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| 1970 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Murray Wing
Selected in sixth round
No.
83 overall by Boston Bruins
Born October 14, 1950
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Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
North Dakota (WCHA)
Birthplace: Thunder Bay, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Thunder Bay, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1967-68 |
Westfort | TBJHL |
18 |
4 | 6 |
10 | 25 | | 1968-69 |
Westfort | TBJHL |
36 |
22 | 25 |
47 | 58 | | 1969-70 |
N. Dakota freshmen | WCHA |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Played for Fort William (TBJHL) in 1969 Memorial Cup
tournament. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: 1973-74 season
Numbers:
3 (Detroit)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1977 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1973-74 |
Detroit | 1 | 0 |
1 | 1 | 0 |
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| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: North Dakota (WCHA);
Oklahoma City (CHL); Boston (AHL); San Diego (WHL); London (Great Britain);
Thunder Bay (USHL); Thunder Bay (OHA Sr.)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Allan Cup: 1975 (Thunder Bay)
USHL
Commissioners' Trophy: 1975 (Thunder Bay)
Miscellaneous: Played
forward during his college years at North Dakota. ... Inducted into
Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 1974-75 Thunder
Bay Twins team that was honored. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Boston traded Wing to Detroit to
complete an earlier transaction that had sent Garnet Bailey and future
considerations to the Red Wings in exchange for Gary Doak. The
Bailey trade took place on March 1, 1973, and the Wing trade on June 4, 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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