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| 1971 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Rick Cunningham
Selected in fourth round
No.
51 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born March 3, 1951
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Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Peterborough (OHA)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1969-70 |
Peterborough | OHA |
23 |
8 | 11 |
19 | 40 | | 1970-71 |
Peterborough | OHA |
55 | 17 |
42 | 59 |
119 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
OHA All-Star Second Team: 1970-71 (Peterborough) |
| NHL CAREER |
| Never played in NHL. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Trent (OUAA); Ottawa/Toronto/Birmingham (WHA);
Buffalo (NAHL); Vienna (Austria)
Olympics: 1984 (Austria) (10th
place)
World Championships: 1979 (Austria)
(seventh place, Pool B); 1981 (Austria) (first place, Pool C); 1982 (Austria) (second
place, Pool B)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
World Championships Pool B All-Star Team: 1982 (Austria)
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by Chicago)
1972-73: Played on first Ottawa Nationals WHA team.
Education: Attended Trent University.
Miscellaneous: Did not
play during 1971-72 season while he was finishing school at Trent University
in Peterborough. ... Qualified for Austrian citizenship while playing in
Austria.
Olympic Controversy: Cunningham played in the 1984
Olympics, but only after weathering a controversy over his eligibility for the
Games. Prior to the Olympics, the Americans and Finns protested the inclusion
of Cunningham, as well as some players on the Italian and Canadian teams,
because he had played professional hockey in North America. Cunningham's
amateur status became the subject of debate, but the International Olympic
Committee ruled that only players who had played in the NHL were ineligible
for the Olympics. Since Cunningham's major pro experience had come in the
defunct WHA, he was deemed eligible. By the next Olympics in 1988, the strict
rules had been relaxed, and former NHL players were allowed to play. |
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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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