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Bob Sweeney

Position: C/RW ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: January 25, 1964 in Concord, Massachusetts
Draft: Boston, 6th round (123rd overall), 1982 NHL Entry

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1986-87	23	BOS	NHL	14	2	4	6	2	-5	21	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	13	15.4
1987-88	24	BOS	NHL	80	22	23	45	18	11	73	16	6	0	7	20	0	3	118	18.6
1988-89	25	BOS	NHL	75	14	14	28	12	-19	99	11	2	1	3	11	0	3	117	12.0
1989-90	26	BOS	NHL	70	22	24	46	19	2	93	15	5	2	6	16	1	7	147	15.0
1990-91	27	BOS	NHL	80	15	33	48	17	12	115	14	0	1	2	31	1	1	116	12.9
1991-92	28	BOS	NHL	63	6	14	20	7	-9	103	5	0	1	1	11	2	1	70	8.6
1992-93	29	BUF	NHL	80	21	26	47	19	2	118	14	4	3	3	20	1	5	120	17.5
1993-94	30	BUF	NHL	60	11	14	25	10	3	94	5	3	3	1	10	2	2	76	14.5
1994-95	31	BUF	NHL	45	5	4	9	4	-6	18	2	1	2	0	2	1	1	47	10.6
1995-96	32	TOT	NHL	72	7	7	14	6	-20	65	6	0	1	1	7	0	0	62	11.3
1995-96	32	NYI	NHL	66	6	6	12	5	-23	59	5	0	1	1	6	0	0	54	11.1
1995-96	32	CGY	NHL	6	1	1	2	1	3	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	12.5
Career			NHL	639	125	163	288	113	-29	799	90	21	14	24	131	8	24	886	14.1

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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
1986-87	23	BOS	NHL	14	0.14	0.29	0.43	0.16	1.50	0.93	2	3	5	2	8	2	11	0	-5	0.1	0.0	0.1
1987-88	24	BOS	NHL	80	0.28	0.29	0.56	0.23	0.91	1.48	18	19	37	15	72	19	42	0	11	1.9	1.3	3.2
1988-89	25	BOS	NHL	75	0.19	0.19	0.37	0.15	1.32	1.56	12	11	23	10	50	15	65	11	-19	0.2	0.6	0.8
1989-90	26	BOS	NHL	70	0.31	0.34	0.66	0.26	1.33	2.10	18	20	38	15	70	19	64	15	2	2.3	1.1	3.4
1990-91	27	BOS	NHL	80	0.19	0.41	0.60	0.22	1.44	1.45	13	29	42	15	71	6	71	18	12	2.0	1.3	3.3
1991-92	28	BOS	NHL	63	0.10	0.22	0.32	0.11	1.63	1.11	5	12	17	6	35	6	60	22	-9	-0.4	0.6	0.2
1992-93	29	BUF	NHL	80	0.26	0.33	0.59	0.23	1.48	1.50	17	21	38	15	80	20	90	32	2	2.0	1.0	3.1
1993-94	30	BUF	NHL	60	0.18	0.23	0.42	0.17	1.57	1.27	10	13	23	9	35	5	41	14	3	0.8	1.0	1.8
1994-95	31	BUF	NHL	45	0.11	0.09	0.20	0.09	0.40	1.04	9	7	16	7	21	7	26	6	-6	-0.4	0.5	0.1
1995-96	32	TOT	NHL	72	0.10	0.10	0.19	0.08	0.90	0.86	7	7	14	6	24	1	70	27	-20	-1.0	0.4	-0.6
1995-96	32	NYI	NHL	66	0.09	0.09	0.18	0.08	0.89	0.82	6	6	12	5	18	0	68	27	-23	-1.0	0.2	-0.8
1995-96	32	CGY	NHL	6	0.17	0.17	0.33	0.14	1.00	1.33	1	1	2	1	6	1	2	0	3	0.0	0.2	0.2
Career			NHL	639	0.20	0.26	0.45	0.18	1.25	1.39	111	142	253	99	466	100	540	145	-29	7.5	8.0	15.5

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1986-87	23	BOS	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
1987-88	24	BOS	NHL	23	6	8	14	5	9	66	4	1	1	1	24	25.0
1988-89	25	BOS	NHL	10	2	4	6	2	4	19	2	0	0	0	14	14.3
1989-90	26	BOS	NHL	20	0	2	2	1	-7	30	0	0	0	0	19	0.0
1990-91	27	BOS	NHL	17	4	2	6	3	-5	45	4	0	0	1	25	16.0
1991-92	28	BOS	NHL	14	1	0	1	1	-7	25	0	0	1	0	24	4.2
1992-93	29	BUF	NHL	8	2	2	4	2	2	8	2	0	0	1	18	11.1
1993-94	30	BUF	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
1994-95	31	BUF	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
1995-96	32	CGY	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Career			NHL	103	15	18	33	13	-8	197	12	1	2	3	135	11.1

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1982-83	19	Boston College Eagles	ECAC	30	17	11	28			10
1983-84	20	Boston College Eagles	ECAC	23	14	7	21			10
1984-85	21	Boston College Eagles	H-East	44	32	32	64			43
1985-86	22	Boston College Eagles	H-East	41	15	24	39			52
1986-87	23	Moncton Golden Flames	AHL	58	29	26	55			81
1991-92	28	Maine Mariners	AHL	1	1	0	1			0
1996-97	33	Quebec Rafales	IHL	69	10	21	31			120
1997-98	34	2 Teams	Germany	47	16	12	28			109
1997-98	34	Revier Lowen Oberhausen	Germany	27	9	4	13			77
1997-98	34	Frankfurt Lions	Germany	20	7	8	15			32
1998-99	35	Frankfurt Lions	Germany	46	6	21	27			30
1998-99	35	Frankfurt Lions	EuroHL	5	1	0	1			4
1998-99	35	United States	WC-Q	3	1	1	2			0
1999-00	36	Munchen Barons	Germany	37	9	21	30			63
2000-01	37	Munchen Barons	Germany	33	3	11	14			50
2000-01	37	Munchen Barons	Con-Cup	3	0	0	0			2
Career		2 Seasons	AHL	59	30	26	56			81
Career		1 Season	Con-Cup	3	0	0	0			2
Career		2 Seasons	ECAC	53	31	18	49			20
Career		1 Season	EuroHL	5	1	0	1			4
Career		4 Seasons	Germany	163	34	65	99			252
Career		2 Seasons	H-East	85	47	56	103			95
Career		1 Season	IHL	69	10	21	31			120
Career		1 Season	WC-Q	3	1	1	2			0

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1986-87	23	Moncton Golden Flames	AHL	4	0	2	2			13
1996-97	33	Quebec Rafales	IHL	9	2	0	2			8
1997-98	34	Frankfurt Lions	Germany	7	1	3	4			6
1998-99	35	Frankfurt Lions	Germany	1	0	1	1			8
1999-00	36	Munchen Barons	Germany	12	3	5	8			20
2000-01	37	Munchen Barons	Germany	11	1	0	1			8
Career		1 Season	AHL	4	0	2	2			13
Career		4 Seasons	Germany	31	5	9	14			42
Career		1 Season	IHL	9	2	0	2			8

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 10 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Bob Sweeney		3.4	3.3	3.2	3.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.6
Steve Bernier	91.5	3.6	3.6	3.2	3.0	1.9	1.5	0.5	0.2
Bill Ezinicki	85.3	3.8	3.4	2.7	2.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.1
Hank Goldup	84.6	2.8	2.5	2.1	1.9	1.2	0.5
George Ferguson	84.1	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.1	2.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	0.1	-0.1
Gilles Hamel	84.1	3.8	3.0	2.8	2.8	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.4
Brad May	84.0	3.3	3.3	2.9	2.1	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.6
Chad LaRose	83.5	3.4	3.4	2.6	2.3	1.9	1.0	0.7	-0.5
Corey Millen	81.2	4.3	3.8	3.7	1.7	1.6	1.5	0.5	-0.1
Ray Neufeld	80.8	4.3	3.8	3.7	3.2	1.7	1.3	0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.2
Wes Walz	80.8	3.5	3.3	3.0	2.8	2.7	1.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Bob Sweeney		3.4	3.3	3.2	3.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.6
Steve Bernier	91.5	3.6	3.6	3.2	3.0	1.9	1.5	0.5	0.2
Bill Ezinicki	85.3	3.8	3.4	2.7	2.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.1
Hank Goldup	84.6	2.8	2.5	2.1	1.9	1.2	0.5
Gilles Hamel	84.1	3.8	3.0	2.8	2.8	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.4
Chad LaRose	83.5	3.4	3.4	2.6	2.3	1.9	1.0	0.7	-0.5
George Ferguson	82.0	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.1	2.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.4
Corey Millen	81.2	4.3	3.8	3.7	1.7	1.6	1.5	0.5	-0.1
Ray Neufeld	80.8	4.3	3.8	3.7	3.2	1.7	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	-0.2
Don Saleski	80.2	4.8	3.5	3.1	2.9	1.1	0.9	0.3	-0.1	-0.5
Inge Hammarstrom	79.9	3.9	3.3	2.9	2.5	2.2	1.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Games Played 1987-88 NHL 80 (1) 1990-91 NHL 80 (3)	Game-Winning Goals 1987-88 NHL 7 (6)

Games Played

1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
1990-91 NHL 80 (3)

Game-Winning Goals

1987-88 NHL 7 (6)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

October 9, 1992: Claimed on waivers by Buffalo from Boston, October 9, 1992.

October 2, 1995: Claimed by NY Islanders from Buffalo in NHL Waiver Draft, October 2, 1995.

March 20, 1996: Traded to Calgary by NY Islanders for Pat Conacher and Calgary's 6th round choice (later traded back to Calgary - Calgary selected Ilja Demidov) in 1997 Entry Draft, March 20, 1996.

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