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John Tonelli

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: March 23, 1957 in Milton, Ontario

Drafted by the New York Islanders in the 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 10:00AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #170. Owen Nolan… #171. Mathieu Schneider… #172. JOHN TONELLI… #173. Charlie Simmer… #174. Jacques Laperriere… 

NHL/WHA Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 18 HSA WHA 79 17 14 31 13 11 66 13 3 1 2 123 13.8
1976-77 19 HSA WHA 80 24 31 55 22 14 109 17 6 1 179 13.4
1977-78 20 HSA WHA 65 23 41 64 23 13 103 18 5 0 146 15.8
1978-79 21 NYI NHL 73 17 39 56 20 29 44 16 1 0 4 113 15.0
1979-80 22 NYI NHL 77 14 30 44 16 8 49 11 3 0 2 103 13.6
1980-81 23 NYI NHL 70 20 32 52 20 8 57 18 2 0 3 114 17.5
1981-82 24 NYI NHL 80 35 58 93 35 48 57 30 5 0 5 165 21.2
1982-83 25 NYI NHL 76 31 40 71 28 30 55 22 8 1 4 166 18.7
1983-84 26 NYI NHL 73 27 40 67 26 21 66 21 5 1 7 105 25.7
1984-85 27 NYI NHL 80 42 58 100 39 50 95 33 8 1 3 197 21.3
1985-86 28 TOT NHL 74 23 45 68 25 21 60 19 4 0 2 157 14.6
1985-86 28 NYI NHL 65 20 41 61 22 22 50 17 3 0 1 139 14.4
1985-86 28 CGY NHL 9 3 4 7 3 -1 10 2 1 0 1 18 16.7
1986-87 29 CGY NHL 78 20 31 51 19 -2 72 10 10 0 3 150 13.3
1987-88 30 CGY NHL 74 17 41 58 21 10 84 11 6 0 1 128 13.3
1988-89 31 LAK NHL 77 31 33 64 26 9 110 29 1 1 3 156 19.9
1989-90 32 LAK NHL 73 31 37 68 27 -8 62 16 15 0 4 163 19.0
1990-91 33 LAK NHL 71 14 16 30 12 3 49 12 2 0 5 84 16.7
1991-92 34 TOT NHL 52 3 11 14 5 -5 51 1 2 0 1 45 6.7
1991-92 34 CHI NHL 33 1 7 8 2 2 37 1 0 0 1 29 3.4
1991-92 34 QUE NHL 19 2 4 6 2 -7 14 0 2 0 0 16 12.5
Career NHL 1028 325 511 836 317 222 911 249 72 4 47 1846 17.6
Career WHA 224 64 86 150 58 38 278 48 14 2 2 448 14.3

NHL/WHA 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
1975-76 18 HSA WHA 79 0.22 0.18 0.39 0.17 0.84 1.56 11
1976-77 19 HSA WHA 80 0.30 0.39 0.69 0.27 1.36 2.24 14
1977-78 20 HSA WHA 65 0.35 0.63 0.98 0.36 1.58 2.25 13
1978-79 21 NYI NHL 73 0.23 0.53 0.77 0.27 0.60 1.55 14 33 47 17 88 12 47 0 29 2.6 1.4 4.0
1979-80 22 NYI NHL 77 0.18 0.39 0.57 0.21 0.64 1.34 12 26 38 14 68 10 52 2 8 1.3 1.2 2.5
1980-81 23 NYI NHL 70 0.29 0.46 0.74 0.28 0.81 1.63 15 25 40 15 72 15 49 0 8 2.3 0.9 3.2
1981-82 24 NYI NHL 80 0.44 0.73 1.16 0.43 0.71 2.06 25 42 67 25 139 29 67 5 48 5.3 1.9 7.2
1982-83 25 NYI NHL 76 0.41 0.53 0.93 0.36 0.72 2.18 25 32 57 22 110 27 58 5 30 4.2 1.8 6.0
1983-84 26 NYI NHL 73 0.37 0.55 0.92 0.36 0.90 1.44 21 32 53 20 90 13 69 13 21 3.8 1.1 4.9
1984-85 27 NYI NHL 80 0.53 0.73 1.25 0.49 1.19 2.46 33 46 79 31 158 42 77 11 50 7.0 2.1 9.0
1985-86 28 TOT NHL 74 0.31 0.61 0.92 0.33 0.81 2.12 18 35 53 19 106 23 78 16 21 3.3 1.3 4.6
1985-86 28 NYI NHL 65 0.31 0.63 0.94 0.34 0.77 2.14 16 32 48 17 94 22 66 16 22 3.0 1.2 4.2
1985-86 28 CGY NHL 9 0.33 0.44 0.78 0.31 1.11 2.00 2 3 5 2 12 1 12 0 -1 0.3 0.1 0.4
1986-87 29 CGY NHL 78 0.26 0.40 0.65 0.25 0.92 1.92 17 26 43 16 93 32 63 0 -2 2.2 0.8 3.1
1987-88 30 CGY NHL 74 0.23 0.55 0.78 0.28 1.14 1.73 14 34 48 17 101 38 53 0 10 2.7 0.7 3.4
1988-89 31 LAK NHL 77 0.40 0.43 0.83 0.34 1.43 2.03 26 27 53 22 94 13 83 11 9 4.0 0.8 4.7
1989-90 32 LAK NHL 73 0.42 0.51 0.93 0.37 0.85 2.23 26 31 57 23 88 36 60 0 -8 4.4 0.4 4.8
1990-91 33 LAK NHL 71 0.20 0.23 0.42 0.17 0.69 1.18 12 14 26 10 51 16 33 1 3 0.8 0.6 1.4
1991-92 34 TOT NHL 52 0.06 0.21 0.27 0.09 0.98 0.87 3 10 13 4 31 15 22 1 -5 -0.7 0.6 0.0
1991-92 34 CHI NHL 33 0.03 0.21 0.24 0.07 1.12 0.88 1 6 7 2 20 8 11 1 2 -0.6 0.6 0.0
1991-92 34 QUE NHL 19 0.11 0.21 0.32 0.12 0.74 0.84 2 4 6 2 11 7 11 0 -7 -0.1 0.0 0.0
Career NHL 1028 0.32 0.50 0.81 0.31 0.89 1.80 261 413 674 255 1289 321 811 65 222 43.2 15.6 58.8
Career WHA 224 0.29 0.38 0.67 0.26 1.24 2.00 38

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 18 HSA WHA 17 7 7 14 8 8
1976-77 19 HSA WHA 11 3 4 7 -1 12 0
1977-78 20 HSA WHA 6 1 3 4 -4 8 0
1978-79 21 NYI NHL 10 1 6 7 0 1 0 0 0
1979-80 22 NYI NHL SC 21 7 9 16 18 7 0 0 0
1980-81 23 NYI NHL SC 16 5 8 13 16 5 0 0 2
1981-82 24 NYI NHL SC 19 6 10 16 18 5 1 0 1
1982-83 25 NYI NHL SC 20 7 11 18 20 7 0 0 2
1983-84 26 NYI NHL 17 1 3 4 1 31 1 0 0 0 24 4.2
1984-85 27 NYI NHL 10 1 8 9 1 10 1 0 0 0 24 4.2
1985-86 28 CGY NHL 22 7 9 16 3 49 6 1 0 1 44 15.9
1986-87 29 CGY NHL 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1987-88 30 CGY NHL 6 2 5 7 -1 8 0 2 0 1 9 22.2
1988-89 31 LAK NHL 6 0 0 0 -3 8 0 0 0 0 11 0.0
1989-90 32 LAK NHL 10 1 2 3 -6 6 1 0 0 0 14 7.1
1990-91 33 LAK NHL 12 2 4 6 1 12 1 1 0 0 16 12.5
Career NHL 4 172 40 75 115 -4 200 35 5 0 7 144 9.7
Career WHA 34 11 14 25 3 28 0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 16 Toronto Marlboros OHA-Jr. 69 18 37 55 62
1974-75 17 Toronto Marlboros OMJHL 70 49 86 135 85
1984-85 27 Canada Can-Cup 8 3 6 9 2
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 8 3 6 9 2
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 69 18 37 55 62
Career 1 Season OMJHL 70 49 86 135 85

Similarity Scores

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Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
John Tonelli 9.0 7.2 6.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.5 1.4 0.0
Scott Young 94.9 9.8 6.2 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.3 3.1 2.5 2.4 -0.3
Jamie Langenbrunner 93.0 8.5 6.8 6.2 5.9 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.0 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.4 0.2 0.0
Sergei Samsonov 91.8 9.2 8.2 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.2 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.3 2.0 1.8
Kevin Dineen 91.6 7.8 7.2 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.1 4.4 3.7 3.2 3.2 2.8 1.5 0.8 -0.1
Brent Sutter 91.5 9.2 6.0 5.6 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.6 2.7 2.6 0.4
Bert Olmstead 91.1 7.5 5.9 5.5 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.4 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.4 -0.2
Ivan Boldirev 90.8 7.4 6.8 6.6 5.6 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.6 3.8 3.5 3.0 2.9 1.7 -0.1
Brendan Morrison 90.4 7.8 7.4 6.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.2 2.9 2.6 1.3
Tomas Holmstrom 90.3 7.1 6.9 6.1 5.1 5.1 4.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.5 2.6 1.7 1.4 -0.1
Rick Kehoe 90.1 7.8 6.7 6.2 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.4 2.6 1.1 0.0
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
John Tonelli 9.0 7.2 6.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.5 1.4 0.0
Sergei Samsonov 91.8 9.2 8.2 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.2 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.3 2.0 1.8
Jozef Stumpel 91.2 8.9 6.5 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.1 2.5 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.1 0.0
Bert Olmstead 91.1 7.5 5.9 5.5 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.4 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.4 -0.2
Brendan Morrison 90.4 7.8 7.4 6.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.2 2.9 2.6 1.3
Wayne Cashman 90.3 8.8 7.2 6.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.4 3.6 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.6 0.0 -0.3 -0.4
Tomas Holmstrom 90.3 7.1 6.9 6.1 5.1 5.1 4.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.5 2.6 1.7 1.4 -0.1
Rick Kehoe 90.1 7.8 6.7 6.2 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.4 2.6 1.1 0.0
Phil Goyette 89.8 8.3 7.0 6.1 4.8 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.5 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.5 0.8 0.7 -0.1
Shawn McEachern 89.6 8.3 7.0 6.5 5.8 5.5 4.8 4.6 4.3 3.5 2.3 2.2 1.3 -0.1 -0.2
Jamie Langenbrunner 89.3 8.5 6.8 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.0 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.4 2.0 0.2 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1982 NHL
1985 NHL

Honors

1981-82 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1984-85 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1980 New York Islanders (NHL)
1981 New York Islanders (NHL)
1982 New York Islanders (NHL)
1983 New York Islanders (NHL)

Games Played

1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1984-85 NHL 80 (1)

Plus/Minus

1981-82 NHL 48 (9)
1984-85 NHL 50 (7)
Career NHL 222 (46)

Penalties in Minutes

Career WHA 278 (91)

Even Strength Goals

1984-85 NHL 33 (7)
1988-89 NHL 29 (9)

Game-Winning Goals

1983-84 NHL 7 (5)

Shooting Percentage

1983-84 NHL 25.7 (4)
Career NHL 17.6 (43)
      

Transactions

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March, 1975: Signed as an underage free agent by Houston (WHA), March, 1975.

July 6, 1978: NHL rights reclaimed by NY Islanders after Houston (WHA) franchise folded, July 6, 1978.

March 11, 1986: Traded to Calgary by NY Islanders for Richard Kromm and Steve Konroyd, March 11, 1986.

June 29, 1988: Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles, June 29, 1988.

June 30, 1991: Signed as a free agent by Chicago, June 30, 1991.

February 18, 1992: Traded to Quebec by Chicago for future considerations, February 18, 1992.

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