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Brent Peterson

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: February 15, 1958 in Calgary, Alberta

Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1st round (12th overall) of the 1978 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
1978-79 20 DET NHL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1979-80 21 DET NHL 18 1 2 3 1 -1 2 1 0 0 0 6 16.7
1980-81 22 DET NHL 53 6 18 24 8 2 24 5 1 0 1 40 15.0
1981-82 23 TOT NHL 61 10 5 15 7 -9 49 10 0 0 0 51 19.6
1981-82 23 DET NHL 15 1 0 1 1 -6 6 1 0 0 0 10 10.0
1981-82 23 BUF NHL 46 9 5 14 6 -3 43 9 0 0 0 41 22.0
1982-83 24 BUF NHL 75 13 24 37 14 10 38 11 1 1 0 98 13.3
1983-84 25 BUF NHL 70 9 12 21 8 3 52 9 0 0 0 81 11.1
1984-85 26 BUF NHL 74 12 22 34 12 18 47 9 2 1 2 104 11.5
1985-86 27 VAN NHL 77 8 23 31 11 -10 94 5 0 3 2 86 9.3
1986-87 28 VAN NHL 69 7 15 22 8 -14 77 4 2 1 2 71 9.9
1987-88 29 HAR NHL 52 2 7 9 3 -9 40 2 0 0 0 33 6.1
1988-89 30 HAR NHL 66 4 13 17 6 2 61 4 0 0 2 56 7.1
Career NHL 620 72 141 213 79 -8 484 60 6 6 9 633 11.4

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
1978-79 20 DET NHL 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.40 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1979-80 21 DET NHL 18 0.06 0.11 0.17 0.06 0.11 0.33 1 2 3 1 5 0 7 1 -1 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
1980-81 22 DET NHL 53 0.11 0.34 0.45 0.16 0.45 0.75 5 14 19 7 33 5 40 14 2 0.0 0.9 1.0
1981-82 23 TOT NHL 61 0.16 0.08 0.25 0.11 0.80 0.84 8 4 12 5 27 7 45 16 -9 -0.8 0.6 -0.2
1981-82 23 DET NHL 15 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.04 0.40 0.67 1 0 1 1 2 0 16 8 -6 -0.5 0.1 -0.4
1981-82 23 BUF NHL 46 0.20 0.11 0.30 0.14 0.93 0.89 7 4 11 5 25 7 29 8 -3 -0.4 0.6 0.2
1982-83 24 BUF NHL 75 0.17 0.32 0.49 0.18 0.51 1.31 10 19 29 11 57 5 57 15 10 0.6 1.3 1.9
1983-84 25 BUF NHL 70 0.13 0.17 0.30 0.12 0.74 1.16 7 9 16 6 35 2 47 17 3 -0.6 1.1 0.5
1984-85 26 BUF NHL 74 0.16 0.30 0.46 0.17 0.64 1.41 10 17 27 10 45 4 37 14 18 0.3 1.7 2.1
1985-86 27 VAN NHL 77 0.10 0.30 0.40 0.14 1.22 1.12 6 18 24 8 65 15 95 35 -10 -0.3 1.1 0.8
1986-87 28 VAN NHL 69 0.10 0.22 0.32 0.12 1.12 1.03 6 13 19 7 34 3 82 37 -14 -0.5 0.7 0.2
1987-88 29 HAR NHL 52 0.04 0.13 0.17 0.06 0.77 0.63 2 6 8 3 12 1 41 21 -9 -1.2 0.7 -0.5
1988-89 30 HAR NHL 66 0.06 0.20 0.26 0.09 0.92 0.85 3 11 14 5 22 0 60 40 2 -1.0 1.0 0.0
Career NHL 620 0.12 0.23 0.34 0.13 0.78 1.02 58 113 171 62 336 42 512 210 -8 -4.0 9.4 5.4

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 23 BUF NHL 4 1 0 1 12 0 1 0 0
1982-83 24 BUF NHL 10 1 2 3 28 1 0 0 1
1983-84 25 BUF NHL 3 0 1 1 -2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1984-85 26 BUF NHL 5 0 0 0 -2 6 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1985-86 27 VAN NHL 3 2 0 2 -4 9 1 1 0 0 5 40.0
1987-88 29 HAR NHL 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1988-89 30 HAR NHL 2 0 1 1 -1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
Career NHL 31 4 4 8 -9 65 2 2 0 1 16 12.5

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 16 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 66 17 26 43 44
1975-76 17 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 70 22 39 61 57
1976-77 18 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 69 34 78 112 98
1977-78 19 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 51 33 50 83 95
1979-80 21 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 52 9 22 31 61
1980-81 22 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 3 1 0 1 10
Career 2 Seasons AHL 55 10 22 32 71
Career 4 Seasons WCJHL 256 106 193 299 294

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 17 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 5 4 2 6 7
1976-77 18 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 10 3 8 11 8
1977-78 19 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 3 1 1 2 2
1979-80 21 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 5 0 0 0 6
Career 1 Season AHL 5 0 0 0 6
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 18 8 11 19 17

Similarity Scores

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Thru 11 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Brent Peterson 2.1 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5
Gary Lupul 77.7 2.3 2.2 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.2 -0.1
Michel Picard 77.6 2.5 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.4
Tex White 74.7 1.8 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.3
Chris Nilan 74.5 2.3 2.1 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.8
Steve Begin 74.4 2.0 1.8 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Kent-Erik Andersson 73.5 2.5 1.8 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0
Brad Richardson 72.9 2.3 2.0 1.1 0.7 0.1 -0.2
Kris Draper 72.6 2.4 2.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4
Mike Rupp 72.5 2.3 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0
Andre Roy 71.4 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Brent Peterson 2.1 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5
Gary Lupul 77.7 2.3 2.2 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.2 -0.1
Michel Picard 77.6 2.5 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.4
Tex White 74.7 1.8 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.3
Kent-Erik Andersson 73.5 2.5 1.8 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0
Brad Richardson 72.9 2.3 2.0 1.1 0.7 0.1 -0.2
Mike Rupp 72.5 2.3 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0
Andre Roy 71.4 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3
Randy Pierce 71.4 2.4 2.4 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Steve Begin 71.2 2.0 1.8 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
Bob Carse 68.6 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.5 0.2

Transactions

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December 2, 1981: Traded to Buffalo by Detroit with Mike Foligno and Dale McCourt for Danny Gare, Jim Schoenfeld and Derek Smith, December 2, 1981.

October 7, 1985: Claimed by Vancouver from Buffalo in Waiver Draft, October 7, 1985.

October 5, 1987: Claimed by Hartford from Vancouver in Waiver Draft, October 5, 1987.

June 19, 1998: Named Assistant Coach by Nashville, June 19, 1998.

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