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Mike O'Connell

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-9    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: November 25, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois

Drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 3rd round (43rd overall) of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.

Coaching Record

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:26AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #505. Patrice Brisebois… #505. Steve Chiasson… #507. MIKE O'CONNELL… #507. Michal Pivonka… #509. Leo Reise… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 22 CBH NHL 6 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 14.3
1978-79 23 CBH NHL 48 4 22 26 8 -1 20 3 1 0 0 83 4.8
1979-80 24 CBH NHL 78 8 22 30 10 -2 52 6 2 0 2 158 5.1
1980-81 25 TOT NHL 82 15 38 53 19 4 74 10 3 2 0 175 8.6
1980-81 25 CBH NHL 34 5 16 21 7 5 32 3 1 1 0 79 6.3
1980-81 25 BOS NHL 48 10 22 32 12 -1 42 7 2 1 0 96 10.4
1981-82 26 BOS NHL 80 5 34 39 12 8 75 4 1 0 0 170 2.9
1982-83 27 BOS NHL 80 14 39 53 18 44 42 6 7 1 5 168 8.3
1983-84 28 BOS NHL 75 18 42 60 22 18 42 9 9 0 1 194 9.3
1984-85 29 BOS NHL 78 15 40 55 19 3 64 7 8 0 2 257 5.8
1985-86 30 TOT NHL 76 9 28 37 13 -14 63 3 4 2 0 212 4.2
1985-86 30 BOS NHL 63 8 21 29 10 -8 47 3 4 1 0 174 4.6
1985-86 30 DET NHL 13 1 7 8 2 -6 16 0 0 1 0 38 2.6
1986-87 31 DET NHL 77 5 26 31 10 -25 70 1 3 1 0 141 3.5
1987-88 32 DET NHL 48 6 13 19 7 24 38 6 0 0 0 68 8.8
1988-89 33 DET NHL 66 1 15 16 5 -8 41 1 0 0 0 49 2.0
1989-90 34 DET NHL 66 4 14 18 6 -12 22 4 0 0 0 57 7.0
Career NHL 860 105 334 439 149 39 605 61 38 6 10 1739 6.0

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
1977-78 22 CBH NHL 6 0.17 0.17 0.33 0.14 0.33 1.17 1 1 2 1 4 0 4 0 0 0.1 0.4 0.5
1978-79 23 CBH NHL 48 0.08 0.46 0.54 0.17 0.42 1.73 3 19 22 7 66 13 68 14 -1 1.3 2.6 3.9
1979-80 24 CBH NHL 78 0.10 0.28 0.38 0.13 0.67 2.03 7 19 26 9 85 17 93 23 -2 1.3 5.1 6.4
1980-81 25 TOT NHL 82 0.18 0.46 0.65 0.23 0.90 2.13 12 29 41 14 129 47 105 27 4 3.1 4.3 7.5
1980-81 25 CBH NHL 34 0.15 0.47 0.62 0.21 0.94 2.32 4 12 16 5 54 15 50 16 5 1.1 1.8 3.0
1980-81 25 BOS NHL 48 0.21 0.46 0.67 0.24 0.88 2.00 8 17 25 9 75 32 55 11 -1 2.0 2.5 4.5
1981-82 26 BOS NHL 80 0.06 0.43 0.49 0.15 0.94 2.13 4 25 29 9 142 33 130 29 8 1.4 4.9 6.4
1982-83 27 BOS NHL 80 0.18 0.49 0.66 0.23 0.53 2.10 11 32 43 15 153 46 90 27 44 3.2 6.6 9.8
1983-84 28 BOS NHL 75 0.24 0.56 0.80 0.29 0.56 2.59 14 33 47 17 151 52 116 35 18 3.9 5.3 9.2
1984-85 29 BOS NHL 78 0.19 0.51 0.71 0.24 0.82 3.29 12 32 44 15 149 55 119 28 3 3.3 4.5 7.8
1985-86 30 TOT NHL 76 0.12 0.37 0.49 0.17 0.83 2.79 7 21 28 10 122 49 117 30 -14 1.7 3.4 5.1
1985-86 30 BOS NHL 63 0.13 0.33 0.46 0.16 0.75 2.76 6 16 22 8 99 39 94 26 -8 1.3 3.1 4.4
1985-86 30 DET NHL 13 0.08 0.54 0.62 0.19 1.23 2.92 1 5 6 2 23 10 23 4 -6 0.4 0.3 0.7
1986-87 31 DET NHL 77 0.06 0.34 0.40 0.13 0.91 1.83 4 22 26 8 104 37 117 25 -25 1.1 3.2 4.3
1987-88 32 DET NHL 48 0.13 0.27 0.40 0.14 0.79 1.42 5 11 16 6 71 15 53 21 24 0.8 3.5 4.3
1988-89 33 DET NHL 66 0.02 0.23 0.24 0.07 0.62 0.74 1 12 13 4 79 15 104 32 -8 -0.1 2.4 2.3
1989-90 34 DET NHL 66 0.06 0.21 0.27 0.09 0.33 0.86 3 12 15 5 68 6 109 35 -12 0.3 2.0 2.3
Career NHL 860 0.12 0.39 0.51 0.17 0.70 2.02 84 268 352 119 1323 385 1225 326 39 21.5 48.4 69.9

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 23 CBH NHL 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
1979-80 24 CBH NHL 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1980-81 25 BOS NHL 3 1 3 4 2 0 0 1 0
1981-82 26 BOS NHL 11 2 2 4 20 2 0 0 0
1982-83 27 BOS NHL 17 3 5 8 12 1 2 0 1
1983-84 28 BOS NHL 3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.0
1984-85 29 BOS NHL 5 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 9.1
1986-87 31 DET NHL 16 1 4 5 2 14 1 0 0 0 23 4.3
1987-88 32 DET NHL 10 0 4 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1988-89 33 DET NHL 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
Career NHL 82 8 24 32 2 64 4 3 1 1 68 2.9

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 18 Kingston Canadians OHA-Jr. 70 16 43 59 81
1974-75 19 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 50 18 55 73 47
1975-76 20 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 70 6 37 43 50
1976-77 21 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 63 15 53 68 30
1977-78 22 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 62 6 45 51 75
1978-79 23 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 35 5 19 24 19
1981-82 26 United States Can-Cup 4 1 3 4 2
1984-85 29 United States WEC-A 8 1 0 1 2
Career 1 Season AHL 35 5 19 24 19
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 4 1 3 4 2
Career 3 Seasons CHL 195 27 135 162 155
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 70 16 43 59 81
Career 1 Season OMJHL 50 18 55 73 47
Career 1 Season WEC-A 8 1 0 1 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 19 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 8 1 3 4 8
1975-76 20 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 10 2 8 10 8
1976-77 21 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 5 1 4 5 0
1977-78 22 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 13 1 11 12 8
Career 3 Seasons CHL 28 4 23 27 16
Career 1 Season OMJHL 8 1 3 4 8

Similarity Scores

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Thru 13 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Mike O'Connell 9.8 9.2 7.8 7.5 6.4 6.4 5.1 4.3 4.3 3.9 2.3 2.3 0.5
Sylvain Cote 94.8 10.0 9.3 7.5 6.4 5.9 5.3 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.7 2.2 1.9 0.1
Al Iafrate 93.5 10.2 9.5 7.4 6.9 5.9 4.9 4.7 3.8 3.8 3.2 2.5 1.7
Bill Gadsby 92.2 8.9 8.2 7.7 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.9 3.6 2.9 2.3 2.3 1.2
Jerry Korab 91.1 9.9 8.9 7.9 7.7 7.1 7.1 5.8 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.3 2.8 1.9
Dave Babych 90.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 6.7 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.0 4.9 4.8 3.0 2.8 0.6
Jimmy Thomson 89.7 8.8 7.2 6.7 6.6 6.4 5.4 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.7 3.1 0.3
Derian Hatcher 89.3 9.3 8.6 7.3 7.0 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.8 3.7 3.4 2.7 1.0
Jim Neilson 89.3 8.9 8.4 8.3 7.5 6.1 4.9 4.7 4.3 3.9 3.4 2.9 2.3 2.3
Carol Vadnais 89.0 10.0 9.5 8.5 7.9 6.9 6.5 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.6 4.6 1.3 0.7
Ott Heller 88.8 6.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.2 2.0 1.8
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Mike O'Connell 9.8 9.2 7.8 7.5 6.4 6.4 5.1 4.3 4.3 3.9 2.3 2.3 0.5
Al Iafrate 93.5 10.2 9.5 7.4 6.9 5.9 4.9 4.7 3.8 3.8 3.2 2.5 1.7
Jimmy Thomson 89.7 8.8 7.2 6.7 6.6 6.4 5.4 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.7 3.1 0.3
Adrian Aucoin 89.4 10.3 8.5 7.3 7.1 6.3 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.1 3.6 3.5 1.7 1.1 0.5 0.3
Dallas Smith 89.2 10.4 8.1 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.3 4.9 4.2 2.3 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0
Steve Smith 89.0 9.1 8.2 7.9 7.6 5.8 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.9 2.6 1.0 0.4 -0.1 -0.2
Rod Seiling 88.9 9.0 8.7 8.2 7.3 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.7 4.3 4.0 3.7 2.6 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.1 0.1
Jerry Korab 88.6 9.9 8.9 7.9 7.7 7.1 7.1 5.8 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.8 1.9 1.3
Doug Crossman 88.1 8.1 7.9 6.8 6.6 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.2 4.7 4.3 2.6 2.4 1.7 0.1
Dick Redmond 87.1 11.3 9.3 9.2 7.0 6.3 6.2 5.9 4.4 2.7 1.9 1.2 0.3 0.2
Philippe Boucher 86.8 10.5 9.8 7.6 7.2 6.7 5.0 3.6 3.2 2.9 2.3 2.2 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1984 NHL

Games Played

1980-81 NHL 82 (1)
 1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1982-83 NHL 80 (1)

Plus/Minus

1982-83 NHL 44 (7)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1982-83 NHL 153 (8)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 1225 (89)

Defensive Point Shares

1982-83 NHL 6.6 (1)
 		   

Transactions

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December 18, 1980: Traded to Boston by Chicago for Al Secord, December 18, 1980.

March 10, 1986: Traded to Detroit by Boston for Reed Larson, March 10, 1986.

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