Lyle Odelein

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CanadaCanada  Lyle Odelein Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 21, 1968
place of birth Quill Lake , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 91 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1986 , 7th lap, 141st position
Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
1984-1985 Regina Pat Canadians
1985-1988 Moose Jaw Warriors
1988-1989 Peoria Rivermen
1989-1990 Canadiens de Sherbrooke
1990-1996 Canadiens de Montréal
1996-2000 New Jersey Devils
2000 Phoenix Coyotes
2000-2002 Columbus Blue Jackets
2002-2003 Chicago Blackhawks
2003 Dallas Stars
2003-2004 Florida panthers
2005-2006 Pittsburgh Penguins

Lyle Theodore Odelein (born July 21, 1968 in Quill Lake , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played a total of 1,142 games for the Canadiens de Montréal , New Jersey Devils , Phoenix Coyotes , Columbus Blue Jackets , Chicago Blackhawks , Dallas Stars during his career , Florida Panthers and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League . His brothers Selmar and Lee were also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Odelein began his junior career in the 1984/85 season with the Regina Pat Canadians in the Saskatchewan Midget Hockey League . There he scored 25 scorer points in 26 games and received 30 penalty minutes. Then the back then equipped with qualities on the offensive, but physically hard playing defender moved to the Moose Jaw Warriors in the Western Hockey League . After his first season in the WHL, in which he had scored 46 points in 67 games, the 17-year-old was selected in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft in the seventh round in 141st place by the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League . Odelein stayed in Moose Jaw for two more years and initially increased his points to 59 in as many games. This was followed by his third and final season in the juniors with 58 points in 63 games.

In the summer of 1988, the Canadian finally switched to the professional field at the age of 20. The Montréal Canadiens put him in the 1988/89 season, initially in equal parts with the Peoria Rivermen in the International Hockey League and the Canadiens de Sherbrooke in the American Hockey League . While the 36 games with ten points were his only ones in the IHL in the further course of his career, the 33 games for the Canadiens in the AHL in the 1988/89 season were joined by another 68 in the 1989/90 season. In 116 games he scored 51 points and 469 penalty minutes. Most successful were the play-offs in 1990, when he got eleven points in twelve games alone.

With the beginning of the 1989/90 season , the defender was partially part of the NHL squad of the Canadiens de Montréal. In the well-known defensive line-up, which included Craig Ludwig , Chris Chelios and Petr Svoboda , Odelein only made eight appearances. He got two templates to goals. In the following season , his stakes increased significantly. The defender, now mainly acting defensively, played 64 times including the play-offs, but prepared two goals as in the previous year. The game year 1991/92 then waited with his first NHL goal and a new record of eight points, before the highlight of the defender's career followed in the 1992/93 season . The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup with a 4-1 series win over the Los Angeles Kings . Odelein increased his points yield to 16 in the regular season and had the best of the entire team with a plus / minus balance of +35. In the 1993/94 season , the defender also set career records in the categories of goals, assists, points and penalty minutes. He scored eleven goals, prepared 29, got 40 scorer points and spent 276 minutes in the penalty box.

After two more years in the French-Canadian metropolis, his time with the Canadiens ended on August 22, 1996, when he was given up in exchange for striker Stéphane Richer to league rivals New Jersey Devils . The Canadian spent three and a half constant years with the Devils with better point yields and plus / minus balances than in his last two years in Montréal. With the change for Deron Quint and a third-round suffrage in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft on March 7, 2000, a time began with many club changes for the defender.

Odelein only played 21 games between March and April 2000, as he was unable to agree on a new contract with the Arizona state franchise following the season and they sent him so unprotected in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft . There he was chosen by the newly formed Columbus Blue Jackets team . With the experience of eleven NHL seasons, management eventually named the defender the franchise's first team captain . With 17 points in the 2000/01 season and 16 in the 2001/02 season , Odelein showed the required leadership qualities on the offensive, but the club's management considered adding him on March 19, 2002, plus / minus balances of −16 and −28 for the Czech Jaroslav Špaček and a second-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 2003 to the Chicago Blackhawks . Odelein only stayed one year in Chicago, however, as the Blackhawks made him on March 10, 2003 for the Finn Sami Helenius and a seven-round vote in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft to the Dallas Stars . After only five games for Dallas, Odelein became a so-called unrestricted free agent and accepted a contract offer from the Florida Panthers in the summer of 2003 . For this he completed the following season , which should be his first, in which he completed all the games of his team.

After a year break from ice hockey due to the strike-related failure of the 2004/05 NHL season , the Canadian finally moved to the eighth and last NHL team of his career. On September 2, 2005, he signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins . After 27 games, which should also be his last in the NHL, he ended the season with a knee injury and did not return to the league.

International

Odelein only represented his home country at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey on an international level. The defensive specialist was used in two of the eight games of the Canadian team during the tournament . He remained pointless and received no penalty minutes. Canada finished second at the end of the competition after losing to the United States twice in the three games of the final series .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1984/85 Regina Pat Canadians SMHL 26th 12 13 25th 30th
1985/86 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 67 9 37 46 117 13 1 6th 7th 34
1986/87 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 59 9 50 59 70 9 2 5 7th 26th
1987/88 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 63 15th 43 58 166 - - - - -
1988/89 Peoria Rivermen IHL 36 2 8th 10 116 - - - - -
1988/89 Canadiens de Sherbrooke AHL 33 3 4th 7th 120 3 0 2 2 5
1989/90 Canadiens de Sherbrooke AHL 68 7th 24 31 265 12 6th 5 11 79
1989/90 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 8th 0 2 2 33 - - - - -
1990/91 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 52 0 2 2 259 12 0 0 0 54
1991/92 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 71 1 7th 8th 212 7th 0 0 0 11
1992/93 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 83 2 14th 16 205 20th 1 5 6th 30th
1993/94 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 79 11 29 40 276 7th 0 0 0 17th
1994/95 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 48 3 7th 10 152 - - - - -
1995/96 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 79 3 14th 17th 230 6th 1 1 2 6th
1996/97 New Jersey Devils NHL 79 3 13 16 110 10 2 2 4th 19th
1997/98 New Jersey Devils NHL 79 4th 19th 23 171 6th 1 1 2 21st
1998/99 New Jersey Devils NHL 70 5 26th 31 114 7th 0 3 3 10
1999/00 New Jersey Devils NHL 57 1 15th 16 104 - - - - -
1999/00 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 16 1 7th 8th 19th 5 0 0 0 16
2000/01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 81 3 14th 17th 118 - - - - -
2001/02 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 65 2 14th 16 89 - - - - -
2001/02 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 12 0 2 2 4th 4th 0 1 1 25th
2002/03 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 65 7th 4th 11 76 - - - - -
2002/03 Dallas Stars NHL 3 0 0 0 6th 2 0 0 0 0
2003/04 Florida panthers NHL 82 4th 12 16 88 - - - - -
2004/05 without a contract not played because of lockout
2005/06 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 27 0 1 1 50 - - - - -
SMHL total 26th 12 13 25th 30th
WHL overall 189 33 130 163 353 22nd 3 11 14th 60
IHL total 36 2 8th 10 116 - - - - -
AHL total 101 10 28 38 385 15th 6th 7th 13 84
NHL overall 1056 50 202 252 2316 86 5 13 18th 209

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1996 Canada World cup 2nd place 2 0 0 0 0
Men overall 2 0 0 0 0

( 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 Odelein, Lyle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Odelein, Lyle Theodore (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Quill Lake , Saskatchewan