| Round | Overall |
| 2 | 12 |
Gary Wood
Selected by California from Fort Frances (TBJHL)
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6-foot-1, 185 pounds
Left-hand shot
Defense
Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1966-67 | Fort Frances | TBJHL | 28 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 55 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Moved to International Falls, Minn., as baby with American parents. ... Won 1964 and 1965 Minnesota state titles with Falls High. ... Co-captain of 1965 FHS team.
American • Born Sept. 28, 1946 in Fort
Frances, Ont. • Hometown: International Falls, Minn. • Died Dec. 23, 2002
NEVER PLAYED IN NHL
After the Draft
- Spent most of 1967-68 and all of 1968-69 serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
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Claimed by Des Moines (IHL) of waivers from Toledo in November 1970.
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Signed by Johnstown (EHL) after release from Des Moines in December
1970.
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Played on Charlotte teams that won SHL regular-season titles in both 1974-75 and 1975-76.
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Won SHL Crockett Trophy with Charlotte in 1975 and 1976.
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Signed with Grand Rapids (USHL) after Winston-Salem (SHL) team
folded on Jan. 7, 1977.
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Won USHL championship with Grand Rapids in 1977.
- Named to 1976-77 USHL All-Star Second team with Grand Rapids.
Miscellaneous
Full Name:
Gary Francis Wood
Post-Draft Teams: Dayton, Toledo, Columbus, Des Moines (IHL); Johnstown (EHL); Team USA; Charlotte, Winston-Salem (SHL); Grand Rapids (USHL)
Education: Spent time at
University of Minnesota-Duluth in 1965-66 before leaving school to
pursue a pro hockey career.
Career Beyond Hockey: Returned
to Minnesota and settled in the Twin Cities area after retirement. ..
Was ranked as the 85th greatest player in Minnesota high school hockey
history by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune in 2011, and was noted
by the newspaper as having possessed one of the hardest slap shots in
the history of high school hockey in the state.
| SNAPSHOT '67 | |
| Total Selected: | 18 |
| Forwards: | 11 |
| Defense: | 6 |
| Goaltenders: | 1 |
| Major Junior: | 2 |
| College Players: | 1 |
| Canadian: | 17 |
| USA Citizens: | 1 |
| U.S.-Born: | 0 |
| European: | 0 |
| Reached NHL: | 3 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 0 |
| Hall of Fame: | 0 |
| All-Star Game: | 0 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 0 |
| Olympians: | 0 |
| Picks Traded: | 0 |