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Blair MacDonald

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-10    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: November 17, 1953 in Cornwall, Ontario

Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 6th round (86th overall) of the 1973 NHL Amateur 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
1973-74 20 EDO WHA 78 21 24 45 18 34 16 5 0 3
1974-75 21 EDO WHA 72 22 24 46 19 4 14 21 1 0 155 14.2
1975-76 22 TOT WHA 85 26 16 42 18 -6 22 22 4 0 1 214 12.1
1975-76 22 EDO WHA 29 7 5 12 5 -8 8 4 3 0 0 72 9.7
1975-76 22 INR WHA 56 19 11 30 13 2 14 18 1 0 1 142 13.4
1976-77 23 INR WHA 81 34 30 64 26 10 28 26 8 0 3 253 13.4
1977-78 24 EDO WHA 80 34 34 68 28 -12 11 23 7 4 237 14.3
1978-79 25 EDO WHA 80 34 37 71 29 35 44 27 3 4 259 13.1
1979-80 26 EDM NHL 80 46 48 94 38 1 6 31 13 2 6 266 17.3
1980-81 27 TOT NHL 63 24 33 57 22 -7 37 17 7 0 3 172 14.0
1980-81 27 EDM NHL 51 19 24 43 17 -8 27 14 5 0 1 134 14.2
1980-81 27 VAN NHL 12 5 9 14 5 1 10 3 2 0 2 38 13.2
1981-82 28 VAN NHL 59 18 15 33 14 0 20 14 4 0 2 116 15.5
1982-83 29 VAN NHL 17 3 4 7 3 -1 2 1 2 0 0 29 10.3
Career NHL 219 91 100 191 77 -7 65 63 26 2 11 583 15.6
Career WHA 476 171 165 336 139 31 153 135 28 8 7 1118 13.4

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
1973-74 20 EDO WHA 78 0.27 0.31 0.58 0.23 0.44
1974-75 21 EDO WHA 72 0.31 0.33 0.64 0.26 0.19 2.15 4
1975-76 22 TOT WHA 85 0.31 0.19 0.49 0.22 0.26 2.52 -6
1975-76 22 EDO WHA 29 0.24 0.17 0.41 0.18 0.28 2.48 -8
1975-76 22 INR WHA 56 0.34 0.20 0.54 0.24 0.25 2.54 2
1976-77 23 INR WHA 81 0.42 0.37 0.79 0.32 0.35 3.12 10
1977-78 24 EDO WHA 80 0.43 0.43 0.85 0.35 0.14 2.96 -12
1978-79 25 EDO WHA 80 0.43 0.46 0.89 0.36 0.55 3.24 35
1979-80 26 EDM NHL 80 0.58 0.60 1.18 0.48 0.08 3.33 38 41 79 32 144 45 139 41 1 7.6 0.9 8.5
1980-81 27 TOT NHL 63 0.38 0.52 0.90 0.35 0.59 2.73 18 26 44 17 86 27 84 18 -7 3.2 0.6 3.8
1980-81 27 EDM NHL 51 0.37 0.47 0.84 0.33 0.53 2.63 14 19 33 13 67 23 70 18 -8 2.3 0.4 2.7
1980-81 27 VAN NHL 12 0.42 0.75 1.17 0.44 0.83 3.17 4 7 11 4 19 4 14 0 1 0.9 0.2 1.1
1981-82 28 VAN NHL 59 0.31 0.25 0.56 0.24 0.34 1.97 13 11 24 10 54 18 37 1 0 1.1 0.9 2.0
1982-83 29 VAN NHL 17 0.18 0.24 0.41 0.16 0.12 1.71 2 3 5 2 15 6 11 1 -1 0.0 0.2 0.3
Career NHL 219 0.42 0.46 0.87 0.35 0.30 2.66 71 81 152 61 299 96 271 61 -7 11.9 2.7 14.5
Career WHA 476 0.36 0.35 0.71 0.29 0.32 2.81 31

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
1973-74 20 EDO WHA 5 4 2 6 2 0
1975-76 22 INR WHA 7 0 0 0 -3 0
1976-77 23 INR WHA 9 7 8 15 11 4 0
1977-78 24 EDO WHA 5 1 1 2 -2 0 0
1978-79 25 EDO WHA 13 8 10 18 1 6 0
1979-80 26 EDM NHL 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
1980-81 27 VAN NHL 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
1981-82 28 VAN NHL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982-83 29 VAN NHL 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 11 0 6 6 2 0 0 0 0
Career WHA 39 20 21 41 7 12 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
1970-71 17 Cornwall Royals QMJHL 51 24 14 38 6 21 3 0 0
1971-72 18 Cornwall Royals QMJHL 61 45 45 90 36 35 9 1 5
1972-73 19 Cornwall Royals QMJHL 64 63 39 102 44 50 12 1 6
1981-82 28 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 3 1 1 2 0
1982-83 29 Fredericton Express AHL 60 29 37 66 20
1983-84 30 WAT Stadlau Wien Austria 26 30 32 62
1983-84 30 Montana Magic CHL 4 1 0 1 0
1984-85 31 WAT Stadlau Wien Austria 34 37 29 66 30
1985-86 32 EC Innsbruck Austria 23 20 18 38 8
Career 1 Season AHL 60 29 37 66 20
Career 3 Seasons Austria 83 87 79 166 38
Career 2 Seasons CHL 7 2 1 3 0
Career 3 Seasons QMJHL 176 132 98 230 86 106 24 2 11

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 18 Cornwall Royals QMJHL 16 10 5 15 10 9 1 0 1
1971-72 18 Cornwall Royals M-Cup 3 0 1 1 4
1972-73 19 Cornwall Royals QMJHL 16 14 14 28 10 10 0 4 0
1982-83 29 Fredericton Express AHL 7 2 3 5 2
1985-86 32 EC Innsbruck Austria 10 9 11 20
Career 1 Season AHL 7 2 3 5 2
Career 1 Season Austria 10 9 11 20
Career 1 Season M-Cup 3 0 1 1 4
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 32 24 19 43 20 19 1 4 1

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 4 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4
Blair MacDonald 8.5 3.8 2.0 0.3
Stephane Richer 92.3 7.9 3.3 2.4 0.0
Trent Hunter 90.1 7.4 3.4 2.0 0.5
Shorty Green 89.6 5.6 1.9 1.4 0.0
Bronco Horvath 88.4 7.2 4.0 2.1 0.1
Nikolai Kulemin 85.2 7.4 3.2 2.4
Michael Cammalleri 84.3 9.1 4.8 2.0 0.6
Peter McNab 84.1 8.5 4.5 3.8 0.4
Bert McInenly 83.1 5.9 3.8 1.5 0.3
Claude Giroux 82.5 8.8 4.3 3.1 -0.1
David Booth 82.4 7.7 5.3 1.6 0.4
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Blair MacDonald 8.5 3.8 2.0 0.3
Shorty Green 89.6 5.6 1.9 1.4 0.0
Nikolai Kulemin 85.2 7.4 3.2 2.4
Claude Giroux 81.1 8.8 4.3 3.1 -0.1
Milan Lucic 79.8 8.8 4.8 2.1 1.7
Mikhail Grabovski 79.6 7.4 4.2 3.1 0.6 -0.1
Al McDonough 78.8 7.7 4.7 0.7 0.3 0.2
Dick Irvin 77.8 8.2 2.0 1.1
Nikolai Borschevsky 77.1 7.3 3.1 0.6 -0.1
Steve Downie 76.0 5.9 3.5 1.5 0.4
Daniel Marois 73.5 6.6 4.1 1.8 1.2 0.8 -0.1 -0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games

1980 NHL

Honors

1978-79 WHA WHA All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1973-74 WHA 78 (1)
 1975-76 WHA 85 (1)
 1976-77 WHA 81 (2)
1977-78 WHA 80 (3)
1978-79 WHA 80 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
Career WHA 476 (8)

Goals

Career WHA 171 (18)

Assists

Career WHA 165 (52)

Points

1979-80 NHL 94 (10)
Career WHA 336 (30)

Goals Created

Career WHA 138.5 (26)

Short-Handed Goals

1979-80 NHL 2 (9)

Shots

1979-80 NHL 266 (10)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1979-80 NHL 139 (6)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1979-80 NHL 41 (7)
  

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

February 12, 1972: Selected by Edmonton (WHA) in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, February 12, 1972.

December, 1976: Traded to Indianapolis (WHA) by Edmonton (WHA) for future considerations, December 1976.

September, 1977: Traded to Edmonton (WHA) by Indianapolis (WHA) with Dave Inkpen and Mike Zuke for Kevin Devine, Barry Wilkins, Rusty Patenaude and Claude St. Sauveur, September 1977.

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

March 10, 1981: Traded to Vancouver by Edmonton with the rights to Lars-Gunnar Petterson for Garry Lariviere and Ken Berry, March 10, 1981.

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