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| 1972 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Stan Weir
Selected in
second round
No. 28 overall by California Golden Seals
Born March 17, 1952
 | Position:
Center
Height: 6-1 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Medicine Hat (WCHL)
Birthplace: Ponoka, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Ponoka, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1969-70 |
Ponoka | AJHL | 42 |
35 | 26 |
61 | 45 | | 1970-71 |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
66 | 52 |
59 | 111 |
88 | | 1971-72 |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
68 | 58 |
75 | 133 |
77 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHL Rookie of Year: 1970-71 (Medicine Hat)
AJHL Love Trophy (Points
Leader): 1969-70 (Ponoka)
Miscellaneous: Attended Glen Sather's
hockey school in Banff, Alberta, in summers during his childhood. Sather
recognized Weir as the first graduate of his program to play in NHL. ...
Teammate and friend of Lanny McDonald during his time in Medicine Hat.
McDonald later said he considered him one of the best junior players in
Canada. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 7,
1972 (California at Vancouver)
Numbers: 21 (Calif.); 14
(Tor.); 21 (Edmonton); 7 (Col.); 14 (Detroit)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status: Retired for final time in 1988 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1972-1983 |
CAL, TOR, EDM, COL, DET | 642 |
139 | 207 | 346 |
183 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1976-1981 |
Toronto, Edmonton | 37 |
6 | 5 | 11 |
4 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
California Points Leader: 1974-75 (45
points, tie)
California Assists Leader: 1974-75 (27 assists)
1979-80: Played on first Edmonton Oilers NHL team.
Miscellaneous:
Missed final 15 games of 1973-74 season with knee injury. ... Missed part of
1975-76 season with torn ligaments in ankle. ... Centered Edmonton's top line,
ahead of Wayne Gretzky, when Oilers began play in NHL. ... Traded by Edmonton
to Colorado for Ed Cooper on March 9, 1982, and finished 1981-82 season in
Colorado. However, the NHL voided the trade in August 1982 because Colorado
had not revealed information about an injury to Cooper. Weir was returned to
Edmonton and eventually traded to Detroit. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Tulsa (CHL); Edmonton (WHA);
Montana (CHL); Milwaukee (IHL); Brantford, Dundas (OHA Sr.)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Allan Cup: 1987 (Brantford)
WHA Draft
Pick: 1972 (by Calgary)
1978-79: Played on WHA regular-season
champion (Edmonton).
Miscellaneous: Missed parts of 1978-79 season
with groin injury and severed tip of little finger in his left hand, suffered
when he was slashed during a WHA game against Winnipeg. ... Retired in 1985,
but came out of retirement in 1986 to play in senior hockey in Ontario. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: California traded Weir to Toronto in
exchange for Gary Sabourin on June 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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