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| 1972 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Larry Sacharuk
Selected in second round
No.
21 overall by New York Rangers
Born September
16, 1952
 | Position:
Defense / Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight:
190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Saskatoon (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 |
34 |
6 | 2 |
8 | 4 | | 1968-69 |
Saskatoon | WCHL |
56 | 5 |
11 | 16 |
39 | | 1969-70 |
Niagara Falls | OHA |
51 | 19 |
18 | 37 |
47 | | 1970-71 |
Saskatoon | WCHL |
59 | 27 |
58 | 85 |
42 | | 1971-72 |
Saskatoon | WCHL |
65 | 50 |
36 | 86 |
57 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHL All-Star Second Team: 1971-72 (Saskatoon)
Major Junior Records:
Most goals by a defenseman in one season (50 goals in 1971-72)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1970-71 season due to procedural problems
with his transfer from OHA back to WCHL. ... Has held WCHL/WHL record for
goals by a defenseman since 1972. No player has come within three goals of his
record. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 9, 1972 (N.Y. Rangers at
N.Y. Islanders)
Numbers: 26, 4, 5, 2 (N.Y. Rangers); 2
(St. Louis)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1983 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1972-1977 |
N.Y.Rangers, St. Louis | 151 |
29 | 33 | 62 |
42 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1975 |
St. Louis | 2 | 1 |
1 | 2 | 2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Scored hat trick while
playing for St. Louis against Vancouver on Oct. 12, 1974. ... Set St. Louis
record (since broken) for goals in one season by a defenseman with 20 in
1974-75. ... Missed part of
1975-76 season with surgery to repair detached retina in right eye, an injury
suffered when he was hit by a puck during practice with N.Y. Rangers. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Providence (AHL); New Haven
(AHL); Indianapolis (WHA); Birmingham (CHL); Innsbruck, Stadlau (Austria);
Birmingham (Great Britain)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Minor League Player of Year: 1973-74
(Providence)
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by New York)
AHL Playoffs
Assists Leader: 1974 (Providence) (14 assists)
Miscellaneous:
Set AHL record (since broken) for goals by defenseman in a season with
27 for Providence in 1973-74. ... Played on Indianapolis (WHA) team that
folded on Dec. 15, 1978, and was one of Wayne Gretzky's first pro teammates.
... Named defenseman on all-time Sasaktoon (WCHL/WHL) team by CHL panel in
1999.
Miscellaneous: Worked as radio
color commentator for Canucks. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: New York traded Sacharuk and choice of
1976 or 1977 first-round pick (1977, later traded back to N.Y. Rangers) to St.
Louis for Greg Polis on August 29, 1974. N.Y. Rangers got Sacharuk back from
St. Louis in exchange for Bob MacMillan and future considerations on September
20, 1975. |
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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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