Lyle Odelein

Jersey Number: 4

Defense

6'0" (183cm)

July 21, 1968

Left

212 lbs (96kg)

Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, CAN

Recorded 5-28-33 and 207 penalty minutes in 146 games while serving as the Blue Jackets’ first team captain from 2000-02.
His best season as a Blue Jacket was in the club’s inaugural campaign in 2000-01 when he collected 3-14-17 and 118 penalty minutes in 81 contests.
Notched his first goal in a Blue Jackets uniform on Nov. 22, 2000 at Colorado (Patrick Roy).
Finished his 16-year NHL career with 50-202-252 and 2,316 penalty minutes in 1,056 appearances with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Florida Panthers, Dallas Stars, Chicago Blackhawks, Blue Jackets, Phoenix Coyotes, New Jersey Devils and Montreal Canadiens from 1989-2006.
Ranks second on Montreal’s all-time list for penalty minutes with 1,367.
Won the 1993 Stanley Cup with the Canadiens after collecting 1-5-6 in 20 postseason contests.
Collected an assist in his NHL debut with Montreal on Feb. 22, 1990 at Quebec and scored his first career goal on Dec. 19, 1991 at Chicago (Ed Belfour).
Set career highs with 11-29-40 and 276 penalty minutes in 79 games with Montreal in 1993-94, ranking sixth in the NHL in penalty minutes.
Began his pro career with Peoria in the International Hockey League (1988-89) and played for the Sherbrooke Canadiens in the American Hockey League (1988-90).
Represented Canada at the 1996 World Cup.
Played junior hockey for the Moose Jaw Warriors in the Western Hockey League, totaling 33-130-163 and 353 PIM in 189 career contests from 1985-88.

Season	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	SOG
2000-2001	81	3	14	17	-16	118	104
2001-2002	65	2	14	16	-28	89	76
Totals	146	5	28	33	-44	207	180

Drafted by Montreal in the seventh-round, 141st overall, in the 1986 NHL Draft.
Selected in the Expansion Draft on June 23, 2000 and was signed on June 29, 2000.
Traded to Chicago for D Jaroslav Spacek and a second-round pick in the 2003 NHL Draft on Mar. 19, 2002.