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Dennis O'Brien

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: June 10, 1949 in Port Hope, Ontario

Drafted by the Minnesota North Stars in the 2nd round (14th overall) of the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft.

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
1968-69 19 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA-Jr. 52 1 19 20 0.38 235
1969-70 20 Iowa Stars CHL 72 2 18 20 0.28 331
1970-71 21 Minnesota North Stars NHL 27 3 2 5 0.19 2 0.08 11 0 17 4 -2 29 3 0 0 0 15 0.56 20.0
1970-71 21 Cleveland Barons AHL 27 1 6 7 0.26 100
1971-72 22 Minnesota North Stars NHL 70 3 6 9 0.13 3 0.05 36 3 27 5 11 108 3 0 0 1 68 0.97 4.4
1972-73 23 Minnesota North Stars NHL 74 3 11 14 0.19 5 0.06 65 3 63 12 11 75 3 0 0 0 58 0.78 5.2
1973-74 24 Minnesota North Stars NHL 77 5 12 17 0.22 6 0.08 67 0 61 4 10 166 5 0 0 2 66 0.86 7.6
1974-75 25 Minnesota North Stars NHL 56 6 10 16 0.29 6 0.11 58 6 87 24 -11 125 5 0 1 1 79 1.41 7.6
1975-76 26 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 1 14 15 0.19 5 0.06 58 7 117 40 -26 187 1 0 0 0 72 0.92 1.4
1976-77 27 Minnesota North Stars NHL 75 6 18 24 0.32 8 0.11 74 5 116 12 -35 114 4 2 0 1 74 0.99 8.1
1977-78 28 4 Teams NHL 68 2 10 12 0.18 4 0.06 63 2 93 10 -22 104 2 0 0 0 49 0.72 4.1
1977-78 28 Minnesota North Stars NHL 13 0 2 2 0.15 1 0.05 13 2 20 4 -5 32 0 0 0 0 8 0.62 0.0
1977-78 28 Colorado Rockies NHL 16 0 2 2 0.13 1 0.04 8 0 19 1 -10 12 0 0 0 0 9 0.56 0.0
1977-78 28 Cleveland Barons NHL 23 0 3 3 0.13 1 0.04 19 0 34 2 -13 31 0 0 0 0 17 0.74 0.0
1977-78 28 Boston Bruins NHL 16 2 3 5 0.31 2 0.12 23 0 20 3 6 29 2 0 0 0 15 0.94 13.3
1978-79 29 Boston Bruins NHL 64 2 8 10 0.16 3 0.05 75 1 83 25 16 107 2 0 0 0 73 1.14 2.7
1978-79 29 Rochester Americans AHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 2
1979-80 30 Boston Bruins NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 4 0 -4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.67 0.0
1979-80 30 Binghamton Dusters AHL 6 2 5 7 1.17 65
Career NHL 592 31 91 122 0.21 43 0.07 507 27 668 136 -52 1017 28 2 1 5 556 0.94 5.6

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
1968-69 19 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA-Jr. 18 1 7 8 0.44 72
1969-70 20 Iowa Stars CHL 11 0 2 2 0.18 30
1970-71 21 Minnesota North Stars NHL 9 0 0 0 0.00 20 0 0 0 0
1971-72 22 Minnesota North Stars NHL 3 0 1 1 0.33 11 0 0 0 0
1972-73 23 Minnesota North Stars NHL 6 1 0 1 0.17 38 1 0 0 0
1976-77 27 Minnesota North Stars NHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0
1977-78 28 Boston Bruins NHL 14 0 1 1 0.07 28 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 34 1 2 3 0.09 101 1 0 0 0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Penalties in Minutes

1973-74 NHL 166 (8)

Transactions

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December 2, 1977: Claimed on waivers by Colorado from Minnesota, December 2, 1977.

January 12, 1978: Traded to Cleveland by Colorado for Mike Christie, January 12, 1978.

March 10, 1978: Claimed on waivers by Boston from Cleveland, March 10, 1978.