Adam Oates

Adam Oates is a National Hockey League (NHL) Center for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

2001-2002 Season

This season, Oates was traded from the Washington Capitals, who he played for since 1996.

• November 2-6 - Missed three games with a leg injury.
• January 14, 2002 - He became the eighth player in league history to earn 1,000 assists. The game was versus Boston.

Traded to the Flyers near the end of the season, he was an exchange for Maxime Quellet[?] and a first, second and third round NHL Entry Draft[?] pick (March 19, 2002). He played 14 regular season games; he score three goals and made seven assists, ten points in all, an impressive amount considering he was only just settling in with the club.

• March 21, 2002 - His first game with this club, he assisted John LeClair's game winning goal versus Anaheim.
• March 27, 2002 - He recorded his 1,200 game versus the New York Rangers.
• April 6, 2002 - Moved into 17th place (1,354) in all-time NHL points, passing Guy Lafleur with an assist versus Pittsburgh.

2002-2003 Season

Traded to the Mighty Ducks, he led the NHL in assists, with 64; was 7th in points (78); 3rd with PP assists (26); 11 in PP points (29); 10th in face-off percentage (56.4%).

• February 6 - March 10, 2003 - In the eleven games played during this period of time, he posted the season's longest assist streak for any club.
• Adam Oates becomes 6th in all-time assists.

  REGULAR SEASON STATS  
  Season     TEAM           GP   G   A   PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW  GT  S  
  2002 - 03  Mighty Ducks   67   9   36   45  -1  16      
  2001 - 02  Flyers         14   3    7   10  -2   6      
  2001 - 02  Capitals       66  11   57   68  -1  22      
  2000 - 01  Capitals       81  13   69   82  -9  28  5  0  4  0   72 
  1999 - 00  Capitals       82  15   56   71  13  14  5  0  6  0   93 
  1998 - 99  Capitals       59  12   42   54  -1  36  3  2  3  0  121 
  1997 - 98  Capitals       82  18   58   76   6  36  3  2  3  0  121 
  1996 - 97  Capitals       80  22   60   82  -5  14  3  2  5  0  160 
  1995 - 96  Bruins         70  25   67   92  16  18  7  1  2  0  183 
  1994 - 95  Bruins         48  12   41   53 -11   8  4  1  2  0  109 
  1993 - 94  Bruins         77  32   80  112  10  45 16  2  3  0  197 
  1992 - 93  Bruins         84  45   97  142  15  32 24  1 11  0  254 
  1991 - 92  Blues          80  20   79   99  -9  22  6  0  4  2  191 
  1990 - 91  Blues          61  25   90  115  15  29  3  1  3  0  139 
  1989 - 90  Blues          80  23   79  102   9  30  0  0  0  0    0 
  1988 - 89  Red Wings      69  16   62   78  -1  14  0  0  0  0    0 
  1987 - 88  Red Wings      63  14   40   54  16  20  0  0  0  0    0 
  1986 - 87  Red Wings      76  15   32   47   0  21  0  0  0  0    0 
  1985 - 86  Red Wings      38   9   11   20 -24  10  0  0  0  0    0 
                  Totals  1277 339 1063 1402  36 421