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| 1970 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Rick Wilson
Selected in fifth round
No.
66 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born August 10, 1950
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Defense
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
North Dakota (WCHA)
Birthplace: Prince Albert, Sask. (Canada)
Hometown:
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1969-70 |
North Dakota | WCHA |
30 |
2 | 9 |
11 | 32 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 3,
1974 (Montreal at Detroit)
Numbers: 3 (Montreal); 22
(St. Louis); 19 (Detroit)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1978 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1973-1977 |
Montreal, St. Louis, Detroit | 239 |
6 | 26 | 32 |
165 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1975-1976 |
St. Louis | 3 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup: 1999 (Dallas) (as assistant
coach)
Coaching Career: New York Islanders assistant coach in 1988-89 season. ...
Los Angeles assistant coach from 1989-90 through 1991-92 season. ... Served as
Los Angeles co-head coach (with Cap Raeder) for 15 games in 1989-90. ... Named Minnesota assistant
coach on Aug. 11, 1992, moved with franchise to Dallas in 1993 and remained in position
until Jan. 25, 2002. ... Named Dallas interim head coach on Jan. 25, 2002, and
remained in position until May 16, 2002. ... Name Dallas associate coach on
Jan. 25, 2002, and remained in that position into 2003-04 season. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: North Dakota (WCHA); Nova
Scotia (AHL); Philadelphia (AHL)
World Junior Championships: 1989
(fourth) (as assistant coach)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1985 (Prince Albert) (as
assistant coach)
NCAA Championship: 1980 (North Dakota) (as
assistant coach)
AHL All-Star First Team:
1977-78 (Philadelphia)
WCHA All-Star Second Team: 1971-72 (North
Dakota)
North Dakota Co-captain: 1971-72
WHA Draft Pick:
1972 (by Calgary)
AHL Playoffs Penalty Minutes Leader:
1973 (Nova Scotia) (56 PIM)
Coaching Career: Assistant coach at
University of North Dakota from 1978-79 through 1979-80 season. ... Assistant
coach of Prince Albert (SJHL) from 1980-81 through 1981-82 season. ... Assistant coach
of Prince Albert (WHL) from 1982-83 through 1985-86 season. ... Head coach of
Prince Albert (WHL) from 1986-87 through 1987-88 season. ... Served as
assistant coach for Team Canada at 1989 World Junior Championship tournament.
Management
Career: Assistant general manager of Prince Albert (WHL) from 1982-83
through 1985-86. ... General manager of Prince Albert (WHL) from 1986-87
season through 1987-88 season.
Miscellaneous: Also played football at the University of North Dakota.
Personal: Father of NHL
player Landon Wilson. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Montreal traded Wilson and its 1974
fifth-round pick (Don Wheldon) to St. Louis in exchange for St. Louis' 1974
fourth-round pick (Barry Legge) and future considerations (Glen Sather) on May
27, 1974. Sather was traded to complete the deal on June 14, 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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