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| 1971 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | Gene
Sobchuk
Selected in eighth round
No.
109 overall by New York Rangers
Born January 2, 1951
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Center
Height: 5-9 Weight: 160
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Regina (WCHL)
Birthplace: Lang, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Lang, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1969-70 |
Weyburn | SJHL | -- |
22 | 36 |
58 | 28 | | 1970-71 |
Regina | WCHL |
66 | 17 |
37 | 54 |
74 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
SJHL Assists Leader: 1969-70 (Weyburn) (36 assists) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: 1973-74 season
Number: 21 (Vancouver)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1978 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974 |
Vancouver | 1 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
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| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Des Moines (IHL); Rochester
(AHL); Virginia (AHL); Seattle (WHL); Phoenix (WHA); Tulsa (CHL); Cincinnati (WHA);
Oklahoma City (CHL); Springfield, Hampton (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by Los Angeles)
1974-75: Played on first Phoenix Roadrunners WHA team.
1975-76:
Played on first Cincinnati Stingers WHA team.
Coaching Career: Named
head coach of Weyburn (SJHL) in December 1978 and remained in that position
until November 1980.
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1972-73 season
with collapsed lung and appendectomy. ... Became first player in Cincinnati (WHA)
history to score twice in game when he did it on Oct. 17, 1975 in Calgary. ...
Played on Hampton (AHL) team that folded on February 2, 1978.
Personal:
Full name is Eugene Sobchuk. ... Older brother of former NHL player Dennis
Sobchuk. ... Uncle of 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. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| REVERSE DRAFT: New York left Sobchuk
unprotected for the 1973 Reverse Draft, and he was claimed by the Vancouver
organization's WHL affiliate (Seattle) in June 1973. |
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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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