Shot Right Height 1.78 m Career start 1969 Position Winger | Playing career Weight 79 kg Career end 1976 | |
Born December 6, 1949 (age 67)
Kingston, ON, CAN ( 1949-12-06 ) NHL Draft 37th overall, 1969
Minnesota North Stars Played for Oklahoma City Blazers (Central Hockey League) | ||
Bob gassoff vs fred o donnell feb 7 1974
Frederick James O'Donnell (born December 6, 1949 in Kingston, Ontario and raised in Gananoque, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player, and a retired professional ice hockey coach. During his professional playing career, he played 115 games in the National Hockey League and 155 games in the World Hockey Association, mainly at left wing. He played for the Boston Bruins and the New England Whalers, respectively. He coached the Queen's University Golden Gaels hockey program for several seasons in the late 1970s and early 1980s, leading the team to the Ontario University Athletics title in 1981 (winning the Queen's Cup), and a berth in the national championship tournament that year in Calgary. He then coached the Kingston Canadians Major Junior hockey team for two seasons, from 1985-87. O'Donnell currently works in real estate in Kingston. He was inducted into the Kingston and District Sports Hall of Fame.