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| 1971 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Richard Lemieux
Selected in third round
No.
39 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Born April 19, 1951
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Center
Height: 5-8 Weight: 155
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Montreal (OHA)
Birthplace: Temiscamingue, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Temiscamingue, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1967-68 |
Thetford Mines | QJHL |
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28 | 32 |
60 | -- | | 1968-69 |
Montreal | OHA |
51 | 10 |
28 | 38 |
51 | | 1969-70 |
Montreal | OHA |
50 | 29 |
43 | 72 |
75 | | 1970-71 |
Montreal | OHA |
15 | 11 |
23 | 34 |
35 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1969, 1970 (Montreal)
Miscellaneous: Missed most
of 1970-71 season with knee injury and broken hand. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 5,
1972 (Vancouver at Montreal)
Numbers: 19 (Vancouver); 8
(Kansas City); 20 (Atlanta)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1977 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1972-1976 |
Vancouver, K.C., Atlanta | 274 |
39 | 82 | 121 |
132 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1976 |
Atlanta | 2 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1974-75: Played on first Kansas City Scouts
team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Rochester (AHL); Nova
Scotia (AHL); Calgary (WHA)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1976 (Nova Scotia)
WHA
Draft Pick: 1972 (by Los Angeles)
AHL Playoffs Goals Leader:
1976 (Nova Scotia) (8 goals)
1975-76: Played on AHL regular-season
champion (Nova Scotia). |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| EXPANSION: Vancouver left Lemieux unprotected
for the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft. He was claimed by Kansas City on June 12,
1974. |
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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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