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| 1971 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Tom Williams
Selected in second round
No.
27 overall by New York Rangers
Born February 7, 1951
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Right Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Hamilton (OHA)
Birthplace: Windsor, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Windsor, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1968-69 |
Hamilton | OHA | 54 |
21 | 29 |
50 | 18 | | 1969-70 |
Hamilton | OHA |
54 | 23 |
27 | 50 |
17 | | 1970-71 |
Hamilton | OHA |
59 | 43 |
26 | 69 |
8 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 17, 1972 (New York at Los
Angeles)
Numbers: 17 (N.Y. Rangers); 17
(Los Angeles)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1980 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1972-1979 |
N.Y. Rangers, Los Angeles | 397 |
115 | 138 | 253 |
73 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974-1979 |
Los Angeles | 29 |
8 | 7 | 15 |
4 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Los Angeles Rookie of Year: 1973-74
Los Angeles Playoffs Points Leader: 1974 (4, tie)
Los Angeles
Playoffs Goals Leader: 1974 (3)
Miscellaneous: Stayed with New York for 1972 playoff run to the Stanley
Cup Finals, but did not dress for any games. ... Scored natural hat trick for
Los Angeles during 1974 playoff game against Chicago. ... Missed part of
1977-78 season with chip fracture in left ankle. ... Traded to St. Louis
in 1979, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Omaha (CHL); Providence (AHL);
Springfield (AHL); Salt Lake (CHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL McKenzie Trophy
(Rookie of Year): 1971-72 (Omaha)
CHL All-Star Second Team:
1971-72 (Omaha)
WHA Draft Pick:
1972 (by Chicago)
1979-80: Played 11 games for Salt
Lake team that went on to win CHL regular-season and playoff titles.
Personal:
Full name is Thomas Charles Williams, and was also known as Tommy Williams
throughout his career. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: New York traded Williams, Mike Murphy
and Sheldon Kannegiesser to Los Angeles in exchange for Gilles Marotte and
Real Lemieux on Nov. 30, 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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