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Dennis O'Brien

#28 · Defence · Boston Bruins

Born Jun 10, 1949 in Port Hope, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 14th overall in 1969 by MNS (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Randy Holt LAK · 10 P in 60 GP Gilles Lupien MTL · 10 P in 76 GP Fred Barrett MNS · 10 P in 45 GP Joel Quenneville TOR · 11 P in 62 GP Mike Christie CLR · 11 P in 68 GP

Career

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

051015201970-71: 5 points570-711971-72: 9 points971-721972-73: 14 points1472-731973-74: 17 points1773-741974-75: 16 points1674-751975-76: 15 points1575-761976-77: 24 points2476-771977-78: 12 points1277-781978-79: 10 points1078-791979-80: 0 points079-80

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1970-71 MNS 46 3 2 5 -3 29 14 0 0.11
1971-72 MNS 74 3 6 9 11 108 68 0 0.12
1972-73 MNS 76 3 11 14 12 75 58 0 0.18
1973-74 MNS 78 5 12 17 10 166 66 0 0.22
1974-75 MNS 57 6 10 16 -11 125 79 0 0.28
1975-76 MNS 78 1 14 15 -27 187 72 0 0.19
1976-77 MNS 75 6 18 24 -36 114 73 0 0.32
1977-78 MNS 13 0 2 2 -5 32 8 0 0.15
1977-78 CLR 16 0 2 2 -10 12 11 0 0.13
1977-78 CLE 23 0 3 3 -13 31 17 0 0.13
1977-78 BOS 16 2 3 5 7 29 15 0 0.31
1978-79 BOS 64 2 8 10 15 107 73 0 0.16
1979-80 BOS 3 0 0 0 -6 2 2 0 0.00
10 seasons Career 619 31 91 122 -56 1017 556 0 0.20

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1970-71 MNS 12 0 0 0 -6 20 8 0 0.00
1971-72 MNS 3 0 1 1 2 11 5 0 0.33
1972-73 MNS 6 1 0 1 2 38 7 0 0.17
1976-77 MNS 2 0 0 0 -4 4 1 0 0.00
1977-78 BOS 15 0 1 1 -1 28 9 0 0.07
5 seasons Playoffs 38 1 2 3 -7 101 30 0 0.08

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
64 2 8 10 15 107 73 0 0.16 2.7 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 1979 vs TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1979 vs BUF L 3-9 0 0 0 -1 20 1 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1979 @ TOR T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1979 vs MTL T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1979 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1979 vs MNS W 7-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1979 @ BUF L 2-9 1 0 1 -3 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1979 vs NYR L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1979 @ NYI L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1979 vs NYI T 4-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1979 @ MNS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1979 @ AFM L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 17 0 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1979 @ DET W 6-4 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1979 vs MNS W 5-0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1979 vs PHI T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1979 @ LAK L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1979 @ CLR W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ MNS T 3-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1979 @ PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1979 vs VAN W 6-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1979 @ NYI T 4-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1979 vs CHI W 6-1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1979 @ CHI T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1979 vs LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1979 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1979 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1979 vs AFM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1979 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1979 vs STL W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1979 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1979 vs LAK L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1979 @ PIT L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1979 vs MNS W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1979 @ MNS W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1979 @ CLR W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 vs BUF W 6-4 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1978 vs CLR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1978 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1978 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1978 vs WSH W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1978 vs VAN W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1978 vs MNS T 4-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1978 @ PHI L 2-9 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1978 vs DET W 6-5 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1978 @ TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1978 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1978 vs PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1978 @ BUF W 4-3 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1978 vs AFM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1978 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1978 @ AFM W 6-2 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1978 vs TOR L 4-6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1978 @ BUF T 4-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1978 vs MTL T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 vs PHI L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1978 vs NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1978 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1978 @ MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1978 @ STL W 7-2 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1978 @ CHI L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1978 @ VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1978 @ LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1978 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1978 @ PIT T 4-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00