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Tom McCarthy

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: July 31, 1960 in Toronto, Ontario

Drafted by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1979 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
1979-80 19 MNS NHL 68 16 20 36 14 -7 39 15 1 0 5 101 15.8
1980-81 20 MNS NHL 62 23 25 48 20 3 62 19 4 0 2 147 15.6
1981-82 21 MNS NHL 40 12 30 42 15 10 36 9 3 0 1 89 13.5
1982-83 22 MNS NHL 80 28 48 76 28 18 59 23 4 1 4 171 16.4
1983-84 23 MNS NHL 66 39 31 70 30 17 49 21 16 2 7 165 23.6
1984-85 24 MNS NHL 44 16 21 37 14 3 36 10 6 0 1 80 20.0
1985-86 25 MNS NHL 25 12 12 24 10 -3 12 8 4 0 2 45 26.7
1986-87 26 BOS NHL 68 30 29 59 24 10 31 23 7 0 6 121 24.8
1987-88 27 BOS NHL 7 2 5 7 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 10 20.0
Career NHL 460 178 221 399 158 54 330 129 46 3 28 929 19.2

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
1979-80 19 MNS NHL 68 0.24 0.29 0.53 0.21 0.57 1.49 13 17 30 12 64 15 56 0 -7 1.3 0.7 2.0
1980-81 20 MNS NHL 62 0.37 0.40 0.77 0.32 1.00 2.37 17 19 36 14 75 24 51 3 3 2.5 1.1 3.6
1981-82 21 MNS NHL 40 0.30 0.75 1.05 0.37 0.90 2.23 9 22 31 11 68 17 45 4 10 2.0 0.8 2.8
1982-83 22 MNS NHL 80 0.35 0.60 0.95 0.35 0.74 2.14 22 39 61 23 109 37 60 6 18 4.2 1.6 5.8
1983-84 23 MNS NHL 66 0.59 0.47 1.06 0.45 0.74 2.50 31 25 56 24 109 42 62 12 17 5.0 1.2 6.1
1984-85 24 MNS NHL 44 0.36 0.48 0.84 0.33 0.82 1.82 13 17 30 12 48 14 41 10 3 2.0 0.7 2.7
1985-86 25 MNS NHL 25 0.48 0.48 0.96 0.39 0.48 1.80 9 9 18 7 35 16 22 0 -3 1.5 0.2 1.7
1986-87 26 BOS NHL 68 0.44 0.43 0.87 0.36 0.46 1.78 25 25 50 20 84 35 39 0 10 4.0 1.1 5.1
1987-88 27 BOS NHL 7 0.29 0.71 1.00 0.35 0.86 1.43 2 4 6 2 7 2 2 0 3 0.4 0.2 0.6
Career NHL 460 0.39 0.48 0.87 0.34 0.72 2.02 141 177 318 125 599 202 378 35 54 22.9 7.6 30.5

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 19 MNS NHL 15 5 6 11 20 2 3 0 0
1980-81 20 MNS NHL 8 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0
1981-82 21 MNS NHL 4 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
1982-83 22 MNS NHL 9 2 4 6 9 2 0 0 0
1983-84 23 MNS NHL 8 1 4 5 -2 6 0 1 0 1 12 8.3
1984-85 24 MNS NHL 7 0 2 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1986-87 26 BOS NHL 4 1 1 2 -4 4 0 1 0 0 7 14.3
1987-88 27 BOS NHL 13 3 4 7 0 18 3 0 0 0 16 18.8
Career NHL 68 12 26 38 -8 67 7 5 0 1 41 12.2

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1976-77 16 North York Rangers MTHL 43 49 47 96 12
1976-77 16 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 2 1 0 1 0
1977-78 17 Oshawa Generals OMJHL 62 47 46 93 72
1978-79 18 Oshawa Generals OMJHL 63 69 75 144 98
1980-81 20 Minnesota North Stars DN-Cup 3 3 1 4 2
1986-87 26 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 2 1 0 1 0
1987-88 27 Maine Mariners AHL 17 7 6 13 14
1988-89 28 HC Asiago Italy 19 9 26 35 8
Career 2 Seasons AHL 19 8 6 14 14
Career 1 Season DN-Cup 3 3 1 4 2
Career 1 Season Italy 19 9 26 35 8
Career 1 Season MTHL 43 49 47 96 12
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 127 117 121 238 170

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 17 Oshawa Generals OMJHL 6 3 5 8 4
1978-79 18 Oshawa Generals OMJHL 3 1 0 1 9
Career 2 Seasons OMJHL 9 4 5 9 13

Similarity Scores

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Thru 9 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Tom McCarthy 6.1 5.8 5.1 3.6 2.8 2.7 2.0 1.7 0.6
Travis Green 92.9 6.2 6.0 4.8 3.5 3.1 2.2 1.9 0.9 0.2
Herb Cain 92.4 4.8 4.7 3.8 2.7 2.5 1.7 1.5 1.4 0.7
Jim Pappin 91.9 6.6 6.0 4.9 4.2 2.9 2.2 1.6 1.4 0.1
Nik Antropov 89.8 6.5 5.9 5.0 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.1 1.6 0.1
Russ Courtnall 89.4 6.3 5.4 4.7 3.8 3.2 3.1 1.7 0.7 0.3
Valeri Bure 89.4 8.0 5.9 5.2 3.9 3.2 2.8 1.8 1.6 0.0
Bob Bourne 89.4 6.5 5.4 5.3 4.2 3.5 2.8 2.4 2.3 0.1
Metro Prystai 89.3 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.5 3.0 2.8 2.3 0.8 0.3
Art Chapman 89.1 4.4 3.9 3.3 2.9 2.1 1.7 1.1 0.8 0.5
Andrei Kovalenko 88.6 6.6 5.8 5.3 4.1 3.4 2.9 2.4 1.9 1.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tom McCarthy 6.1 5.8 5.1 3.6 2.8 2.7 2.0 1.7 0.6
Mud Bruneteau 90.3 5.2 4.7 4.2 2.7 2.5 2.2 1.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 -0.2
Tim Connolly 89.4 6.9 5.7 5.2 4.1 3.5 3.4 2.2 1.8 1.0 0.2
Andrei Kovalenko 88.6 6.6 5.8 5.3 4.1 3.4 2.9 2.4 1.9 1.1
Art Jackson 88.6 4.6 4.3 4.1 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.0
Metro Prystai 88.3 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.5 3.0 2.8 2.3 1.1 0.8 0.3 -0.2
Steve Heinze 88.1 6.3 5.8 5.1 2.9 2.6 2.4 1.7 1.7 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.4
Joffrey Lupul 88.0 5.7 5.6 5.1 3.5 3.0 2.1 1.5
Alexandre Daigle 87.8 6.1 4.2 3.9 3.2 2.7 2.3 2.2 1.1 0.2 -0.1
Art Chapman 87.5 4.4 3.9 3.3 2.9 2.1 1.7 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.5
Red Sullivan 87.1 6.4 5.7 3.6 3.5 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.4 0.6 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1983 NHL

Games Played

1982-83 NHL 80 (1)

Power Play Goals

1983-84 NHL 16 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

1983-84 NHL 7 (5)

Shooting Percentage

1983-84 NHL 23.6 (10)
1986-87 NHL 24.8 (4)
Career NHL 19.2 (13)
      

Transactions

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November 23, 1985: Missed majority of 1985-86 due to Bells Palsy, November 23, 1985.

May 16, 1986: Traded to Boston by Minnesota for Boston's 3rd round choice (Rob Zettler) in 1986 Entry Draft and 2nd round choice (Scott McGrady) in 1987 Entry Draft, May 16, 1986.

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