Liam O'Brien (ice hockey)
This article is about the Canadian ice hockey player. For other uses, see Liam O'Brien (disambiguation).
| Liam O'Brien | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Born |
July 29, 1994 Halifax, NS, CAN | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Center | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team (P) Cur. team |
Washington Capitals Hershey Bears (AHL) | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||
Liam O'Brien (born July 29, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He currently plays for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).
O'Brien previously played for the Rimouski Oceanic (2010–12) and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (2012–14) of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Passed over in the NHL Entry Draft, O'Brien received a training camp invite from the Washington Capitals in 2014, and made the team, earning himself a three-year entry level contract on October 6, 2014.[1][2] He made his NHL debut on October 9, 2014 in a game against the Montreal Canadiens, in which he registered his first NHL fight against the Canadiens' Brandon Prust.[3]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2009–10 | Notre Dame Hounds | SMHL | 41 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 98 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 30 | ||
| 2010–11 | Rimouski Oceanic | QMJHL | 61 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | Rimouski Oceanic | QMJHL | 40 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 27 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||
| 2012–13 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 65 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 164 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | ||
| 2013–14 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 68 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 148 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2014–15 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 45 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 121 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | ||
| NHL totals | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Canada Atlantic | WHC17 | 5th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Junior totals | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Capitals sign Liam O'Brien to three-year entry-level deal". Washington Post. 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
- ↑ "Capitals rookies O'brien and Burakovsky to make NHL debuts". Washington Post. 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
- ↑ "Trotz pleased with Capitals feistiness vs Canadiens". Washington Post. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
External links
- Liam O'Brien's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Liam O'Brien's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
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