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| 1969 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Kevin Morrison
Selected in third round
No.
35 overall by New York Rangers
Born October 28, 1949
 | Position:
Left Wing / Defense
Height: 6-0 Weight:
202
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
St. Jerome (QJHL)
Birthplace: Sydney, Nova Scotia (Canada)
Hometown:
Sydney, Nova Scotia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1966-67 |
Drummondville | QJHL |
3 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 4 | | 1967-68 |
Drumondville | QJHL |
14 | 1 |
2 | 3 |
27 | | 1968-69 |
St. Jerome | QJHL |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Played left wing throughout his time in junior hockey. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1979 (St. Louis at
Colorado).
Number: 5 (Colorado)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1980 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1980 |
Colorado | 41 | 4 |
11 | 15 | 23 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Scored five points (one goal,
four assists) in Colorado home game against Philadelphia on February 19, 1980. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: New Haven (EHL); Omaha (CHL),
Fort Worth (CHL); Tidewater (AHL); Rochester (AHL); New Haven (AHL); New
York/New Jersey/San Diego, Indianapolis, Quebec (WHA); Philadelphia (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL Adams Cup: 1970 (Omaha)
EHL All-Star First Team: 1970-71 (New Haven)
WHA All-Star First Team:
1974-75 (San Diego)
WHA All-Star Second Team: 1975-76 (San Diego)
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by Los Angeles)
WHA All-Star Game: 1976, 1977
EHL Penalty Minutes Leader:
1970-71 (New Haven) (348 PIM)
EHL Playoffs PIM Leader: 1971 (New
Haven) (67 PIM)
Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame: Inducted 2000
Miscellaneous: Led WHA defenseman
in scoring with 81 points in 1974-75. ... Assisted on Wayne Gretzky's first
professional goal while playing for Indianapolis vs. Edmonton on Oct. 20,
1978. ... Member of Cape Breton Sports Hall of
Fame. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| INTRA-LEAGUE DRAFT: New York left Morrison
unprotected for the 1970 NHL Intra-league Draft, and he was claimed by Detroit
in June 1970. |
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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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