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| 1969 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | Jim Rutherford
Selected in first round
No.
10 overall by Detroit Red Wings
Born
February 17, 1949
 | Position:
Goaltender
Height: 5-8 Weight:
160
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Hamilton (OHA)
Birthplace:
Beeton, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Beeton, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | W-L-T |
GAA | SO |
SV% | | 1966-67 |
Aurora | Jr. C |
30 | n/a |
2.10 | n/a |
n/a | | 1967-68 |
Hamilton | OHA |
9 | n/a |
2.24 | 0 |
n/a | | 1968-69 |
Hamilton | OHA |
45 | n/a |
3.36 | 3 |
n/a |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1969 (Montreal)
OHA All-Star First Team: 1968-69
(Hamilton)
OHA Shutouts Co-leader: 1968-69 (Hamilton) (3 shutouts)
Miscellaneous: Joined Montreal for 1969 Memorial Cup tournament. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 23, 1970 (Detroit at Buffalo)
Numbers:
30,
1, 27, 29 (Detroit); 1, 29 (Pittsburgh); 1
(Tor.); 29 (LA)
Stanley
Cup: Never won. Playing Status: Retired 1983 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | W-L-T | GAA | SO | SV% | | 1970-1982 |
Detroit, Pitt., Toronto, L.A. | 457 |
151-227-59 | 3.65 |
14 | n/a |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | W-L | GAA | SO | SV% | | 1973-1981 |
PIT, DET, LA | 8 |
2-5 | 3.82 | 0 | n/a |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Detroit
MVP: 1973-74
Management Career: Named president and general manager of Hartford Whalers
on June 28, 1994, relocated with team to Carolina in 1997, and remained in position
into 2005-06 season.
Miscellaneous:
Had four assists in 1973-74. ... Had three consecutive shutouts for Detroit in
1975-76. ... Had two assists in one game during 1978-79 season. ... Was part
of KTR group with Peter Karmanos that purchased the Hartford Whalers in 1994. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Fort Worth (CHL); Hershey (AHL);
New Haven (AHL); Adirondack (AHL)
World Championships: 1977
(fourth place), 1979 (fourth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Canadian Hockey League Executive of Year:
1992-93 (Detroit)
OHL Executive of Year: 1992-93, 1993-94 (Detroit)
WHA Draft Pick:
1972 (by Minnesota)
Management Career: Director of hockey operations for Compuware Sports
Corporation in 1983-84. ... General manager of Windsor Spitfires (OHL) from
1984-85 through 1987-88. ... President and general manager of Detroit
Ambassadors/Junior Whalers from 1990-91 through 1993-94.
Miscellaneous:
Ran off-season hockey school during his playing days. ... Played major role in
effort to bring OHL franchise to Detroit which led to birth of Detroit
Compuware Ambassadors. Team later became known as Detroit Junior Whalers. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| INTRA-LEAGUE DRAFT/TRADE: Detroit left
Rutherford unprotected for the 1971 NHL Intra-league Draft and he was claimed
by Pittsburgh on June 8, 1971. Detroit got him back from Pittsburgh, along
with Jack Lynch, in exchange for Ron Stackhouse on Jan. 17, 1974. Detroit
traded him to Toronto for Mark Kirton on Dec. 4, 1980. He returned to Detroit
to finish his career, signing as a free agent on Sept. 13, 1982. |
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SNAPSHOT '69 | | Total Selected: |
84 | | Forwards: |
58 | | Defense: |
18 | | Goaltenders: |
8 | | Major Junior: |
68 | | College Players: |
8 |
| Canadian: |
78 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
1 | | USA Citizens: |
4 | | U.S.-Born: |
4 |
| European: |
1 |
| Reached NHL: |
49 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
7 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
1 |
| Olympians: |
2 |
| Picks Traded: |
11 |
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