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Buddy O'Connor

#5 · Centre · New York Rangers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jun 21, 1916 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 5'8", 142 lb · Shoots right

Trophy case

×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1945-46, 1943-44
Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1947-48
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 1947-48

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1942-43. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Elmer Lach MTL · 58 P in 45 GP Bryan Hextall NYR · 59 P in 50 GP Joe Benoit MTL · 57 P in 49 GP Toe Blake MTL · 59 P in 48 GP Billy Taylor TOR · 60 P in 50 GP

Career

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

02040601941-42: 25 points2541-421942-43: 58 points5842-431943-44: 54 points5443-441944-45: 44 points4444-451945-46: 22 points2245-461946-47: 30 points3046-471947-48: 60 points6047-481948-49: 35 points3548-491949-50: 33 points3349-501950-51: 36 points3650-51

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1941-42 MTL 36 9 16 25 0 4 0 0 0.69
1942-43 MTL 50 15 43 58 0 2 0 0 1.16
1943-44 MTL 44 12 42 54 0 6 0 0 1.23
1944-45 MTL 50 21 23 44 0 2 0 0 0.88
1945-46 MTL 45 11 11 22 0 2 0 0 0.49
1946-47 MTL 46 10 20 30 0 6 0 0 0.65
1947-48 NYR 60 24 36 60 0 8 0 0 1.00
1948-49 NYR 46 11 24 35 0 0 0 0 0.76
1949-50 NYR 66 11 22 33 0 4 0 0 0.50
1950-51 NYR 66 16 20 36 0 0 0 0 0.55
10 seasons Career 509 140 257 397 0 34 0 0 0.78

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1941-42 MTL 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.33
1942-43 MTL 5 4 5 9 0 0 0 0 1.80
1943-44 MTL 8 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0.38
1944-45 MTL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1945-46 MTL 9 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0.56
1946-47 MTL 8 3 4 7 0 0 0 0 0.88
1947-48 NYR 6 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0.83
1949-50 NYR 12 4 2 6 0 4 0 0 0.50
8 seasons Playoffs 53 15 21 36 0 6 0 0 0.68

1942-43 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 15 43 58 0 2 0 0 1.16 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 18, 1943 vs NYR W 6-3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1943 @ BOS T 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1943 vs CHI T 6-6 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1943 @ CHI T 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1943 @ TOR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1943 @ NYR W 7-2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1943 vs TOR L 2-4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1943 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1943 @ NYR L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1943 vs NYR W 6-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1943 @ CHI W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1943 @ DET L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1943 vs DET W 5-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1943 vs CHI W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1943 @ BOS L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1943 vs BOS W 8-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1943 @ DET W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1943 vs DET T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1943 vs NYR T 5-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1943 @ CHI T 4-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1943 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1943 vs TOR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1943 @ TOR L 4-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1943 vs CHI W 5-1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1943 @ NYR W 7-4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1943 vs BOS W 7-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1943 vs TOR T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1943 @ TOR L 3-6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1942 vs BOS W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1942 vs CHI T 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1942 @ DET L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1942 vs NYR T 1-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1942 vs TOR L 1-8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1942 @ NYR W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1942 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1942 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1942 @ TOR L 1-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1942 vs TOR W 4-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1942 @ DET L 3-7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1942 vs BOS L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1942 vs DET T 4-4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1942 @ CHI T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1942 @ TOR L 0-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1942 @ BOS L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1942 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1942 vs DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1942 vs CHI W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1942 vs NYR W 10-4 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1942 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1942 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00