Sean O'Donnell

Sean O'Donnell (born October 13, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Drafted 123rd overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, O'Donnell has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, New Jersey Devils, Boston Bruins, Phoenix Coyotes, Anaheim Ducks, Philadelphia Flyers and Chicago Blackhawks. He won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Ducks in 2007.
== Playing career==
===Minor/Junior===
O'Donnell grew up in the Ottawa area playing minor hockey with several teams before playing his Midget season with the CJHL's Kanata Valley Lasers in 1987–88. He was a fourth-round choice, 59th overall, of the Sudbury Wolves in the 1988 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Priority Selection.
O'Donnell played major junior in the OHL with Sudbury for three seasons. Following his third and final OHL season, he was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the sixth round of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.
===Professional===
O'Donnell immediately turned professional the following season with the Sabres' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans. At one point during the Sabres' 1992–93 season, O'Donnell was set to make his NHL debut with the team due to the single-game suspension of Gord Donnelly. However, his flight from Rochester, New York, to Hartford, Connecticut, was cancelled, and he was unable to make it to the city in time for the game against the Whalers.
After three seasons in the Sabres organization, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in the 1994 off-season in exchange in exchange for Doug Houda. As a result, O'Donnell began playing in the International Hockey League (IHL) with the Kings' minor league affiliate, the Phoenix Roadrunners. During his first season in the Kings organization, he made his NHL debut in 1994–95, appearing in 15 games and recording two assists. From then on, O'Donnell established himself as a full-time NHLer, playing the following five seasons with the Kings.
On June 23, 2000, O'Donnell was released by the Kings into the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft, where he was claimed by the Minnesota Wild. Joining the expansion Wild, O'Donnell was named the franchise's first captain for the month of October as part of a rotating monthly captaincy. Late in the season, however, he was dealt at the 2001 NHL trade deadline to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for defenceman Willie Mitchell. O'Donnell went on to appear in the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals with the Devils, but lost the championship to the Colorado Avalanche in seven games.
In the off-season, O'Donnell became a free agent and signed with the Boston Bruins. In his first season as a Bruin, O'Donnell recorded NHL career-highs with 22 assists and 25 points in 80 games. After three seasons in Boston, he became a free agent once more and signed with the Phoenix Coyotes. For the second time in his career, he was dealt at the trade deadline in his first season with a new club, as the Coyotes traded him to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in exchange for Joël Perrault. The following season, in 2006–07, O'Donnell won a Stanley Cup with the Ducks.
After another season with the Ducks, in which O'Donnell played in his 900th NHL game on January 18, 2008, against his former team, the Minnesota Wild, he was traded in the 2008 off-season to the Los Angeles Kings for a draft pick in 2009. Playing in his first season back with the Kings, O'Donnell then reached the 1,000-game mark on March 14, 2009, against the San Jose Sharks at the HP Pavilion in San Jose.
On July 1, 2010, O'Donnell signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.
O'Donnell signed a one-year contract worth $850,000 with the Chicago Blackhawks on July 1, 2011.
After 17 seasons in the NHL, O'Donnell announced his retirement on January 16, 2013.
==Personal life==
O'Donnell grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, and has a younger brother, Mark, who also played professional hockey, as well as a younger sister, Tracey. On July 11, 2009, Sean married wife Laura Marie Buka in Detroit, Michigan.
While injured with Boston, O'Donnell did some pre- and post-game TV host work on NESN. In 2013, after his retirement from professional hockey, he returned to the Los Angeles Kings organization to work both in the team's hockey development department and as an analyst on the team's television broadcasts. He has also been involved in numerous charities throughout his career and enjoys working with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1987–88 	Kanata Valley Lasers 	CJHL 		44 	4 	19 	23 	107 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1988–89 	Sudbury Wolves 	OHL 		56 	1 	9 	10 	49 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1989–90 	Sudbury Wolves 	OHL 		64 	7 	19 	26 	84 		7 	1 	2 	3 	8
1990–91 	Sudbury Wolves 	OHL 		66 	8 	23 	31 	114 		5 	1 	4 	5 	10
1991–92 	Rochester Americans 	AHL 		73 	4 	9 	13 	193 		16 	1 	2 	3 	21
1992–93 	Rochester Americans 	AHL 		74 	3 	18 	21 	203 		17 	1 	6 	7 	38
1993–94 	Rochester Americans 	AHL 		64 	2 	10 	12 	242 		4 	0 	1 	1 	21
1994–95 	Phoenix Roadrunners 	IHL 		61 	2 	18 	20 	132 		9 	0 	1 	1 	21
1994–95 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 		15 	0 	2 	2 	49 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 		71 	2 	5 	7 	127 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 		55 	5 	12 	17 	144 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 		80 	2 	15 	17 	179 		4 	1 	0 	1 	36
1998–99 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 		80 	1 	13 	14 	186 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 		80 	2 	12 	14 	114 		4 	1 	0 	1 	4
2000–01 	Minnesota Wild 	NHL 		63 	4 	12 	16 	128 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	New Jersey Devils 	NHL 		17 	0 	1 	1 	33 		23 	1 	2 	3 	41
2001–02 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 		80 	3 	22 	25 	89 		6 	0 	2 	2 	4
2002–03 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 		70 	1 	15 	16 	76 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 		82 	1 	10 	11 	110 		7 	0 	0 	0 	0
2005–06 	Phoenix Coyotes 	NHL 		57 	1 	7 	8 	121 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL 		21 	1 	2 	3 	26 		16 	2 	3 	5 	23
2006–07 	Anaheim Ducks 	NHL 		79 	2 	15 	17 	92 		21 	0 	2 	2 	10
2007–08 	Anaheim Ducks 	NHL 		82 	2 	7 	9 	84 		6 	1 	1 	2 	2
2008–09 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 		82 	0 	12 	12 	71 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 		78 	3 	12 	15 	70 		6 	0 	1 	1 	4
2010–11 	Philadelphia Flyers 	NHL 		81 	1 	17 	18 	87 		11 	0 	2 	2 	5
2011–12 	Chicago Blackhawks 	NHL 		51 	0 	7 	7 	23 		2 	0 	0 	0 	0
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals		1,224 	31 	198 	229 	1,809 		106 	6 	13 	19 	129
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
===International===
Year 	Team 	Event 	 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1999 	Canada 	WC 	 	9 	1	2	3 	6
Senior totals	Senior totals	Senior totals	 	9 	1	2	3 	6
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Awards and honours==
Award 	Year	
NHL 	NHL 	NHL
Stanley Cup (Anaheim Ducks)	2007	
==Transactions==
*June 1, 1991 – Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 6th round, 123rd overall;
* June 26, 1994 – Traded to the Los Angeles Kings for Doug Houda;
*June 23, 2000 – Claimed by the Minnesota Wild in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft;
*March 4, 2001 – Traded to the New Jersey Devils for Willie Mitchell;
*July 1, 2001 – Signed by the Boston Bruins as a free agent;
*July 6, 2004 – Signed by the Phoenix Coyotes as a free agent;
*March 9, 2006 – Traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for Joël Perrault;
*September 30, 2008 – Traded to the Los Angeles Kings for a conditional 2009 draft pick;
*July 1, 2010 – Signed by the Philadelphia Flyers as a free agent;
*July 1, 2011 – Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks as a free agent.
==See also==
*List of NHL players with 1,000 games played
==References==
==External links==
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Category:1971 births
Category:Anaheim Ducks players
Category:Boston Bruins players
Category:Buffalo Sabres draft picks
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Category:Mighty Ducks of Anaheim players
Category:Minnesota Wild players
Category:New Jersey Devils players
Category:Philadelphia Flyers players
Category:Phoenix Coyotes players
Category:Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players
Category:Rochester Americans players
Category:Stanley Cup champions
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Category:Ice hockey people from Ontario
Category:Retired in 2013