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| 1970 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Chuck Lefley
Selected in first round
No.
6 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born January 20, 1950
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Center
Height: 6-2 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Team Canada
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada)
Hometown:
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1965-66 |
Winnipeg | MJHL |
46 |
19 | 20 |
39 | 10 | | 1966-67 |
Winnipeg | MJHL |
43 | 25 |
21 | 46 |
33 | | 1967-68 |
Team Canada | Int'l |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1968-69 |
Team Canada | Int'l |
7 | 0 |
1 | 1 |
10 | | 1969-70 |
Brandon | WCHL |
7 | 6 |
6 | 12 |
0 | | |
Team Canada | Int'l |
25 | 16 |
14 | 30 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
MJHL Rookie of Year: 1965-66
World Championships: 1969 (fourth place) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: 1970-71 season
Numbers:
6, 8, 21, 24 (Montreal); 25 (St. Louis)
Stanley Cup: 1971, 1973.
Playing Status: Retired 1981 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1970-1981 |
Montreal, St. Louis | 407 |
128 | 164 | 292 |
137 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1971-1977 |
Montreal, St. Louis | 29 |
5 | 8 | 13 |
10 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
St. Louis Star of Game Award: 1975-76
St. Louis Most Improved Player: 1975-76
St. Louis Points Leader:
1975-76 (85 points)
St. Louis Goals Leader: 1975-76 (43 goals)
Miscellaneous: Once held St. Louis records for points in season, goals
in season and shorthanded goals in season (all since broken). |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Montreal/Nova Scotia (AHL);
Helsinki Jokerit (Finland); Dusseldorf (West Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1972 (Nova Scotia)
WHA
Draft Pick: 1972 (by Ottawa)
Miscellaneous: Retired from NHL
for "personal reasons" at end of 1976-77 season but came back after two years
in Europe.
Personal: Younger brother of former NHL player Bryan
Lefley. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Montreal traded Lefley to St. Louis in
exchange for Don Awrey on November 28, 1974. |
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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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