| Round | Overall |
| 4 | 39 |
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Left-hand catcher
Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | W-L-T | GAA | SO | SV% | ||
| 1967-68 | Peterborough | OHA | 20 | 3-8-7 | 4.10 | 1 | n/a | ||
| 1968-69 | Peterborough | OHA | 39 | 18-14-8 | 3.22 | 3 | n/a |
Pre-Draft Notes
Tied for OHA shutouts lead with Peterborough in 1968-69.
After the Draft
- Played on Springfield team that reached AHL Calder Cup finals
in 1970.
- Won AHL Calder Cup with Springfield in 1971
but did not appear in playoffs due to injury.
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Selected by New England Whalers in 1972 WHA General Player Draft,
the first draft in that league's history.
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Signed WHA contract with New England in May 1972.
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Selected
by Nova Scotia (AHL) from Los Angeles in Reverse Draft of June 1972.
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Played on 1972-73 New England Whalers team that won both the WHA's inaugural
regular-season title and the inaugural 1973 WHA World Trophy
championship.
- Worked
initially at hockey schools and later in
his father-in-law's Springfield-based construction business during
off-seasons of his playing days.
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A baseball fan, he played shortstop on New England's off-season charity softball team.
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Retired
after failing to make New England's WHA roster out of training camp in 1974 and sat out most of 1974-75 season
working as an insurance salesman before rejoining Whalers
organization late in season.
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Retired for final time due to knee injury midway through 1977-78
season after playing 14 games with Springfield (AHL).
- Won AHL Ken McKenzie Award for league's best team promotional work
with Springfield in 1979-80.
- Won AHL James C. Hendy Memorial Award as league's top executive with
Springfield in 1988-89.
- Won back-to-back AHL Calder Cup championships as General Manager of
Springfield in 1990 and 1991.
- To celebrate his first 30 years of work as an executive in the AHL, the league
staged a "Bruce Landon Night" at Springfield's MassMutual Center
on Nov. 3, 2007.
- Inducted into Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame in 2014.
Miscellaneous
Full Name:
Norman Bruce Landon
Nicknames: "Batesy", "Boo"
Post-Draft Teams: Springfield (AHL); New England (WHA);
Jacksonville (AHL); Cape Cod (NAHL); Rhode Island (AHL)
Broadcasting Career: Worked as
Springfield (AHL) radio color commentator from following his retirement
in late 1977 through 1978-79 season.
Significant Injuries
Missed most of Los Angeles' 1970 training camp with broken thumb. ... Missed parts of 1970-71 season due to two shoulder separations. The first occurred in Springfield's season-opener after a collision in the crease. The second, from another crease collision, required season-ending surgery. While he was out, future Hall of Famer Billy Smith became the team's No. 1 goalie, leading Springfield to the Calder Cup. ... Missed remainder of 1976 WHA playoffs with torn ligaments and tendon in right ankle, suffered during Game 1 of New England's second-round playoff series at Indianapolis on April 16, 1976. ... Suffered career-ending knee injury at practice with Springfield (AHL) in December 1977.
Non-Playing Career
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MANAGEMENT CAREER Named Springfield Indians (AHL) General Manager prior to 1982-83 season and remained in that position through 1993-94 season when he became part of the team's ownership group. ... Became Springfield Falcons (AHL) Co-owner, President and General Manager prior to 1994-95 season, when team was announced as expansion franchise for 1995-96, sold his ownership stake in 2010 to help keep the team in Springfield, and remained in the President/GM position until he announced his retirement from those |
roles on Feb. 4, 2014. ...
Named Springfield Falcons (AHL) Director of Hockey Operations on
Feb. 4, 2014, and continues to hold this position. FRONT-OFFICE CAREER Worked in the Group Sales ticketing division for Springfield (AHL) following his retirement in December 1977 through 1978-79 season ... Named Springfield (AHL) Director of Marketing and Public Relations prior to 1979-80 season and remained in that position through 1981-82 season. |
| SNAPSHOT '69 | |
| Total Selected: | 84 |
| Forwards: | 58 |
| Defense: | 18 |
| Goaltenders: | 8 |
| Major Junior: | 68 |
| College Players: | 8 |
| Canadian: | 78 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 1 |
| American: | 4 |
| European: | 1 |
| Reached NHL: | 49 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 10 |
| Hall of Fame: | 1 |
| All-Star Game: | 7 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 1 |
| Olympians: | 2 |
| Picks Traded: | 11 |
| 1969 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Chicago | Detroit |
| Los Angeles | Minnesota | Montreal |
| New York | Oakland | Philadelphia |
| Pittsburgh | St. Louis | Toronto |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1969