| Ellard O'Brien | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1930-05-27)May 27, 1930 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
November 27, 2011(2011-11-27) (aged 81) St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Boston Bruins | ||
| Playing career | 1950–1962 | ||
Ellard "Obie" O'Brien (May 27, 1930 – November 27, 2011) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins during the 1955–56 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1950 to 1962, was mainly spent in the minor American Hockey League.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1948–49 | St. Catharines Teepees | OHA | 25 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1949–50 | St. Catharines Teepees | OHA | 48 | 58 | 43 | 101 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | ||
| 1949–50 | Boston Olympics | EAHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1950–51 | Tulsa Oilers | USHL | 57 | 33 | 28 | 61 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| 1951–52 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 54 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1952–53 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 61 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1953–54 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 63 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | ||
| 1954–55 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 62 | 31 | 38 | 69 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1955–56 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1955–56 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 49 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1956–57 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 64 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1957–58 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 65 | 23 | 48 | 71 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 1958–59 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 63 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 1959–60 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 67 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1960–61 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 68 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | Philadelphia Ramblers | EHL | 60 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| AHL totals | 616 | 168 | 278 | 446 | 415 | 50 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 38 | ||||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1930 births
- 2011 deaths
- Boston Bruins players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Boston Olympics players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Hershey Bears players
- Philadelphia Ramblers players
- Quebec Aces (AHL) players
- St. Catharines Teepees players
- Ice hockey people from St. Catharines
- Tulsa Oilers (USHL) players
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1930s births stubs