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Nelson Emerson

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: August 17, 1967 in Hamilton, Ontario

Drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 3rd round (44th overall) of the 1985 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
1990-91 23 STL NHL 4 0 3 3 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1991-92 24 STL NHL 79 23 36 59 22 -5 66 20 3 0 2 143 16.1
1992-93 25 STL NHL 82 22 51 73 26 2 62 15 5 2 4 196 11.2
1993-94 26 WIN NHL 83 33 41 74 29 -38 80 24 4 5 6 282 11.7
1994-95 27 WIN NHL 48 14 23 37 14 -12 26 9 4 1 1 122 11.5
1995-96 28 HAR NHL 81 29 29 58 24 -7 78 15 12 2 5 247 11.7
1996-97 29 HAR NHL 66 9 29 38 13 -21 34 6 2 1 2 194 4.6
1997-98 30 CAR NHL 81 21 24 45 18 -17 50 15 6 0 4 203 10.3
1998-99 31 TOT NHL 65 13 24 37 14 8 51 10 3 0 1 188 6.9 1088 16:45
1998-99 31 CAR NHL 35 8 13 21 8 1 36 5 3 0 0 84 9.5 508 14:30
1998-99 31 CHI NHL 27 4 10 14 5 8 13 4 0 0 1 94 4.3 530 19:37
1998-99 31 OTT NHL 3 1 1 2 1 -1 2 1 0 0 0 10 10.0 51 17:05
1999-00 32 TOT NHL 63 15 20 35 14 -23 47 11 4 0 0 196 7.7 1185 18:49
1999-00 32 ATL NHL 58 14 19 33 13 -24 47 10 4 0 0 183 7.7 1112 19:10
1999-00 32 LAK NHL 5 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 7.7 73 14:39
2000-01 33 LAK NHL 78 11 11 22 9 -13 54 11 0 0 1 157 7.0 1080 13:51
2001-02 34 LAK NHL 41 5 2 7 3 -8 25 5 0 0 1 40 12.5 377 9:12
Career NHL 771 195 293 488 185 -136 575 141 43 11 27 1971 9.9 3731 15:06

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
1990-91 23 STL NHL 4 0.00 0.75 0.75 0.20 0.50 0.75 0 3 3 1 3 0 5 0 -2 0.1 0.0 0.1
1991-92 24 STL NHL 79 0.29 0.46 0.75 0.28 0.84 1.81 20 32 52 20 80 31 54 0 -5 3.3 0.9 4.1
1992-93 25 STL NHL 82 0.27 0.62 0.89 0.31 0.76 2.39 18 41 59 21 115 62 66 15 2 4.0 1.4 5.3
1993-94 26 WIN NHL 83 0.40 0.49 0.89 0.35 0.96 3.40 30 37 67 26 112 60 109 19 -38 5.7 0.1 5.7
1994-95 27 WIN NHL 48 0.29 0.48 0.77 0.29 0.54 2.54 24 40 64 24 49 19 54 12 -12 2.8 0.2 2.9
1995-96 28 HAR NHL 81 0.36 0.36 0.72 0.30 0.96 3.05 28 28 56 23 98 46 78 19 -7 4.5 0.8 5.3
1996-97 29 HAR NHL 66 0.14 0.44 0.58 0.20 0.52 2.94 9 30 39 13 61 27 63 8 -21 2.0 0.3 2.2
1997-98 30 CAR NHL 81 0.26 0.30 0.56 0.22 0.62 2.51 24 27 51 20 67 34 53 3 -17 3.7 0.5 4.2
1998-99 31 TOT NHL 65 0.20 0.37 0.57 0.21 0.78 2.89 15 27 42 16 55 22 37 12 8 2.3 1.4 3.7
1998-99 31 CAR NHL 35 0.23 0.37 0.60 0.23 1.03 2.40 9 15 24 9 27 14 15 3 1 1.7 0.6 2.2
1998-99 31 CHI NHL 27 0.15 0.37 0.52 0.18 0.48 3.48 5 11 16 6 25 6 20 9 8 0.5 0.8 1.3
1998-99 31 OTT NHL 3 0.33 0.33 0.67 0.27 0.67 3.33 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 -1 0.2 0.0 0.2
1999-00 32 TOT NHL 63 0.24 0.32 0.56 0.22 0.75 3.11 16 22 38 15 51 15 76 17 -23 1.9 0.6 2.5
1999-00 32 ATL NHL 58 0.24 0.33 0.57 0.22 0.81 3.16 15 21 36 14 48 15 74 17 -24 1.8 0.5 2.3
1999-00 32 LAK NHL 5 0.20 0.20 0.40 0.16 0.00 2.60 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 0.1 0.1 0.2
2000-01 33 LAK NHL 78 0.14 0.14 0.28 0.11 0.69 2.01 12 12 24 10 36 6 56 13 -13 0.4 0.5 0.8
2001-02 34 LAK NHL 41 0.12 0.05 0.17 0.08 0.61 0.98 6 2 8 4 10 2 17 1 -8 0.2 0.2 0.4
Career NHL 771 0.25 0.38 0.63 0.24 0.75 2.56 202 301 503 192 737 324 668 119 -136 30.7 6.7 37.4

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 24 STL NHL 6 3 3 6 0 21 1 2 0 0 11 27.3
1992-93 25 STL NHL 11 1 6 7 3 6 1 0 0 0 43 2.3
1998-99 31 OTT NHL 4 1 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 8.3 66 16:32
1999-00 32 LAK NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 10 9:37
2000-01 33 LAK NHL 13 2 2 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 22 9.1 175 13:26
2001-02 34 LAK NHL 5 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 55 10:54
Career NHL 40 7 15 22 5 33 5 2 0 0 99 7.1 305 13:15

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 17 Stratford Cullitons ON-Jr.B 40 23 38 61 70
1985-86 18 Stratford Cullitons ON-Jr.B 39 54 58 112 91
1986-87 19 Bowling Green University CCHA 45 26 35 61 28
1987-88 20 Bowling Green University CCHA 45 34 49 83 54
1988-89 21 Bowling Green University CCHA 44 22 46 68 46
1989-90 22 Bowling Green University CCHA 44 30 52 82 42
1989-90 22 Peoria Rivermen IHL 3 1 1 2 0
1990-91 23 Peoria Rivermen IHL 73 36 79 115 91
1991-92 24 Canada WC-A 3 0 1 1 2
1993-94 26 Canada WC-A 8 2 2 4 4
1997-98 30 Canada WC-A 6 2 1 3 2
Career 4 Seasons CCHA 178 112 182 294 170
Career 2 Seasons IHL 76 37 80 117 91
Career 2 Seasons ON-Jr.B 79 77 96 173 161
Career 3 Seasons WC-A 17 4 4 8 8

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1990-91 23 Peoria Rivermen IHL 17 9 12 21 16
Career 1 Season IHL 17 9 12 21 16

Similarity Scores

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Thru 12 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Nelson Emerson 5.7 5.3 5.3 4.2 4.1 3.7 2.9 2.5 2.2 0.8 0.4 0.1
Derek Sanderson 93.6 6.2 5.6 5.4 5.4 4.8 4.1 3.9 3.0 1.8 1.1 -0.1 -0.1
Phil Watson 91.8 4.4 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.2 2.1 1.8 0.8 0.4 -0.5
George Armstrong 91.2 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.9 2.7 0.4 -0.1
Eddie Wiseman 91.0 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.1
Mike Murphy 90.5 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Cliff Koroll 90.0 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.1 1.3 -0.6
Tom Fergus 89.9 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.5 0.6 0.4
Mike Fisher 89.4 6.0 5.1 5.1 4.5 3.9 3.2 3.1 2.6 1.3 0.7 0.4
Mario Tremblay 89.1 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.7 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.3 1.1 0.8
Joe Carveth 88.9 5.4 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.0 1.0 0.0 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Nelson Emerson 5.7 5.3 5.3 4.2 4.1 3.7 2.9 2.5 2.2 0.8 0.4 0.1
Derek Sanderson 93.7 6.2 5.6 5.4 5.4 4.8 4.1 3.9 3.0 1.8 1.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Eddie Wiseman 91.0 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.1
Mike Murphy 90.5 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Cliff Koroll 90.0 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.1 1.3 -0.6
Tom Fergus 89.9 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.5 0.6 0.4
Mike Fisher 89.4 6.0 5.1 5.1 4.5 3.9 3.2 3.1 2.6 1.3 0.7 0.4
Mario Tremblay 89.1 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.7 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.3 1.1 0.8
Joe Carveth 88.9 5.4 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.0 1.0 0.0 -0.1
Steve Reinprecht 88.8 6.0 5.6 4.5 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.0 2.8 0.9 0.0
Randy Burridge 88.4 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

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1994-95 NHL 48 (5)

Short-Handed Goals

1993-94 NHL 5 (2)

Transactions

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September 24, 1993: Traded to Winnipeg by St. Louis with Stephane Quintal for Phil Housley, September 24, 1993.

October 6, 1995: Traded to Hartford by Winnipeg for Darren Turcotte, October 6, 1995.

June 25, 1997: Transferred to Carolina after Hartford franchise relocated, June 25, 1997.

December 29, 1998: Traded to Chicago by Carolina for Paul Coffey, December 29, 1998.

March 23, 1999: Traded to Ottawa by Chicago for Chris Murray, March 23, 1999.

August 3, 1999: Signed as a free agent by Atlanta, August 3, 1999.

March 13, 2000: Traded to Los Angeles by Atlanta with Kelly Buchberger for Donald Audette and Frantisek Kaberle, March 13, 2000.

July 28, 2002: Officially announced retirement, July 28, 2002.

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