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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 1944-45. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gus Bodnar TOR · 44 P in 49 GP Herb Cain BOS · 45 P in 50 GP Hank Goldup NYR · 42 P in 48 GP Grant Warwick NYR · 42 P in 42 GP Lorne Carr TOR · 48 P in 47 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

1944-45 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 21 23 44 0 2 0 0 0.88 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 18, 1945 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1945 vs CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1945 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1945 @ NYR W 11-5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1945 vs NYR W 7-3 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1945 vs BOS W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1945 @ CHI L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1945 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1945 vs TOR W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1945 @ CHI T 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1945 @ TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1945 @ NYR W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1945 vs DET W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1945 vs NYR W 9-4 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1945 @ DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1945 vs DET W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1945 vs CHI T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1945 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1945 vs BOS W 11-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1945 @ DET W 6-3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1945 vs NYR W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1945 @ CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1945 @ NYR W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1945 vs DET W 8-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1945 vs TOR W 7-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1945 vs CHI W 10-1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1945 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1945 @ BOS W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1944 vs NYR W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1944 vs DET W 9-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1944 vs CHI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1944 @ NYR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1944 vs BOS W 8-5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1944 vs TOR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1944 @ BOS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1944 @ CHI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1944 vs NYR L 5-7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1944 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1944 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1944 @ DET T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1944 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1944 @ NYR W 6-2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1944 vs BOS W 6-3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1944 @ CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1944 @ TOR L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1944 vs CHI W 9-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1944 @ DET W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1944 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1944 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1944 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00