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Dale McCourt

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-10    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: January 26, 1957 in Falconbridge, Ontario

Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1977 NHL Amateur 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
1977-78 21 DET NHL 76 33 39 72 30 10 10 20 10 3 5 219 15.1
1978-79 22 DET NHL 79 28 43 71 27 -27 14 12 14 2 3 222 12.6
1979-80 23 DET NHL 80 30 51 81 31 1 12 21 7 2 3 200 15.0
1980-81 24 DET NHL 80 30 56 86 33 -17 50 17 11 2 2 286 10.5
1981-82 25 TOT NHL 78 33 36 69 28 -4 18 22 10 1 2 206 16.0
1981-82 25 DET NHL 26 13 14 27 11 -3 6 7 6 0 0 84 15.5
1981-82 25 BUF NHL 52 20 22 42 17 -1 12 15 4 1 2 122 16.4
1982-83 26 BUF NHL 62 20 32 52 20 -12 10 16 3 1 3 117 17.1
1983-84 27 TOT NHL 77 20 27 47 19 -18 10 10 8 2 1 103 19.4
1983-84 27 BUF NHL 5 1 3 4 1 -2 0 1 0 0 0 5 20.0
1983-84 27 TOR NHL 72 19 24 43 17 -16 10 9 8 2 1 98 19.4
Career NHL 532 194 284 478 187 -67 124 118 63 13 19 1353 14.3

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
1977-78 21 DET NHL 76 0.43 0.51 0.95 0.39 0.13 2.88 29 35 64 25 108 42 71 15 10 5.8 1.4 7.2
1978-79 22 DET NHL 79 0.35 0.54 0.90 0.34 0.18 2.81 23 36 59 22 119 59 123 36 -27 4.5 0.6 5.2
1979-80 23 DET NHL 80 0.38 0.64 1.01 0.39 0.15 2.50 25 43 68 25 122 34 120 33 1 5.5 1.2 6.7
1980-81 24 DET NHL 80 0.38 0.70 1.08 0.41 0.63 3.58 23 43 66 24 128 46 140 41 -17 5.2 0.9 6.1
1981-82 25 TOT NHL 78 0.42 0.46 0.88 0.36 0.23 2.64 24 26 50 20 111 31 112 28 -4 3.7 1.0 4.7
1981-82 25 DET NHL 26 0.50 0.54 1.04 0.42 0.23 3.23 9 10 19 8 40 12 50 19 -3 1.7 0.3 2.0
1981-82 25 BUF NHL 52 0.38 0.42 0.81 0.33 0.23 2.35 15 16 31 13 71 19 62 9 -1 2.1 0.7 2.7
1982-83 26 BUF NHL 62 0.32 0.52 0.84 0.32 0.16 1.89 16 26 42 16 70 18 70 6 -12 2.7 0.5 3.2
1983-84 27 TOT NHL 77 0.26 0.35 0.61 0.24 0.13 1.34 16 21 37 14 74 29 90 27 -18 1.8 0.5 2.3
1983-84 27 BUF NHL 5 0.20 0.60 0.80 0.28 0.00 1.00 1 2 3 1 5 1 7 1 -2 0.2 0.0 0.2
1983-84 27 TOR NHL 72 0.26 0.33 0.60 0.24 0.14 1.36 15 19 34 13 69 28 83 26 -16 1.6 0.5 2.1
Career NHL 532 0.36 0.53 0.90 0.35 0.23 2.54 156 230 386 148 732 259 726 186 -67 29.3 6.2 35.4

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 21 DET NHL 7 4 2 6 2 2 2 0 0
1981-82 25 BUF NHL 4 2 3 5 0 1 1 0 0
1982-83 26 BUF NHL 10 3 2 5 4 1 2 0 1
Career NHL 21 9 7 16 6 4 5 0 1

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1972-73 16 Welland Sabres ON-Jr.A 34 35 28 63 39
1972-73 16 Sudbury Wolves OHA-Jr. 26 6 11 17 0
1973-74 17 Hamilton Red Wings OHA-Jr. 69 20 38 58 45
1974-75 18 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 69 52 74 126 57
1975-76 19 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 66 55 84 139 19
1976-77 20 St. Catharines Fincups OMJHL 66 60 79 139 26
1976-77 20 Canada WJC-A 7 10 8 18 14
1978-79 22 Canada WEC-A 7 0 1 1 6
1980-81 24 Canada WEC-A 4 1 0 1 2
1984-85 28 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss-2 26 22 14 36
1985-86 29 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss 35 41 15 56
1986-87 30 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss 35 25 28 53
1987-88 31 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss 35 33 22 55
1988-89 32 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss 38 42 24 66
1989-90 33 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss 38 18 26 44
1990-91 34 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss 35 10 12 22
1991-92 35 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss 5 4 1 5 2
Career 2 Seasons OHA-Jr. 95 26 49 75 45
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 201 167 237 404 102
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.A 34 35 28 63 39
Career 7 Seasons Swiss 221 173 128 301 2
Career 1 Season Swiss-2 26 22 14 36
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 11 1 1 2 8
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 10 8 18 14

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1972-73 16 Sudbury Wolves OHA-Jr. 4 0 1 1 0
1974-75 18 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 17 10 17 27 0
1975-76 19 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 14 20 8 28 12
1975-76 19 Hamilton Fincups M-Cup 3 0 4 4 2
1976-77 20 St. Catharines Fincups OMJHL 14 7 13 20 6
1984-85 28 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss-2 14 12 11 23
1986-87 30 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss 3 5 2 7
1987-88 31 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss 4 6 6 12
1988-89 32 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss 6 1 4 5
1989-90 33 HC Ambri-Piotta Swiss 2 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season M-Cup 3 0 4 4 2
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 4 0 1 1 0
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 45 37 38 75 18
Career 4 Seasons Swiss 15 12 12 24 0
Career 1 Season Swiss-2 14 12 11 23

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 7 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Dale McCourt 7.2 6.7 6.1 5.2 4.7 3.2 2.3
George Allen 94.2 5.6 5.1 4.8 3.9 3.0 2.5 1.4
Gregg Sheppard 94.2 7.5 7.1 5.8 5.5 5.0 3.3 2.8
Patrik Sundstrom 93.9 6.9 6.1 5.8 4.5 4.0 2.6 2.5
Dmitri Khristich 93.8 7.0 6.4 5.8 5.7 5.1 2.4 2.2
Ken Randall 93.6 4.4 3.8 3.5 2.9 2.5 2.0 1.0
Pierre Mondou 93.4 7.4 6.1 5.4 5.2 4.2 3.3 2.8
Brian Bellows 93.2 6.9 6.4 5.9 4.8 3.8 3.8 3.6
Brenden Morrow 93.1 7.1 6.4 5.8 5.3 4.1 3.7 3.7
Ed Olczyk 93.1 7.2 6.6 6.0 5.4 5.2 3.2 2.5
Dan Quinn 93.0 6.7 6.3 6.0 4.4 4.0 3.4 3.4
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Dale McCourt 7.2 6.7 6.1 5.2 4.7 3.2 2.3
Ladislav Nagy 91.8 7.3 6.6 5.5 5.3 4.3 2.8 1.6 0.7
Chris Kunitz 91.2 7.2 6.5 5.9 5.8 4.8 3.5 0.4
George Allen 90.9 5.6 5.1 4.8 3.9 3.0 2.5 1.5 1.4
Eric Vail 90.3 7.3 6.6 6.1 4.9 4.4 4.4 3.6 0.8 0.6
Patrice Bergeron 89.8 7.5 6.7 5.8 5.8 4.5 2.8 0.8
Paul Ronty 89.6 6.1 5.6 5.5 4.8 3.5 2.3 1.0 0.0
Sergei Berezin 89.4 8.0 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.3 3.2 2.3
Pierre-Marc Bouchard 88.7 6.6 6.3 5.9 4.7 3.8 2.0 1.4 0.0
Alex Shibicky 88.3 4.9 4.7 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.2 1.2 0.8
Gregg Sheppard 88.1 7.5 7.1 5.8 5.5 5.0 3.3 2.8 1.4 1.2 0.9

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
1980-81 NHL 80 (2)

Power Play Goals

1978-79 NHL 14 (7)

Short-Handed Goals

1977-78 NHL 3 (5)
1978-79 NHL 2 (9)
1979-80 NHL 2 (9)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1978-79 NHL 59 (7)

Transactions

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August 8, 1978: Rights transferred to Los Angeles by Detroit as compensation for Detroit's signing of free agent Rogie Vachon, August 8, 1978; McCourt remained property of Detroit pending result of litigation hearing.

August 22, 1979: Rights traded to Detroit by Los Angeles for Andre St. Laurent and Detroit's 1st round choices in 1980 (Larry Murphy) and 1981 (Doug Smith) Entry Drafts, August 22, 1979.

December 2, 1981: Traded to Buffalo by Detroit with Mike Foligno and Brent Peterson for Danny Gare, Jim Schoenfeld and Derek Smith, December 2, 1981.

October 22, 1983: Signed as a free agent by Toronto, October 22, 1983.

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