Daniel Cleary

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Left
Nickname	Clears
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Detroit Red Wings Phoenix Coyotes Edmonton Oilers Chicago Blackhawks
Nationality	Canada
Born	December 18, 1978, Carbonear, NF, CAN
NHL Draft	13th overall, 1997 Chicago Blackhawks
Pro Career	1998 – present

Daniel Cleary (born 18 December 1978 in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a professional ice hockey winger playing for the Detroit Red Wings . He was selected in the first round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, 13th overall, by the Chicago Blackhawks.

Cleary had a phenomenal junior career with the Belleville Bulls of the OHL, although his performance tailed off in his draft year. Nevertheless, Chicago still selected him midway through the first round. Just one year removed from junior, Cleary was dealt to the Edmonton Oilers as part of a package that landed Boris Mironov in Chicago.

Cleary played parts of four seasons in Edmonton. Cleary's $1 million contract was bought out by the Oilers in the summer of 2003. Shortly thereafter, he was signed to a much cheaper contract by the Phoenix Coyotes. He played in Sweden during the 2004-05 NHL lockout. Following the lockout, Phoenix did not offer Cleary a qualifying contract. Cleary was invited to the Detroit Red Wings training camp, and he made the team.

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994-95	Belleville Bulls	OHL		62	26	55	81	62		16	7	10	17	23
1995-96	Belleville Bulls	OHL		64	53	62	115	74		14	10	17	27	40
1996-97	Belleville Bulls	OHL		64	32	48	80	88		6	3	4	7	6
1997-98	Belleville Bulls	OHL		30	16	31	47	14		10	6	17	23	10
1997-98	Indianapolis Ice	IHL		4	2	1	2	6		-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		6	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Portland Pirates	AHL		30	9	17	26	74		-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		9	0	1	1	7		3	0	0	0	0
1998-99	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		35	4	5	9	24		-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		58	22	52	74	108		5	2	3	5	18
1999-00	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		17	3	2	5	8		4	0	1	1	2
2000-01	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		81	14	21	35	37		6	1	1	2	8
2001-02	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		65	10	19	29	51		-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		57	4	13	17	31		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		68	6	11	17	42		-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Mora IK	SEL		47	11	26	37	138		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		77	3	12	15	40		6	0	1	1	6
NHL Totals				406	44	83	127	233		16	1	3	4	16

[edit] External links

• Bio at TSN.ca
• Bio at HockeyDatabase