O'Brien

Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Canucks General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that the Canucks have acquired defenceman Shane O’Brien and right wing Michel Ouellet in exchange for defenceman Lukas Krajicek and right wing Juraj Simek from the Tampa Bay Lightning. O’Brien will report to Vancouver and Ouellet will report to Manitoba.

O’Brien, 25, spent the 2007-08 season with the Tampa Bay Lightning, recording 21 points (4-17-21) in 77 games played. The Port Hope, Ontario-native has played in 158 NHL games, scoring six goals and 31 assists for a total of 37 points and recording 330 penalty minutes. The 6’2”, 235-pound defenceman was selected in the eighth round, 250th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Anaheim Ducks.

Ouellet, 26, has played in 187 career NHL games with Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh, registering 116 points (52-64-116). The 6’0”, 201-pound right wing was named to the AHL All-Rookie Team in 2004. Born in Rimouski, Quebec, Ouellet was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the fourth round, 124th overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.

O'Brien's Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1999-2000 Port Hope  OPJHL   47 6 27 33   110           2000-2001 Kingston Frontenacs  OHL   61 2 12 14   89           2001-2002 Kingston Frontenacs  OHL   67 10 23 33 6 132 3 0 2     2002-2003 Kingston Frontenacs  OHL   28 8 15 23 -1 100 4 0       2002-2003 St. Michael's  OHL   34 8 11 19 -20 108 2 0       2003-2004 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks  AHL   60 2 8 10   163           2004-2005 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks  AHL   77 5 20 25 4 319 2 0 2     2005-2006 Portland Pirates  AHL   77 8 33 41 20 287 3 0 2     2006-2007 Ducks   62 2 12 14 5 140 1 0 2 55 3.6 2006-2007 Lightning   18 0 2 2 -8 36 0 0 0 17 0.0 2007-2008 Lightning   77 4 17 21 -2 154 0 0 1 69 5.8 2008-2009 Lightning   1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 NHL Totals:   158 6 31 37 -6 330 1 0 3 141 4.3 Ouellet's Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1997-1998 Jonquiere  QAAA   33 20 32 52   52           1998-1999 Rimouski Oceanic  QMJHL   28 7 13 20   10           1999-2000 Rimouski Oceanic  QMJHL   72 36 53 89   38           2000-2001 Rimouski Oceanic  QMJHL   63 42 50 92 -12 50 28 1 5     2001-2002 Rimouski Oceanic  QMJHL   61 40 58 98 6 66 14 0 4     2002-2003 Wilkes-Barre Scranton Pens  AHL   4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 2002-2003 Wheeling Nailers  ECHL   55 20 26 46 -1 40 7 0 3 165 12.1 2003-2004 Wilkes-Barre Penguins  AHL   79 30 19 49 0 34 12 0 7     2004-2005 Wilkes-Barre Penguins  AHL   80 31 32 63 15 56 6 0 5     2005-2006 Penguins   50 16 16 32 -13 16 11 0 0 87 18.4 2005-2006 Wilkes-Barre Penguins  AHL   19 10 20 30 12 12 6 1 1     2006-2007 Penguins   73 19 29 48 -3 30 11 0 2 148 12.8 2007-2008 Lightning   64 17 19 36 11 12 5 0 0 132 12.9 NHL Totals:   187 52 64 116 -5 58 27 0 2 367 14.2