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Don Sweeney

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-10    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: August 17, 1966 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

Drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 8th round (166th overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry 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
1988-89 22 BOS NHL 36 3 5 8 3 -6 20 3 0 0 0 35 8.6
1989-90 23 BOS NHL 58 3 5 8 3 11 58 3 0 0 0 49 6.1
1990-91 24 BOS NHL 77 8 13 21 8 2 67 7 0 1 3 102 7.8
1991-92 25 BOS NHL 75 3 11 14 5 -9 74 3 0 0 1 92 3.3
1992-93 26 BOS NHL 84 7 27 34 11 34 68 6 0 1 0 107 6.5
1993-94 27 BOS NHL 75 6 15 21 7 29 50 3 1 2 2 136 4.4
1994-95 28 BOS NHL 47 3 19 22 7 6 24 2 1 0 2 102 2.9
1995-96 29 BOS NHL 77 4 24 28 9 -4 42 2 2 0 3 142 2.8
1996-97 30 BOS NHL 82 3 23 26 8 -5 39 3 0 0 0 113 2.7
1997-98 31 BOS NHL 59 1 15 16 5 12 24 1 0 0 0 55 1.8
1998-99 32 BOS NHL 81 2 10 12 4 14 64 2 0 0 0 79 2.5 1581 19:31
1999-00 33 BOS NHL 81 1 13 14 4 -14 48 1 0 0 0 82 1.2 1712 21:08
2000-01 34 BOS NHL 72 2 10 12 4 -1 26 1 1 0 1 60 3.3 1387 19:16
2001-02 35 BOS NHL 81 3 15 18 6 22 35 2 1 0 0 70 4.3 1632 20:09
2002-03 36 BOS NHL 67 3 5 8 3 -1 24 3 0 0 0 55 5.5 885 13:13
2003-04 37 DAL NHL 63 0 11 11 3 22 18 0 0 0 0 39 0.0 1001 15:53
Career NHL 1115 52 221 273 89 112 681 42 6 4 12 1318 3.9 8198 18:25

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
1988-89 22 BOS NHL 36 0.08 0.14 0.22 0.08 0.56 0.97 2 4 6 2 23 1 38 10 -6 0.1 1.9 2.0
1989-90 23 BOS NHL 58 0.05 0.09 0.14 0.05 1.00 0.84 3 4 7 3 41 0 41 11 11 -0.4 4.2 3.8
1990-91 24 BOS NHL 77 0.10 0.17 0.27 0.10 0.87 1.32 7 11 18 7 67 1 89 25 2 0.7 3.9 4.5
1991-92 25 BOS NHL 75 0.04 0.15 0.19 0.06 0.99 1.23 3 10 13 4 50 0 97 38 -9 -0.2 3.5 3.3
1992-93 26 BOS NHL 84 0.08 0.32 0.40 0.13 0.81 1.27 6 22 28 9 94 0 88 28 34 1.3 6.4 7.7
1993-94 27 BOS NHL 75 0.08 0.20 0.28 0.10 0.67 1.81 5 14 19 7 85 3 83 30 29 0.7 6.1 6.8
1994-95 28 BOS NHL 47 0.06 0.40 0.47 0.15 0.51 2.17 5 33 38 12 65 20 51 12 6 1.3 3.4 4.7
1995-96 29 BOS NHL 77 0.05 0.31 0.36 0.11 0.55 1.84 4 23 27 8 98 20 111 29 -4 1.3 3.2 4.5
1996-97 30 BOS NHL 82 0.04 0.28 0.32 0.10 0.48 1.38 3 24 27 8 92 12 115 30 -5 1.1 3.2 4.2
1997-98 31 BOS NHL 59 0.02 0.25 0.27 0.08 0.41 0.93 1 17 18 5 53 2 46 7 12 0.5 4.3 4.8
1998-99 32 BOS NHL 81 0.02 0.12 0.15 0.05 0.79 0.98 2 11 13 4 56 3 48 9 14 -0.2 5.2 5.0
1999-00 33 BOS NHL 81 0.01 0.16 0.17 0.05 0.59 1.01 1 14 15 4 55 4 87 22 -14 -0.3 2.8 2.6
2000-01 34 BOS NHL 72 0.03 0.14 0.17 0.05 0.36 0.83 2 11 13 4 58 5 74 20 -1 0.0 2.9 2.8
2001-02 35 BOS NHL 81 0.04 0.19 0.22 0.07 0.43 0.86 3 17 20 6 75 5 64 16 22 0.6 4.6 5.2
2002-03 36 BOS NHL 67 0.04 0.07 0.12 0.04 0.36 0.82 3 6 9 3 30 0 35 4 -1 0.3 1.2 1.5
2003-04 37 DAL NHL 63 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.05 0.29 0.62 0 13 13 4 41 0 28 9 22 0.1 4.6 4.6
Career NHL 1115 0.05 0.20 0.24 0.08 0.61 1.18 50 234 284 91 983 76 1095 300 112 6.9 61.3 68.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1989-90 23 BOS NHL 21 1 5 6 -10 18 0 1 0 0 27 3.7
1990-91 24 BOS NHL 19 3 0 3 -3 25 3 0 0 0 31 9.7
1991-92 25 BOS NHL 15 0 0 0 -3 10 0 0 0 0 13 0.0
1992-93 26 BOS NHL 4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1993-94 27 BOS NHL 12 2 1 3 -2 4 2 0 0 1 11 18.2
1994-95 28 BOS NHL 5 0 0 0 -4 4 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1995-96 29 BOS NHL 5 0 2 2 -3 6 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1998-99 32 BOS NHL 11 3 0 3 2 6 2 1 0 0 16 18.8 240 21:48
2001-02 35 BOS NHL 6 0 1 1 -3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 106 17:44
2002-03 36 BOS NHL 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 73 14:40
2003-04 37 DAL NHL 5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 85 16:59
Career NHL 108 9 10 19 -29 81 7 2 0 1 131 6.9 505 18:41

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 17 South St. Paul High School High-MN 22 33 26 59
1984-85 18 Harvard Crimson ECAC 29 3 7 10 30
1985-86 19 Harvard Crimson ECAC 31 4 5 9 12
1986-87 20 Harvard Crimson ECAC 34 7 4 11 22
1987-88 21 Harvard Crimson ECAC 30 6 23 29 37
1988-89 22 Maine Mariners AHL 42 8 17 25 24
1989-90 23 Maine Mariners AHL 11 0 8 8 8
1996-97 30 Canada WC-A 11 1 3 4 6
Career 2 Seasons AHL 53 8 25 33 32
Career 4 Seasons ECAC 124 20 39 59 101
Career 1 Season High-MN 22 33 26 59
Career 1 Season WC-A 11 1 3 4 6

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 21 Maine Mariners AHL 6 1 3 4 0
Career 1 Season AHL 6 1 3 4 0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 16 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Don Sweeney 7.7 6.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.5
Adam Foote 93.4 8.2 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.6
Harry Howell 92.0 8.2 6.6 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.2 2.7 2.5
Gordie Roberts 91.8 6.9 6.6 6.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.3 2.0
Fern Flaman 90.3 7.3 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.5 2.6 1.8 0.1 0.0
Mike Ramsey 89.8 8.0 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.2 4.9 4.8 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.3 2.1 1.6 1.5
Kevin Lowe 89.5 7.1 6.5 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.4 4.4 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.3 1.7
Ulf Samuelsson 89.2 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.0 5.8 4.8 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.0
Charlie Huddy 88.6 9.1 7.5 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.1 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.6 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.5 1.9 1.0
Jamie Macoun 88.4 7.3 7.2 7.0 6.9 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0 3.7 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.2
Terry Harper 88.4 8.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 3.3 1.9 1.3 1.0
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
Don Sweeney 7.7 6.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.5
Adam Foote 92.4 8.2 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.1 0.7
Fern Flaman 91.9 7.3 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.5 2.6 2.4 1.8 0.1 0.0
Gordie Roberts 91.8 6.9 6.6 6.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.3 2.0
Ulf Samuelsson 89.2 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.0 5.8 4.8 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.0
Mike Ramsey 88.7 8.0 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.2 4.9 4.8 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.3 2.1 1.6 1.5 0.1
Charlie Huddy 88.6 9.1 7.5 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.1 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.6 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.5 1.9 1.0 0.0
Jamie Macoun 88.4 7.3 7.2 7.0 6.9 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0 3.7 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.2
Terry Harper 88.3 8.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 3.3 2.3 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.7
Lyle Odelein 87.9 7.2 6.7 6.3 5.5 5.2 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.3 1.8 0.4 -0.4
Keith Carney 87.8 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.3 3.5 3.0 2.7 1.5 0.8 0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1996-97 NHL 82 (1)

Plus/Minus

1992-93 NHL 34 (7)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1996-97 NHL 115 (4)

Defensive Point Shares

1992-93 NHL 6.4 (1)
 1993-94 NHL 6.1 (8)
1994-95 NHL 3.4 (8)
1998-99 NHL 5.2 (8)
Career NHL 61.3 (53)

Transactions

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July 14, 2003: Signed as a free agent by Dallas, July 14, 2003.

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