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Denis Potvin

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: October 29, 1953 in Ottawa, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1991

Drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1973-74 20 New York Islanders NHL 77 17 37 54 0.70 20 0.26 114 29 141 40 -16 175 11 6 0 3 209 2.71 8.1
1974-75 21 New York Islanders NHL 79 21 55 76 0.96 27 0.34 153 48 111 34 28 105 14 5 2 4 211 2.67 10.0
1975-76 22 New York Islanders NHL 78 31 67 98 1.26 35 0.45 168 85 104 33 12 100 13 18 0 4 256 3.28 12.1
1976-77 23 New York Islanders NHL 80 25 55 80 1.00 29 0.36 173 56 92 17 42 103 17 7 1 4 241 3.01 10.4
1977-78 24 New York Islanders NHL 80 30 64 94 1.18 34 0.42 204 70 107 30 57 81 21 9 0 6 288 3.60 10.4
1978-79 25 New York Islanders NHL 73 31 70 101 1.38 36 0.49 203 75 91 34 71 58 16 12 3 2 237 3.25 13.1
1979-80 26 New York Islanders NHL 31 8 33 41 1.32 14 0.45 72 26 48 15 13 44 4 4 0 0 98 3.16 8.2
1980-81 27 New York Islanders NHL 74 20 56 76 1.03 27 0.37 190 85 108 41 38 104 11 9 0 4 206 2.78 9.7
1981-82 28 New York Islanders NHL 60 24 37 61 1.02 23 0.38 148 56 77 23 38 83 12 11 1 4 169 2.82 14.2
1982-83 29 New York Islanders NHL 69 12 54 66 0.96 22 0.32 140 55 81 28 32 60 7 4 1 1 191 2.77 6.3
1983-84 30 New York Islanders NHL 78 22 63 85 1.09 31 0.39 178 50 105 32 55 87 10 11 1 3 246 3.15 8.9
1984-85 31 New York Islanders NHL 77 17 51 68 0.88 24 0.31 161 45 117 37 36 96 11 6 0 1 198 2.57 8.6
1985-86 32 New York Islanders NHL 74 21 38 59 0.80 22 0.29 133 39 93 33 34 78 12 8 1 4 168 2.27 12.5
1986-87 33 New York Islanders NHL 58 12 30 42 0.72 15 0.26 93 44 78 23 -6 70 4 8 0 1 147 2.53 8.2
1987-88 34 New York Islanders NHL 72 19 32 51 0.71 19 0.27 121 46 74 25 26 112 10 9 0 3 188 2.61 10.1
Career NHL 1060 310 742 1052 0.99 378 0.36 2251 809 1427 445 460 1356 173 127 10 44 3053 2.88 10.2

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1974-75 21 New York Islanders NHL 17 5 9 14 0.82 30 1 3 1 0
1975-76 22 New York Islanders NHL 13 5 14 19 1.46 32 3 2 0 1
1976-77 23 New York Islanders NHL 12 6 4 10 0.83 20 4 2 0 0
1977-78 24 New York Islanders NHL 7 2 2 4 0.57 6 2 0 0 0
1978-79 25 New York Islanders NHL 10 4 7 11 1.10 8 4 0 0 1
1979-80 26 New York Islanders NHL SC 21 6 13 19 0.90 24 2 4 0 1
1980-81 27 New York Islanders NHL SC 18 8 17 25 1.39 16 1 6 1 2
1981-82 28 New York Islanders NHL SC 19 5 16 21 1.11 30 2 3 0 0
1982-83 29 New York Islanders NHL SC 20 8 12 20 1.00 22 4 4 0 1
1983-84 30 New York Islanders NHL 20 1 5 6 0.30 -5 28 0 1 0 0 56 2.80 1.8
1984-85 31 New York Islanders NHL 10 3 2 5 0.50 0 10 2 1 0 1 22 2.20 13.6
1985-86 32 New York Islanders NHL 3 0 1 1 0.33 -2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.33 0.0
1986-87 33 New York Islanders NHL 10 2 2 4 0.40 -7 21 1 1 0 0 22 2.20 9.1
1987-88 34 New York Islanders NHL 5 1 4 5 1.00 -3 6 0 1 0 0 15 3.00 6.7
Career NHL 4 185 56 108 164 0.89 -17 253 26 28 2 7 119 2.48 5.9

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1968-69 15 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 46 12 25 37 0.80 83
1969-70 16 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 42 13 18 31 0.74 97
1970-71 17 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 57 20 58 78 1.37 200
1971-72 18 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 48 15 45 60 1.25 188
1972-73 19 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 61 35 88 123 2.02 232
1976-77 23 Canada Can-Cup 7 1 8 9 1.29 16
1978-79 25 NHL All-Stars Ch-Cup 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
1981-82 28 Canada Can-Cup 7 2 5 7 1.00 12
1985-86 32 Canada WEC-A 7 1 4 5 0.71 6
Career Can-Cup 14 3 13 16 1.14 28
Career Ch-Cup 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
Career OHA-Jr. 254 95 234 329 1.30 800
Career WEC-A 7 1 4 5 0.71 6

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1969-70 16 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 5 2 1 3 0.60 9
1970-71 17 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 11 4 6 10 0.91 26
1972-73 19 Ottawa 67's OHA-Jr. 9 6 10 16 1.78 22
Career OHA-Jr. 25 12 17 29 1.16 57

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1974 NHL
1975 NHL
1976 NHL
1977 NHL
1978 NHL
1981 NHL
1983 NHL
1984 NHL
1988 NHL

Awards

1973-74 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy
1975-76 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1977-78 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1978-79 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy

Honors

1974-75 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1975-76 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1976-77 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1977-78 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1978-79 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1980-81 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1983-84 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1976-77 NHL 80 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 80 (3)

Assists

1975-76 NHL 67 (6)
1976-77 NHL 55 (10)
1977-78 NHL 64 (5)
1978-79 NHL 70 (5)
Career NHL 742 (39)

Assists Per Game

1975-76 NHL 0.86 (6)
1977-78 NHL 0.80 (6)
1978-79 NHL 0.96 (3)
1979-80 NHL 1.06 (2)
1982-83 NHL 0.78 (9)
Career NHL 0.70 (23)

Points

1977-78 NHL 94 (5)
1978-79 NHL 101 (7)
Career NHL 1052 (60)

Points Per Game

1975-76 NHL 1.26 (10)
1977-78 NHL 1.18 (8)
1978-79 NHL 1.38 (5)
Career NHL 0.99 (54)

Goals Created

1977-78 NHL 33.8 (9)
1978-79 NHL 35.8 (7)
Career NHL 378.2 (73)

Goals Created Per Game

1978-79 NHL 0.49 (7)
Career NHL 0.36 (92)

Total Goals For

1975-76 NHL 168 (5)
1976-77 NHL 173 (7)
1977-78 NHL 204 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 203 (1)
 1980-81 NHL 190 (3)
1983-84 NHL 178 (5)
1984-85 NHL 161 (7)
Career NHL 2251 (14)

Power Play Goals For

1975-76 NHL 85 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 56 (2)
1977-78 NHL 70 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 75 (2)
1980-81 NHL 85 (2)
Career NHL 809 (18)

Total Goals Against

1973-74 NHL 141 (3)
Career NHL 1427 (37)

Power Play Goals Against

1973-74 NHL 40 (3)
Career NHL 445 (20)

Plus/Minus

1977-78 NHL 57 (6)
1978-79 NHL 71 (2)
1983-84 NHL 55 (5)
Career NHL 460 (6)

Penalties in Minutes

1973-74 NHL 175 (7)

Power Play Goals

1975-76 NHL 18 (2)
Career NHL 127 (64)

Short-Handed Goals

1978-79 NHL 3 (5)

Game-Winning Goals

1977-78 NHL 6 (9)

Shots on Goal

1977-78 NHL 288 (5)
Career NHL 3053 (68)

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

November 30, 1979: Missed majority of 1979-80 season recovering from thumb injury suffered in game vs. Edmonton, November 30, 1979.