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| 1972 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Tom Bladon
Selected in second round
No.
23 overall by Philadelphia Flyers
Born
December 29, 1952
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Edmonton (WCHL)
Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Edmonton, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1969-70 |
Edmonton | AJHL | 46 |
12 | 17 |
29 | 115 | | 1970-71 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
66 | 13 |
25 | 38 |
124 | | 1971-72 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
65 | 11 |
44 | 55 |
90 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHL All-Star Second Team: 1971-72 (Edmonton)
Edmonton Tri-captain: 1971-72 |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 7,
1972 (Philadelphia at St. Louis)
Numbers: 4, 23, 3
(Philadelphia); 2 (Pittsburgh); 23 (Edmonton); 21 (Winnipeg); 4 (Detroit)
Stanley Cup:
1974, 1975.
Playing Status: Retired 1981 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1972-1981 |
PHI, PIT, EDM, WIN, DET | 610 |
73 | 197 | 270 |
392 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1973-1980 |
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh | 86 |
8 | 29 | 37 |
70 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1977, 1978
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1976 (Philadelphia)
NHL Records: Most
points in game by a defenseman (8 points from 4 goals and 4 assists during
11-1 Flyers win over Cleveland in Philadelphia on Dec. 11, 1977 -- shares
record with Paul Coffey)
Philadelphia Records: Most points in game
(8 on Dec. 11, 1977)
Miscellaneous: Tied Philadelphia record (since broken) for points in a
season by defenseman with 42 in 1972-73. ... Set Philadelphia record (since
broken) for points in a season by defenseman with 53 in 1976-77. ... Set
Philadelphia records (since broken) for goals in a season by defensemen with
12 in 1973-74 and 14 in 1975-76. ... Had plus-10 rating against Cleveland on
Dec. 11, 1977, when he set NHL record for points in game by defenseman. ...
Held Philadelphia record for career goals by a defenseman upon leaving team in
1978. ... Played for three teams (Edmonton, Winnipeg and Detroit) during
1980-81 season. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Adirondack (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1981 (Adirondack)
WHA
Draft Pick: 1972 (by Alberta)
Miscellaneous: Moved to Victoria,
British Columbia, after his retirement and coached hockey at Parkland
Secondary (high school) in Sidney. ... Opened Action Awards & Sportswear in
Victoria in 1992.
Personal: Nicknamed "Bomber." |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Philadelphia traded Bladon, Ross
Lonsberry and Orest Kindrachuk to Pittsburgh in exchange for Pittsburgh's 1978
first-round pick (Behn Wilson) on June 14, 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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