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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.

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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
1970-71 21 MNS NHL 27 3 2 5 2 -2 29 3 0 0 0 15 20.0
1971-72 22 MNS NHL 70 3 6 9 3 11 108 3 0 0 1 68 4.4
1972-73 23 MNS NHL 74 3 11 14 5 11 75 3 0 0 0 58 5.2
1973-74 24 MNS NHL 77 5 12 17 6 10 166 5 0 0 2 66 7.6
1974-75 25 MNS NHL 56 6 10 16 6 -11 125 5 0 1 1 79 7.6
1975-76 26 MNS NHL 78 1 14 15 4 -26 187 1 0 0 0 72 1.4
1976-77 27 MNS NHL 75 6 18 24 8 -35 114 4 2 0 1 74 8.1
1977-78 28 TOT NHL 68 2 10 12 4 -22 104 2 0 0 0 49 4.1
1977-78 28 MNS NHL 13 0 2 2 1 -5 32 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1977-78 28 CLR NHL 16 0 2 2 1 -10 12 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1977-78 28 CLE NHL 23 0 3 3 1 -13 31 0 0 0 0 17 0.0
1977-78 28 BOS NHL 16 2 3 5 2 6 29 2 0 0 0 15 13.3
1978-79 29 BOS NHL 64 2 8 10 3 16 107 2 0 0 0 73 2.7
1979-80 30 BOS NHL 3 0 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Career NHL 592 31 91 122 42 -52 1017 28 2 1 5 556 5.6

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
1970-71 21 MNS NHL 27 0.11 0.07 0.19 0.08 1.07 0.56 3 2 5 2 11 0 17 4 -2 0.2 1.7 1.9
1971-72 22 MNS NHL 70 0.04 0.09 0.13 0.05 1.54 0.97 3 6 9 3 36 3 27 5 11 -0.4 5.7 5.2
1972-73 23 MNS NHL 74 0.04 0.15 0.19 0.06 1.01 0.78 3 10 13 4 65 3 63 12 11 0.0 4.5 4.5
1973-74 24 MNS NHL 77 0.06 0.16 0.22 0.08 2.16 0.86 5 11 16 6 67 0 61 4 10 0.3 5.2 5.5
1974-75 25 MNS NHL 56 0.11 0.18 0.29 0.11 2.23 1.41 5 9 14 5 58 6 87 24 -11 0.6 2.4 3.0
1975-76 26 MNS NHL 78 0.01 0.18 0.19 0.06 2.40 0.92 1 12 13 4 58 7 117 40 -26 -0.3 3.3 3.0
1976-77 27 MNS NHL 75 0.08 0.24 0.32 0.11 1.52 0.99 5 16 21 7 74 5 116 12 -35 0.9 2.1 3.0
1977-78 28 TOT NHL 68 0.03 0.15 0.18 0.06 1.53 0.72 2 10 12 4 63 2 93 10 -22 -0.3 2.1 1.7
1977-78 28 MNS NHL 13 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.04 2.46 0.62 0 2 2 1 13 2 20 4 -5 -0.1 0.4 0.3
1977-78 28 CLR NHL 16 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.03 0.75 0.56 0 2 2 1 8 0 19 1 -10 -0.2 0.3 0.1
1977-78 28 CLE NHL 23 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.04 1.35 0.74 0 3 3 1 19 0 34 2 -13 -0.2 0.4 0.2
1977-78 28 BOS NHL 16 0.13 0.19 0.31 0.12 1.81 0.94 2 3 5 2 23 0 20 3 6 0.2 0.9 1.2
1978-79 29 BOS NHL 64 0.03 0.13 0.16 0.05 1.67 1.14 2 7 9 3 75 1 83 25 16 -0.4 3.6 3.2
1979-80 30 BOS NHL 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.67 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -4 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Career NHL 592 0.05 0.15 0.21 0.07 1.72 0.94 29 83 112 38 507 27 668 136 -52 0.4 30.4 30.8

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1970-71 21 MNS NHL 9 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
1971-72 22 MNS NHL 3 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 0
1972-73 23 MNS NHL 6 1 0 1 38 1 0 0 0
1976-77 27 MNS NHL 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
1977-78 28 BOS NHL 14 0 1 1 28 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 34 1 2 3 101 1 0 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
1968-69 19 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA-Jr. 52 1 19 20 235
1969-70 20 Iowa Stars CHL 72 2 18 20 331
1970-71 21 Cleveland Barons AHL 27 1 6 7 100
1978-79 29 Rochester Americans AHL 2 0 0 0 2
1979-80 30 Binghamton Dusters AHL 6 2 5 7 65
Career 3 Seasons AHL 35 3 11 14 167
Career 1 Season CHL 72 2 18 20 331
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 52 1 19 20 235

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1968-69 19 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA-Jr. 18 1 7 8 72
1969-70 20 Iowa Stars CHL 11 0 2 2 30
Career 1 Season CHL 11 0 2 2 30
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 18 1 7 8 72

Similarity Scores

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Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Dennis O'Brien 5.5 5.2 4.5 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.9 1.7 -0.1
Danny Markov 92.1 5.3 5.2 4.3 4.1 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.0 1.7
Brian Glennie 90.3 5.7 5.5 4.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.4 1.9 1.2
Mike Rathje 89.7 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.2 1.9 1.9 1.7 0.0
Kevin Haller 89.5 5.3 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.6 2.4 1.9 0.1
Hap Day 88.8 4.2 3.6 3.4 3.2 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.1 0.7
Jason Smith 88.8 5.7 5.1 4.8 4.0 4.0 3.3 2.9 1.8 1.3 -0.1
Henrik Tallinder 88.3 5.7 5.3 5.2 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.4 0.0
Art Wiebe 88.2 4.1 3.2 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.5 0.2
Dave Burrows 88.0 5.7 5.1 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.2 1.0
Cory Cross 87.7 4.9 4.1 3.8 3.0 3.0 2.4 1.9 1.8 1.6 0.0
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Dennis O'Brien 5.5 5.2 4.5 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.9 1.7 -0.1
Danny Markov 92.1 5.3 5.2 4.3 4.1 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.0 1.7
Brian Glennie 90.3 5.7 5.5 4.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.4 1.9 1.2
Henrik Tallinder 88.3 5.7 5.3 5.2 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.4 0.0
Dave Burrows 88.0 5.7 5.1 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.2 1.0
Alexei Gusarov 87.5 5.7 5.2 4.5 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 1.6 1.4 0.7 0.5
Bill Juzda 86.8 5.4 4.7 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.1 1.4 0.2
Bob Lorimer 86.2 6.0 5.4 4.9 4.1 2.8 2.7 2.2 0.8 0.3 0.1
Andrew Ference 86.2 5.4 4.5 4.3 3.5 3.0 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.4 0.8
Barret Jackman 86.0 5.8 5.4 4.1 3.8 3.0 2.8 2.7 0.8 0.0
Frantisek Kucera 85.8 5.3 4.5 4.0 3.9 3.1 2.9 2.5 1.7 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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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.

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