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| 1970 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Norm Gratton
Selected in first round
No. 11 overall
by New York Rangers
Born December 22, 1950
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Right Wing / Left Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 160
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Montreal (OHA)
Birthplace: LaSalle, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
LaSalle, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1967-68 |
Thetford Mines | QJHL |
50 |
21 | 47 |
68 | -- | | 1968-69 |
Montreal | OHA |
53 | 10 |
23 | 33 |
37 | | 1969-70 |
Montreal | OHA |
54 | 32 |
41 | 73 |
65 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1969, 1970 (Montreal) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: March 1,
1972 (California at New York)
Numbers: 23 (New York); 10
(Atlanta); 14, 9 (Buffalo); 11 (Minnesota)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1977 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1972-1976 |
NYR, ATL, BUF, MIN | 201 |
39 | 44 | 83 |
64 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1973 |
Buffalo | 6 | 0 |
1 | 1 | 2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1972-73: Played on first Atlanta Flames team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Omaha (CHL); New Haven (AHL);
Maine (NAHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL Adams Cup: 1971 (Omaha)
CHL
All-Star Second Team: 1971-72 (Omaha)
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by
Dayton)
1970-71: Played on CHL
regular-season champion (Omaha)
1972-73: Played 11 regular-season
games for Omaha team that went on to win CHL Adams Cup.
Personal:
Older brother of former NHL goaltender Gilles Gratton. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| EXPANSION: New York left Gratton unprotected
for the 1972 NHL Expansion Draft, and he was claimed by Atlanta on June 6,
1972. |
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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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