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| 1972 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Brian Walker
Selected in fifth round
No. 72 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins
Born May
4, 1952
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Center / Right Wing
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Calgary (WCHL)
Birthplace: Beaver Lodge, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Beaver Lodge, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1967-68 |
Calgary | WCHL | 52 |
14 | 20 |
34 | 12 | | 1968-69 |
Calgary | WCHL |
47 | 16 |
25 | 41 |
42 | | 1969-70 |
Calgary | WCHL |
37 | 19 |
27 | 46 |
21 | | 1970-71 |
Calgary | WCHL |
34 | 21 |
22 | 43 |
61 | | 1971-72 |
Calgary | WCHL |
64 | 40 |
35 | 75 |
44 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Calgary Captain: 1971-72
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1969-70
season with broken jaw. ... Missed part of 1970-71 season with broken leg. |
| NHL CAREER |
| Never played in NHL. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Hershey (AHL); Fort Wayne (IHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup: 1973 (Fort Wayne)
WHA
Draft Pick: 1972 (by Calgary)
1972-73: Played on IHL
regular-season champion (Fort Wayne).
Miscellaneous: Missed entire 1973-74 season recovering from fractured hip
suffered when he plowed into by a hit-and-run driver. The incident, which took
place in June 1973, kept him in the hospital for more than two months. |
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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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