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| 1971 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mike Busniuk
Selected in fifth round
No.
67 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born December 13, 1951
 | Position:
Defense / Right Wing
Height: 6-3 Weight: 200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Denver (WCHA)
Birthplace: Thunder Bay, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Thunder Bay, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1970-71 |
Denver | WCHA | 36 |
1 | 10 |
11 | 46 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Played on Thunder Bay Senior Little League baseball teams
that won Canadian championships in 1966 and 1967. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 20,
1979 (Philadelphia at Detroit)
Numbers: 21, 28 (Philadelphia)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1985 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1981 |
Philadelphia | 143 |
3 | 23 | 26 |
297 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1980-1981 |
Philadelphia | 25 |
2 | 5 | 7 |
34 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1980 (Philadelphia)
1979-80: Played on Philadelphia team that had NHL-record 35-game
unbeaten streak (25-0-10) from Oct. 14, 1979, to Jan. 6, 1980. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Denver (WCHA); Nova Scotia
(AHL); Beauce (NAHL); Maine (AHL); Brunico (Italy)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984,
2000 (as assistant)
Denver Masterton Award (MVP):
1973-74
Denver Co-captain: 1973-74
Northwestern Ontario Sports
Hall of Fame: Inducted in 1991 and again 1996 as member of honored Thunder
Bay Little League teams.
AHL Playoffs Penalty Minutes Leader:
1984 (Maine) (105 PIM)
1975-76: Played on NAHL
regular-season champion (Beauce).
1976-77: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (Nova Scotia).
1977-78, 1978-79: Played on
AHL regular-season champion (Maine).
Coaching Career: Served as
assistant coach for Brunico (Italy) in final years of his playing career. ...
Served as assistant coach for six years with Thunder Bay Jr. A team and was
also co-coach of Thunder Bay Sr. A team. ... Named co-coach (along with Bob
McCammon) of Tri-City (WHL) prior to 1991-92 season and remained in that
position through 1992-93 season. ... Named Binghamton (AHL) assistant coach on
Sept. 2, 1993, relocated to Hartford with team in 1997, and remained in
position into 2001-02 season.
Miscellaneous: Won AHL Calder Cup
with Nova Scotia in 1976 and 1977 and with Maine in 1978, 1979 and 1984,
making him
one of only two players to win Calder Cup five times and the only player to
win Calder Cup in four consecutive seasons. ... Returned to Thunder Bay,
Ontario, after his retirement and spent four years as elementary and high
school teacher. ... Served as development coordinator in charge of coaching
and player development for CAHA's North-West Ontario branch prior to becoming
full-time major junior coach.
Personal: Younger brother of former NHL player Ron Busniuk. ... Father of
former women's college player and current Trinity College women's head coach
Kate Busniuk. ... Uncle of college hockey player Bryson Busniuk. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: Montreal did not offer Busniuk a
contract after the 1976-77 season, and he signed with Philadelphia on Oct. 23,
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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