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Ken Linseman

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11 ▪ Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: August 11, 1958 in Kingston, Ontario
Draft: Philadelphia, 1st round (7th overall), 1978 NHL Amateur

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 24, 2013 4:25 AM

Skater Rank: #278. Walt Tkaczuk… #279. Paul Henderson… #280. Kimmo Timonen… #281. KEN LINSEMAN… #282. Adam Graves… #283. Mario Tremblay… #284. Ron Greschner…

Skater Rank: #278. Walt Tkaczuk… #279. Paul Henderson… #280. Kimmo Timonen… #281. KEN LINSEMAN… #282. Adam Graves… #283. Mario Tremblay… #284. Ron Greschner…

NHL/WHA Standard

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1977-78	19	BRB	WHA	71	38	38	76	32	6	126	29	5	4					216	17.6
1978-79	20	PHI	NHL	30	5	20	25	8	16	23	4	1	0	1	14	1	5	57	8.8
1979-80	21	PHI	NHL	80	22	57	79	28	26	107	20	2	0	4	43	0	14	168	13.1
1980-81	22	PHI	NHL	51	17	30	47	18	9	150	15	1	1	1	23	0	7	126	13.5
1981-82	23	PHI	NHL	79	24	68	92	31	6	275	19	2	3	0	47	0	21	212	11.3
1982-83	24	EDM	NHL	72	33	42	75	30	16	181	19	10	4	3	32	0	10	141	23.4
1983-84	25	EDM	NHL	72	18	49	67	23	30	119	12	5	1	2	39	4	6	105	17.1
1984-85	26	BOS	NHL	74	25	49	74	27	22	126	19	5	1	5	31	0	18	162	15.4
1985-86	27	BOS	NHL	64	23	58	81	28	15	97	15	8	0	3	30	0	28	132	17.4
1986-87	28	BOS	NHL	64	15	34	49	17	15	126	12	3	0	3	30	0	4	94	16.0
1987-88	29	BOS	NHL	77	29	45	74	28	36	167	22	7	0	5	31	2	12	150	19.3
1988-89	30	BOS	NHL	78	27	45	72	27	15	164	13	13	1	2	23	3	19	159	17.0
1989-90	31	TOT	NHL	61	11	25	36	13	5	96	9	2	0	0	18	0	7	79	13.9
1989-90	31	BOS	NHL	32	6	16	22	8	12	66	5	1	0	0	12	0	4	47	12.8
1989-90	31	PHI	NHL	29	5	9	14	5	-7	30	4	1	0	0	6	0	3	32	15.6
1990-91	32	EDM	NHL	56	7	29	36	12	15	94	4	2	1	0	28	0	1	49	14.3
1991-92	33	TOR	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career			NHL	860	256	551	807	291	224	1727	183	61	12	29	389	10	152	1634	15.7
Career			WHA	71	38	38	76	32	6	126	29	5	4					216	17.6

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
1977-78	19	BRB	WHA	71	0.54	0.54	1.07	0.45	1.77	3.04									6
1978-79	20	PHI	NHL	30	0.17	0.67	0.83	0.28	0.77	1.90	4	17	21	7	36	8	14	2	16	1.1	0.8	2.0
1979-80	21	PHI	NHL	80	0.28	0.71	0.99	0.35	1.34	2.10	18	49	67	23	100	20	56	2	26	4.8	1.2	5.9
1980-81	22	PHI	NHL	51	0.33	0.59	0.92	0.34	2.94	2.47	13	23	36	13	61	15	45	8	9	2.5	0.8	3.3
1981-82	23	PHI	NHL	79	0.30	0.86	1.16	0.40	3.48	2.68	17	50	67	23	109	29	95	21	6	4.5	1.0	5.6
1982-83	24	EDM	NHL	72	0.46	0.58	1.04	0.42	2.51	1.96	26	34	60	23	121	34	87	16	16	5.0	0.7	5.6
1983-84	25	EDM	NHL	72	0.25	0.68	0.93	0.32	1.65	1.46	14	39	53	18	101	22	62	13	30	3.1	1.0	4.1
1984-85	26	BOS	NHL	74	0.34	0.66	1.00	0.36	1.70	2.19	20	39	59	22	110	39	56	7	22	4.0	1.6	5.6
1985-86	27	BOS	NHL	64	0.36	0.91	1.27	0.44	1.52	2.06	18	46	64	22	119	54	62	12	15	4.7	1.2	5.9
1986-87	28	BOS	NHL	64	0.23	0.53	0.77	0.27	1.97	1.47	13	29	42	15	78	14	49	0	15	2.3	1.2	3.5
1987-88	29	BOS	NHL	77	0.38	0.58	0.96	0.36	2.17	1.95	24	38	62	23	120	36	65	17	36	4.6	2.0	6.6
1988-89	30	BOS	NHL	78	0.35	0.58	0.92	0.35	2.10	2.04	22	37	59	22	107	44	67	19	15	4.3	1.6	5.9
1989-90	31	TOT	NHL	61	0.18	0.41	0.59	0.21	1.57	1.30	9	20	29	10	62	19	46	8	5	1.1	1.0	2.1
1989-90	31	BOS	NHL	32	0.19	0.50	0.69	0.24	2.06	1.47	5	13	18	6	40	11	20	3	12	0.8	0.8	1.6
1989-90	31	PHI	NHL	29	0.17	0.31	0.48	0.18	1.03	1.10	4	7	11	4	22	8	26	5	-7	0.3	0.2	0.4
1990-91	32	EDM	NHL	56	0.13	0.52	0.64	0.21	1.68	0.88	6	26	32	10	53	7	36	5	15	1.3	1.1	2.3
1991-92	33	TOR	NHL	2	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
Career			NHL	860	0.30	0.64	0.94	0.34	2.01	1.90	204	447	651	233	1177	341	742	130	224	43.1	15.2	58.3
Career			WHA	71	0.54	0.54	1.07	0.45	1.77	3.04									6

NHL/WHA Playoffs

						Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg		GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1977-78	19	BRB	WHA		5	2	2	4		1	15				0
1978-79	20	PHI	NHL		8	2	6	8	3		22	2	0	0	1
1979-80	21	PHI	NHL		17	4	18	22	7		40	4	0	0	1
1980-81	22	PHI	NHL		12	4	16	20	7		67	4	0	0	3
1981-82	23	PHI	NHL		4	1	2	3	1		6	0	1	0	0
1982-83	24	EDM	NHL		16	6	8	14	6		22	5	1	0	1
1983-84	25	EDM	NHL	SC	19	10	4	14	7	5	65	6	3	1	4	44	22.7
1984-85	26	BOS	NHL		5	4	6	10	4	6	8	4	0	0	1	12	33.3
1985-86	27	BOS	NHL		3	0	1	1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
1986-87	28	BOS	NHL		4	1	1	2	1	-2	22	1	0	0	0	5	20.0
1987-88	29	BOS	NHL		23	11	14	25	10	4	56	6	4	1	0	45	24.4
1990-91	32	EDM	NHL		2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Career			NHL	1	113	43	77	120	45	14	325	32	9	2	11	112	23.2
Career			WHA		5	2	2	4		1	15				0

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1974-75	16	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	59	19	28	47			70
1975-76	17	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	65	61	51	112			92
1976-77	18	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	63	53	74	127			210
1978-79	20	Maine Mariners	AHL	38	17	22	39			106
1981-82	23	Canada	Can-Cup	4	0	1	1			4
1991-92	33	HC Asiago	Italy	5	3	3	6			4
Career		1 Season	AHL	38	17	22	39			106
Career		1 Season	Can-Cup	4	0	1	1			4
Career		1 Season	Italy	5	3	3	6			4
Career		3 Seasons	OMJHL	187	133	153	286			372

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1974-75	16	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	8	2	5	7			8
1975-76	17	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	7	5	0	5			18
1976-77	18	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	10	9	12	21			54
1991-92	33	HC Asiago	Italy	7	3	4	7			47
Career		1 Season	Italy	7	3	4	7			47
Career		3 Seasons	OMJHL	25	16	17	33			80

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 14 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ken Linseman		6.6	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.6	5.6	5.6	4.1	3.5	3.3	2.3	2.1	2.0	-0.1
Andrew Cassels	92.7	6.9	6.0	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.0	4.8	4.0	3.7	2.8	2.5	2.3	1.2	0.2
Bill Mosienko	92.7	6.0	5.4	4.9	4.7	4.6	4.4	3.9	3.7	3.2	3.0	2.5	1.9	1.3	0.2
Russ Courtnall	92.3	6.7	6.6	6.3	6.3	5.4	4.7	3.8	3.2	3.2	3.1	2.6	1.7	0.7	0.3
Yanic Perreault	92.1	6.6	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.1	5.0	4.7	4.1	4.0	3.3	2.5	1.3	0.5	0.2
Camille Henry	91.7	7.0	6.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	4.3	3.7	3.7	3.1	2.0	1.8	0.6	0.2
Syd Howe	90.7	6.2	5.2	4.8	4.8	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.2	2.8	2.6	2.0	1.4	-0.1	-0.1
Ed Olczyk	90.7	7.2	6.6	6.4	6.0	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.2	3.4	3.2	2.5	1.6	0.7	0.0
Cliff Ronning	90.6	6.8	6.6	6.4	6.2	5.9	5.9	5.4	4.8	4.6	4.2	3.5	1.7	1.6	0.8
Butch Goring	89.8	7.8	7.0	6.9	6.4	6.0	5.9	5.6	5.4	4.3	3.7	2.7	2.4	0.9	0.4
Marco Sturm	89.8	6.9	6.5	6.2	5.4	5.1	5.0	4.1	4.1	3.0	2.4	2.3	1.9	1.8	-0.6

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ken Linseman		6.6	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.6	5.6	5.6	4.1	3.5	3.3	2.3	2.1	2.0	-0.1
Bill Mosienko	92.7	6.0	5.4	4.9	4.7	4.6	4.4	3.9	3.7	3.2	3.0	2.5	1.9	1.3	0.2
Yanic Perreault	92.1	6.6	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.1	5.0	4.7	4.1	4.0	3.3	2.5	1.3	0.5	0.2
Russ Courtnall	91.8	6.7	6.6	6.3	6.3	5.4	4.7	3.8	3.2	3.2	3.1	2.6	1.7	1.4	1.1	0.7	0.3
Camille Henry	91.7	7.0	6.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	4.3	3.7	3.7	3.1	2.0	1.8	0.6	0.2
Andrew Cassels	91.4	6.9	6.0	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.0	4.8	4.0	3.7	2.8	2.5	2.3	1.2	1.1	0.7	0.2
Ed Olczyk	90.4	7.2	6.6	6.4	6.0	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.2	3.4	3.2	2.5	2.0	1.6	0.7	0.0	-0.3
Derek King	89.8	6.9	6.7	6.4	6.0	5.9	4.9	3.6	3.0	2.8	2.2	2.1	2.0	0.6	-0.1
Marco Sturm	89.8	6.9	6.5	6.2	5.4	5.1	5.0	4.1	4.1	3.0	2.4	2.3	1.9	1.8	-0.6
Mike Foligno	89.5	7.2	6.3	5.8	5.7	5.0	4.5	4.4	4.1	3.5	3.4	2.9	1.3	1.2	0.8	0.3
Rick Kehoe	89.4	7.8	6.7	6.2	5.6	5.5	5.2	5.0	4.7	4.2	3.7	3.4	2.6	1.1	0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1984 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)	Games Played 1979-80 NHL 80 (3)	Goals 1977-78 WHA 38 (10)	Assists 1979-80 NHL 57 (8) 1981-82 NHL 68 (8)
Plus/Minus 1987-88 NHL 36 (7) Career NHL 224 (46)	Penalties in Minutes 1981-82 NHL 275 (7) Career NHL 1727 (85)	Short-Handed Goals 1981-82 NHL 3 (10) 1982-83 NHL 4 (9)	Shooting Percentage 1982-83 NHL 23.4 (4)
Goals Per Game 1977-78 WHA 0.54 (8)	Assists Per Game 1985-86 NHL 0.91 (7) Career NHL 0.64 (44)	Points Per Game Career NHL 0.94 (85)	Adjusted Assists 1979-80 NHL 49 (8) 1981-82 NHL 50 (8)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

August 19, 1982: Traded to Hartford by Philadelphia with Greg Adams and Philadelphia's 1st (David Jensen) and 3rd (Leif Karlsson) round choices in 1983 Entry Draft for Mark Howe and Hartford's 3rd round choice (Derrick Smith) in 1983 Entry Draft, August 19, 1982.

August 19, 1982: Traded to Edmonton by Harford with Dan Nachbaur for Risto Siltanen and the rights to Brent Loney, August 19, 1982.

June 21, 1984: Traded to Boston by Edmonton for Mike Krushelnyski, June 21, 1984.

January 16, 1990: Traded to Philadelphia by Boston for Dave Poulin, January 16, 1990.

August 31, 1990: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, August 31, 1990.

October 7, 1991: Traded to Toronto by Edmonton for cash, October 7, 1991.

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