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| 1972 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Don Kozak
Selected in second round
No.
20 overall by Los Angeles Kings
Born February
2, 1952
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Edmonton (WCHL)
Birthplace: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1967-68 |
Saskatoon | WCHL |
35 |
9 | 5 |
14 | 10 | | 1968-69 |
Saskatoon | WCHL |
26 |
5 | 6 |
11 | 43 | | 1969-70 |
Swift Current | WCHL |
56 |
40 | 34 |
74 | 67 | | 1970-71 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
66 | 60 |
61 | 121 |
122 | | 1971-72 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
68 | 55 |
50 | 105 |
183 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHL All-Star Second Team: 1970-71, 1971-72 (Edmonton)
Miscellaneous: Began in minor hockey as a goaltender but switched to
forward. ... Scored 110 goals in 30 games of minor hockey prior to entering
major junior. ... Sold to Edmonton by Swift Current prior to 1970-71 season. ...
Set major junior and WCHL records (both since broken) with 12 short-handed
goals in 1970-71. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 1972
Numbers: 24 (Los
Angeles); 26
(Vancouver)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1982 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1972-1979 |
Los Angeles, Vancouver | 437 |
96 | 86 | 182 |
480 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974-1979 |
Los Angeles, Vancouver | 29 |
7 | 2 | 9 |
69 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NHL Records: Fastest goal from start of a
playoff game (6 seconds, scored in game against Boston on April 17, 1977).
Los Angeles Playoffs Penalty Minutes Leader: 1974 (33 PIM)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1975-76 season with elbow injury. ... Led
NHL in scoring accuracy with 24.7 percent efficiency in 1975-76. ... Missed
part of 1978-79 season with broken bone in foot. ... Claimed by Hartford in
1979 NHL Expansion Draft after he was left unprotected by Vancouver. Was
assigned Hartford uniform No. 28 in training camp, but never played during
regular season for parent club. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Springfield (AHL); Tulsa (CHL);
Dallas, Cincinnati (CHL); Binghamton (AHL); Straubing (Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by Quebec)
Miscellaneous:
Played on Cincinnati (CHL) team that folded on Dec. 17, 1979. ... Named
greatest right wing in Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) history by CHL panel in 1999. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Los Angeles traded Kozak to Vancouver
in exchange for Randy Holt on December 31, 1978. |
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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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