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| 1971 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Bobby Lalonde
Selected in second round
No. 17 overall
by Vancouver Canucks
Born March 27, 1951
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Center / R. Wing / L. Wing
Height: 5-5 Weight: 155
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Montreal (OHA)
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Montreal, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1967-68 |
Shawinigan | QJHL |
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29 | 29 |
58 | -- | | 1968-69 |
Montreal | OHA |
54 | 17 |
27 | 44 |
18 | | 1969-70 |
Montreal | OHA |
54 | 42 |
42 | 84 |
73 | | 1970-71 |
Montreal | OHA |
61 | 59 |
68 | 127 |
71 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1969, 1970 (Montreal) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 8,
1971 (Toronto at Vancouver)
Numbers: 20 (Vancouver); 7
(Atlanta/Calgary); 19 (Boston)
Stanley Cup: Never won
Playing Status:
Retired January 1982 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1971-1982 |
VAN, ATL/CGY, BOS | 641 |
124 | 210 | 334 |
298 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1975-1981 |
Vancouver, Atlanta, Boston | 16 |
4 | 2 | 6 |
6 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Vancouver Molson Cup (Home Three Stars Leader): 1975-76
Vancouver
Most Exciting (Fan Vote): 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77
NHL records:
Most short-handed goals in one playoff-game period (2 for Boston on April 11,
1981 vs. Minnesota) (tie with five others)
Miscellaneous: Was smallest player in NHL during his playing days. ... Missed part of 1971-72 season with knee injury. ... Missed
part of 1973-74 season with ankle injury. ... Missed part of 1975-76 season
with ankle injury. ... Left unprotected by Atlanta for 1979 NHL Expansion
Draft, but was reclaimed as fill-in after Rick Hodgson was taken off Atlanta
roster on June 13, 1979. ... Ranked as the 39th greatest player in Vancouver Canucks
history by the team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Rochester (AHL); Tulsa (CHL);
Oklahoma City (CHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by Quebec)
1975-76: Played four games for
Tulsa team that went on to win CHL regular-season and playoff titles.
Miscellaneous:
Played in Switzerland after leaving North American professional hockey. ...
Moved to Pickering, Ontario, after his retirement. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| RELEASED: Lalonde became a free agent when
Vancouver released him over a contract dispute after the 1976-77 season. He
signed with Atlanta on Sept. 20, 1977. |
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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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