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Gaston Gingras

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: February 13, 1959 in Temiscamingue, Quebec

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2nd round (27th overall) of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL/WHA Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 19 BRB WHA 60 13 21 34 13 1 35 11 0 2 138 9.4
1979-80 20 MTL NHL 34 3 7 10 4 11 18 1 2 0 1 60 5.0
1980-81 21 MTL NHL 55 5 16 21 7 5 22 2 3 0 1 133 3.8
1981-82 22 MTL NHL 34 6 18 24 8 10 28 3 3 0 3 89 6.7
1982-83 23 TOT NHL 67 11 26 37 13 17 18 6 5 0 2 155 7.1
1982-83 23 MTL NHL 22 1 8 9 3 10 8 0 1 0 1 60 1.7
1982-83 23 TOR NHL 45 10 18 28 11 7 10 6 4 0 1 95 10.5
1983-84 24 TOR NHL 59 7 20 27 10 -30 16 3 4 0 0 125 5.6
1984-85 25 TOR NHL 5 0 2 2 1 -7 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.0
1985-86 26 MTL NHL 34 8 18 26 9 -10 12 1 7 0 0 77 10.4
1986-87 27 MTL NHL 66 11 34 45 15 -2 21 4 7 0 2 173 6.4
1987-88 28 TOT NHL 70 7 23 30 10 1 20 4 3 0 0 133 5.3
1987-88 28 MTL NHL 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1987-88 28 STL NHL 68 7 22 29 10 0 18 4 3 0 0 131 5.3
1988-89 29 STL NHL 52 3 10 13 4 1 6 1 2 0 0 98 3.1
Career NHL 476 61 174 235 82 -4 161 25 36 0 9 1060 5.8
Career WHA 60 13 21 34 13 1 35 11 0 2 138 9.4

NHL/WHA 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
1978-79 19 BRB WHA 60 0.22 0.35 0.57 0.22 0.58 2.30 1
1979-80 20 MTL NHL 34 0.09 0.21 0.29 0.11 0.53 1.76 2 6 8 3 45 14 21 1 11 0.3 2.4 2.7
1980-81 21 MTL NHL 55 0.09 0.29 0.38 0.13 0.40 2.42 4 12 16 5 65 28 35 3 5 0.7 3.3 4.1
1981-82 22 MTL NHL 34 0.18 0.53 0.71 0.24 0.82 2.62 4 13 17 6 57 21 30 4 10 1.4 2.3 3.6
1982-83 23 TOT NHL 67 0.16 0.39 0.55 0.20 0.27 2.31 9 21 30 11 97 33 60 13 17 2.1 4.1 6.3
1982-83 23 MTL NHL 22 0.05 0.36 0.41 0.13 0.36 2.73 1 6 7 2 40 11 21 2 10 0.3 1.4 1.7
1982-83 23 TOR NHL 45 0.22 0.40 0.62 0.24 0.22 2.11 8 15 23 8 57 22 39 11 7 1.9 2.7 4.6
1983-84 24 TOR NHL 59 0.12 0.34 0.46 0.16 0.27 2.12 5 16 21 7 53 18 77 12 -30 1.2 0.9 2.1
1984-85 25 TOR NHL 5 0.00 0.40 0.40 0.11 0.00 3.40 0 2 2 1 4 3 10 2 -7 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
1985-86 26 MTL NHL 34 0.24 0.53 0.76 0.28 0.35 2.26 6 14 20 7 39 16 33 0 -10 1.7 1.5 3.1
1986-87 27 MTL NHL 66 0.17 0.52 0.68 0.23 0.32 2.62 9 29 38 13 91 37 56 0 -2 2.8 4.0 6.8
1987-88 28 TOT NHL 70 0.10 0.33 0.43 0.14 0.29 1.90 6 19 25 8 85 34 52 2 1 1.2 3.8 5.0
1987-88 28 MTL NHL 2 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.14 1.00 1.00 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.2 0.2
1987-88 28 STL NHL 68 0.10 0.32 0.43 0.14 0.26 1.93 6 18 24 8 84 34 52 2 0 1.2 3.7 4.8
1988-89 29 STL NHL 52 0.06 0.19 0.25 0.08 0.12 1.88 2 8 10 3 58 19 44 6 1 0.1 2.9 3.0
Career NHL 476 0.13 0.37 0.49 0.17 0.34 2.23 47 140 187 64 594 223 418 43 -4 11.6 25.2 36.8
Career WHA 60 0.22 0.35 0.57 0.22 0.58 2.30 1

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 20 MTL NHL 10 1 6 7 8 1 0 0 0
1980-81 21 MTL NHL 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
1981-82 22 MTL NHL 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1982-83 23 TOR NHL 3 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0
1985-86 26 MTL NHL SC 11 2 3 5 1 4 1 1 0 0 37 5.4
1986-87 27 MTL NHL 5 0 2 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1987-88 28 STL NHL 10 1 3 4 -1 4 1 0 0 0 29 3.4
1988-89 29 STL NHL 7 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0 18 0.0
Career NHL 1 52 6 18 24 -4 20 4 2 0 0 92 3.3

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 15 North Bay Trappers ON-Jr.A 41 11 27 38 74
1975-76 16 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 66 13 31 44 94
1976-77 17 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 59 13 62 75 134
1977-78 18 2 Teams OMJHL 61 24 43 67 68
1977-78 18 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 32 13 24 37 31
1977-78 18 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 29 11 19 30 37
1979-80 20 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 30 11 27 38 17
1984-85 25 2 Teams AHL 57 10 26 36 19
1984-85 25 St. Catharines Saints AHL 36 7 12 19 13
1984-85 25 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 21 3 14 17 6
1985-86 26 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 42 11 20 31 14
1989-90 30 EHC Biel-Bienne Swiss 36 17 20 37
1990-91 31 EHC Biel-Bienne Swiss 13 1 7 8
1991-92 32 HC Lugano Swiss 38 10 19 29 24
1992-93 33 HC Gardena Alpenliga 30 10 19 29 28
1992-93 33 HC Gardena Italy 16 2 21 23 12
1993-94 34 HC Gardena Alpenliga 27 5 15 20 6
1993-94 34 HC Gardena Italy 19 3 14 17 14
1994-95 35 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 19 3 6 9 4
1995-96 36 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 39 2 21 23 18
1998-99 39 Chesapeake Icebreakers ECHL 5 0 4 4 4 6 0 0 0 0 17 0.0
Career 5 Seasons AHL 187 37 100 137 72
Career 2 Seasons Alpenliga 57 15 34 49 34
Career 1 Season ECHL 5 0 4 4 4 6 0 0 0 0 17 0.0
Career 2 Seasons Italy 35 5 35 40 26
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 186 50 136 186 296
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.A 41 11 27 38 74
Career 3 Seasons Swiss 87 28 46 74 24

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 16 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 8 3 3 6 7
1976-77 17 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 3 0 1 1 6
1977-78 18 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 15 3 11 14 13
1984-85 25 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 17 5 4 9 4
1989-90 30 EHC Biel-Bienne Swiss 6 3 3 6
1992-93 33 HC Gardena Italy 3 1 3 4 4
1993-94 34 HC Gardena Italy 2 0 0 0 0
1994-95 35 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 17 2 12 14 8
Career 2 Seasons AHL 34 7 16 23 12
Career 2 Seasons Italy 5 1 3 4 4
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 26 6 15 21 26
Career 1 Season Swiss 6 3 3 6

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
Gaston Gingras 6.8 6.3 5.0 4.1 3.6 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.1 -0.1
Paul Mara 91.7 7.0 6.2 5.2 4.6 4.1 3.6 3.6 3.0 1.5 0.1
Kjell Samuelsson 89.9 6.2 5.9 4.8 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.7 2.7 1.5 0.3
Willie Mitchell 89.2 6.6 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.0 3.4 3.3 2.3 2.1 0.1
Joe Watson 89.1 7.3 6.8 5.9 5.7 4.0 3.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 0.2
Grant Ledyard 88.6 7.3 5.5 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.1 2.9 2.5 2.2
Jack Portland 88.4 5.5 4.4 3.8 3.6 3.6 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.4 0.2
Al Shields 88.3 5.0 4.7 3.6 3.6 2.9 2.6 2.3 1.5 1.0 0.6
Curtis Leschyshyn 88.2 6.3 5.4 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.4 1.8 1.2 1.0 0.4
Dennis Kearns 88.1 6.8 6.6 5.5 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.2
Jim Benning 88.0 6.0 5.4 4.5 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.9
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Gaston Gingras 6.8 6.3 5.0 4.1 3.6 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.1 -0.1
Paul Mara 89.1 7.0 6.2 5.2 4.6 4.1 3.6 3.6 3.0 1.9 1.5 0.5 0.1
Jack Portland 88.4 5.5 4.4 3.8 3.6 3.6 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.4 0.2
Brent Sopel 88.2 7.9 6.2 5.1 4.9 3.8 3.5 2.8 2.6 2.2 1.7 0.2 0.2
Dennis Kearns 88.1 6.8 6.6 5.5 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.2
Jim Benning 88.0 6.0 5.4 4.5 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.9
Al Shields 87.5 5.0 4.7 3.6 3.6 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.3 1.5 1.0 0.6
Steve Staios 87.5 6.4 6.3 5.7 4.2 3.7 3.2 2.4 2.4 2.4 1.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -1.2
Alexander Karpovtsev 87.4 6.2 6.2 4.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.2 0.1 -0.2
Bill Brydge 87.4 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.0 3.9 2.6 2.3 2.0 0.6
Billy Coutu 87.3 4.0 3.8 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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1986 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)

Transactions

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June, 1978: Signed as an underage free agent by Birmingham (WHA), June, 1978.

December 17, 1982: Traded to Toronto by Montreal for Toronto's 2nd round choice (Benoit Brunet) in 1986 Entry Draft, December 17, 1982.

February 14, 1985: Traded to Montreal by Toronto for Larry Landon, February 14, 1985.

October 13, 1987: Traded to St. Louis by Montreal with Montreal's 3rd round choice (later traded to Winnipeg - Winnipeg selected Kris Draper) in 1989 Entry Draft for Larry Trader and St. Louis' 3rd round choice (Pierre Sevigny) in 1989 Entry Draft, October 13, 1987.

February 9, 1999: Signed as a free agent by Chesapeake (ECHL), February 9, 1999.

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