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Mike O'connell

#2 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings

Born Nov 25, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA · 5'9", 180 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 43rd overall in 1975 by CHI (round 3)

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.

Doug Wilson CHI · 26 P in 56 GP Richard Mulhern LAK · 26 P in 73 GP Dave Shand AFM · 26 P in 80 GP Jim Schoenfeld BUF · 25 P in 46 GP Rick Smith BOS · 25 P in 67 GP

Career

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

02040601977-78: 2 points277-781978-79: 26 points2678-791979-80: 30 points3079-801980-81: 53 points5380-811981-82: 40 points4081-821982-83: 53 points5382-831983-84: 60 points6083-841984-85: 55 points5584-851985-86: 37 points3785-861986-87: 31 points3186-871987-88: 19 points1987-881988-89: 16 points1688-891989-90: 18 points1889-90

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1977-78 CHI 6 1 1 2 1 2 13 0 0.33
1978-79 CHI 48 4 22 26 -1 20 83 0 0.54
1979-80 CHI 78 8 22 30 -2 52 158 0 0.38
1980-81 CHI 34 5 16 21 5 32 79 0 0.62
1980-81 BOS 48 10 22 32 -1 42 96 0 0.67
1981-82 BOS 80 5 35 40 9 75 170 0 0.50
1982-83 BOS 80 14 39 53 43 42 165 0 0.66
1983-84 BOS 75 18 42 60 16 42 192 0 0.80
1984-85 BOS 78 15 40 55 3 64 257 0 0.71
1985-86 BOS 63 8 21 29 -6 47 174 0 0.46
1985-86 DET 13 1 7 8 -6 16 36 0 0.62
1986-87 DET 77 5 26 31 -24 70 140 0 0.40
1987-88 DET 48 6 13 19 24 38 68 0 0.40
1988-89 DET 66 1 15 16 -8 41 49 0 0.24
1989-90 DET 66 4 14 18 -12 22 57 0 0.27
13 seasons Career 860 105 335 440 41 605 1737 0 0.51

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1978-79 CHI 4 0 0 0 -7 4 8 0 0.00
1979-80 CHI 7 0 1 1 0 0 18 0 0.14
1980-81 BOS 3 1 3 4 -5 2 23 0 1.33
1981-82 BOS 11 2 2 4 6 20 21 0 0.36
1982-83 BOS 17 3 5 8 -3 12 47 0 0.47
1983-84 BOS 3 0 0 0 -3 0 13 0 0.00
1984-85 BOS 5 1 5 6 1 0 11 0 1.20
1986-87 DET 16 1 4 5 2 14 23 0 0.31
1987-88 DET 10 0 4 4 2 8 20 0 0.40
1988-89 DET 6 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 0.00
10 seasons Playoffs 82 8 24 32 -7 64 193 0 0.39

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 4 22 26 -1 20 83 0 0.54 4.8 0:00

Game log

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