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| 1971 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Chuck Arnason
Selected in first round
No.
7 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born July 15, 1951
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Right Wing / Center
Height: 5-10 Weight:
180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Flin Flon (WCHL)
Birthplace: Ashern, Manitoba (Canada)
Hometown:
Dauphin, Manitoba |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1969-70 |
Flin Flon | WCHL |
60 |
34 | 27 |
61 | 91 | | 1970-71 |
Flin Flon | WCHL |
66 | 79 |
84 | 163 |
153 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHL All-Star First Team: 1970-71 (Flin Flon)
WCHL Brownridge Trophy (Top Scorer): 1970-71 (Flin Flon) (163)
WCHL Goals
Leader: 1970-71 (Flin Flon) (79 goals)
WCHL Playoffs Points Leader:
1970 (32 points), 1971 (37 points)
WCHL Playoffs Assists Leader:
1971 (22 assists) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 19,
1971 (Montreal at California)
Numbers: 24, 8 (Montreal); 14
(Atlanta); 9 (Pittsburgh); 10 (Kansas City/Colorado); 26 (Cleveland); ??
(Minnesota); 19 (Washington).
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1980 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1971-1979 |
MTL, ATL, PIT
KC/COL, CLE/MIN, WAS | 401 |
109 | 90 | 199 |
122 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1975 | Pittsburgh | 9 |
2 | 4 | 6 |
4 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1972-73: Played 19 regular-season games for
Montreal team that went on to win Stanley Cup.
Miscellaneous: Played
on 1977-78 Cleveland team that merged with Minnesota on June 15, 1978. ... His
rights were sold by Washington to Vancouver in July 1979, but he never played
for Canucks parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Nova Scotia (AHL); Phoenix
(CHL); Oklahoma City (CHL); Dallas (CHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1972 (Nova Scotia)
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by
Chicago)
Miscellaneous:
An avid golfer, he once had a hole-in-one during his NHL playing days. ...
Became manager of a golf course in Winnipeg after his retirement.
Personal:
Full name is Ernest Charles Arnason. ... Father of NHL player
Tyler Arnason. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Montreal traded Arnason, Bob Murray
and NHL rights to WHA player Dale Hoganson to Atlanta in exchange for Flames'
1974 first-round draft pick (Rick Chartraw), 1977 third-round draft pick
(Pierre Lagace) and cash on May 29, 1973. |
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SNAPSHOT '71 | | Total Selected: |
117 | | Forwards: |
63 | | Defense: |
45 | | Goaltenders: |
9 | | Major Junior: |
84 | | College Players: |
19 |
| Canadian: |
107 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
8 | | U.S.-Born: |
8 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
50 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
3 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
10 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
4 |
| Picks Traded: |
18 |
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