| Round | Overall |
| 7 | 84 |
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Left-hand catcher
Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | W-L-T | GAA | SO | SV% | ||
| 1967-68 | La Salle | RIHS | -- | -- | -- | - | -- | ||
| 1968-69 | BU Fresh. | ECAC | -- | 8-0-0 | 1.12 | - | -- | ||
| 1969-70 | Boston U. | ECAC | 23 | -- | 2.82 | 2 | n/a |
Pre-Draft Notes
Played on Boston University freshman team that went 17-0-0 in 1968-69.
After the Draft
- Won NCAA
championship with Boston University in 1971.
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Set Boston University single-season records (both still stand) for
save percentage (.929) and
goals-against average (1.77) in 1970-71.
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Selected by New England Whalers in 1972 WHA General Player Draft,
the first draft in league history, in February 1972.
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Won NCAA championship with Boston University in 1972, shutting out
Cornell 4-0 with 39 saves in the title game.
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Named Most
Oustanding Player of 1972 NCAA Tournament and was named to
All-Tournament Team.
- Had a
.915 save percentage and 2.18 goals-against average during his three-year college career.
- Served as backup goaltender for Team USA in 1973 IIHF World Championship Group
B tournament at Graz, Austria, where the Americans placed second.
- Spent his early childhood in Cranston, R.I., where he
first befriended
fellow 1972 U.S. Olympian Tom Mellor.
- Member of the Cranston League for Cranston's Future Sports Hall of Fame.
- Named to Providence Journal-Bulletin's all-time Rhode Island high school team.
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Inducted into Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993.
- Inducted into the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000 along with 1972 U.S. Olympic teammates.
Miscellaneous
Full Name:
Timothy A. Regan
Post-Draft Teams: Boston University (ECAC); Charlotte (EHL/SHL); Cincinnati, Hershey (AHL)
Education: Graduated Boston University in 1972.
Career Beyond Hockey: Returned
to Rhode Island after three pro seasons and
went into lumber and building-supply management business.
An Unlikely Olympic Medalist
Regan initially turned down an
invitation to try out for the 1972 U.S. Olympic hockey team for fear it
might end his college career. He was later invited to join after helping
BU tie Team USA in a December 1971 exhibition game. Regan left school
after Team USA agreed that he would be able to return if the Terriers'
other goaltender was injured or the coaches needed him. Regan ended up
as a spare goalie on the Olympic team that won silver in Sapporo, Japan.
Because both Mike Curran and Peter Sears were listed on the roster ahead
of him, he was ineligible to play in the tournament and left midway
through to rejoin Boston University. Even though he didn't make the
final cut, Regan still received a silver medal, personally presented to
him by teammate Robbie Ftorek after the U.S. players returned from Japan.
| SNAPSHOT '70 | |
| Total Selected: | 115 |
| Forwards: | 67 |
| Defense: | 36 |
| Goaltenders: | 12 |
| Major Junior: | 87 |
| College Players: | 18 |
| Canadian: | 109 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 0 |
| American: | 6 |
| European: | 0 |
| Reached NHL: | 62 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 12 |
| Hall of Fame: | 3 |
| All-Star Game: | 11 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 4 |
| Olympians: | 2 |
| Picks Traded: | 13 |
| 1970 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Buffalo | Chicago |
| Detroit | Los Angeles | Minnesota |
| Montreal | New York | Oakland |
| Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | St. Louis |
| Toronto | Vancouver | |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1970