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| 1972 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Steve Shutt
Selected in first round
No.
4 overall
by Montreal Canadiens
Born July 1, 1952
 | Position:
Left Wing / Center
Height: 5-11 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Toronto (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1968-69 |
North York | Jr. B |
17 |
10 | 17 |
27 | -- | | |
Toronto | OHA |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1969-70 |
Toronto | OHA |
49 | 11 |
14 | 25 |
93 | | 1970-71 |
Toronto | OHA |
62 | 70 |
53 | 123 |
85 | | 1971-72 |
Toronto | OMJHL |
58 | 63 |
49 | 112 |
60 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
OMJHL All-Star First Team: 1971-72
(Toronto)
OHA All-Star Second Team: 1970-71 (Toronto)
OMJHL Goals Leader: 1971-72 (Toronto) (63
goals)
Miscellaneous: Played five
playoff games for Toronto in 1969 after spending regular-season with North
York Rangers in Junior B. ... Played on major junior hockey's most dominant
line with Billy Harris and Dave Gardner in
Toronto in 1971-72. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 7,
1972 (Minnesota at Montreal)
Numbers: 22 (Montreal), 11 (Los
Angeles)
Stanley Cup: 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978,
1979
Playing Status: Retired June 1985 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1972-1985 |
Montreal, Los Angeles | 930 |
424 | 393 |
817 | 410 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1973-1985 |
Montreal, Los Angeles | 99 |
50 | 48 |
98 | 65 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
HOCKEY HALL OF FAME:
Inducted 1993
NHL All-Star First Team:
1976-77
NHL All-Star Second Team: 1977-78, 1979-80
All-Star
Game: 1976, 1978, 1981
100-Point Seasons: 1976-77
(105 points)
50-Goal Seasons: 1976-77
(60)
Montreal Records: Most goals in a season (60, tie), most goals in a season by a
left wing (60)
NHL Goals Leader: 1976-77 (60 goals)
Montreal Points Leader: 1980-81 (73 points)
Montreal Goals Leader: 1976-77 (60), 1980-81 (35, tie)
Montreal Playoffs Points Leader: 1974 (8), 1981 (3)
Montreal Playoffs Goals Leader: 1974 (5, tie), 1976 (7, tie), 1981 (2),
1983 (1, tie), 1984 (7)
Coaching Career: Named Montreal assistant
coach prior to 1993-94 season and remained in that position through 1996-97
season.
Miscellaneous: Set NHL record (since broken) for goals in a season by a
left wing with 60 in 1976-77. Record was broken by Luc Robitaille in 1992-93.
... Missed part of 1978-79 season with cracked bone in wrist. ... Missed parts
of 1981-82 season with cracked bone in right hand, deep cut in left leg from
skate of Quebec's Miroslav Frycer, and injured right knee. ... Worked as color
commentator on Montreal's English radio broadcasts from 1990-1993. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Nova Scotia (AHL)
Canada Cup:
1976 (first place). Challenge Cup: 1979
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1972
(by New York)
Miscellaneous: Became active in sport of
polo after his retirement. ... Became active in old-timers' hockey after his
retirement. ... Went into rink refrigeration business after his coaching
career, working for CIMCO Refrigeration as a sales manager. Company handles
ice-making equipment for the majority of NHL arenas.
Personal: OIder
brother of former WHA player Byron Shutt. | | HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Montreal traded Shutt to Los Angeles
in exchange for future considerations on Nov. 18, 1984. The deal was settled
with a 1985 10th-round draft pick (Mo Mansi). Montreal later
regained his rights when it claimed him off waivers on June 18, 1985, enabling
him to retire as a member of the Canadiens. |
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SNAPSHOT '72 | | Total Selected: |
152 | | Forwards: |
88 | | Defense: |
47 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
121 | | College Players: |
25 |
| Canadian: |
139 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
11 | | U.S.-Born: |
10 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
67 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
11 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
1 |
| Picks Traded: |
24 |
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