1969 NHL Amateur Draft Pick
Ian Wilkie
Selected by
Montreal from Edmonton (WCHL)
5-foot-9, 160 pounds
Left-hand catcher
Goaltender
Pre-Draft Statistics
|
|
| 1966-67 |
Edmonton |
CMJHL | |
14 |
-- | |
3.14 |
1 |
n/a |
| 1967-68 |
Edmonton |
WCJHL | |
51 |
-- | |
3.18 |
3 |
n/a |
| 1968-69 |
Edmonton |
WCHL | |
51 |
-- | |
3.10 |
4 |
n/a |
Pre-Draft Notes
Led WCHL playoffs with 10 wins in 1969 despite losing final series
with Edmonton.
Canadian • Born July
20, 1949 in Edmonton, Alberta • Hometown:
Edmonton, Alberta
NEVER PLAYED IN NHL
After the Draft
-
Led WCHL with five shutouts for Edmonton in 1969-70.
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Won CWUAA championship with University of British Columbia in 1971.
-
Played on 1970-71 British Columbia (CWUAA) team that set school
record of 29 victories.
-
Named to CWUAA All-Star First Team with British Columbia in 1970-71.
-
Selected by New York Raiders in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, the
first draft in WHA history, February 1972.
-
Named to CWUAA All-Star Second Team with British Columbia in 1971-72.
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Signed WHA contract with New York Raiders in August 1972.
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Played five games for first New York Raiders team in WHA's inaugural
1972-73 season.
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Signed with Edmonton (WHA) as an unrestricted free agent in
September 1973.
-
WHA rights sold by Edmonton to Los Angeles in November 1973.
-
Traded by Los Angles (WHA) back to Edmonton in exchange for Wayne
Zuk in March 1974.
- Returned
to British Columbia (CWUAA) for the 1975-76 season and completed
three-year career there with a school record (since broken) of 28
career victories.
Miscellaneous
Full Name: Ian
Clair Wilkie
Post-Draft Teams: Edmonton (WCHL); British Columbia (CWUAA); Long Island (EHL); New York, Edmonton (WHA); Greensboro (SHL); Los Angeles (WHA)
Education: Graduated from University
of Alberta in 1970 and received a law degree from the University of
British Columbia in 1976.
Coaching Career: Served as New
York Raiders (WHA) interim head coach for one game on Feb. 21, 1973.
Career Beyond Hockey: Became a
successful attorney with a career spanning more than three decades after
his playing days, working in the
corporate sector until his retirement in 2012. His longest professional
stint was as General Counsel of CARA Operations Ltd., a prominent Canadian
restaurant and catering company based in the Toronto area. He was with
CARA Operations from 1988 to 2012. Prior to that, Wilkie spent 11 years
with Wardair Canada.
•
Wilkie on LinkedIn
Family: Father of Brown
University baseball player Cam Wilkie.
| 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 |
