Gino Odjick

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Gino Odjick
Born (1970-09-07) September 7, 1970
Maniwaki, QC, CAN
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Vancouver Canucks
New York Islanders
Philadelphia Flyers
Montreal Canadiens
NHL Draft 86th overall, 1990
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 1990–2002

Wayne Gino "Chief, The Enforcer" Odjick (born September 7, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1990–91 to 2001–02 for the Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, Philadelphia Flyers and Montreal Canadiens. He was born in an Algonquin Native Reserve named Chum Sa Bay (then River Desert Band) at Maniwaki, Quebec.

Playing career

Gino Odjick was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the fifth round (86th overall) in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. His primary role with the Canucks was as an enforcer. For part of his time in Vancouver, he played on a line with the high scoring Pavel Bure. For the 1993–94 NHL season, Odjick had a career high of 16 goals and 13 assists for 29 points. He played in a total of 8 seasons for the Canucks from 1990–91 to 1997–98. During six of those seasons, he had over 200 penalty minutes and thrice he had over 300. His sixth season (1997–98) with over 200 penalty minutes was split between the Canucks (181 penalty minutes in 35 games) and New York Islanders (31 in 13 games).

In the 1997–98 season, Odjick was traded to the New York Islanders and played there until 1999–2000 when he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers. He left Philadelphia during the 2000–01 for the Montreal Canadiens. His last NHL season was with Montreal in 2001–02. He missed most of the 2003 season due to concussion from a puck hitting him in the back of the head during pre-season practice, and was subsequently suspended by the Canadiens for failure to report to the minors.[1] He retired from professional hockey thereafter, his last known organized hockey coming in 2005, when he played on the Horse Lake Thunder team featuring several hired ringers, including ex-NHLers Theo Fleury, Sasha Lakovic and Dody Wood, which made it to the semi-finals of the 2005 Allan Cup.[2]

After retirement

In 2003, Odjick moved back to Vancouver and partnered with the Musqueam First Nation to manage the Musqueam Golf & Learning Academy[3] As of 2013 Gino still resides in Vancouver.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1988–89 Laval Titan QMJHL 50 9 15 24 278 16 0 9 9 129
1989–90 Laval Titan QMJHL 51 12 26 38 280 13 6 5 11 110
1990–91 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 17 7 3 10 102 — — — — —
1990–91 Vancouver Canucks NHL 45 7 1 8 296 6 0 0 0 18
1991–92 Vancouver Canucks NHL 65 4 6 10 348 4 0 0 0 6
1992–93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 75 4 13 17 370 1 0 0 0 0
1993–94 Vancouver Canucks NHL 76 16 13 29 271 10 0 0 0 18
1994–95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 23 4 5 9 109 5 0 0 0 47
1995–96 Vancouver Canucks NHL 55 4 3 7 181 6 3 1 4 6
1996–97 Vancouver Canucks NHL 70 5 8 13 371 — — — — —
1997–98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 35 3 2 5 181 — — — — —
1997–98 New York Islanders NHL 13 0 0 0 31 — — — — —
1998–99 New York Islanders NHL 23 4 3 7 133 — — — — —
1999–00 New York Islanders NHL 46 5 10 15 90 — — — — —
1999–00 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 13 3 1 4 10 — — — — —
2000–01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 17 1 3 4 28 — — — — —
2000–01 Montreal Canadiens NHL 13 1 0 1 44 — — — — —
2001–02 Quebec Citadelles AHL 13 2 1 3 40 — — — — —
2001–02 Montreal Canadiens NHL 36 4 4 8 104 12 1 0 1 47
NHL totals 605 64 73 137 2567 44 4 1 5 142

See also

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Sound of Thunder: Fleury, Lakovic come unglued," Robert Tychkowski, Edmonton Sun,
  3. ↑ Gino Odjick Looks To Golf As A New Career, First Nations Drum, Spring 2004

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