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| 1972 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | Gordie
Clark
Selected in
seventh round
No. 112 overall by Boston Bruins
Born
May 31, 1952
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 5-10 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
New Hampshire (ECAC)
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Hometown:
Saint John, New Brunswick |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1968-69 |
Saint John | NBJHL |
28 |
38 | 31 |
69 | 57 | | 1969-70 |
Fredericton | NBJHL |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1970-71 |
UNH freshman | ECAC |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1971-72 |
New Hampshire | ECAC |
30 | 27 |
30 | 57 |
28 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
ECAC All-Star First Team: 1971-72 (New Hampshire)
NBJHL Goals Leader: 1968-69 (38 goals)
NBJHL Playoffs Points
Leader: 1969 (40 points)
NBJHL Playoffs Goals Leader: 1969 (22
goals) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 9, 1975 (Vancouver at Boston)
Numbers: 28 (Boston)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1983 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1975-1976 |
Boston | 8 | 0 |
1 | 1 | 0 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1976 |
Boston | 1 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1990 (Boston) (as
assistant coach)
Coaching Career: Named Boston assistant coach in
May 1989 and remained in that position through 1991-92 season.
Scouting Career: Named Boston professional scout in June 1992 and remained
in that position through 1992-93 season. ... Named Boston Assistant Director
of Scouting (pro level) in 1993 and remained in that position through 1993-94
season. ... Named Boston Chief of Scouting in August 1994 and remained in that
position through 1995-96 season. ... Named N.Y. Rangers pro scout on September
11, 2002, and remained in that position into 2002-03 season.
Managerial Career: ... Named N.Y. Islanders Director of Player Personnel
in 1996 and remained in that position through 1997-98 season. ... Named N.Y.
Islanders Assistant General Manager and Director of Player Personnel in 1998
and remained in that position through 2001-02 season.
Miscellaneous:
Not offered a contract by Boston for 1978-79 and became a free agent, signing
with Cincinnati (WHA) in August 1978. ... Professional rights purchased from
Cincinnati by Philadelphia in 1979, but he never played for parent club.
Cincinnati had sold Clark's rights during the final months of the WHA's
existence when the team was strapped for cash. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: New Hampshire (ECAC);
Rochester (AHL); Cincinnati (WHA); Springfield, Maine (AHL); Riessersee
(W. Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1979
AHL All-Star
First Team: 1979-80, 1981-82 (Maine)
AHL All-Star Second Team:
1975-76, 1976-77 (Rochester)
NCAA East All-America First Team:
1972-73, 1973-74 (New Hamp.)
ECAC All-Star First Team: 1972-73,
1973-74 (New Hampshire)
New Hampshire Captain: 1973-74
Rochester Captain: 1977-78
AHL
Goals Leader: 1979-80 (Maine)
1978-79: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (Maine).
Coaching Career: Named Maine
assistant coach in 1987 and remained in that position through 1988-89 season.
Managerial Career:
Named Bridgeport (AHL) Director of Hockey Operations in 2001 and remained in
position through 2001-02 season.
Miscellaneous: Was first player in
University of New Hampshire history to be named to two All-America teams. ... Missed part of
1974-75 season with foot injury. ... Missed part of 1975-76 season with
separated shoulder. ... Lost seven members of his family in a fire in Saint
John, New Brunswick, in 1979. ... Became first player in Maine (AHL) history
to score 50 goals in a season when he achieved feat in 1981-82. ... Played
1982-83 season in West Germany, but returned in time to sign with Maine (AHL)
in March 1983 for final six regular-season games and team's run to 1983 Calder
Cup finals. ... Remained in Portland, Maine, after his retirement and managed
local ice arena until he became Maine (AHL) assistant coach under Mike
Milbury in 1987. ... Has spent much of his professional coaching and
managerial career working under Milbury, whom he first met in the 1970s when
both were playing in Boston's minor-league system. ... Member of Saint John
Sports Hall of Fame. ... Prized pupil of former New Hampshire coach Charlie
Holt, he delivered a eulogy at Holt's funeral in March 2000.
Personal: Full name is Gordon
Corson Clark. ... Father of college hockey player Brendon Clark. |
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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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