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Dennis Kearns

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-9    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: September 27, 1945 in Kingston, Ontario

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NHL Standard

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 26 VAN NHL 73 3 26 29 9 -27 59 1 2 0 0 103 2.9
1972-73 27 VAN NHL 72 4 33 37 11 -26 51 2 2 0 0 113 3.5
1973-74 28 VAN NHL 52 4 13 17 6 -11 30 2 2 0 0 61 6.6
1974-75 29 VAN NHL 49 1 11 12 4 5 31 0 1 0 0 71 1.4
1975-76 30 VAN NHL 80 5 46 51 15 -6 48 4 1 0 0 118 4.2
1976-77 31 VAN NHL 80 5 55 60 18 -25 60 2 2 1 1 121 4.1
1977-78 32 VAN NHL 80 4 43 47 14 -40 27 3 1 0 2 101 4.0
1978-79 33 VAN NHL 78 3 31 34 10 -23 28 3 0 0 0 102 2.9
1979-80 34 VAN NHL 67 1 18 19 6 2 24 1 0 0 0 66 1.5
1980-81 35 VAN NHL 46 1 14 15 4 -7 28 1 0 0 0 43 2.3
Career NHL 677 31 290 321 96 -158 386 19 11 1 3 899 3.4

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
1971-72 26 VAN NHL 73 0.04 0.36 0.40 0.12 0.81 1.41 3 26 29 9 79 34 77 5 -27 1.3 2.0 3.3
1972-73 27 VAN NHL 72 0.06 0.46 0.51 0.16 0.71 1.57 4 31 35 11 98 21 116 13 -26 2.1 2.2 4.2
1973-74 28 VAN NHL 52 0.08 0.25 0.33 0.11 0.58 1.17 4 12 16 5 52 23 51 11 -11 0.7 2.1 2.9
1974-75 29 VAN NHL 49 0.02 0.22 0.24 0.07 0.63 1.45 1 10 11 3 73 23 56 11 5 0.0 3.1 3.1
1975-76 30 VAN NHL 80 0.06 0.58 0.64 0.19 0.60 1.48 4 40 44 13 126 46 101 15 -6 2.9 3.8 6.6
1976-77 31 VAN NHL 80 0.06 0.69 0.75 0.22 0.75 1.51 4 50 54 16 116 39 116 14 -25 3.6 3.1 6.8
1977-78 32 VAN NHL 80 0.05 0.54 0.59 0.17 0.34 1.26 4 39 43 13 115 48 142 35 -40 2.4 2.0 4.4
1978-79 33 VAN NHL 78 0.04 0.40 0.44 0.13 0.36 1.31 2 26 28 8 95 22 103 7 -23 1.2 4.3 5.5
1979-80 34 VAN NHL 67 0.01 0.27 0.28 0.08 0.36 0.99 1 15 16 5 70 10 67 9 2 0.2 3.8 3.9
1980-81 35 VAN NHL 46 0.02 0.30 0.33 0.10 0.61 0.93 1 11 12 4 43 10 43 3 -7 0.2 2.1 2.2
Career NHL 677 0.05 0.43 0.47 0.14 0.57 1.33 28 260 288 86 867 276 872 123 -158 14.6 28.4 43.0

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 29 VAN NHL 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
1975-76 30 VAN NHL 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1978-79 33 VAN NHL 3 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0
1979-80 34 VAN NHL 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 11 1 2 3 8 0 1 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
1966-67 21 Kingston Aces OHA-Sr. 40 17 14 31 47
1967-68 22 Portland Buckaroos WHL 68 5 15 20 62
1968-69 23 Portland Buckaroos WHL 74 2 42 44 81
1969-70 24 Portland Buckaroos WHL 72 11 42 53 67
1970-71 25 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 65 8 44 52 65
1976-77 31 Canada WEC-A 10 0 1 1 2
1977-78 32 Canada WEC-A 10 0 1 1 14
Career 1 Season CHL 65 8 44 52 65
Career 1 Season OHA-Sr. 40 17 14 31 47
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 20 0 2 2 16
Career 3 Seasons WHL 214 18 99 117 210

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1967-68 22 Portland Buckaroos WHL 12 2 4 6 2
1968-69 23 Portland Buckaroos WHL 11 2 6 8 13
1969-70 24 Portland Buckaroos WHL 8 1 6 7 9
1970-71 25 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 10 2 5 7 14
Career 1 Season CHL 10 2 5 7 14
Career 3 Seasons WHL 31 5 16 21 24

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Dennis Kearns 6.8 6.6 5.5 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.2
Alexander Karpovtsev 93.7 6.2 6.2 4.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.2
Rick Lapointe 92.9 7.0 6.1 5.2 5.1 4.5 4.2 3.3 3.0 2.2 2.0
Mark Tinordi 92.2 6.8 6.1 5.3 4.5 3.9 3.4 3.2 2.8 1.8 0.8
Willie Huber 92.1 6.1 6.1 5.5 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.5 2.7 1.6
Grant Ledyard 91.8 7.3 5.5 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.1 2.9 2.5 2.2
Billy Coutu 91.3 4.0 3.8 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.2
Kjell Samuelsson 91.1 6.2 5.9 4.8 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.7 2.7 1.5 0.3
Randy Moller 90.6 6.3 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.7 1.7
Keith Brown 90.2 5.9 5.6 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.2 2.9 2.7 1.8
Paul Mara 90.0 7.0 6.2 5.2 4.6 4.1 3.6 3.6 3.0 1.5 0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Dennis Kearns 6.8 6.6 5.5 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.2
Alexander Karpovtsev 93.2 6.2 6.2 4.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.2 0.1 -0.2
Rick Lapointe 92.8 7.0 6.1 5.2 5.1 4.5 4.2 3.3 3.0 2.2 2.0 0.1
Willie Mitchell 92.4 6.6 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.3 2.3 2.1 0.1
Paul Mara 92.3 7.0 6.2 5.2 4.6 4.1 3.6 3.6 3.0 1.9 1.5 0.5 0.1
Robyn Regehr 92.1 6.3 6.2 5.4 5.0 4.4 3.6 2.9 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.0
Willie Huber 92.1 6.1 6.1 5.5 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.5 2.7 1.6
Billy Coutu 91.3 4.0 3.8 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.2
Jiri Slegr 90.1 7.0 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.4 4.0 3.9 3.4 2.4 1.7 0.6
Reg Hamilton 89.6 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.6 0.4 0.3
Ed Van Impe 89.2 6.3 6.3 5.8 5.0 4.8 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.2 3.2 0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1975-76 NHL 80 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 80 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 80 (3)

Assists

1976-77 NHL 55 (10)

Adjusted Assists

1976-77 NHL 50 (9)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1977-78 NHL 142 (3)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1977-78 NHL 35 (9)
      

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

August, 1970: Traded to Chicago (Dallas-CHL) by Portland (WHL) for cash, August 1970.

June 8, 1971: Claimed by Vancouver from Chicago in Intra-League Draft, June 8, 1971.

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