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 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.
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