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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 1948-49. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cal Gardner TOR · 35 P in 55 GP Ed Sandford BOS · 36 P in 56 GP Gordie Howe DET · 37 P in 40 GP Pete Babando BOS · 33 P in 58 GP Grant Warwick BOS · 37 P in 59 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

1948-49 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
46 11 24 35 0 0 0 0 0.76 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 20, 1949 vs CHI W 5-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1949 @ DET L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1949 vs BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1949 vs MTL T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1949 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1949 @ BOS L 1-8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1949 vs TOR L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1949 @ TOR L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1949 @ CHI L 2-5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1949 vs DET W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1949 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1949 vs MTL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1949 @ MTL L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1949 vs DET W 4-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1949 vs TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1949 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1949 vs CHI L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1949 @ DET L 0-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1949 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1949 @ TOR T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1949 @ BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1949 vs MTL W 9-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1949 @ DET W 5-1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1949 @ CHI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1949 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1949 vs BOS L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1949 vs TOR W 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1949 @ TOR L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1949 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1949 vs MTL T 1-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1949 vs CHI W 3-1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1949 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1949 @ BOS L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1948 vs BOS T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1948 vs CHI L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1948 @ MTL W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1948 @ CHI W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1948 vs MTL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1948 @ TOR T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1948 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1948 vs DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1948 @ DET L 3-5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1948 vs BOS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1948 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1948 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1948 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00