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| 1971 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Jim Nahrgang
Selected in seventh round
No.
86 overall by Detroit Red Wings
Born April 17, 1951
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Defense
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Michigan Tech (WCHA)
Birthplace: Millbank, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Kitchener, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1967-68 |
Ottawa | OHA | 52 |
1 | 9 |
10 | 74 | | 1968-69 |
Ottawa | OHA |
52 | 1 |
7 | 8 |
47 | | 1969-70 |
Kitchener | OHA |
51 | 10 |
23 | 33 |
119 | | 1970-71 |
Michigan Tech | WCHA |
31 | 6 |
13 | 19 |
70 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHA All-Star Honorable Mention: 1970-71
(Michigan Tech)
Michigan Tech Matovich Award (Top Freshman): 1970-71
Miscellaneous: Played Junior C hockey in New Hamburg, Ontario, before
entering major junior. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: March 29, 1975 (Pittsburgh at
Detroit)
Numbers: 3, 24 (Detroit)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1978 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974-1977 |
Detroit | 57 | 5 |
12 | 17 | 34 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Played all three forward
positions in addition to defense during 1976-77 season. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Michigan Tech (WCHA);
Virginia (AHL); New Haven (AHL); Kansas City (CHL); Philadelphia (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL Adams Cup: 1977 (Kansas City)
NCAA West All-America
First Team: 1973-74 (Michigan Tech)
NCAA Championship All-Tournament
Team: 1974 (Michigan Tech)
WCHA All-Star First Team: 1973-74
(Michigan Tech)
WCHA All-Star Second Team: 1972-73 (Michigan Tech)
WCHA All-Star
Honorable Mention: 1971-72 (Michigan Tech)
Michigan Tech
Youngs Award (MVP): 1973-74
Michigan Tech
Gitzen-Loutit Award (Top Defenseman): 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74
Michigan Tech Captain: 1973-74
Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Fame: Inducted 1989
1976-77: Played on CHL
regular-season champion (Kansas City).
Education: Earned degree in
business administration at Michigan Tech. ... Served as vice president of the
Michigan Tech chapter of Blue Key, the National Honor Society, in 1973-74.
Coaching Career: Named Michigan Tech assistant coach following
retirement as a player in 1978 and remained in that position through 1981-82
season. ... Named Michigan Tech head coach on March 17, 1982, and remained in
that position through 1984-85 season.
Miscellaneous: Named Michigan
Tech's Athlete of Year as a freshman in 1970-71 and as a senior in 1973-74.
... Worked at Michigan Tech hockey school in off-seasons during his playing
days. ... Named one of WCHA's 50 greatest players upon league's 50th
anniversary in 2001-02. ... Went into construction business after his coaching
career and became vice president, human resources, at Ryan Companies in
Minneapolis.
Personal: Brother-in-law of former NHL player Bob
Lorimer. ... Father of 2002 U.S. Olympic biathlete Andrea Nahrgang. |
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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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