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Brian Rolston

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: February 21, 1973 in Flint, Michigan

Drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1994-95 21 New Jersey Devils NHL 40 7 11 18 5 17 5 2 0 3 92 7.6
1995-96 22 New Jersey Devils NHL 58 13 11 24 9 8 9 3 1 4 139 9.4
1996-97 23 New Jersey Devils NHL 81 18 27 45 6 20 14 2 2 3 237 7.6
1997-98 24 New Jersey Devils NHL 76 16 14 30 7 16 14 0 2 1 185 8.6
1998-99 25 New Jersey Devils NHL 82 24 33 57 11 14 14 5 5 3 210 11.4 1543 18:49
1999-00 26 3 Teams NHL 77 16 15 31 -12 18 11 5 0 6 206 7.8 1381 17:56
1999-00 26 New Jersey Devils NHL 11 3 1 4 -2 0 2 1 0 2 33 9.1 211 19:09
1999-00 26 Colorado Avalanche NHL 50 8 10 18 -6 12 7 1 0 3 107 7.5 815 16:18
1999-00 26 Boston Bruins NHL 16 5 4 9 -4 6 2 3 0 1 66 7.6 355 22:13
2000-01 27 Boston Bruins NHL 77 19 39 58 6 28 14 5 0 4 286 6.6 1488 19:19
2001-02 28 Boston Bruins NHL 82 31 31 62 11 30 16 6 9 7 331 9.4 1673 20:24
2002-03 29 Boston Bruins NHL 81 27 32 59 1 32 16 6 5 5 281 9.6 1657 20:28
2003-04 30 Boston Bruins NHL 82 19 29 48 9 40 14 3 2 3 257 7.4 1609 19:38
2005-06 32 Minnesota Wild NHL 82 34 45 79 14 50 14 15 5 7 293 11.6 1669 20:21
2006-07 33 Minnesota Wild NHL 78 31 33 64 6 46 17 13 1 6 305 10.2 1659 21:16
2007-08 34 Minnesota Wild NHL 81 31 28 59 -1 53 19 11 1 8 289 10.7 1626 20:04
2008-09 35 New Jersey Devils NHL 64 15 17 32 2 30 7 8 0 3 174 8.6 967 15:06
2009-10 36 New Jersey Devils NHL 68 18 14 32 0 18 12 6 0 206 8.7 1155 16:59
Career 15 Seasons NHL 1109 319 379 698 74 420 196 90 33 63 3491 9.1 16426 19:14

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM SOG G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/-
1994-95 21 New Jersey Devils NHL 40 0.18 0.28 0.45 0.17 0.13 0.43 2.30 12 19 31 12 28 5 18 0 5
1995-96 22 New Jersey Devils NHL 58 0.22 0.19 0.41 0.18 0.16 0.14 2.40 12 11 23 10 40 10 29 8 9
1996-97 23 New Jersey Devils NHL 81 0.22 0.33 0.56 0.21 0.07 0.25 2.93 19 28 47 18 64 14 50 6 6
1997-98 24 New Jersey Devils NHL 76 0.21 0.18 0.39 0.16 0.09 0.21 2.43 18 16 34 14 48 7 49 15 7
1998-99 25 New Jersey Devils NHL 82 0.29 0.40 0.70 0.26 0.13 0.17 2.56 27 37 64 25 76 21 70 26 11
1999-00 26 3 Teams NHL 77 0.21 0.19 0.40 0.17 -0.16 0.23 2.68 17 16 33 14 48 17 52 9 -12
1999-00 26 New Jersey Devils NHL 11 0.27 0.09 0.36 0.17 -0.18 0.00 3.00 3 1 4 2 8 3 8 1 -2
1999-00 26 Colorado Avalanche NHL 50 0.16 0.20 0.36 0.14 -0.12 0.24 2.14 9 11 20 8 25 7 28 4 -6
1999-00 26 Boston Bruins NHL 16 0.31 0.25 0.56 0.24 -0.25 0.38 4.13 5 4 9 4 15 7 16 4 -4
2000-01 27 Boston Bruins NHL 77 0.25 0.51 0.75 0.27 0.08 0.36 3.71 21 42 63 23 90 41 54 11 6
2001-02 28 Boston Bruins NHL 82 0.38 0.38 0.76 0.31 0.13 0.37 4.04 36 35 71 29 89 28 79 29 11
2002-03 29 Boston Bruins NHL 81 0.33 0.40 0.73 0.29 0.01 0.40 3.47 31 35 66 26 91 40 90 40 1
2003-04 30 Boston Bruins NHL 82 0.23 0.35 0.59 0.22 0.11 0.49 3.13 22 33 55 21 72 22 67 26 9
2005-06 32 Minnesota Wild NHL 82 0.41 0.55 0.96 0.37 0.17 0.61 3.57 34 43 77 30 110 48 64 16 14
2006-07 33 Minnesota Wild NHL 78 0.40 0.42 0.82 0.33 0.08 0.59 3.91 32 33 65 26 88 49 48 15 6
2007-08 34 Minnesota Wild NHL 81 0.38 0.35 0.73 0.29 -0.01 0.65 3.57 34 30 64 27 86 41 62 16 -1
2008-09 35 New Jersey Devils NHL 64 0.23 0.27 0.50 0.19 0.03 0.47 2.72 16 17 33 13 56 24 30 0 2
2009-10 36 New Jersey Devils NHL 68 0.26 0.21 0.47 0.20 0.00 0.26 3.03 23 17 40 17 0
Career 15 Seasons NHL 1109 0.29 0.34 0.63 0.25 0.07 0.38 3.15 354 412 766 305 986 367 762 217 74

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1994-95 21 New Jersey Devils NHL SC 6 2 1 3 6 4 1 1 0 0 12 16.7
1996-97 23 New Jersey Devils NHL 10 4 1 5 0 6 1 1 2 0 45 8.9
1997-98 24 New Jersey Devils NHL 6 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 14 7.1
1998-99 25 New Jersey Devils NHL 7 1 0 1 -1 2 0 0 1 0 15 6.7 123 17:36
2001-02 28 Boston Bruins NHL 6 4 1 5 -1 0 2 1 1 0 33 12.1 124 20:37
2002-03 29 Boston Bruins NHL 5 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 93 18:39
2003-04 30 Boston Bruins NHL 7 1 0 1 -5 8 1 0 0 0 14 7.1 116 16:33
2006-07 33 Minnesota Wild NHL 5 1 1 2 -2 4 1 0 0 0 23 4.3 102 20:25
2007-08 34 Minnesota Wild NHL 6 2 4 6 4 8 1 0 1 0 31 6.5 135 22:27
2008-09 35 New Jersey Devils NHL 7 1 1 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 18 5.6 99 14:09
Career 10 Seasons NHL 1 65 17 11 28 4 38 7 4 6 0 211 8.1 792 18:25

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1989-90 16 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors NAHL 40 36 37 73 57
1990-91 17 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors NAHL 36 49 46 95 14
1990-91 17 United States WJC-A 8 1 5 6 0
1991-92 18 Lake Superior State CCHA 37 14 23 37 14
1991-92 18 United States WJC-A 7 3 3 6 2
1992-93 19 Lake Superior State CCHA 39 33 31 64 20
1992-93 19 United States WJC-A 7 6 2 8 2
1993-94 20 United States Nat-Tm 41 20 28 48 36
1993-94 20 United States Olympics 8 7 0 7 8
1993-94 20 Albany River Rats AHL 17 5 5 10 8
1994-95 21 Albany River Rats AHL 18 9 11 20 10
1995-96 22 United States WC-A 8 3 4 7 4
1996-97 23 United States W-Cup 1 0 0 0 0
2001-02 28 United States Olympics 6 0 3 3 0
2004-05 31 United States W-Cup 2 0 0 0 1 0
2005-06 32 United States Olympics 6 3 1 4 4
Career 2 Seasons AHL 35 14 16 30 18
Career 2 Seasons CCHA 76 47 54 101 34
Career 2 Seasons NAHL 76 85 83 168 71
Career 1 Season Nat-Tm 41 20 28 48 36
Career 3 Seasons Olympics 20 10 4 14 12
Career 2 Seasons W-Cup 3 0 0 0 1 0
Career 1 Season WC-A 8 3 4 7 4
Career 3 Seasons WJC-A 22 10 10 20 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1993-94 20 Albany River Rats AHL 5 1 2 3 0
Career 1 Season AHL 5 1 2 3 0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

2007 NHL

Games Played

1998-99 NHL 82 (2)
2001-02 NHL 82 (2)
2003-04 NHL 82 (3)
2005-06 NHL 82 (3)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

2002-03 NHL 40 (5)

Short-Handed Goals

1998-99 NHL 5 (1)
 2001-02 NHL 9 (1)
 2002-03 NHL 5 (2)
2005-06 NHL 5 (3)
Active 33 (1)
 Career NHL 33 (13)

Game-Winning Goals

2001-02 NHL 7 (9)
2007-08 NHL 8 (6)
Active 63 (9)
Career NHL 63 (50)

Shots on Goal

2000-01 NHL 286 (9)
2001-02 NHL 331 (3)
2002-03 NHL 281 (9)
2006-07 NHL 305 (9)
2007-08 NHL 289 (9)
Active 3491 (9)
Career NHL 3491 (41)
    

Transactions

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November 3, 1999: Traded to Colorado by New Jersey with New Jersey's 1st round choice (later traded to Boston - Boston selected Martin Samuelsson) in 2000 Entry Draft for Claude Lemieux and Colorado's 1st (David Hale) and 2nd (Matt DeMarchi) round choices in 2000 Entry Draft, November 3, 1999.

March 6, 2000: Traded to Boston by Colorado with Martin Grenier, Samuel Pahlsson and New Jersey's 1st round choice (previously acquired, Boston selected Martin Samuelsson) in 2000 Entry Draft for Raymond Bourque and Dave Andreychuk, March 6, 2000.

July 8, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota, July 8, 2004.

June 29, 2008: Traded to Tampa Bay by Minnesota for Dallas' 4th round choice (previously acquired, later traded to Edmonton - Edmonton selected Kyle Bigos) in 2009 Entry Draft, June 29, 2008.

July 1, 2008: Signed as a free agent by New Jersey, July 1, 2008.

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