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Ab McDonald

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3    Weight: 192 lbs.
Born: February 18, 1936 in Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:58AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #449. Stefan Persson… #450. Jimmy Carson… #451. AB MCDONALD… #451. Shawn McEachern… #453. Don Maloney… 

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
1958-59 22 MTL NHL 69 13 23 36 13 35
1959-60 23 MTL NHL 68 9 13 22 8 26
1960-61 24 CBH NHL 61 17 16 33 13 22
1961-62 25 CBH NHL 65 22 18 40 17 8
1962-63 26 CBH NHL 69 20 41 61 22 12
1963-64 27 CBH NHL 70 14 32 46 17 19 10 4 0 3
1964-65 28 BOS NHL 60 9 9 18 8 6 7 2 0 3
1965-66 29 DET NHL 43 6 16 22 8 6 5 1 0 0
1966-67 30 DET NHL 12 2 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0
1967-68 31 PIT NHL 74 22 21 43 18 -4 38 15 6 1 2 185 11.9
1968-69 32 STL NHL 68 21 21 42 17 19 12 19 2 0 4 138 15.2
1969-70 33 STL NHL 64 25 30 55 22 11 8 14 11 0 4 170 14.7
1970-71 34 STL NHL 20 0 5 5 1 -3 6 0 0 0 0 31 0.0
1971-72 35 DET NHL 19 2 3 5 2 -8 0 1 1 0 0 29 6.9
1972-73 36 WNJ WHA 77 17 24 41 16 16 10 7 0
1973-74 37 WNJ WHA 70 12 17 29 11 8 10 2 0 0
Career NHL 762 182 248 430 167 15 200 73 27 1 16 553 12.7
Career WHA 147 29 41 70 27 24 20 9 0 0

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
1958-59 22 MTL NHL 69 0.19 0.33 0.52 0.19 0.51 15 26 41 15 1.4 1.4 2.8
1959-60 23 MTL NHL 68 0.13 0.19 0.32 0.12 0.38 10 14 24 9 -0.1 1.2 1.1
1960-61 24 CBH NHL 61 0.28 0.26 0.54 0.22 0.36 18 17 35 14 1.7 1.1 2.8
1961-62 25 CBH NHL 65 0.34 0.28 0.62 0.26 0.12 23 19 42 18 2.6 1.2 3.7
1962-63 26 CBH NHL 69 0.29 0.59 0.88 0.32 0.17 21 45 66 24 4.1 1.2 5.3
1963-64 27 CBH NHL 70 0.20 0.46 0.66 0.24 0.27 16 37 53 19 2.8 1.2 4.0
1964-65 28 BOS NHL 60 0.15 0.15 0.30 0.13 0.10 10 10 20 8 -0.1 0.5 0.4
1965-66 29 DET NHL 43 0.14 0.37 0.51 0.18 0.14 6 17 23 8 0.5 0.7 1.2
1966-67 30 DET NHL 12 0.17 0.00 0.17 0.09 0.17 2 0 2 1 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1967-68 31 PIT NHL 74 0.30 0.28 0.58 0.24 0.51 2.50 24 23 47 19 68 14 64 6 -4 2.9 1.2 4.1
1968-69 32 STL NHL 68 0.31 0.31 0.62 0.25 0.18 2.03 20 21 41 17 76 19 38 0 19 2.7 1.7 4.4
1969-70 33 STL NHL 64 0.39 0.47 0.86 0.35 0.13 2.66 25 31 56 22 88 42 35 0 11 4.7 1.5 6.2
1970-71 34 STL NHL 20 0.00 0.25 0.25 0.07 0.30 1.55 0 5 5 1 9 4 8 0 -3 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
1971-72 35 DET NHL 19 0.11 0.16 0.26 0.10 0.00 1.53 2 3 5 2 7 1 14 0 -8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1972-73 36 WNJ WHA 77 0.22 0.31 0.53 0.21 0.21
1973-74 37 WNJ WHA 70 0.17 0.24 0.41 0.16 0.11
Career NHL 762 0.24 0.33 0.56 0.22 0.26 2.26 192 268 460 178 248 80 159 6 15 22.5 13.1 35.6
Career WHA 147 0.20 0.28 0.48 0.19 0.16

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
1957-58 21 MTL NHL SC 2 0 0 0 2
1958-59 22 MTL NHL SC 11 1 1 2 6
1960-61 24 CBH NHL SC 8 2 2 4 0
1961-62 25 CBH NHL 12 6 6 12 0
1962-63 26 CBH NHL 6 2 3 5 9
1963-64 27 CBH NHL 7 2 2 4 0
1965-66 29 DET NHL 10 1 4 5 2
1968-69 32 STL NHL 12 2 1 3 10 2 0 0 0
1969-70 33 STL NHL 16 5 10 15 13 2 3 0 0
1972-73 36 WNJ WHA 14 2 5 7 2 0 2 0 0
1973-74 37 WNJ WHA 4 0 1 1 2 0
Career NHL 3 84 21 29 50 42 4 3 0 0
Career WHA 18 2 6 8 4 0 2 0 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
1951-52 15 St. Boniface Canadiens MJHL 20 20 15 35
1952-53 16 St. Boniface Canadiens MJHL 35 26 24 50 0
1953-54 17 St. Boniface Canadiens MJHL 35 33 25 58 14
1954-55 18 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 49 33 37 70 20
1955-56 19 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 48 49 34 83 24
1956-57 20 Rochester Americans AHL 64 21 31 52 8
1957-58 21 Rochester Americans AHL 70 30 33 63 18
1964-65 28 Providence Reds AHL 6 2 1 3 2
1965-66 29 Memphis Wings CPHL 20 9 6 15 4
1966-67 30 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 61 25 31 56 22
1971-72 35 Tidewater Red Wings AHL 41 5 7 12 4
Career 5 Seasons AHL 242 83 103 186 54
Career 1 Season CPHL 20 9 6 15 4
Career 3 Seasons MJHL 90 79 64 143 14
Career 2 Seasons OHA-Jr. 97 82 71 153 44

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1951-52 15 St. Boniface Canadiens MJHL 17 11 12 23 6
1952-53 16 St. Boniface Canadiens MJHL 8 5 7 12 0
1952-53 16 St. Boniface Canadiens M-Cup 17 11 12 23 6
1953-54 17 St. Boniface Canadiens MJHL 10 7 6 13 4
1953-54 17 St. Boniface Canadiens M-Cup 8 2 2 4 6
1954-55 18 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 10 2 6 8 25
1955-56 19 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 6 4 2 6 9
1956-57 20 Rochester Americans AHL 9 3 1 4 0
1966-67 30 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 9 5 2 7 4
Career 2 Seasons AHL 18 8 3 11 4
Career 2 Seasons M-Cup 25 13 14 27 12
Career 3 Seasons MJHL 35 23 25 48 10
Career 2 Seasons OHA-Jr. 16 6 8 14 34

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Ab McDonald 6.2 5.3 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.7 2.8 2.8 1.2 1.1 0.4 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2
Steve Reinprecht 90.8 6.0 5.6 4.5 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.0 2.8 0.9 0.0
Mike Fisher 90.6 6.0 5.1 5.1 4.5 3.9 3.2 3.1 2.6 1.3 0.7 0.4
Mike Murphy 89.6 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Brian Savage 88.5 5.7 4.9 4.6 3.8 3.7 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.1 1.1 0.1 -0.1
Ray Getliffe 88.4 4.8 4.6 3.4 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.3 1.6 1.6 0.0
Brent Ashton 88.0 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Cliff Koroll 87.6 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.1 1.3 -0.6
Billy Harris 87.3 6.4 5.6 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.2 0.7 -0.2 -1.0
Pete Stemkowski 87.3 5.7 5.0 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.2 2.3 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.3 0.2 0.0 -0.7
Joe Carveth 87.2 5.4 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.0 1.0 0.0 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Ab McDonald 6.2 5.3 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.7 2.8 2.8 1.2 1.1 0.4 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2
Steve Reinprecht 90.8 6.0 5.6 4.5 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.0 2.8 0.9 0.0
Mike Fisher 90.6 6.0 5.1 5.1 4.5 3.9 3.2 3.1 2.6 1.3 0.7 0.4
Mike Murphy 89.6 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Brian Savage 88.5 5.7 4.9 4.6 3.8 3.7 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.1 1.1 0.1 -0.1
Ray Getliffe 88.4 4.8 4.6 3.4 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.3 1.6 1.6 0.0
Brent Ashton 88.0 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Cliff Koroll 87.6 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.1 1.3 -0.6
Billy Harris 87.3 6.4 5.6 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.2 0.7 -0.2 -1.0
Joe Carveth 87.2 5.4 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.0 1.0 0.0 -0.1
Eddie Wiseman 87.1 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1958 NHL
1959 NHL
1961 NHL
1969 NHL
1970 NHL

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1958 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
1959 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
1961 Chicago Black Hawks (NHL)

Games Played

1963-64 NHL 70 (2)
1967-68 NHL 74 (2)

Assists

1962-63 NHL 41 (7)

Assists Per Game

1962-63 NHL 0.59 (9)

Adjusted Assists

1962-63 NHL 45 (7)
    

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 7, 1960: Traded to Chicago by Montreal with Reggie Fleming, Bob Courcy and Cec Hoekstra for Glen Skov, Terry Gray, Bob Bailey, Lorne Ferguson and the rights to Danny Lewicki, June 7, 1960.

June 8, 1964: Traded to Boston by Chicago with Reggie Fleming for Doug Mohns, June 8, 1964.

May 31, 1965: Traded to Detroit by Boston with Bob McCord and Ken Stephanson for Albert Langlois, Ron Harris, Parker MacDonald and Bob Dillabough, May 31, 1965.

June 6, 1967: Claimed by Pittsburgh from Detroit in Expansion Draft, June 6, 1967.

June 11, 1968: Traded to St. Louis by Pittsburgh for Lou Angotti, June 11, 1968.

May 12, 1971: Traded to Detroit by St. Louis with Bob Wall and Mike Lowe to complete transaction that sent Carl Brewer to St. Louis (February 22, 1971), May 12, 1971.

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

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