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| 1970 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | Gord
Brooks
Selected in fourth round
No.
51 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born September
11, 1950
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 5-8 Weight: 168
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
London (OHA)
Birthplace: Cobourg, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Cobourg, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1968-69 |
Hamilton | OHA | 54 |
9 | 7 |
16 | 47 | | 1969-70 |
Hamilton | OHA |
21 | 6 |
5 | 11 |
32 | | |
London | OHA |
31 | 9 |
23 | 32 |
47 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Played Junior B hockey with hometown Cobourg Cougars before
jumping to major junior. ... Hamilton traded Brooks, Gary Geldart, Dave
Gilmour and Mike Craig to London in exchange for Rick Kehoe, Jim Schoenfeld
and Ken Southwick in December 1969. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 10,
1971 (St. Louis at California)
Numbers: 24, 19 (St. Louis);
10
(Washington)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1987 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1971-1975 |
St. Louis, Washington | 70 |
7 | 18 | 25 |
37 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1974-75: Played on first Washington Capitals
team.
Miscellaneous: Signed with Quebec Nordiques organization as
free agent in 1979 but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Kansas City, Fort Worth (CHL);
Denver (WHL); Richmond (AHL); Philadelphia (NAHL); Philadelphia/Syracuse (AHL);
Klagenfurt (Austria); Saginaw, Toledo (IHL); Petrolia, Brantford (OHA Sr.)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup: 1981 (Saginaw)
NAHL
Lockhart Cup: 1976 (Philadelphia)
AHL All-Star First Team: 1977-78
(Philadelphia)
IHL All-Star First Team: 1981-82
(Saginaw)
NAHL All-Star Second Team: 1976-77 (Philadelphia)
AHL Sollenberger Trophy (Points Leader): 1977-78 (Philadelphia) (98
points, co-winner along with Rick Adduono)
IHL Playoffs Points Leader:
1982 (Saginaw) (21 points)
IHL Playoffs Goals Leader: 1982 (Saginaw)
(12 goals)
1983-84: Played five regular-season
games for Toledo team that went on to win IHL Turner Cup.
Miscellaneous:
Named WHL Player of Week in late January 1974 after scoring 10 points in three
games for Denver.
Personal: Also known as Gordie Brooks during his
playing career. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| EXPANSION: St. Louis left Brooks unprotected
for the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft. He was claimed by Washington on June 12,
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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