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| 1970 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | Dale Tallon
Selected in first round
No.
2 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Born October 19, 1950
 | Position:
Defense / Center / L. Wing
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Toronto (OHA)
Birthplace: Noranda, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Noranda, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1967-68 |
Oshawa | OHA | 50 |
12 | 31 |
43 | 88 | | 1968-69 |
Toronto | OHA |
48 | 17 |
32 | 49 |
80 | | 1969-70 |
Toronto | OHA |
54 | 39 |
40 | 79 |
128 |
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PRE-DRAFT
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Won 1969 Canadian junior golf
championship. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 9,
1970 (Los Angeles at Vancouver)
Numbers: 19, 9 (Vancouver); 19
(Chicago); 19, 4 (Pittsburgh)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1980 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1970-1980 |
VAN, CHI, PIT | 642 |
98 | 238 | 336 |
568 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974-1980 |
Chicago, Pittsburgh | 33 |
2 | 10 | 12 |
45 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1971, 1972
1970-71:
Played on first Vancouver Canucks team.
Management Career: Named
Chicago director of player personnel on Sept. 7, 1998, and remained in that
position through 2001-02 season. ... Named Chicago assistant general manager
on Nov. 5, 2003, and remained in that position until June 21, 2005. ...
Named Chicago general manager on June 21, 2005.
Broadcasting Career: Named Chicago radio and
television color commentator prior to 1982-83 season and remained in that
position through 1997-98 season. ... Named Chicago television color
commentator prior to 2002-03 season and remained in that position until Nov.
5, 2003.
Miscellaneous:
Wore No. 9 for part of Chicago's 1973 training camp and for one preseason
game. Chicago fans booed him for wearing the number that had belonged to Bobby
Hull, and he switched to No. 19. ...
Played center for two seasons in Chicago before being moved back to defense in
1975-76. ... Left unprotected by Pittsburgh for 1979 NHL Expansion Draft, but
was reclaimed as fill-in after Tom Edur was taken off Pittsburgh roster on
June 13, 1979. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Dallas (CHL); Syracuse (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by Minnesota)
Education: Attended Ryerson Polytechnic
Institute and Meisterschaft College in Toronto.
Miscellaneous: Full
name is Michael Dale Tallon. ... Member of Team
Canada in 1972 Summit Series vs. Soviet Union but did not play in any games.
... Arguably the greatest golfer ever to play in the NHL. ... Plays on
Celebrity Players Golf Tour. ... Has scratch handicap and once shot a 67 in
competition. ... Played on Canadian PGA Tour. ... Was head golf pro at clubs
in Highland Park and Naperville, Illinois.
Personal: Father played
semi-pro hockey under coach Eddie Shore. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Vancouver traded Tallon to Chicago in
exchange for Jerry Korab and Gary Smith on May 14, 1973. |
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SNAPSHOT '70 | | Total Selected: |
115 | | Forwards: |
66 | | Defense: |
36 | | Goaltenders: |
12 | | Position n/a: |
1 | | Major Junior: |
87 |
| College Players: |
18 |
| Canadian: |
109 | | Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
6 |
| U.S.-Born: |
6 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
60 | | Won Stanley Cup: |
7 |
| Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
11 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
2 |
| Picks Traded: |
13 |
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