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| MIKE O'CONNOR # 17 |
| MIKE JOINED THE WASPS IN 1984 FROM THE KALAMAZOO WINGS OF THE IHL, AFTER BEING DRAFTED BY THE L.A. KINGS. O'CONNOR WAS THE WASPS CAPTAIN FOR SEVERAL SEASON AND ALSO PLAYER COACH FOR 1 SEASON. MIKE LIFTED MANY TROPHIES FOR THE WASPS DURING THE '80s AND '90s, AND HIS DEDICATION TO THE CLUB EARNED HIM A TESTIMONIAL GAME IN 1993. MIKE WAS AT THE TOP END OF THE POINTS SCORING THROUGHOUT HIS WASPS CAREER AND COULD ALSO HANDLE THE ROUGH STUFF. THE HIGHLIGHT OF HIS STAY IN DURHAM WAS THE GRAND SLAM TRIUMPH IN 1990-91. |
| O'CONNOR'S WASPS STATS: SEASON GP G A PTS PIM 1984-85 36 27 35 62 88 1985-86 36 28 59 87 135 1986-87 35 44 50 94 70 1987-88 36 24 43 67 50 1988-89 36 19 53 72 68 1989-90 *SUSPENDED* 1990-91 36 30 50 80 50 1991-92 31 17 39 56 79 1992-93 36 13 36 49 108 TOTAL 252 202 365 567 648 |
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