| Position: | Right Wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 205 |
| Ntl Team: | Canada |
| Birth Date: | 28 May 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Death Place: | Ontario, CAN |
| Career Start: | 1969 |
| Career End: | 1976 |
| Played For: | Buffalo Sabres St. Louis Blues Minnesota Fighting Saints Timrå IK |
Kevin William O'Shea (May 28, 1947 — January 18, 2010) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres and St. Louis Blues between 1970 and 1973, as well as in the World Hockey Association with the Minnesota Fighting Saints between 1974 and 1975. Prior to his professional career, O'Shea played two years for St. Lawrence University.[1] Internationally he played for the Canadian national team at the 1969 World Championships.
In his NHL career, O'Shea appeared in 133 games, scoring thirteen goals and adding eighteen assists. He is best known for scoring an overtime goal in Game 7 of a playoff quarterfinal series in 1972, leading the Blues past the Minnesota North Stars and into the next round.[2] [3] [4]
He played in 68 WHA games, scoring ten goals and adding ten assists. He did one season in Sweden, representing Timrå IK in Elitserien, establishing a then all-time league record in penalty minutes with 72 PIM in 33 regular season games.
Kevin O'Shea died January 18, 2010.[5] [6] Kevin was the brother of Danny O'Shea.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1963–64 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Cornwall Colts | OHA-B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Cornwall Royals | CJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Cornwall Royals | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 43 | ||
| 1967–68 | St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 14 | 11 | 13 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | St. Lawrence University | ECAC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Ottawa Nationals | OHA Sr | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | San Diego Gulls | WHL | 71 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 1970–71 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 41 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 52 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 1972–73 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 36 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1972–73 | Denver Spurs | WHL | 16 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHL | 54 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 40 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1974–75 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | WHA | 68 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1975–76 | Timrå IK | SWE | 33 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 68 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 133 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 85 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||||