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Daniel Cleary

#11 · Right wing · Detroit Red Wings

Born Dec 18, 1978 in Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · 6'1", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 13th overall in 1997 by CHI (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2007-08

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kirk Nielsen BOS · 0 P in 6 GP Christian Matte COL · 0 P in 5 GP Jeffrey Mitchell DAL · 0 P in 7 GP Kevyn Adams TOR · 0 P in 5 GP Mike Leclerc ANA · 0 P in 7 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0102030401997-98: 0 points097-981998-99: 9 points91999-00: 5 points599-002000-01: 35 points352001-02: 29 points2901-022002-03: 17 points172003-04: 17 points1703-042005-06: 15 points152006-07: 40 points4006-072007-08: 42 points422008-09: 40 points4008-092009-10: 34 points342010-11: 46 points4610-112011-12: 33 points332012-13: 15 points1512-132013-14: 8 points82014-15: 2 points214-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1997-98 CHI 6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 5 0.00
1998-99 CHI 35 4 5 9 -1 24 49 28 0.26
1999-00 EDM 17 3 2 5 -1 8 18 16 0.29
2000-01 EDM 81 14 21 35 5 37 107 73 0.43
2001-02 EDM 65 10 19 29 -1 51 75 49 0.45
2002-03 EDM 57 4 13 17 5 31 89 12 0.30
2003-04 PHX 68 6 11 17 -8 42 83 37 0.25
2005-06 DET 77 3 12 15 5 40 106 65 0.19
2006-07 DET 71 20 20 40 6 24 135 67 0.56 $663K
2007-08 DET 63 20 22 42 21 33 177 82 0.67 $663K
2008-09 DET 74 14 26 40 0 46 163 107 0.54 $2.8M
2009-10 DET 64 15 19 34 -3 29 140 119 0.53 $2.8M
2010-11 DET 68 26 20 46 -1 20 192 112 0.68 $2.8M
2011-12 DET 75 12 21 33 2 30 199 90 0.44 $2.8M
2012-13 DET 48 9 6 15 -6 40 93 56 0.31 $2.8M
2013-14 DET 52 4 4 8 -11 31 64 51 0.15 $1.75M
2014-15 DET 17 1 1 2 -4 6 17 21 0.12 $1.497M
17 seasons Career 938 165 222 387 6 492 1711 990 0.41

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1999-00 EDM 4 0 1 1 1 2 3 5 0.25
2000-01 EDM 6 1 1 2 -2 8 6 3 0.33
2005-06 DET 6 0 1 1 2 6 14 9 0.17
2006-07 DET 18 4 8 12 2 30 53 34 0.67
2007-08 DET 22 2 1 3 1 4 54 29 0.14
2008-09 DET 23 9 6 15 17 12 57 64 0.65
2009-10 DET 12 2 0 2 3 4 27 19 0.17
2010-11 DET 11 2 4 6 2 6 30 20 0.55
2011-12 DET 5 0 0 0 -1 2 10 11 0.00
2012-13 DET 14 4 6 10 -1 2 20 25 0.71
10 seasons Playoffs 121 24 28 52 24 76 274 219 0.43

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 5 0.00 0.0 9:06

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2014-15 $1.497M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $1.75M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $2.8M
2008-09 to 2012-13 $2.8M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $663K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 1997-98 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Oct 24, 1997 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:33
Oct 22, 1997 @ NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:06
Oct 19, 1997 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:30
Oct 10, 1997 @ DAL L 0-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:09
Oct 9, 1997 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 03:13
Oct 1, 1997 @ PHX L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:02