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Murray Oliver

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-10    Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: November 14, 1937 in Hamilton, Ontario

Coaching Record

* Sweater numbers are available 1951-1970, 1972-1994, and 1999-2008.
7
Detroit Red Wings
1958		 17
Detroit Red Wings
1960		 8
Detroit Red Wings
1961		 16
Boston Bruins
1961-1967		 11
Toronto Maple Leafs
1968-1970		 10
Minnesota North Stars
1972-1975

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
1957-58 20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 0.31 0
1959-60 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 54 20 19 39 0.72 16 0.29 16
1960-61 23 2 Teams NHL 70 17 22 39 0.56 15 0.22 16
1960-61 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 49 11 12 23 0.47 9 0.19 8
1960-61 23 Boston Bruins NHL 21 6 10 16 0.76 6 0.29 8
1961-62 24 Boston Bruins NHL 70 17 29 46 0.66 17 0.25 21
1962-63 25 Boston Bruins NHL 65 22 40 62 0.95 23 0.35 38
1963-64 26 Boston Bruins NHL 70 24 44 68 0.97 25 0.35 41 19 5 0 2
1964-65 27 Boston Bruins NHL 65 20 23 43 0.66 17 0.27 30 14 6 0 4
1965-66 28 Boston Bruins NHL 70 18 42 60 0.86 22 0.31 30 13 5 0 3
1966-67 29 Boston Bruins NHL 65 9 26 35 0.54 13 0.20 16 8 1 0 2
1967-68 30 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 16 21 37 0.50 15 0.20 54 10 42 6 8 18 14 2 0 2 155 2.09 10.3
1968-69 31 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 76 14 36 50 0.66 18 0.24 78 11 66 11 12 16 9 3 2 3 192 2.53 7.3
1969-70 32 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 76 14 33 47 0.62 17 0.23 66 23 75 13 -19 16 9 5 0 3 200 2.63 7.0
1970-71 33 Minnesota North Stars NHL 61 9 23 32 0.52 11 0.19 49 21 58 30 0 8 5 3 1 0 115 1.89 7.8
1971-72 34 Minnesota North Stars NHL 77 27 29 56 0.73 22 0.29 88 37 50 8 9 16 20 7 0 4 191 2.48 14.1
1972-73 35 Minnesota North Stars NHL 75 11 31 42 0.56 15 0.20 55 7 68 24 4 10 9 2 0 2 174 2.32 6.3
1973-74 36 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 17 20 37 0.47 14 0.19 53 7 95 36 -13 4 13 3 1 0 146 1.87 11.6
1974-75 37 Minnesota North Stars NHL 80 19 15 34 0.43 14 0.18 48 11 109 53 -19 24 15 3 1 1 137 1.71 13.9
Career NHL 1127 274 454 728 0.65 274 0.24 491 127 563 181 -18 320 148 45 5 26 1310 2.19 9.7

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
1959-60 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 1 0 1 0.17 4
1968-69 31 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 4 1 2 3 0.75 0 1 0 0 0
1970-71 33 Minnesota North Stars NHL 12 7 4 11 0.92 0 5 2 0 0
1971-72 34 Minnesota North Stars NHL 7 0 6 6 0.86 4 0 0 0 0
1972-73 35 Minnesota North Stars NHL 6 0 4 4 0.67 2 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 35 9 16 25 0.71 10 6 2 0 0

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
1953-54 16 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA-Jr. 2 0 2 2 1.00 0
1954-55 17 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA-Jr. 39 5 13 18 0.46 19
1955-56 18 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA-Jr. 5 1 1 2 0.40 2
1956-57 19 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA-Jr. 52 17 42 59 1.13 20
1957-58 20 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA-Jr. 52 34 56 90 1.73 37
1958-59 21 Edmonton Flyers WHL 64 33 34 67 1.05 35
1959-60 22 Edmonton Flyers WHL 16 8 12 20 1.25 6
Career OHA-Jr. 150 57 114 171 1.14 78
Career WHL 80 41 46 87 1.09 41

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
1953-54 16 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA-Jr. 5 1 0 1 0.20 0
1954-55 17 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA-Jr. 3 2 0 2 0.67 0
1956-57 19 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA-Jr. 4 3 1 4 1.00 0
1957-58 20 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA-Jr. 4 2 5 7 1.75 8
1958-59 21 Edmonton Flyers WHL 3 1 1 2 0.67 0
Career OHA-Jr. 16 8 6 14 0.88 8
Career WHL 3 1 1 2 0.67 0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1963 NHL
1964 NHL
1965 NHL
1967 NHL
1968 NHL

Games Played

1960-61 NHL 70 (1)
 1961-62 NHL 70 (1)
 1963-64 NHL 70 (2)
1965-66 NHL 70 (2)
1967-68 NHL 74 (2)
1968-69 NHL 76 (2)
1969-70 NHL 76 (1)
 1973-74 NHL 78 (1)
 1974-75 NHL 80 (1)

Goals

1963-64 NHL 24 (9)

Assists

1962-63 NHL 40 (8)
1963-64 NHL 44 (6)
1965-66 NHL 42 (6)

Assists Per Game

1962-63 NHL 0.62 (7)
1963-64 NHL 0.63 (6)
1965-66 NHL 0.60 (8)

Points

1962-63 NHL 62 (9)
1963-64 NHL 68 (7)
1965-66 NHL 60 (10)

Points Per Game

1962-63 NHL 0.95 (9)
1963-64 NHL 0.97 (7)

Goals Created

1963-64 NHL 24.8 (7)

Goals Created Per Game

1963-64 NHL 0.35 (8)

Power Play Goals Against

1973-74 NHL 36 (9)
1974-75 NHL 53 (1)

Even Strength Goals

1963-64 NHL 19 (7)

Short-Handed Goals

1968-69 NHL 2 (8)

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

January 23, 1961: Traded to Boston by Detroit with Gary Aldcorn and Tom McCarthy for Vic Stasiuk and Leo Labine, January 23, 1961.

May 15, 1967: Traded to Toronto by Boston with cash for Eddie Shack, May 15, 1967.

May 22, 1970: Traded to Minnesota by Toronto for Terry O'Malley, the rights to Brian Conacher and cash, May 22, 1970.