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Dean Prentice

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: October 5, 1932 in Schumacher, Ontario

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:56AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #281. DEAN PRENTICE… #282. Kimmo Timonen… #282. Dick Duff… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1952-53 20 NYR NHL 55 6 3 9 4 20
1953-54 21 NYR NHL 52 4 13 17 6 18
1954-55 22 NYR NHL 70 16 15 31 13 20
1955-56 23 NYR NHL 70 24 18 42 18 44
1956-57 24 NYR NHL 68 19 23 42 17 38
1957-58 25 NYR NHL 38 13 9 22 10 14
1958-59 26 NYR NHL 70 17 33 50 18 11
1959-60 27 NYR NHL 70 32 34 66 27 43
1960-61 28 NYR NHL 56 20 25 45 18 17
1961-62 29 NYR NHL 68 22 38 60 22 20
1962-63 30 TOT NHL 68 19 34 53 20 22
1962-63 30 NYR NHL 49 13 25 38 14 18
1962-63 30 BOS NHL 19 6 9 15 6 4
1963-64 31 BOS NHL 70 23 16 39 17 37 17 5 1 3
1964-65 32 BOS NHL 31 14 9 23 10 12 10 3 1 2
1965-66 33 TOT NHL 69 13 31 44 16 18 9 3 1 2
1965-66 33 BOS NHL 50 7 22 29 10 10 4 3 0 1
1965-66 33 DET NHL 19 6 9 15 6 8 5 0 1 1
1966-67 34 DET NHL 68 23 22 45 18 18 17 5 1 1
1967-68 35 DET NHL 69 17 38 55 20 7 42 12 4 1 2 174 9.8
1968-69 36 DET NHL 74 14 20 34 13 -8 18 11 2 1 1 191 7.3
1969-70 37 PIT NHL 75 26 25 51 21 -20 14 14 12 0 2 205 12.7
1970-71 38 PIT NHL 69 21 17 38 16 -8 18 14 7 0 2 135 15.6
1971-72 39 MNS NHL 71 20 27 47 18 4 14 13 7 0 1 207 9.7
1972-73 40 MNS NHL 73 26 16 42 18 3 22 21 5 0 5 168 15.5
1973-74 41 MNS NHL 24 2 3 5 2 -11 4 2 0 0 0 36 5.6
Career NHL 1378 391 469 860 344 -33 484 140 53 6 21 1116 11.3

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
1952-53 20 NYR NHL 55 0.11 0.05 0.16 0.08 0.36 8 4 12 5 -0.9 0.5 -0.4
1953-54 21 NYR NHL 52 0.08 0.25 0.33 0.12 0.35 5 18 23 8 0.2 0.6 0.8
1954-55 22 NYR NHL 70 0.23 0.21 0.44 0.19 0.29 21 21 42 17 2.0 0.7 2.7
1955-56 23 NYR NHL 70 0.34 0.26 0.60 0.26 0.63 31 24 55 23 3.9 0.8 4.7
1956-57 24 NYR NHL 68 0.28 0.34 0.62 0.25 0.56 23 29 52 20 3.1 0.6 3.8
1957-58 25 NYR NHL 38 0.34 0.24 0.58 0.26 0.37 15 10 25 11 1.7 0.6 2.3
1958-59 26 NYR NHL 70 0.24 0.47 0.71 0.26 0.16 19 38 57 21 3.2 0.9 4.1
1959-60 27 NYR NHL 70 0.46 0.49 0.94 0.39 0.61 36 38 74 30 6.2 0.7 6.8
1960-61 28 NYR NHL 56 0.36 0.45 0.80 0.32 0.30 21 27 48 19 3.4 0.5 4.0
1961-62 29 NYR NHL 68 0.32 0.56 0.88 0.33 0.29 23 40 63 23 4.2 1.1 5.3
1962-63 30 TOT NHL 68 0.28 0.50 0.78 0.29 0.32 20 37 57 21 3.5 0.7 4.2
1962-63 30 NYR NHL 49 0.27 0.51 0.78 0.29 0.37 14 27 41 15 2.5 0.6 3.1
1962-63 30 BOS NHL 19 0.32 0.47 0.79 0.30 0.21 6 10 16 6 1.0 0.1 1.1
1963-64 31 BOS NHL 70 0.33 0.23 0.56 0.24 0.53 26 18 44 19 2.8 0.8 3.6
1964-65 32 BOS NHL 31 0.45 0.29 0.74 0.33 0.39 15 10 25 11 2.2 0.3 2.5
1965-66 33 TOT NHL 69 0.19 0.45 0.64 0.23 0.26 13 32 45 16 1.9 0.7 2.6
1965-66 33 BOS NHL 50 0.14 0.44 0.58 0.20 0.20 7 23 30 10 0.9 0.4 1.3
1965-66 33 DET NHL 19 0.32 0.47 0.79 0.30 0.42 6 9 15 6 1.0 0.3 1.3
1966-67 34 DET NHL 68 0.34 0.32 0.66 0.27 0.26 25 24 49 20 3.1 0.7 3.8
1967-68 35 DET NHL 69 0.25 0.55 0.80 0.29 0.61 2.52 18 42 60 21 77 14 71 15 7 3.9 0.9 4.8
1968-69 36 DET NHL 74 0.19 0.27 0.46 0.18 0.24 2.58 14 20 34 13 51 6 77 24 -8 1.0 0.6 1.6
1969-70 37 PIT NHL 75 0.35 0.33 0.68 0.28 0.19 2.73 26 26 52 21 74 28 66 0 -20 3.9 0.6 4.6
1970-71 38 PIT NHL 69 0.30 0.25 0.55 0.24 0.26 1.96 19 16 35 15 60 22 46 0 -8 2.4 0.9 3.2
1971-72 39 MNS NHL 71 0.28 0.38 0.66 0.26 0.20 2.92 20 27 47 18 62 16 42 0 4 3.0 1.4 4.3
1972-73 40 MNS NHL 73 0.36 0.22 0.58 0.25 0.30 2.30 24 15 39 17 56 9 44 0 3 2.4 0.9 3.3
1973-74 41 MNS NHL 24 0.08 0.13 0.21 0.08 0.17 1.50 2 3 5 2 9 0 20 0 -11 -0.4 0.0 -0.4
Career NHL 1378 0.28 0.34 0.62 0.25 0.35 2.45 424 519 943 373 389 95 366 39 -33 56.8 15.3 72.1

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1955-56 23 NYR NHL 5 1 0 1 2
1956-57 24 NYR NHL 5 0 2 2 4
1957-58 25 NYR NHL 6 1 3 4 4
1961-62 29 NYR NHL 3 0 2 2 0
1965-66 33 DET NHL 12 5 5 10 4
1969-70 37 PIT NHL 10 2 5 7 8 1 1 0 0
1971-72 39 MNS NHL 7 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 1
1972-73 40 MNS NHL 6 1 0 1 16 0 1 0 0
Career NHL 54 13 17 30 38 4 2 0 1

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1950-51 18 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 51 20 16 36 26
1951-52 19 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 51 48 27 75 68
1952-53 20 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 5 1 1 2 16
1976-77 44 Traverse City Bays USHL 28 5 22 27 4
Career 3 Seasons OHA-Jr. 107 69 44 113 110
Career 1 Season USHL 28 5 22 27 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1950-51 18 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 4 1 1 2 15
1951-52 19 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 23 21 10 31 28
1951-52 19 Guelph Biltmores M-Cup 12 13 5 18 14
Career 1 Season M-Cup 12 13 5 18 14
Career 2 Seasons OHA-Jr. 27 22 11 33 43

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 22 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Dean Prentice 6.8 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.6 0.8 -0.4 -0.4
Dale Hunter 90.8 6.0 5.7 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4 1.7 1.6 0.2
George Armstrong 90.5 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.6 1.7 1.5 1.4 0.4 -0.1
Greg Adams 88.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2
Scott Mellanby 87.1 6.9 6.4 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.0 1.8 1.4 1.3 0.5 -0.1
Ron Ellis 86.4 6.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.5 2.0 0.7 0.0 -0.3
Martin Gelinas 86.1 7.6 5.7 5.6 5.3 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.1 0.1
Trevor Linden 84.6 7.6 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.4 2.0 1.0 0.7
Brent Sutter 84.5 9.2 6.0 5.6 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 1.3 1.1 0.4 -0.4
Claude Lemieux 83.7 7.6 6.8 6.4 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.2 2.4 2.3 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.3
Ralph Backstrom 82.9 6.7 5.6 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.1 2.1 1.8 0.0 -0.1
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 18 19 20 21 22
Dean Prentice 6.8 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.6 0.8 -0.4 -0.4
Dale Hunter 90.8 6.0 5.7 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4 1.7 1.6 0.2
George Armstrong 90.5 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.6 1.7 1.5 1.4 0.4 -0.1
Greg Adams 88.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2
Scott Mellanby 87.1 6.9 6.4 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.0 1.8 1.4 1.3 0.5 -0.1
Ron Ellis 86.4 6.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.5 2.0 0.7 0.0 -0.3
Martin Gelinas 86.1 7.6 5.7 5.6 5.3 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.1 0.1
Trevor Linden 84.6 7.6 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.4 2.0 1.0 0.7
Brent Sutter 84.5 9.2 6.0 5.6 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 1.3 1.1 0.4 -0.4
Claude Lemieux 83.7 7.6 6.8 6.4 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.2 2.4 2.3 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.3
Ralph Backstrom 82.9 6.7 5.6 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.1 2.1 1.8 0.0 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1957 NHL
1961 NHL
1963 NHL
1970 NHL

Honors

1959-60 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1954-55 NHL 70 (2)
1955-56 NHL 70 (2)
1958-59 NHL 70 (1)
 1959-60 NHL 70 (1)
 1963-64 NHL 70 (2)
Career NHL 1378 (36)

Goals

1955-56 NHL 24 (8)
1959-60 NHL 32 (4)
Career NHL 391 (94)

Assists

1961-62 NHL 38 (8)

Points

1959-60 NHL 66 (10)

Goals Created

1959-60 NHL 27.2 (8)

Even Strength Goals

1963-64 NHL 17 (10)

Power Play Goals

1969-70 NHL 12 (9)

Short-Handed Goals

1963-64 NHL 1 (7)
1965-66 NHL 1 (6)
1966-67 NHL 1 (7)

Goals Per Game

1955-56 NHL 0.34 (8)
1959-60 NHL 0.46 (5)

Goals Created Per Game

1959-60 NHL 0.39 (8)

Adjusted Goals

1955-56 NHL 31 (8)
1959-60 NHL 36 (4)
Career NHL 424 (68)

Adjusted Assists

1961-62 NHL 40 (8)

Adjusted Points

1959-60 NHL 74 (10)
Career NHL 943 (85)

Adjusted Goals Created

1959-60 NHL 30.0 (8)
Career NHL 372.8 (83)

Offensive Point Shares

1959-60 NHL 6.2 (8)
      

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

February 4, 1963: Traded to Boston by NY Rangers for Don McKenney and Dick Meissner, February 4, 1963; terms of transaction stipulated that Meissner would report to the NY Rangers following the 1962-63 season.

December 27, 1964: Missed remainder of 1964-65 due to back injury vs. Chicago, December 27, 1964.

February 16, 1966: Traded to Detroit by Boston with Leo Boivin for Gary Doak, Ron Murphy, Bill Lesuk and future considerations (Steve Atkinson June 6, 1966), February 16, 1966.

June 11, 1969: Claimed by Pittsburgh from Detroit in Intra-League Draft, June 11, 1969.

October 6, 1971: Traded to Minnesota by Pittsburgh for cash, October 6, 1971.

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