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Basil McRae

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: January 5, 1961 in Beaverton, Ontario

Drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 5th round (87th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.

* Sweater numbers are available 1951-1970, 1972-1994, and 1999-2008.
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Quebec Nordiques
1982-1983		 26
Toronto Maple Leafs
1984-1985		 23
Detroit Red Wings
1986		 18
Detroit Red Wings
1987		 17
Quebec Nordiques
1987		 17
Minnesota North Stars
1988-1991		 17
Minnesota North Stars
1992		 17
Tampa Bay Lightning
1993		 17
St. Louis Blues
1993-1994

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1981-82 21 Quebec Nordiques NHL 20 4 3 7 0.35 3 0.14 10 1 12 0 -3 69 4 0 0 0 20 1.00 20.0
1982-83 22 Quebec Nordiques NHL 22 1 1 2 0.09 1 0.04 4 0 5 0 -1 59 1 0 0 0 6 0.27 16.7
1983-84 23 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 3 0 -3 19 0 0 0 0 7 2.33 0.0
1984-85 24 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1985-86 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 4 0 -4 5 0 0 0 0 3 0.75 0.0
1986-87 26 2 Teams NHL 69 11 7 18 0.26 8 0.11 33 7 28 0 -2 342 7 4 0 2 57 0.83 19.3
1986-87 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL 36 2 2 4 0.11 2 0.04 12 2 13 0 -3 193 1 1 0 1 21 0.58 9.5
1986-87 26 Quebec Nordiques NHL 33 9 5 14 0.42 6 0.18 21 5 15 0 1 149 6 3 0 1 36 1.09 25.0
1987-88 27 Minnesota North Stars NHL 80 5 11 16 0.20 6 0.07 26 1 53 0 -28 382 5 0 0 0 107 1.34 4.7
1988-89 28 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 12 19 31 0.40 12 0.15 54 15 47 0 -8 365 8 4 0 0 122 1.56 9.8
1989-90 29 Minnesota North Stars NHL 66 9 17 26 0.39 10 0.15 36 8 33 0 -5 351 7 2 0 2 95 1.44 9.5
1990-91 30 Minnesota North Stars NHL 40 1 3 4 0.10 1 0.04 9 2 15 0 -8 224 1 0 0 0 44 1.10 2.3
1991-92 31 Minnesota North Stars NHL 59 5 8 13 0.22 5 0.08 17 1 30 0 -14 245 5 0 0 0 64 1.08 7.8
1992-93 32 2 Teams NHL 47 3 6 9 0.19 3 0.07 17 6 27 0 -16 169 1 2 0 0 45 0.96 6.7
1992-93 32 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 14 2 3 5 0.36 2 0.14 11 5 9 0 -3 71 1 1 0 0 23 1.64 8.7
1992-93 32 St. Louis Blues NHL 33 1 3 4 0.12 1 0.04 6 1 18 0 -13 98 0 1 0 0 22 0.67 4.5
1993-94 33 St. Louis Blues NHL 40 1 2 3 0.08 1 0.03 8 0 16 1 -7 103 1 0 0 0 23 0.58 4.3
1994-95 34 St. Louis Blues NHL 21 0 5 5 0.24 2 0.07 7 0 3 0 4 72 0 0 0 0 14 0.67 0.0
1995-96 35 St. Louis Blues NHL 18 1 1 2 0.11 1 0.05 2 0 7 0 -5 40 1 0 0 0 5 0.28 20.0
1996-97 36 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 8 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 3 0 -2 12 0 0 0 0 1 0.13 0.0
Career NHL 576 53 83 136 0.24 51 0.09 224 41 286 1 -102 2457 41 12 0 4 613 1.06 8.6

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1981-82 21 Quebec Nordiques NHL 9 1 0 1 0.11 34 1 0 0 0
1986-87 26 Quebec Nordiques NHL 13 3 1 4 0.31 -1 99 3 0 0 1 13 1.00 23.1
1988-89 28 Minnesota North Stars NHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 -1 58 0 0 0 0 4 0.80 0.0
1989-90 29 Minnesota North Stars NHL 7 1 0 1 0.14 1 24 1 0 0 0 5 0.71 20.0
1990-91 30 Minnesota North Stars NHL 22 1 1 2 0.09 -3 94 1 0 0 0 15 0.68 6.7
1992-93 32 St. Louis Blues NHL 11 0 1 1 0.09 0 24 0 0 0 0 4 0.36 0.0
1993-94 33 St. Louis Blues NHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1994-95 34 St. Louis Blues NHL 7 2 1 3 0.43 4 4 2 0 0 0 6 0.86 33.3
1995-96 35 St. Louis Blues NHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.00 0.0
Career NHL 78 8 4 12 0.15 0 349 8 0 0 1 49 0.71 14.3

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1977-78 17 Seneca Nationals OHA-B 36 21 38 59 1.64 80
1978-79 18 London Knights OMJHL 66 13 28 41 0.62 79
1979-80 19 London Knights OMJHL 67 24 36 60 0.90 116
1980-81 20 London Knights OMJHL 65 29 23 52 0.80 266
1981-82 21 Fredericton Express AHL 47 11 15 26 0.55 175
1982-83 22 Fredericton Express AHL 53 22 19 41 0.77 146
1983-84 23 St. Catharines Saints AHL 78 14 25 39 0.50 187
1984-85 24 St. Catharines Saints AHL 72 30 25 55 0.76 186
1985-86 25 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 69 22 30 52 0.75 259
1990-91 30 Minnesota North Stars Fr-Tour 3 1 0 1 0.33 26
1994-95 34 Peoria Rivermen IHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 12
Career AHL 319 99 114 213 0.67 953
Career Fr-Tour 3 1 0 1 0.33 26
Career IHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 12
Career OHA-B 36 21 38 59 1.64 80
Career OMJHL 198 66 87 153 0.77 461

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1978-79 18 London Knights OMJHL 7 0 0 0 0.00 0
1979-80 19 London Knights OMJHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 18
1982-83 22 Fredericton Express AHL 12 1 5 6 0.50 75
1983-84 23 St. Catharines Saints AHL 6 0 0 0 0.00 40
1985-86 25 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 17 5 4 9 0.53 101
Career AHL 35 6 9 15 0.43 216
Career OMJHL 12 0 0 0 0.00 18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games Played

1987-88 NHL 80 (1)

Penalties in Minutes

1986-87 NHL 342 (4)
1987-88 NHL 382 (2)
1988-89 NHL 365 (2)
1989-90 NHL 351 (1)
 Career NHL 2457 (23)

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

August 12, 1983: Traded to Toronto by Quebec for Richard Turmel, August 12, 1983.

July 17, 1985: Signed as a free agent by Detroit, July 17, 1985.

January 17, 1987: Traded to Quebec by Detroit with John Ogrodnick and Doug Shedden for Brent Ashton, Gilbert Delorme and Mark Kumpel, January 17, 1987.

June 29, 1987: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota, June 29, 1987.

June 18, 1992: Claimed by Tampa Bay from Minnesota in Expansion Draft, June 18, 1992.

January 28, 1993: Traded to St. Louis by Tampa Bay with Doug Crossman and Tampa Bay's 4th round choice (Andrei Petrakov) in 1996 Entry Draft for Jason Ruff, January 28, 1993.

October 9, 1996: Signed as a free agent by Chicago, October 9, 1996.