| 1969 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Neil Nicholson
Selected in sixth round
No.
65 overall by Oakland Seals
Born September 12, 1949
 | Position:
Defense / Right Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 176
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
London (OHA)
Birthplace: Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)
Hometown:
Saint John, New Brunswick |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1966-67 |
Fredericton | NBJHL |
-- |
9 | 11 |
20 | 39 | | |
Halifax | NSJHL | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1967-68 |
Fredericton | NBJHL |
4 |
0 | 2 |
2 | 2 | | |
Fredericton | NBSHL |
31 | 11 |
20 | 31 |
30 | | 1968-69 |
London | OHA |
54 | 16 |
26 | 42 |
62 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Played four playoff games for Halifax in 1967. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: April 1970 (Oakland vs. Pittsburgh)
(playoffs)
Numbers:
?? (Oakland); 25 (N.Y. Islanders)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1985 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1972-1978 |
N.Y. Islanders | 39 |
3 | 1 | 4 |
23 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1970 | Oakland | 2 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1972-73: Played on first New York Islanders
team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Providence (AHL); New Haven
(AHL); Fort Worth (CHL); Langnau (Switzerland); Dallas (CHL); Moncton (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL Adams Cup: 1978 (Fort Worth)
CHL
All-Star First Team: 1976-77 (Fort Worth)
WHA Draft Pick: 1972
(by Winnipeg)
1977-78: Played on CHL regular-season champion (Fort
Worth).
Coaching Career: Head coach of Swiss League's Zurich Lions
in 1988-89 and 1989-90.
Miscellaneous: Became player agent in Europe
after coaching. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| INTER-LEAGUE DRAFT: California's Providence
AHL affiliate left Nicholson unprotected for the 1972 NHL Inter-league Draft,
and he was claimed by the New York Islanders on June 6, 1972. |
