Jim O'Brien (ice hockey)
| Jim O'Brien | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 29, 1989 Maplewood, MN, USA |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) |
| Position | Center |
| Shoots | Right[1] |
| NHL team | Ottawa Senators |
| NHL Draft | 29th overall, 2007 Ottawa Senators |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
James Patrick O'Brien (born January 29, 1989)[2] is an American professional ice hockey player. O'Brien is a member of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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[edit] Playing career
O'Brien played junior hockey for the United States National Under-18 Team in the NAHL from 2004 until 2006. He then entered the University of Minnesota and played a season of hockey as a 17 year-old. He had to receive an exception to play in university hockey; he was the youngest player in US college ice hockey.[3][4]
O'Brien was drafted 29th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.[5] O'Brien played defense before switching in high-school to "play as a power-forward center-ice man"[3] His final Central Scouting rank was 38th.[3] He was picked by Ottawa general manager Bryan Murray because "size matters".[4] O'Brien is a strong skater, he blocks shots and he is a penalty killer.[6] It was the third year in a row that the Senators picked a US-born player.[7] They picked Nick Foligno 28th overall during the 2006 NHL Draft,[8] and Brian Lee ninth overall in 2005.[9]
O'Brien played the following 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons with the major-junior Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League. On March 30, 2009, he turned professional, joining the Binghamton Senators, Ottawa's AHL affiliate.
O'Brien made his National Hockey League debut on December 31, 2010, dressing for the Senators in an away game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.[10] He played a total of six NHL games with Ottawa during the 2010–11 NHL season, registering 11 shots on goal, no points, and two penalty minutes.[11] O'Brien was returned to Binghamton and was a member of the 2011 Calder Cup championship team.
O'Brien returned to Binghamton for the 2011-12 season after attending Ottawa's training camp. He was called up to Ottawa in February 2012 and scored his first NHL goal on February 15, 2012 against the Florida Panthers.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | USNTDP | NAHL | 40 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | USNTDP | NAHL | 13 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 43 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 70 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 2008–09 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 63 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2008–09 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 76 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 74 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 67 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 2010–11 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Jim O'Brien". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid%5B%5D=97817. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ "Jim O’Brien, Cade Fairchild and Patrick White Named to 2007 U.S. National Under-18 Team". University of Minnesota. http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=848097. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
- ^ a b c "Senators go college route". Ottawa Citizen. http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/sports/story.html?id=f9550e91-2508-4209-b85b-ec33359c77d3. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ a b "Ottawa uses first-round pick on University of Minnesota center Jim O'Brien". CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/cp/hockey/070622/h062271A.html. Retrieved 2007-06-23.[dead link]
- ^ "2007 NHL Draft Tracker". TSN. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=11095&hubname=. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
- ^ "Jim O'Brien". http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/jim_o'brien. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ "Senators select O'Brien with top pick". Ottawa Senators. http://www2.ottawasenators.com/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=hockey/hockeyNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=2712. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
- ^ "Nick Foligno". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00080212. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ "Brian Lee". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid%5B%5D=83000. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ Ottawa Senators at Columbus Blue Jackets Game Recap - 12/31/2010
- ^ http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=615108
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Nick Foligno |
Ottawa Senators first round draft pick 2007 |
Succeeded by Erik Karlsson |
