.28 1.56 2.91 11 38 49 16 135 74 93 24 -8 3.8 3.2 7.0
1988-89 24 WIN NHL 75 0.29 0.45 0.75 0.28 0.83 2.79 18 28 46 17 145 58 137 32 -18 4.2 2.3 6.5
1989-90 25 WIN NHL 77 0.22 0.38 0.60 0.22 1.25 2.66 14 24 38 14 130 43 125 23 -15 3.1 3.1 6.2
1990-91 26 TOT NHL 77 0.16 0.48 0.64 0.22 0.97 2.53 11 33 44 15 126 53 111 30 -8 3.2 3.4 6.6
1990-91 26 WIN NHL 17 0.24 0.41 0.65 0.24 0.35 2.41 4 6 10 4 28 15 19 2 -4 0.8 0.7 1.5
1990-91 26 TOR NHL 60 0.13 0.50 0.63 0.21 1.15 2.57 7 27 34 11 98 38 92 28 -4 2.4 2.7 5.1
1991-92 27 TOR NHL 79 0.23 0.42 0.65 0.24 1.20 2.85 16 29 45 17 115 52 105 29 -13 3.8 3.9 7.6
1992-93 28 TOR NHL 70 0.09 0.49 0.57 0.18 0.66 2.66 5 27 32 10 127 59 68 19 19 2.0 5.6 7.6
1993-94 29 TOR NHL 68 0.10 0.53 0.63 0.20 0.62 2.15 6 33 39 12 114 52 74 18 6 2.8 4.0 6.8
1994-95 30 TOR NHL 33 0.15 0.30 0.45 0.17 0.79 2.55 9 17 26 10 39 16 42 13 -6 1.2 1.4 2.6
1995-96 31 TOR NHL 80 0.04 0.24 0.28 0.09 0.74 1.91 3 18 21 7 76 18 95 27 -10 0.7 3.7 4.4
1996-97 32 TOT NHL 76 0.08 0.20 0.28 0.10 0.53 1.38 6 15 21 7 68 12 77 15 -6 1.1 3.3 4.3
1996-97 32 TOR NHL 56 0.07 0.18 0.25 0.09 0.61 1.48 4 10 14 5 48 4 67 15 -8 0.6 1.9 2.5
1996-97 32 NJD NHL 20 0.10 0.25 0.35 0.12 0.30 1.10 2 5 7 2 20 8 10 0 2 0.4 1.4 1.8
1997-98 33 BOS NHL 82 0.04 0.24 0.28 0.09 0.82 1.57 3 23 26 8 85 24 75 17 3 1.0 4.9 5.9
1998-99 34 BOS NHL 54 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.03 0.46 0.83 0 7 7 2 40 7 24 2 11 -0.2 2.9 2.7
1999-00 35 STL NHL 52 0.04 0.15 0.19 0.06 0.23 0.79 2 9 11 4 29 8 27 2 -4 0.5 1.3 1.8
Career NHL 1129 0.14 0.37 0.50 0.17 0.87 2.12 136 372 508 176 1587 554 1406 325 -48 34.0 54.5 88.5

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 20 WIN NHL 8 1 5 6 -3 4 0 1 0 0 20 5.0
1985-86 21 WIN NHL 3 0 1 1 -4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1986-87 22 WIN NHL 10 0 8 8 -1 2 0 0 0 0 22 0.0
1987-88 23 WIN NHL 5 1 2 3 -5 10 0 1 0 0 16 6.3
1989-90 25 WIN NHL 7 2 0 2 -6 6 0 2 0 1 22 9.1
1992-93 28 TOR NHL 21 4 8 12 4 8 2 2 0 0 62 6.5
1993-94 29 TOR NHL 18 3 15 18 1 31 0 3 0 0 33 9.1
1994-95 30 TOR NHL 7 0 2 2 -5 0 0 0 0 0 18 0.0
1995-96 31 TOR NHL 6 0 0 0 -5 4 0 0 0 0 16 0.0
1996-97 32 NJD NHL 10 0 3 3 -1 10 0 0 0 0 15 0.0
1997-98 33 BOS NHL 6 0 1 1 -1 6 0 0 0 0 11 0.0
1998-99 34 BOS NHL 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 85 10:36
1999-00 35 STL NHL 7 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 84 11:59
Career NHL 116 11 46 57 -25 87 2 9 0 1 248 4.4 169 11:15

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 17 Ottawa Jr. Senators CJHL 47 8 33 41 118
1982-83 18 Bowling Green University CCHA 40 4 13 17 34
1983-84 19 Bowling Green University CCHA 43 15 39 54 96
1988-89 24 Canada WEC-A 10 4 2 6 14
Career 2 Seasons CCHA 83 19 52 71 130
Career 1 Season CJHL 47 8 33 41 118
Career 1 Season WEC-A 10 4 2 6 14

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 16 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Dave Ellett 8.1 7.6 7.6 7.0 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.2 5.9 5.9 4.6 4.4 4.3 2.7 2.6 1.8
Garry Galley 93.3 8.3 7.7 7.4 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.1 4.6 3.3 2.8 2.8
Tom Johnson 92.8 8.8 7.1 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.3 1.6 0.0
Randy Carlyle 92.4 8.5 7.6 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.5 5.9 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.9 0.2
Allan Stanley 92.3 8.1 7.4 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.4 5.5 5.3 5.2 4.6 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.8 0.5
Jyrki Lumme 92.3 8.3 8.2 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.0 5.8 5.5 4.7 4.6 4.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 1.4
Marcel Pronovost 92.2 9.2 8.5 7.6 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.2 3.8 3.2
Doug Bodger 92.2 7.6 7.4 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.4 5.7 5.7 5.5 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.6 -0.2
Roman Hamrlik 91.7 8.9 8.8 7.7 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.5 3.8 3.8 3.1
Calle Johansson 91.3 8.1 8.0 7.6 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.3 5.9 4.8 4.6 3.8 3.3 0.3
Petr Svoboda 91.2 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.3 4.7 4.6 4.5 3.9 3.4 3.3 1.9
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Dave Ellett 8.1 7.6 7.6 7.0 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.2 5.9 5.9 4.6 4.4 4.3 2.7 2.6 1.8
Tom Johnson 92.8 8.8 7.1 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.3 1.6 0.0
Randy Carlyle 92.4 8.5 7.6 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.5 5.9 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.9 0.4 0.2
Garry Galley 92.4 8.3 7.7 7.4 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.1 4.6 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.8
Jyrki Lumme 92.3 8.3 8.2 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.0 5.8 5.5 4.7 4.6 4.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 1.4
Doug Bodger 92.2 7.6 7.4 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.4 5.7 5.7 5.5 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.6 -0.2
Calle Johansson 91.6 8.1 8.0 7.6 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.3 5.9 4.8 4.6 3.8 3.3 1.2 0.3
Earl Seibert 91.0 6.9 5.9 5.9 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.9 1.2
Allan Stanley 91.0 8.1 7.4 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.4 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.8 0.5
Petr Svoboda 91.0 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.3 4.7 4.6 4.5 3.9 3.4 3.3 1.9 0.6
Eric Weinrich 91.0 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.3 4.0 3.4 2.5 1.4 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1989 NHL
1992 NHL

Games Played

1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1985-86 NHL 80 (3)
1997-98 NHL 82 (2)

Total Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 1587 (71)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1987-88 NHL 74 (9)
Career NHL 554 (76)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1985-86 NHL 171 (2)
1988-89 NHL 137 (10)
Career NHL 1406 (43)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1985-86 NHL 45 (10)

Defensive Point Shares

1986-87 NHL 5.4 (7)
Career NHL 54.5 (79)
  

Transactions

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November 10, 1990: Traded to Toronto by Winnipeg with Paul Fenton for Ed Olczyk and Mark Osborne, November 10, 1990.

February 25, 1997: Traded to New Jersey by Toronto with Doug Gilmour and New Jersey's 3rd round choice (previously acquired, New Jersey selected Andre Lakos) in 1999 Entry Draft for Jason Smith, Steve Sullivan and the rights to Alyn McCauley, February 25, 1997.

July 29, 1997: Signed as a free agent by Boston, July 29, 1997.

October 22, 1999: Signed as a free agent by St. Louis, October 22, 1999.

September 8, 2000: Officially announced retirement, September 8, 2000.

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