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Ab McDonald

#12 · Left wing · Detroit Red Wings

Born Feb 18, 1936 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 6'3", 192 lb · Shoots left

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1960-61, 1959-60, 1958-59, 1957-58

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1961-62. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ed Litzenberger TOR · 40 P in 69 GP Cliff Pennington BOS · 41 P in 70 GP Bob Pulford TOR · 39 P in 70 GP Dickie Moore MTL · 41 P in 57 GP Jean Beliveau MTL · 41 P in 43 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601958-59: 36 points3658-591959-60: 22 points2259-601960-61: 33 points3360-611961-62: 40 points4061-621962-63: 61 points6162-631963-64: 46 points4663-641964-65: 18 points1864-651965-66: 22 points2265-661966-67: 2 points266-671967-68: 43 points4367-681968-69: 42 points4268-691969-70: 55 points5569-701970-71: 5 points570-711971-72: 5 points571-72

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1958-59 MTL 70 13 23 36 0 35 0 0 0.51
1959-60 MTL 69 9 13 22 1 26 104 0 0.32
1960-61 CHI 62 17 16 33 24 22 136 0 0.53
1961-62 CHI 65 22 18 40 4 8 159 0 0.62
1962-63 CHI 69 20 41 61 21 12 170 0 0.88
1963-64 CHI 70 14 32 46 21 17 193 0 0.66
1964-65 BOS 60 9 9 18 -28 6 104 0 0.30
1965-66 DET 45 6 16 22 13 6 70 0 0.49
1966-67 DET 12 2 0 2 -3 2 26 0 0.17
1967-68 PIT 74 22 21 43 -4 38 185 0 0.58
1968-69 STL 68 21 21 42 18 12 138 0 0.62
1969-70 STL 64 25 30 55 12 8 170 0 0.86
1970-71 STL 21 0 5 5 -5 6 31 0 0.24
1971-72 DET 22 2 3 5 -8 0 29 0 0.23
14 seasons Career 771 182 248 430 66 198 1515 0 0.56

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1957-58 MTL 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
1958-59 MTL 11 1 1 2 0 6 0 0 0.18
1960-61 CHI 8 2 2 4 5 0 16 0 0.50
1961-62 CHI 12 6 6 12 6 0 31 0 1.00
1962-63 CHI 6 2 3 5 -2 9 12 0 0.83
1963-64 CHI 7 2 2 4 0 0 13 0 0.57
1965-66 DET 10 1 4 5 5 2 13 0 0.50
1968-69 STL 12 2 1 3 0 10 25 0 0.25
1969-70 STL 16 5 10 15 1 13 30 0 0.94
9 seasons Playoffs 84 21 29 50 15 42 140 0 0.60

1961-62 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 22 18 40 4 8 159 0 0.62 13.8 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 25, 1962 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1962 @ MTL L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1962 vs DET W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1962 @ DET L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1962 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1962 @ MTL L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1962 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1962 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1962 @ BOS W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1962 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1962 vs BOS W 8-0 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1962 @ DET W 6-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1962 vs DET W 6-4 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1962 vs BOS W 6-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1962 @ MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1962 vs NYR W 4-3 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1962 vs MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1962 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1962 @ BOS W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1962 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1962 vs BOS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1962 vs NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1962 vs MTL L 3-7 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1962 vs TOR T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1962 vs NYR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1962 @ BOS W 6-0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1962 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 7 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1962 @ TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1962 @ DET T 1-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1962 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1962 vs MTL W 2-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1961 @ MTL T 4-4 2 1 3 1 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1961 @ DET T 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1961 @ TOR T 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1961 vs TOR T 3-3 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1961 @ NYR L 3-7 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1961 @ MTL W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1961 vs NYR W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1961 vs BOS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1961 vs DET L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1961 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1961 @ BOS W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1961 @ NYR W 8-3 3 0 3 1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1961 vs MTL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1961 @ TOR L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1961 vs BOS W 7-4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1961 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1961 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1961 vs MTL T 3-3 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1961 vs DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1961 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1961 @ MTL L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1961 vs TOR W 6-0 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1961 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1961 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1961 vs NYR L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1961 @ BOS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1961 @ MTL L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1961 @ NYR T 1-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1961 vs MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1961 @ TOR T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1961 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1961 vs BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1961 vs DET T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1961 @ DET T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00