| Round | Overall |
| 8 | 109 |
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Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1968-69 | Weyburn | SJHL | 34 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 10 |
| 1969-70 | Weyburn | SJHL | 45 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 28 |
| 1970-71 | Regina | WCHL | 66 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 74 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Played for Weyburn (SJHL) team that lost 1970 Memorial Cup final to Montreal.
Career Vitals
| First contract: | 1972 |
| Debut: | December 7, 1973 (Vancouver vs. Atlanta) |
| Final NHL game: | December 7, 1973 (Vancouver vs. Atlanta) |
| Retired: | 1978 |
| Stanley Cup: | Never won |
| Number: | 21 |
Career NHL Statistics
Team: Vancouver
Year: 1973. Playoffs:
None
| Regular Season | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 1 year | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanley Cup Playoffs | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 0 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Complete statistics available at NHL.com | |||||
Pre-Draft Highlights
Led SJHL with 36 assists for Weyburn in 1969-70.
Career Highlights
Also played center and right wing during his pro career. ... Played on first Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA) team during team's inaugural 1974-75 season. ... Played on first Cincinnati Stingers (WHA) team during team's inaugural 1975-76 season and appeared in the team's first game on Oct. 11, 1975, at Cleveland. ... Became first player in Cincinnati (WHA) history to score two goals in a game when he did it in a 6-2 win on Oct. 17, 1975, at Calgary. Both goals came in the third period. ... Won Cincinnati Booster Club "Mr. Hustle" Award for 1975-76.
Transaction History
October 1972 -- Loaned by N.Y.
Rangers to Rochester (AHL) for balance of 1972-73 season. June 13, 1973 -- Claimed by Seattle
(WHL, Vancouver affiliate) from N.Y. Rangers in Reverse Draft.
Feb. 18, 1974 -- Traded by Seattle
(WHL) to Detroit (AHL affiliate in Virginia) in exchange for Ken Murray.
May 30, 1974 -- Rights claimed by Cincinnati from Los Angeles
prior to WHA Expansion Draft.
June 18, 1974 -- Signed WHA contract
with Cincinnati. June 1974 -- Loaned by Cincinnati
(WHA) to Phoenix (WHA) for entire 1974-75 season because Cincinnati was
not ready to begin play until 1975-76 season.
Life Outside the NHL
Full Name: Eugene
Sobchuk
Nickname: "Geno"
Other Post-Draft Teams: Des Moines (IHL); Rochester (AHL); Virginia (AHL); Seattle (WHL); Phoenix (WHA); Tulsa (CHL); Cincinnati (WHA);
Springfield (AHL); Oklahoma City (CHL); Hampton (AHL);
Lang, Milestone (Sask. Sr.)
Coaching Career: Named head
coach of Weyburn (SJHL) in December 1978 and remained in position
until November 1980. He also served as Weyburn general manager in 1980-81.
Career Beyond Hockey: Returned to
his hometown of Lang, Saskatchewan, and went into farming after his retirement.
Family: Older brother of former NHL
player Dennis Sobchuk. ... Uncle of former minor-league baseball pitcher
Justin Sobchuk, a 1999 10th-round draft choice of the Oakland Athletics
who turned down a scholarship offer to San Diego State to go pro.
Significant Injuries
Missed part of 1972-73 season with collapsed lung and appendectomy. ... Missed most of 1976-77 season with compound fracture in left wrist, an injury suffered when he crashed into the goalpost during Cincinnati's Sept. 25, 1976, WHA preseason game at Quebec. The injury required surgery. He was unable to play until January 1977, when he returned to action with Springield (AHL).
Miscellaneous:
| Selected by Los Angeles Sharks in 1972 WHA Draft -- the first WHA Draft -- in February 1972. | Played RW on line with brother Dennis for Cincinnati (WHA) during the 1975-76 season. | In June 1976 WHA trade to Florida for Bryan Maxwell that was nixed when team was sold. | Was a member of the Hampton Gulls (AHL) team that folded on Feb. 2, 1978. |
| SNAPSHOT '71 | |
| Total Selected: | 117 |
| Forwards: | 63 |
| Defense: | 45 |
| Goaltenders: | 9 |
| Major Junior: | 84 |
| College Players: | 19 |
| Canadian: | 107 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 2 |
| American: | 8 |
| European: | 0 |
| Reached NHL: | 50 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 5 |
| Hall of Fame: | 3 |
| All-Star Game: | 10 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 5 |
| Olympians: | 4 |
| Picks Traded: | 18 |
| 1971 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Buffalo | California |
| Chicago | Detroit | Los Angeles |
| Minnesota | Montreal | New York |
| Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | St. Louis |
| Toronto | Vancouver | |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1971