Gino Odjick
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Age: 25 Birthdate: September 7, 1970 Birthplace: Maniwaki, PQ Resides: Vancouver, BC Height: 6'3" Weight: 210 lbs Shoots: Left Family: Sons, Patrick, Joey; Daughter, Ashley |
1995-96 | |
| -Recorded one goal vs. Winnipeg on Feb. 13th -Recorded one goal vs. Hartford on Feb. 7th -Recorded first goal of the season on Feb. 2nd @Dallas. -Missed 24 games due to torn abdominal wall which occured..on Nov. 22nd vs. Dallas... | |
Personal | |
| Completed a Spiritual Journey of Healing for respectability and honour to educate native youths about the dangers of drugs and alcohol abuse which took him from Calgary to Vancouver in 20 days (he was joined by Calgary Flame Sandy McCarthy)...A full-blooded Algonquin Indian, Gino is tri-lingual, speaking English, French and Algonquin ... Spokesperson for Streetkids Employment Program, established for General Motors Place ... Is one of the team�s most popular players and is an ambassador for hockey among First Nation's people .... A regular visitor to reserves throughout the province, Gino spent part of the summer visiting native Indian bands in the Prince George area ... Also participated in a hockey school organized by Canuck scout Ron Delorme ... Enjoys returning to Maniwaki to help out the youngsters with their hockey and softball skills ... Would like to be a policeman on the reserve when he's through with hockey.... Boyhood idol was Stan Jonathan ... Began his hockey career outdoors on the Indian Reserve in Maniwaki ... Played for his high school team, then graduated to Tier II in Hawkesbury, Ont ... He enjoys listening to the music of Hank Williams Jr. and George Jones. | |
1994-95 | |
| Appeared in 23 games and recorded 4 goals and 5 assists...Finished third on team with 109 penalty minutes...Missed first five games of season due to an incident in pre-season play...Missed last thirteen games of season due to abdominal strain suffered on April 7th vs. Winnipeg...Scored first goal of season vs. Chicago on March 23rd...Scored 88.9% of points at even strength...Appeared in his 275th game as a Canuck on March 4th vs. Los Angeles....Playoffs: Appeared in five playoff games...Missed four due to injury and two due to suspension..Led team with 47 penalty minutes...1993-94: Completed his best season as a pro, finishing third among left wings with a career high 29 points ... Also registered a career high 16 goals, including five game-winners ... Led team in penalty minutes for the fourth straight season, recording the lowest total of his career with just 271 minutes, 100 minutes lower than last season ... Second on team in plus/minus at plus 13 ... Recorded career-high 5 game point streak (4-2-6) ... Playoffs: Did not record a point in 10 games. | |
Career | |
| Moved past Tiger Williams into 4th place on Canucks all-time penalty minutes list with 1,394 minutes (Garth Butcher is career leader with 1,668) ... Is only the fifth player in Canuck history to top 1,000 career penalty minutes (Butcher, Stan Smyl, Harold Snepsts and Williams are the others) ... In 1992-93, set club record for penalty minutes in a season with 370 ... Also set single game and period marks with 47 penalty minutes in third period vs Los Angeles on Nov. 12, 1992 ... In 1991-92, finished third overall in the NHL with 348 penalty minutes behind Rob Ray (354) and Mike Peluso (408) ... The 348 minutes set a Canuck team record, breaking Tiger Williams' old mark of 343 (1980-81) ... Scored on penalty shot vs Mike Vernon of Calgary Oct. 19, 1991 ... As a rookie in 1990-91, led the Canucks with 296 penalty minutes, the second highest total in the NHL, and won the Ram Tough Most Aggressive Canuck Award that season ... Started the season in Milwaukee before being recalled by Vancouver ... Wore sweater No. 66 in his debut as a Canuck before switching to No. 29 ... Scored his first NHL goal against Minnesota at the Pacific Coliseum, Nov. 27, 1991 ... Fractured cheekbone suffered Feb. 27 vs. Pittsburgh kept him out of the final 14 games ... Prior to being drafted by Canucks played junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior League, first with Drummondville, then Laval ... Odjick credits Laval coach Pierre Creamer (former coach of Pittsburgh Penguins) with his development as a player. | |
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| REGULAR SEASON | PLAYOFFS | |||||||||||
| Season | Club | League | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| 1988-89 | Laval | QMJHL | 50 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 278 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 129 |
| 1989-90 | Laval | QMJHL | 51 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 280 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 110 |
| 1990-91 | Milwaukee | IHL | 17 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 102 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vancouver | NHL | 45 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 296 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| 1991-92 | Vancouver | NHL | 65 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 348 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1992-93 | Vancouver | NHL | 75 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 370 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993-94 | Vancouver | NHL | 76 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 271 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1994-95 | Vancouver | NHL | 23 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| NHL/Canuck Totals | 284 | 35 | 38 | 73 | 1394 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||
| Drafted by Vancouver from Laval in the 5th round (86th overall) of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. |
