Gord Donnelly
| Gord Donnelly | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Donnelly in 1985 photo | |||
| Born |
April 5, 1962 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 202 lb (92 kg; 14 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Quebec Nordiques Winnipeg Jets Buffalo Sabres Dallas Stars | ||
| NHL draft |
62nd overall, 1981 St. Louis Blues | ||
| Playing career | 1982–2000 | ||
Gord Donnelly (born April 5, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.[1]
Donnelly was born in Montreal and wound up playing 554 games in the National Hockey League, playing with four teams from 1983 to 1995 before closing his hockey career with the EC VSV.[1] When his NHL career ended in 1995, he was one of only 24 players with 2,000 penalty minutes.[2]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1978–79 | Laval National | QMJHL | 71 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Laval Voisins | QMJHL | 44 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | QMJHL | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1980–81 | Sherbrooke Castors | QMJHL | 67 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 247 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 35 | ||
| 1981–82 | Sherbrooke Castors | QMJHL | 60 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 240 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 106 | ||
| 1981–82 | Sherbrooke Castors | MC | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
| 1982–83 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | CHL | 67 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 222 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1983–84 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 38 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 146 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 43 | ||
| 1984–85 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 42 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 134 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | ||
| 1985–86 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 38 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | ||
| 1986–87 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 38 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 143 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | ||
| 1987–88 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 63 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 301 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 57 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 228 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 55 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 222 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1990–91 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 57 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 265 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 67 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 305 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 60 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 221 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Houston Aeros | IHL | 73 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 333 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Houston Aeros | IHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Chicago Wolves | IHL | 59 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 144 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | ||
| 1997–98 | EC VSV | Alp | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | EC VSV | AUT | 19 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| 1998–99 | EC VSV | Alp | 31 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | EC VSV | AUT | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | EC VSV | IEHL | 32 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | EC VSV | AUT | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 554 | 28 | 41 | 69 | 2,069 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 61 | ||||
See also
References
- 1 2 "Gord Donnelly Stats and News | NHL.com". www.nhl.com.
- ↑ "For combined seasons, up to 1994-95, playing skater, in the regular season, sorted by descending Penalties in Minutes". Stathead. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- Living people
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Buffalo Sabres players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Chicago Blackhawks scouts
- Chicago Wolves (IHL) players
- Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) players
- Dallas Stars players
- EC VSV players
- Fredericton Express players
- Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players
- Ice hockey people from Montreal
- Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000) players
- Laval National players
- Laval Voisins players
- Nashville Predators scouts
- Quebec Nordiques players
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- St. Louis Blues draft picks
- Salt Lake Golden Eagles (CHL) players
- Sherbrooke Castors players
- Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1960s birth stubs