Jeff O'Neill

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CanadaCanada  Jeff O'Neill Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 23, 1976
place of birth Richmond Hill , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 1st lap, 5th position
Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1992-1995 Guelph Storm
1995-1997 Hartford Whalers
1997-2005 Carolina Hurricanes
2005-2007 Toronto Maple Leafs

Jeffrey "Jeff" O'Neill (born February 23, 1976 in Richmond Hill , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current sports commentator , who in the course of his active career between 1992 and 2007, among other things, 855 games for the Hartford Whalers and Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs played on the right winger position in the National Hockey League . With the Carolina Hurricanes, O'Neill, who had been selected in fifth overall position in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft , reached the finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2002 .

Career

The 1.85 m tall winger began his career with the Guelph Storm in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League before he was selected ( drafted ) in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft as fifth in the first round by the Hartford Whalers .

Even after the franchise moved to Carolina , he was still on the ice for the team that has since played in the National Hockey League under the name Carolina Hurricanes . With the Hurricanes, the right-handed shooter reached the finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2002 , which was lost to the Detroit Red Wings . To this day, O'Neill is in first or second place in all of the team's scores, and in 2003 he was also elected to the Eastern Conference team for the 53rd NHL All-Star Game .

On July 30, 2005, the then 30-year-old Canadian was transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs by the Hurricanes in exchange for a draft pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft , after he had expressed his desire to play for the Maple Leafs. So he was able to be closer to his family after the unexpected accidental death of his brother Donny. After spending the 2006/07 season with the Maple Leafs and one of the team's top scorers, he suspended the entire 2007/08 season . In late summer 2008 he took part in the Carolina Hurricanes training camp, but agreed shortly before the start of the season that the team would release him from his trial contract.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1992/93 Guelph Storm OHL 65 32 47 79 88 5 2 2 4th 6th
1993/94 Guelph Storm OHL 66 45 81 126 95 9 2 11 13 31
1994/95 Guelph Storm OHL 57 43 81 124 56 14th 8th 18th 26th 34
1995/96 Hartford Whalers NHL 65 8th 19th 27 40 - - - - -
1996/97 Hartford Whalers NHL 72 14th 16 30th 40 - - - - -
1996/97 Springfield Falcons AHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1997/98 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 74 19th 20th 39 67 - - - - -
1998/99 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 75 16 15th 31 66 - - - - -
1999/00 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 80 25th 38 63 72 - - - - -
2000/01 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 41 26th 67 106 6th 1 2 3 10
2001/02 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 76 31 33 64 63 22nd 8th 5 13 27
2002/03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 30th 31 61 38 - - - - -
2003/04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 67 14th 20th 34 60 - - - - -
2004/05 Carolina Hurricanes NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 19th 19th 38 64 - - - - -
2006/07 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 20th 22nd 42 54 - - - - -
OHL total 253 128 228 356 279 28 12 31 43 71
NHL overall 821 237 259 496 670 34 9 8th 17th 37

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1995 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 2 4th 6th 2
Juniors overall 7th 2 4th 6th 2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME O'Neill, Jeff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Neill, Jeffrey (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and sports commentator
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond Hill , Ontario