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Riga “Dinamo” fires Canadian defender O’Brien – Ice Hockey – Apollo.lv – Sports

This season, O’Brien went to the KHL Championship in 7 unsuccessful games, performed 15 strength techniques, blocked 6 opponents’ throws, earned 24 penalty minutes and an efficiency of -3, averaging 12:33 minutes on the court.

Last season, O’Brien was the third-best defender in the Norwegian Championship – 45 points in 41 games (10 goals + 35 assists).

He became the roughest player of the season in the Norwegian championship with 309 penalty minutes, but earned a positive efficiency of +14 on the field.

O’Brien represented Fredrikstad’s “Stjernen” team.

This season, the Canadian defender was only second in Europe in his career, representing Riga “Dinamo”. Prior to that, he played for the American Hockey League (AHL) for several years.

In the AHL Championship, O’Brien has played 213 games and scored 50 points (16 goals + 34 assists).

The 1.93-meter-long defender was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2012 National Hockey League (NHL) draft No. 108, but he has not played any official game in the world’s strongest hockey league.

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