Selmar Odelein

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1966)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | caption = | alt = | image = | image_size = | position = Defence | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 195 | played_for = Edmonton Oilers | ntl_team = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|4|11|mf=y}} | birth_place = Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada | draft = 21st overall | draft_year = 1984 | draft_team = Edmonton Oilers | career_start = 1986 | career_end = 1994 }} '''Selmar Odelein''' (born April 11, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 18 games in the National Hockey League.

==Playing career== Odelein started his career with the Regina Pats in the Western Hockey League and was the first-round pick of the Edmonton Oilers in the 1984 NHL entry draft, 21st overall. He attended Luther College high school in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Odelein scored 0 goals and 2 assists in 18 games over three seasons with the Edmonton Oilers and also played with the Oilers' affiliates before spending a season with Team Canada. He spent two years in Austria playing for Innsbrucker EV and Feldkirch VEU before moving to the British Hockey League. He played a season each for the Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers before injury forced him to retire.

Odelein's brother Lyle won a Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1992–93. Another brother, Lee, also played professionally in Europe.

==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1982–83 | Regina Pat Canadians Midget AAA | SMHL | 70 || 30 || 84 || 114 || 38 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1982–83 | Regina Pats | WHL | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1983–84 | Regina Pats | WHL | 71 || 9 || 42 || 51 || 45 | 23 || 4 || 11 || 15 || 45 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1984–85 | Regina Pats | WHL | 64 || 24 || 35 || 59 || 121 | 8 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 13 |- | 1985–86 | Regina Pats | WHL | 36 || 13 || 28 || 41 || 57 | 8 || 5 || 2 || 7 || 24 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1985–86 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1986–87 | Nova Scotia Oilers | AHL | 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1987–88 | Nova Scotia Oilers | AHL | 43 || 9 || 14 || 23 || 75 | 5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 31 |- | 1987–88 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 12 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 33 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1988–89 | Cape Breton Oilers | AHL | 63 || 8 || 21 || 29 || 150 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1988–89 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1990–91 | Innsbrucker EV | Austria | 38 || 9 || 21 || 30 || 71 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1991–92 | VEU Feldkirch | Austria | 29 || 9 || 18 || 27 || 34 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | Nottingham Panthers | BHL | 23 || 17 || 18 || 35 || 48 | 7 || 5 || 10 || 15 || 12 |- | 1993–94 | Sheffield Steelers | BHL | 25 || 5 || 21 || 26 || 28 | 4 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 6 |- |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! ALIGN="center" | 18 ! ALIGN="center" | 0 ! ALIGN="center" | 2 ! ALIGN="center" | 2 ! ALIGN="center" | 35 ! ALIGN="center" | — ! ALIGN="center" | — ! ALIGN="center" | — ! ALIGN="center" | — ! ALIGN="center" | — |- |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! ALIGN="center" | 108 ! ALIGN="center" | 17 ! ALIGN="center" | 36 ! ALIGN="center" | 53 ! ALIGN="center" | 227 ! ALIGN="center" | 5 ! ALIGN="center" | 0 ! ALIGN="center" | 1 ! ALIGN="center" | 1 ! ALIGN="center" | 31 |}

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{{s-start}} {{succession box | before = Jeff Beukeboom | title = Edmonton Oilers first-round draft pick | years = 1984 | after = Scott Metcalfe}} {{s-end}}

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