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| Date | Opponent | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SHG | S | Shifts | TOI |
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| Date | Opponent | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SHG | S | Shifts | TOI |
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| Mar 25 | vs  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mar 21 | vs  | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mar 18 | vs  | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mar 17 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mar 15 | @  | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| 1934-35 | Mtl. Royals | QSHL | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1935-36 | Mtl. Royals | QSHL | 22 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| 1936-37 | Mtl. Royals | QSHL | 19 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1937-38 | Mtl. Royals | QSHL | 22 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-39 | Mtl. Royals | QSHL | 22 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 1939-40 | Mtl. Royals | QSHL | 29 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| 1940-41 | Mtl. Royals | QSHL | 35 | 15 | 38 | 53 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| 1941-42 | NHL | 36 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1941-42 | Mtl. Royals | QSHL | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1942-43 | NHL | 50 | 15 | 43 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1943-44 | NHL | 44 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1944-45 | NHL | 50 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1945-46 | NHL | 45 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1945-46 | Mtl. Royals | QSHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1946-47 | NHL | 46 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1947-48 | NHL | 60 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1948-49 | NHL | 46 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1949-50 | NHL | 66 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| 1950-51 | NHL | 66 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1951-52 | Cincinnati | AHL | 65 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 1952-53 | Cincinnati | IHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| NHL Totals | 509 | 140 | 257 | 397 | 34 | 53 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 6 | |||
| Season | Tournament | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | SHP | TOI/G |
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| 1934-35 | Al-Cup | Mtl. Royals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1935-36 | Al-Cup | Mtl. Royals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1938-39 | Al-Cup | Mtl. Royals | 13 | 10 | 10 | 20 | - | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1939-40 | Al-Cup | Mtl. Royals | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1940-41 | Al-Cup | Mtl. Royals | 14 | 6 | 14 | 20 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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O'Connor was a star with the Montreal Royals in the Quebec Senior Hockey League, centering the "Razzle Dazzle Line" with Gerry Heffernan and childhood friend Pete Morin. The Montreal Canadiens brought all three to the NHL during the 1941-42 season, and O'Connor enjoyed a solid rookie season, finishing with 25 points (nine goals, 16 assists) in 36 games and coming in second in voting for the Calder Trophy as the League's top rookie.
Though he was one of the lightest players in NHL history at 142 pounds, O'Connor became a valuable contributor to the Canadiens. He finished with 54 points (12 goals, 42 assists) in 44 games in 1943-44 when they won the Stanley Cup, and became a two-time champion when Montreal won again in 1946.
But O'Connor was overshadowed in Montreal by stars like Maurice Richard, Elmer Lach and Toe Blake. Frank Boucher, general manager of the rebuilding New York Rangers, had eyed O'Connor and acquired him along with defenseman Frank Eddolls in a trade on Aug. 19, 1947.
O'Connor stepped into the role of No. 1 center in New York and ran with it. He finished second in the League with an NHL career-high 60 points (24 goals, 36 assists), one behind Lach for the NHL scoring title. O'Connor helped the Rangers return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 1942 by finishing fourth, one spot ahead of the Canadiens, and was voted winner of the Hart Trophy as League MVP as well as the Lady Byng Trophy for skillful and gentlemanly play.
An auto accident during training camp in the fall of 1948 cost O'Connor 14 games and was a big reason the Rangers failed to return to the playoffs. But they qualified again in 1950, and O'Connor scored four goals in 12 playoff games to help New York upset the Canadiens in the semifinals and take the regular-season champion Detroit Red Wings to double overtime in Game 7 of the Cup Final before losing.
O'Connor played one more season with the Rangers, then joined Cincinnati for its final season in the American Hockey League before joining the International Hockey League. He retired in 1952.
O'Connor finished his NHL career with 397 points (140 goals, 257 assists) in 509 games, and 36 points (15 goals, 21 assists) in 53 playoff games.
He died Aug. 24, 1977 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988.
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