Kevin O'Shea (ice hockey player)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CanadaCanada  Kevin O'Shea Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 28, 1947
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
date of death January 18, 2010
Place of death Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 92 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1966-1967 Cornwall Colts
1967-1968 St. Lawrence University
1968-1969 Hockey Canada
1969-1970 San Diego Gulls
1970-1972 Buffalo Sabers
1972-1973 St. Louis Blues
Denver Spurs
1973-1974 Phoenix Roadrunners
1974-1975 Minnesota Fighting Saints
1975-1976 Timrå IK

Kevin William O'Shea (born May 28, 1947 in Toronto , Ontario ; † January 18, 2010 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 146 games for the Buffalo Sabers and St. Louis in the course of his active career between 1966 and 1976, among other things Blues in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 69 other games for the Minnesota Fighting Saints in the World Hockey Association (WHA) on the position of right winger . His older brother Danny was also active as a hockey player in the NHL and WHA.

Career

O'Shea first spent his junior years in the 1966/67 season in the lower class junior group of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA-B), where he played for the Cornwall Colts . At the end of the season he represented city rivals Cornwall Royals in the prestigious Memorial Cup . There the striker justified his loan with eleven points scorer in twelve tournament games before he moved to the United States to begin studying at St. Lawrence University . At the same time, he went on the ice in the 1967/68 season for the St. Lawrence Saints , the university's ice hockey team, in ECAC Hockey , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The 20-year-old was able to show 24 goal participations in 14 missions.

However, instead of continuing his studies the following year, O'Shea was committed by the Canadian ice hockey association Hockey Canada in the summer of 1968 to participate with the Canadian national team in the 1969 World Cup. He also came to a few missions that season for the men's team of the Ottawa Nationals before he was signed in the summer of 1969 by the San Diego Gulls from the Western Hockey League (WHL), which his transfer rights from the New York Rangers in the Inter-League Draft received. With the Southern Californians, the Canadian spent his first season with the professionals and again drew the attention of the National Hockey League (NHL) franchises with his performances . The Buffalo Sabers brought him  back to the NHL after just one year - again via the Inter-League Draft .

The offensive player was active for the Sabers for almost two seasons until the beginning of March 1972 before he was selected on the waiver list by the St. Louis Blues , who thus took over his transfer rights and current contract. In St. Louis, O'Shea plays with his older brother Danny for the first time in his career . Together, the two reached the semi-final series with the Blues in the course of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1972 , after Kevin O'Shea had scored the decisive goal in overtime in the seventh game of the quarter-final series on presentation of his brother . After another season with the Blues, in which he had also played for the Denver Spurs in the WHL, the attacker left the NHL completely and joined the Phoenix Roadrunners from the WHL for the 1973/74 season . With the Roadrunners he won the championship trophy in the form of the Lester Patrick Cup at the end of the season .

After this success, O'Shea moved again and was committed by the Minnesota Fighting Saints from the World Hockey Association (WHA), which was competing with the NHL at the time . His brother Danny also moved to Minnesota, which both played together again in the 1974/75 season . Then Kevin O'Shea let his career end in Sweden, where he ran up in the 1975/76 season for Timrå IK in the newly founded Elitserien . Despite his 16 goals this season, he could not prevent the club from relegating to the second division. He then ended his career as a professional athlete at the age of 29.

As a result of the end of his career, O'Shea completed his law studies and then worked as a lawyer . He died in January 2010 at the age of 62 in the city of his birth, Toronto, of complications from a myocardial infarction .

International

On an international level, O'Shea played - still with amateur status - for his home country with the Canadian national team at the 1969 World Cup in the Swedish capital, Stockholm . At the last international appearance of the Canadians for the following seven years, he finished fourth with the team. In his seven tournament appearances, the striker remained pointless and collected 23 penalty minutes.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1966/67 Cornwall Colts OHA-B Statistics not available
1967 Cornwall Royals Memorial Cup 12 6th 5 11 43
1967/68 St. Lawrence University NCAA 14th 11 13 24
1968/69 Ottawa Nationals OHA-Sr. 6th 3 1 4th 32 - - - - -
1969/70 San Diego Gulls WHL 71 12 22nd 34 49 6th 1 2 3 9
1970/71 Buffalo Sabers NHL 41 4th 4th 8th 8th - - - - -
1971/72 Buffalo Sabers NHL 52 6th 9 15th 44 - - - - -
1971/72 St. Louis Blues NHL 4th 0 0 0 2 11 2 1 3 10
1972/73 St. Louis Blues NHL 37 3 5 8th 31 1 0 0 0 0
1972/73 Denver Spurs WHL 16 11 7th 18th 29 - - - - -
1973/74 Phoenix Roadrunners WHL 54 24 21st 45 40 9 6th 5 11 0
1974/75 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 68 10 10 20th 42 1 0 0 0 0
1975/76 Timrå IK Elitserien 33 16 5 21st 72 - - - - -
WHL overall 141 47 50 97 118 15th 7th 7th 14th 9
NHL overall 134 13 18th 31 85 12 2 1 3 10

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1969 Canada WM 4th Place 7th 0 0 0 23
Men overall 7th 0 0 0 23

( 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 )

Web links

personal data
SURNAME O'Shea, Kevin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Shea, Kevin William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 2010
Place of death Toronto , Ontario , Canada