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Cam Neely

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-1    Weight: 218 lbs.
Born: June 6, 1965 in Comox, British Columbia

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2005

Drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 4, 2012, 8:20AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #44. Mark Howe… #45. CAM NEELY… #46. Luc Robitaille… #47. Henri Richard… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 18 VAN NHL 56 16 15 31 13 0 57 13 3 0 1 87 18.4
1984-85 19 VAN NHL 72 21 18 39 17 -26 137 17 4 0 1 138 15.2
1985-86 20 VAN NHL 73 14 20 34 13 -30 126 8 6 0 3 113 12.4
1986-87 21 BOS NHL 75 36 36 72 29 23 143 29 7 0 3 206 17.5
1987-88 22 BOS NHL 69 42 27 69 30 30 175 31 11 0 3 207 20.3
1988-89 23 BOS NHL 74 37 38 75 31 14 190 19 18 0 6 235 15.7
1989-90 24 BOS NHL 76 55 37 92 40 10 117 30 25 0 12 271 20.3
1990-91 25 BOS NHL 69 51 40 91 39 26 98 32 18 1 8 262 19.5
1991-92 26 BOS NHL 9 9 3 12 6 9 16 8 1 0 2 30 30.0
1992-93 27 BOS NHL 13 11 7 18 8 4 25 5 6 0 1 45 24.4
1993-94 28 BOS NHL 49 50 24 74 34 12 54 30 20 0 13 185 27.0
1994-95 29 BOS NHL 42 27 14 41 19 7 72 11 16 0 5 178 15.2
1995-96 30 BOS NHL 49 26 20 46 20 3 31 19 7 0 3 191 13.6
Career NHL 726 395 299 694 299 82 1241 252 142 1 61 2148 18.4

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
1983-84 18 VAN NHL 56 0.29 0.27 0.55 0.23 1.02 1.55 13 12 25 10 55 17 39 1 0 1.1 0.8 2.0
1984-85 19 VAN NHL 72 0.29 0.25 0.54 0.23 1.90 1.92 17 14 31 13 65 12 79 0 -26 1.5 0.3 1.8
1985-86 20 VAN NHL 73 0.19 0.27 0.47 0.18 1.73 1.55 11 16 27 10 50 17 63 0 -30 0.5 0.5 1.0
1986-87 21 BOS NHL 75 0.48 0.48 0.96 0.39 1.91 2.75 30 31 61 25 105 26 56 0 23 5.1 1.6 6.7
1987-88 22 BOS NHL 69 0.61 0.39 1.00 0.44 2.54 3.00 35 22 57 25 102 31 41 0 30 5.5 1.7 7.2
1988-89 23 BOS NHL 74 0.50 0.51 1.01 0.42 2.57 3.18 31 31 62 25 108 40 54 0 14 5.4 1.5 6.9
1989-90 24 BOS NHL 76 0.72 0.49 1.21 0.53 1.54 3.57 46 31 77 34 128 58 65 5 10 7.9 1.4 9.4
1990-91 25 BOS NHL 69 0.74 0.58 1.32 0.57 1.42 3.80 46 35 81 35 139 60 57 4 26 8.8 1.6 10.4
1991-92 26 BOS NHL 9 1.00 0.33 1.33 0.63 1.78 3.33 8 3 11 5 15 1 5 0 9 1.3 0.4 1.7
1992-93 27 BOS NHL 13 0.85 0.54 1.38 0.60 1.92 3.46 9 6 15 7 25 10 11 0 4 1.7 0.3 1.9
1993-94 28 BOS NHL 49 1.02 0.49 1.51 0.69 1.10 3.78 45 22 67 31 109 48 53 4 12 8.5 1.1 9.6
1994-95 29 BOS NHL 42 0.64 0.33 0.98 0.44 1.71 4.24 47 24 71 32 64 28 32 3 7 4.6 0.9 5.5
1995-96 30 BOS NHL 49 0.53 0.41 0.94 0.41 0.63 3.90 25 19 44 19 78 28 47 0 3 4.4 0.7 5.1
Career NHL 726 0.54 0.41 0.96 0.41 1.71 2.96 363 266 629 271 1043 376 602 17 82 56.4 12.7 69.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 18 VAN NHL 4 2 0 2 -4 2 1 1 0 0 7 28.6
1985-86 20 VAN NHL 3 0 0 0 -3 6 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1986-87 21 BOS NHL 4 5 1 6 -1 8 2 3 0 0 19 26.3
1987-88 22 BOS NHL 23 9 8 17 1 51 7 2 0 2 71 12.7
1988-89 23 BOS NHL 10 7 2 9 -2 8 3 4 0 2 24 29.2
1989-90 24 BOS NHL 21 12 16 28 7 51 7 4 1 2 65 18.5
1990-91 25 BOS NHL 19 16 4 20 -3 36 7 9 0 4 72 22.2
1992-93 27 BOS NHL 4 4 1 5 0 4 3 1 0 0 16 25.0
1994-95 29 BOS NHL 5 2 0 2 -4 2 1 1 0 1 13 15.4
Career NHL 93 57 32 89 -9 168 31 25 1 11 291 19.6

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 16 Ridge Meadows Lightning Minor-BC 64 73 68 141 134
1982-83 17 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 72 56 64 120 130
1983-84 18 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 19 8 18 26 29
Career 1 Season Minor-BC 64 73 68 141 134
Career 2 Seasons WHL 91 64 82 146 159

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 17 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 14 9 11 20 17
1982-83 17 Portland Winter Hawks M-Cup 4 5 4 9 6
Career 1 Season M-Cup 4 5 4 9 6
Career 1 Season WHL 14 9 11 20 17

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 13 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Cam Neely 10.4 9.6 9.4 7.2 6.9 6.7 5.5 5.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.0
Simon Gagne 89.3 10.8 9.6 9.5 8.6 7.7 5.9 5.8 4.4 3.9 3.5 1.6
Danny Briere 89.1 10.0 9.3 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.7 6.5 5.5 3.0 2.0 1.8 0.1 0.1
Steve Shutt 88.4 13.4 10.4 9.7 9.4 7.8 6.5 6.1 4.7 4.5 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.4
Yvan Cournoyer 88.0 10.4 10.0 9.3 8.6 8.3 7.2 6.7 6.5 6.0 3.9 2.4 0.7 0.7
Pavol Demitra 87.1 10.9 10.7 10.1 9.7 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.5 6.4 1.3 0.6 0.4 -0.2
Lanny McDonald 86.9 10.0 9.8 9.2 8.6 8.4 6.8 6.6 5.9 4.8 4.4 3.1 2.5 1.7
Busher Jackson 86.4 8.7 7.6 7.0 6.3 6.2 5.1 4.3 3.3 2.8 2.2 2.0 1.4 0.8
Rick Martin 86.3 9.7 9.4 9.1 7.9 7.8 7.3 6.8 6.3 4.4 1.7 0.3
Alex Tanguay 85.6 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 2.8
Jacques Lemaire 84.9 10.9 10.3 9.1 8.4 8.2 7.4 6.9 6.4 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.5
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Cam Neely 10.4 9.6 9.4 7.2 6.9 6.7 5.5 5.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.0
Simon Gagne 89.3 10.8 9.6 9.5 8.6 7.7 5.9 5.8 4.4 3.9 3.5 1.6
Danny Briere 89.0 10.0 9.3 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.7 6.5 5.5 3.0 2.0 1.8 0.1 0.1
Steve Shutt 88.4 13.4 10.4 9.7 9.4 7.8 6.5 6.1 4.7 4.5 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.4
Rick Martin 86.3 9.7 9.4 9.1 7.9 7.8 7.3 6.8 6.3 4.4 1.7 0.3
Alex Tanguay 85.6 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 2.8
Lanny McDonald 85.6 10.0 9.8 9.2 8.6 8.4 6.8 6.6 5.9 4.8 4.4 3.1 2.5 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.6
Jacques Lemaire 84.9 10.9 10.3 9.1 8.4 8.2 7.4 6.9 6.4 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.5
Bun Cook 84.7 6.8 6.6 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 4.9 4.8 3.9 0.9 0.5
Busher Jackson 83.7 8.7 7.6 7.0 6.3 6.2 5.1 4.3 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.2 2.0 1.4 1.1 0.8
Marty Barry 83.5 7.5 7.0 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.1 5.7 4.8 4.2 2.4 0.6 -0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games

1988 NHL
1989 NHL
1990 NHL
1991 NHL
1996 NHL

Awards

1993-94 NHL Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Honors

1987-88 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1989-90 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1990-91 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1993-94 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Goals

1989-90 NHL 55 (3)
1990-91 NHL 51 (2)
1993-94 NHL 50 (8)
1994-95 NHL 27 (9)
Career NHL 395 (89)

Goals Created

1990-91 NHL 39.4 (9)

Plus/Minus

1987-88 NHL 30 (10)

Even Strength Goals

1987-88 NHL 31 (10)
1989-90 NHL 30 (10)
1990-91 NHL 32 (7)
1993-94 NHL 30 (5)
Career NHL 252 (100)

Power Play Goals

1989-90 NHL 25 (2)
1990-91 NHL 18 (6)
1993-94 NHL 20 (9)
1994-95 NHL 16 (1)
Career NHL 142 (52)

Game-Winning Goals

1989-90 NHL 12 (1)
1990-91 NHL 8 (6)
1993-94 NHL 13 (1)
1994-95 NHL 5 (7)
Career NHL 61 (57)

Shots

1994-95 NHL 178 (8)

Shooting Percentage

1993-94 NHL 27.0 (1)
Career NHL 18.4 (26)

Goals Per Game

1989-90 NHL 0.72 (5)
1990-91 NHL 0.74 (2)
1993-94 NHL 1.02 (1)
1994-95 NHL 0.64 (5)
Career NHL 0.54 (14)

Points Per Game

1990-91 NHL 1.32 (9)
1993-94 NHL 1.51 (2)
Career NHL 0.96 (80)

Goals Created Per Game

1989-90 NHL 0.53 (8)
1990-91 NHL 0.57 (4)
1993-94 NHL 0.69 (1)
Career NHL 0.41 (40)

Adjusted Goals

1989-90 NHL 46 (3)
1990-91 NHL 46 (2)
1993-94 NHL 45 (8)
1994-95 NHL 47 (9)

Adjusted Goals Created

1989-90 NHL 33.5 (10)
1990-91 NHL 34.6 (9)

Offensive Point Shares

1989-90 NHL 7.9 (10)
1990-91 NHL 8.8 (7)

Point Shares

1990-91 NHL 10.4 (10)
   

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 6, 1986: Traded to Boston by Vancouver with Vancouver's 1st round choice (Glen Wesley) in 1987 Entry Draft for Barry Pederson, June 6, 1986.

October 15, 1991: Missed majority of 1991-92 due to thigh (October 15, 1991) and knee (January 1992) injuries.

September 17, 1992: Missed majority of 1992-93 due to knee surgery, September 17, 1992.

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