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Dave Keon

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-9    Weight: 165 lbs.
Born: March 22, 1940 in Noranda, Quebec

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1986

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:19AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #109. Bernie Federko… #110. Steve Shutt… #110. Scott Niedermayer… #110. DAVE KEON… 

NHL/WHA Standard

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Hide Partial Seasons
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1960-61 20 TOR NHL 70 20 25 45 18 6
1961-62 21 TOR NHL 64 26 35 61 24 2
1962-63 22 TOR NHL 68 28 28 56 24 2
1963-64 23 TOR NHL 70 23 37 60 23 6 16 7 0 2
1964-65 24 TOR NHL 65 21 29 50 19 10 14 6 1 2
1965-66 25 TOR NHL 69 24 30 54 22 4 18 6 0 5
1966-67 26 TOR NHL 66 19 33 52 20 2 13 5 1 2
1967-68 27 TOR NHL 67 11 37 48 16 16 4 10 1 0 3 196 5.6
1968-69 28 TOR NHL 75 27 34 61 24 17 12 18 3 6 6 281 9.6
1969-70 29 TOR NHL 72 32 30 62 26 -15 6 21 9 2 4 284 11.3
1970-71 30 TOR NHL 76 38 38 76 32 24 4 25 5 8 9 277 13.7
1971-72 31 TOR NHL 72 18 30 48 18 1 4 14 2 2 5 265 6.8
1972-73 32 TOR NHL 76 37 36 73 31 4 2 27 8 2 6 277 13.4
1973-74 33 TOR NHL 74 25 28 53 22 13 7 22 1 2 3 244 10.2
1974-75 34 TOR NHL 78 16 43 59 21 3 4 14 1 1 2 183 8.7
1975-76 35 TOT WHA 69 29 45 74 28 16 6 21 6 2 3 184 15.8
1975-76 35 MFS WHA 57 26 38 64 24 14 4 19 5 2 3 144 18.1
1975-76 35 INR WHA 12 3 7 10 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 40 7.5
1976-77 36 TOT WHA 76 27 63 90 32 38 10 19 6 2 258 10.5
1976-77 36 MNF WHA 42 13 38 51 17 25 2 11 1 1 151 8.6
1976-77 36 NEW WHA 34 14 25 39 15 13 8 8 5 1 107 13.1
1977-78 37 NEW WHA 77 24 38 62 24 -4 2 18 1 5 169 14.2
1978-79 38 NEW WHA 79 22 43 65 24 4 2 15 7 0 189 11.6
1979-80 39 HAR NHL 76 10 52 62 20 -13 10 10 0 0 0 146 6.8
1980-81 40 HAR NHL 80 13 34 47 17 -31 26 11 2 0 1 131 9.9
1981-82 41 HAR NHL 78 8 11 19 7 -31 6 7 0 1 1 84 9.5
Career NHL 1296 396 590 986 384 -12 117 240 56 26 51 2368 9.9
Career WHA 301 102 189 291 107 54 20 73 20 9 3 800 12.8

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Hide Partial Seasons
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
1960-61 20 TOR NHL 70 0.29 0.36 0.64 0.26 0.09 21 27 48 19 2.8 1.4 4.2
1961-62 21 TOR NHL 64 0.41 0.55 0.95 0.38 0.03 28 37 65 25 5.2 1.2 6.4
1962-63 22 TOR NHL 68 0.41 0.41 0.82 0.35 0.03 30 31 61 25 4.8 1.2 6.0
1963-64 23 TOR NHL 70 0.33 0.53 0.86 0.33 0.09 26 43 69 26 5.2 1.2 6.5
1964-65 24 TOR NHL 65 0.32 0.45 0.77 0.30 0.15 23 33 56 22 3.9 1.1 5.0
1965-66 25 TOR NHL 69 0.35 0.43 0.78 0.31 0.06 25 31 56 22 3.9 1.2 5.1
1966-67 26 TOR NHL 66 0.29 0.50 0.79 0.30 0.03 20 36 56 21 3.6 0.9 4.5
1967-68 27 TOR NHL 67 0.16 0.55 0.72 0.24 0.06 2.93 12 41 53 18 72 15 52 11 16 2.7 1.6 4.3
1968-69 28 TOR NHL 75 0.36 0.45 0.81 0.33 0.16 3.75 26 33 59 23 82 12 69 16 17 4.7 1.6 6.3
1969-70 29 TOR NHL 72 0.44 0.42 0.86 0.36 0.08 3.94 32 31 63 26 84 34 82 17 -15 5.7 0.4 6.1
1970-71 30 TOR NHL 76 0.50 0.50 1.00 0.42 0.05 3.64 35 35 70 29 97 27 63 17 24 7.0 1.8 8.9
1971-72 31 TOR NHL 72 0.25 0.42 0.67 0.25 0.06 3.68 18 30 48 18 74 33 60 20 1 2.9 1.2 4.0
1972-73 32 TOR NHL 76 0.49 0.47 0.96 0.40 0.03 3.64 34 33 67 28 104 38 81 19 4 6.0 1.3 7.4
1973-74 33 TOR NHL 74 0.34 0.38 0.72 0.29 0.09 3.30 23 27 50 20 68 14 58 17 13 3.6 1.2 4.8
1974-75 34 TOR NHL 78 0.21 0.55 0.76 0.27 0.05 2.35 14 38 52 18 84 22 89 30 3 2.7 1.0 3.8
1975-76 35 TOT WHA 69 0.42 0.65 1.07 0.40 0.09 2.67 16
1975-76 35 MFS WHA 57 0.46 0.67 1.12 0.43 0.07 2.53 14
1975-76 35 INR WHA 12 0.25 0.58 0.83 0.29 0.17 3.33 2
1976-77 36 TOT WHA 76 0.36 0.83 1.18 0.42 0.13 3.39 38
1976-77 36 MNF WHA 42 0.31 0.90 1.21 0.41 0.05 3.60 25
1976-77 36 NEW WHA 34 0.41 0.74 1.15 0.43 0.24 3.15 13
1977-78 37 NEW WHA 77 0.31 0.49 0.81 0.31 0.03 2.19 -4
1978-79 38 NEW WHA 79 0.28 0.54 0.82 0.30 0.03 2.39 4
1979-80 39 HAR NHL 76 0.13 0.68 0.82 0.26 0.13 1.92 8 44 52 16 87 18 107 25 -13 2.5 0.4 2.9
1980-81 40 HAR NHL 80 0.16 0.43 0.59 0.21 0.33 1.64 10 26 36 13 69 15 116 31 -31 1.0 0.3 1.3
1981-82 41 HAR NHL 78 0.10 0.14 0.24 0.09 0.08 1.08 6 8 14 5 26 0 68 11 -31 -1.4 0.6 -0.9
Career NHL 1296 0.31 0.46 0.76 0.30 0.09 2.87 391 584 975 373 847 228 845 214 -12 66.9 19.6 86.5
Career WHA 301 0.34 0.63 0.97 0.36 0.07 2.66 54

NHL/WHA Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1960-61 20 TOR NHL 5 1 1 2 0
1961-62 21 TOR NHL SC 12 5 3 8 0
1962-63 22 TOR NHL SC 10 7 5 12 0
1963-64 23 TOR NHL SC 14 7 2 9 2
1964-65 24 TOR NHL 6 2 2 4 2
1965-66 25 TOR NHL 4 0 2 2 0
1966-67 26 TOR NHL SC 12 3 5 8 0
1968-69 28 TOR NHL 4 1 3 4 2 0 0 1 0
1970-71 30 TOR NHL 6 3 2 5 0 3 0 0 0
1971-72 31 TOR NHL 5 2 3 5 0 2 0 0 0
1973-74 33 TOR NHL 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
1974-75 34 TOR NHL 7 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
1975-76 35 INR WHA 7 2 2 4 0 2
1976-77 36 NEW WHA 5 3 1 4 4 0 0
1977-78 37 NEW WHA 14 5 11 16 2 4 1
1978-79 38 NEW WHA 10 3 9 12 2 2 1
1979-80 39 HAR NHL 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 4 92 32 36 68 6 6 0 1 0
Career WHA 36 13 23 36 8 8 2

Other Standard

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1956-57 16 St. Michael's Buzzers ON-Jr.B 36 20 23 43 14
1956-57 16 St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 4 1 3 4 0
1957-58 17 St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 45 23 27 50 29
1958-59 18 St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 47 33 38 71 31
1959-60 19 St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 46 16 29 45 8
1959-60 19 Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen OHA-Sr. 1 1 0 1 0
Career 4 Seasons OHA-Jr. 142 73 97 170 68
Career 1 Season OHA-Sr. 1 1 0 1 0
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.B 36 20 23 43 14

Other Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1957-58 17 St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 9 8 5 13 10
1958-59 18 St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 15 4 9 13 8
1959-60 19 St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 10 8 10 18 2
1959-60 19 Sudbury Wolves EPHL 4 2 2 4 2
Career 1 Season EPHL 4 2 2 4 2
Career 3 Seasons OHA-Jr. 34 20 24 44 20

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 18 Years 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
Dave Keon 8.9 7.4 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.8 2.9 1.3 -0.9
Henri Richard 91.5 8.6 7.6 7.0 6.5 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8 3.6 3.0 2.8 1.9
Steve Thomas 91.5 8.3 7.5 7.3 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.5 4.3 3.5 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.7 2.2 1.8 1.7 -0.5
Cliff Ronning 90.8 6.8 6.6 6.4 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.2 3.5 3.0 1.7 1.6 0.8
Brian Bellows 90.3 9.5 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.8 4.8 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.0 1.2 1.0
Alex Delvecchio 89.6 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.2 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.0 0.0
Rick Tocchet 89.3 10.2 7.9 7.5 7.0 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.6 1.8 1.7 -0.1
John MacLean 88.9 8.0 7.8 7.5 7.1 6.2 6.1 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.4 1.6 0.5 0.3 -0.5
Syd Howe 88.9 6.2 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.4 0.6 -0.1 -0.1
Brian Rolston 88.7 9.4 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.2 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.2 3.2 2.3 2.1 1.4
Vyacheslav Kozlov 88.6 8.6 8.2 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.2 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.5 1.4 0.2 -0.1
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
Dave Keon 8.9 7.4 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.8 2.9 1.3 -0.9
Steve Thomas 90.9 8.3 7.5 7.3 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.5 4.3 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.2 1.8 1.7 -0.5
Cliff Ronning 90.8 6.8 6.6 6.4 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.2 3.5 3.0 1.7 1.6 0.8
Henri Richard 90.6 8.6 7.6 7.0 6.5 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.3 3.6 3.0 2.8 1.9 1.0
Brian Bellows 90.3 9.5 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.8 4.8 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.0 1.2 1.0
Rick Tocchet 89.3 10.2 7.9 7.5 7.0 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.6 1.8 1.7 -0.1
John MacLean 88.9 8.0 7.8 7.5 7.1 6.2 6.1 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.4 1.6 0.5 0.3 -0.5
Syd Howe 88.9 6.2 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.4 0.6 -0.1 -0.1
Brian Rolston 88.7 9.4 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.2 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.2 3.2 2.3 2.1 1.4
Vyacheslav Kozlov 88.6 8.6 8.2 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.2 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.5 1.4 0.2 -0.1
Andrew Brunette 88.5 8.2 7.6 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.4 2.9 2.1 0.8 0.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games

1962 NHL
1963 NHL
1964 NHL
1967 NHL
1968 NHL
1970 NHL
1971 NHL
1973 NHL

Awards

1960-61 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy
1961-62 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1962-63 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1966-67 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
1976-77 WHA Paul Deneau Trophy
1977-78 WHA Paul Deneau Trophy

Honors

1961-62 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1970-71 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1962 Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
1963 Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
1964 Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
1967 Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)

Games Played

1960-61 NHL 70 (1)
 1963-64 NHL 70 (2)
1980-81 NHL 80 (2)
Career NHL 1296 (53)

Goals

1961-62 NHL 26 (8)
1962-63 NHL 28 (8)
1970-71 NHL 38 (6)
Career NHL 396 (87)
Career WHA 102 (62)

Assists

1976-77 WHA 63 (6)
Career NHL 590 (78)
Career WHA 189 (35)

Points

1963-64 NHL 60 (10)
1970-71 NHL 76 (9)
Career NHL 986 (81)
Career WHA 291 (46)

Goals Created

1961-62 NHL 24.4 (10)
1962-63 NHL 23.6 (10)
1963-64 NHL 23.4 (10)
1970-71 NHL 31.9 (7)
Career NHL 384.0 (74)
Career WHA 106.9 (55)

Even Strength Goals

1970-71 NHL 25 (10)

Power Play Goals

1963-64 NHL 7 (7)

Short-Handed Goals

1966-67 NHL 1 (7)
1968-69 NHL 6 (1)
 1969-70 NHL 2 (8)
1970-71 NHL 8 (1)
 1972-73 NHL 2 (7)
Career NHL 26 (33)

Game-Winning Goals

1965-66 NHL 5 (10)
1968-69 NHL 6 (8)
1970-71 NHL 9 (3)
1972-73 NHL 6 (9)

Shots

1969-70 NHL 284 (5)
1970-71 NHL 277 (7)

Goals Per Game

1961-62 NHL 0.41 (8)
1962-63 NHL 0.41 (10)
1969-70 NHL 0.44 (10)
1970-71 NHL 0.50 (7)

Assists Per Game

1976-77 WHA 0.83 (10)

Points Per Game

1961-62 NHL 0.95 (9)

Goals Created Per Game

1961-62 NHL 0.38 (7)
1963-64 NHL 0.33 (10)
1970-71 NHL 0.42 (9)

Adjusted Goals

1961-62 NHL 28 (8)
1962-63 NHL 30 (8)
1970-71 NHL 35 (6)
Career NHL 391 (95)

Adjusted Assists

Career NHL 584 (80)

Adjusted Points

1963-64 NHL 69 (10)
1970-71 NHL 70 (8)
Career NHL 975 (79)

Adjusted Goals Created

1961-62 NHL 25.4 (10)
1970-71 NHL 28.6 (7)
Career NHL 372.6 (84)

Offensive Point Shares

1961-62 NHL 5.2 (9)
1962-63 NHL 4.8 (10)
1963-64 NHL 5.2 (10)
1970-71 NHL 7.0 (8)
  

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

February 12, 1972: Selected by Ontario-Ottawa (WHA) in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, February 12, 1972.

May, 1973: WHA rights transferred to Toronto (WHA) after Ottawa (WHA) franchise relocated, May, 1973.

May, 1975: WHA rights traded to Minnesota (WHA) by Toronto (WHA) for future considerations, May, 1975.

March 10, 1976: Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis (WHA) after Minnesota (WHA) franchise folded, March 10, 1976.

September, 1976: Traded to Minnesota (WHA) by Indianapolis (WHA) for Gary MacGregor and future considerations, September 1976.

January, 1977: Traded to Edmonton (WHA) by Minnesota (WHA) with Mike Antonovich, Bill Butters, Jack Carlson, Steve Carlson, Jean-Louis Levasseur and John McKenzie, January 1977.

January, 1977: Traded to New England (WHA) by Edmonton (WHA) with Jack Carlson, Steve Carlson, Dave Dryden and John McKenzie for future considerations (Dave Debol, June, 1977), Dan Arndt and cash, January 1977.

June 9, 1979: Rights retained by Hartford prior to Expansion Draft, June 9, 1979.

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