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Dean Kennedy

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2    Weight: 208 lbs.
Born: January 18, 1963 in Redvers, Saskatchewan

Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2nd round (39th overall) of the 1981 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
1982-83 20 LAK NHL 55 0 12 12 3 -17 97 0 0 0 0 53 0.0
1983-84 21 LAK NHL 37 1 5 6 2 -5 50 1 0 0 0 22 4.5
1985-86 23 LAK NHL 78 2 10 12 4 -10 132 2 0 0 0 59 3.4
1986-87 24 LAK NHL 66 6 14 20 7 9 91 6 0 0 1 59 10.2
1987-88 25 LAK NHL 58 1 11 12 4 -22 158 1 0 0 0 40 2.5
1988-89 26 TOT NHL 67 3 9 12 4 17 103 3 0 0 1 45 6.7
1988-89 26 NYR NHL 16 0 1 1 0 -1 40 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1988-89 26 LAK NHL 51 3 8 11 4 18 63 3 0 0 1 38 7.9
1989-90 27 BUF NHL 80 2 12 14 4 -12 53 2 0 0 0 51 3.9
1990-91 28 BUF NHL 64 4 8 12 4 5 119 4 0 0 2 46 8.7
1991-92 29 WIN NHL 18 2 4 6 2 2 21 2 0 0 1 20 10.0
1992-93 30 WIN NHL 78 1 7 8 2 -3 105 1 0 0 1 50 2.0
1993-94 31 WIN NHL 76 2 8 10 3 -22 164 2 0 0 1 38 5.3
1994-95 32 EDM NHL 40 2 8 10 3 2 25 2 0 0 1 45 4.4
Career NHL 717 26 108 134 44 -56 1118 26 0 0 8 528 4.9

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
1982-83 20 LAK NHL 55 0.00 0.22 0.22 0.06 1.76 0.96 0 10 10 3 44 0 72 11 -17 -0.2 1.5 1.3
1983-84 21 LAK NHL 37 0.03 0.14 0.16 0.05 1.35 0.59 1 4 5 2 21 0 30 4 -5 -0.3 1.5 1.2
1985-86 23 LAK NHL 78 0.03 0.13 0.15 0.05 1.69 0.76 2 8 10 3 59 2 90 23 -10 -0.6 2.8 2.2
1986-87 24 LAK NHL 66 0.09 0.21 0.30 0.11 1.38 0.89 5 12 17 6 67 1 85 28 9 0.6 3.2 3.7
1987-88 25 LAK NHL 58 0.02 0.19 0.21 0.06 2.72 0.69 1 9 10 3 46 0 89 21 -22 -0.3 1.1 0.8
1988-89 26 TOT NHL 67 0.04 0.13 0.18 0.06 1.54 0.67 2 8 10 3 67 1 70 21 17 -0.2 3.1 2.9
1988-89 26 NYR NHL 16 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.02 2.50 0.44 0 1 1 0 8 0 9 0 -1 -0.2 0.7 0.4
1988-89 26 LAK NHL 51 0.06 0.16 0.22 0.08 1.24 0.75 2 7 9 3 59 1 61 21 18 0.0 2.4 2.4
1989-90 27 BUF NHL 80 0.03 0.15 0.18 0.05 0.66 0.64 2 10 12 4 38 1 75 26 -12 -0.4 4.0 3.6
1990-91 28 BUF NHL 64 0.06 0.13 0.19 0.07 1.86 0.72 4 7 11 4 57 0 66 14 5 -0.1 3.4 3.3
1991-92 29 WIN NHL 18 0.11 0.22 0.33 0.12 1.17 1.11 2 4 6 2 14 0 21 9 2 0.2 1.3 1.5
1992-93 30 WIN NHL 78 0.01 0.09 0.10 0.03 1.35 0.64 1 6 7 2 48 0 80 29 -3 -1.0 3.5 2.5
1993-94 31 WIN NHL 76 0.03 0.11 0.13 0.04 2.16 0.50 2 7 9 3 30 0 71 19 -22 -0.6 2.2 1.6
1994-95 32 EDM NHL 40 0.05 0.20 0.25 0.08 0.63 1.13 3 14 17 5 29 0 41 14 2 0.3 1.8 2.1
Career NHL 717 0.04 0.15 0.19 0.06 1.56 0.74 25 99 124 41 520 5 790 219 -56 -2.6 29.3 26.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 24 LAK NHL 5 0 2 2 1 10 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1987-88 25 LAK NHL 4 0 1 1 4 10 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1988-89 26 LAK NHL 11 0 2 2 -2 8 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1989-90 27 BUF NHL 6 1 1 2 -3 12 1 0 0 0 9 11.1
1990-91 28 BUF NHL 2 0 1 1 2 17 0 0 0 0 0
1991-92 29 WIN NHL 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1992-93 30 WIN NHL 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Career NHL 36 1 7 8 1 59 1 0 0 0 19 5.3

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 17 Weyburn Red Wings SJHL 57 12 20 32 64
1979-80 17 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 1 0 0 0 0
1980-81 18 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 71 3 29 32 157
1981-82 19 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 49 5 38 43 103
1982-83 20 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 14 2 15 17 22
1983-84 21 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 26 1 7 8 23
1984-85 22 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 76 3 14 17 104
Career 2 Seasons AHL 102 4 21 25 127
Career 1 Season SJHL 57 12 20 32 64
Career 4 Seasons WHL 135 10 82 92 282

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 18 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 5 0 2 2 7
1982-83 20 Saskatoon Blades WHL 4 0 3 3 0
Career 2 Seasons WHL 9 0 5 5 7

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
Dean Kennedy 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 0.8
Francis Bouillon 93.5 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.8
Luke Richardson 90.1 4.0 3.7 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.2
Murray Baron 87.3 4.6 4.1 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.2 1.7 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8
Gary Doak 87.3 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.5
Trent Yawney 87.3 4.9 4.1 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.6 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 0.7 -0.3
Ric Nattress 86.5 4.1 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 1.7 1.6 0.2
Aaron Ward 86.3 4.0 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.7 0.6 0.4 0.2
Igor Ulanov 85.9 5.1 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.1 1.0
Scott Lachance 85.7 4.3 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.5 0.0
Brendan Witt 85.5 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Dean Kennedy 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 0.8
Francis Bouillon 93.5 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.8
Trent Yawney 87.3 4.9 4.1 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.6 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 0.7 -0.3
Scott Lachance 87.1 4.3 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.5 0.8 0.0
Ric Nattress 86.5 4.1 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 1.7 1.6 0.2
Aaron Ward 86.5 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.5 3.2 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.2
Randy Hillier 85.4 3.6 3.6 3.5 2.8 2.6 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.0 0.7 -0.1
Brendan Witt 84.7 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.1 -0.2 -0.3
Jeff Finley 84.6 4.9 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.7 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2
Jean Hamel 84.2 4.6 3.7 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.0
Colin Campbell 83.6 4.7 4.5 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1989-90 NHL 80 (1)

Transactions

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December 12, 1988: Traded to NY Rangers by Los Angeles with Denis Larocque for Igor Liba, Michael Boyce, Todd Elik and future considerations, December 12, 1988.

February 3, 1989: Traded to Los Angeles by NY Rangers for Los Angeles' 4th round choice (later traded to Minnesota - Minnesota selected Cal McGowan) in 1990 Entry Draft, February 3, 1989.

October 4, 1989: Traded to Buffalo by Los Angeles for Buffalo's 4th round choice (Keith Redmond) in 1991 Entry Draft, October 4, 1989.

October 11, 1991: Traded to Winnipeg by Buffalo with Darrin Shannon and Mike Hartman for Dave McLlwain, Gord Donnelly, Winnipeg's 5th round choice (Yuri Khmylev) in 1992 Entry Draft and future considerations, October 11, 1991.

November 20, 1991: Missed majority of 1991-92 due to knee injury vs. NY Islanders, November 20, 1991.

January 18, 1995: Claimed by Edmonton from Winnipeg in NHL Waiver Draft, January 18, 1995.

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