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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 1949-50. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jim Conacher CHI · 33 P in 66 GP Dunc Fisher NYR · 33 P in 70 GP Joe Carveth DET · 32 P in 71 GP Dave Creighton BOS · 31 P in 66 GP Alex Kaleta NYR · 31 P in 68 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

1949-50 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
66 11 22 33 0 4 0 0 0.50 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 26, 1950 vs TOR W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1950 @ DET L 7-8 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1950 vs CHI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1950 vs MTL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1950 @ MTL L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1950 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1950 vs MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1950 @ TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1950 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1950 @ CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1950 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1950 @ BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1950 vs DET L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1950 vs BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1950 @ TOR L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1950 @ CHI W 7-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1950 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1950 vs TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1950 @ MTL W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1950 vs BOS T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1950 vs DET W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1950 @ CHI W 5-3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1950 @ DET T 5-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1950 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1950 @ BOS L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1950 vs MTL W 2-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1950 @ BOS T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1950 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1950 @ CHI L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1950 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1950 vs BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1950 vs DET L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1950 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1950 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1950 vs CHI T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1950 @ MTL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1950 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1950 @ BOS L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1949 vs BOS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1949 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1949 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 24, 1949 @ MTL T 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1949 vs MTL W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1949 vs TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1949 @ BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1949 @ CHI L 3-5 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1949 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1949 @ DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1949 vs CHI W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1949 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1949 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1949 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1949 vs BOS W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1949 vs DET T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1949 vs MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1949 vs MTL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1949 @ DET L 0-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1949 @ TOR T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1949 vs TOR L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1949 vs CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1949 vs BOS W 5-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1949 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1949 @ TOR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1949 @ DET L 1-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1949 @ BOS T 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1949 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00