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| 1972 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | Garry
Howatt
Selected in
10th round
No. 144 overall by New York Islanders
Born
September 26, 1952
 | Position: Left Wing
Height:
5-9 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Flin Flon (WCHL)
Birthplace: Grand Center, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Grand Center, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Kamloops | BCJHL |
36 |
19 | 35 |
54 | -- | | |
Victoria | WCHL |
24 | 5 |
15 | 20 |
36 | | |
Flin Flon | WCHL |
36 | 24 |
35 | 59 |
109 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was teammate of future N.Y. Islanders teammate Bob Nystrom
during his time in Kamloops (BCJHL). |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 16,
1972 (N.Y. Islanders at Atlanta)
Numbers: 23, 8 (N.Y.
Islanders), 8, 15 (Hartford), 88, 8 (New Jersey)
Stanley Cup: 1980, 1981.
Playing Status: Retired August 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1972-1984 |
NYI, Hartford, New Jersey |
720 | 112 | 156 |
268 | 1,836 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1975-1981 | N.Y. Islanders |
87 | 12 |
14 | 26 |
289 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Hartford Kravitz Award (Players' MVP):
1981-82 (co-winner)
Hartford Keyes Award (Unsung Hero): 1981-82
N.Y. Islanders Records: Most penalty minutes in playoff game (27 vs.
Toronto on April 27, 1978), most penalty minutes in playoff series (62 vs.
Toronto in 1978)
N.Y. Islanders Penalty Minutes Leader: 1973-74 (204), 1975-76 (197),
1976-77 (182), 1977-78 (146), 1978-79 (205), 1979-80 (219), 1980-81 (174)
Hartford Penalty Minutes Leader: 1981-82 (242)
N.Y. Islanders Playoffs Penalty Minutes Leader: 1975 (59), 1977 (28),
1978 (62)
1972-73: Played on first New York Islanders team.
1982-83:
Played on first New Jersey Devils team.
Miscellaneous: Set NHL rookie record (since broken) for most penalty
minutes without a misconduct (204) in 1973-74. ... Set NHL rookie record
(since broken) for most major penalties in a season (30) in 1973-74. ... Set
N.Y. Islanders rookie record (since broken) for most penalty minutes in a
season (204) in 1973-74. ... Was 27-1-1 as a fighter through first full season
in NHL. ... Played on line with Ed Westfall and Bob Nystrom in 1973-74. ...
Played on "Commotion Line" with Andre St. Laurent and Bob Nystrom from 1974-76. ... Led N.Y.
Islanders with plus-32 rating in 1974-75. ... Missed part of 1976-77 season
with knee injury. ... Missed part of 1977-78 season with broken wrist. ... Set
N.Y. Islanders record (since broken) for penalty minutes in a season with 219
in 1979-80. ... Shared a popular N.Y. Islanders booster club, called the Dynamic Duo Fan Club, with Bob Nystrom
throughout the 1970s. ... Held N.Y. Islanders career penalty-minutes record
(1,466) and career playoffs penalty-minutes record (279) when he left the
team in 1981. Both records were later broken. ... Scored goal in first game
with Hartford at Quebec on Oct. 6, 1981. ... Set Hartford record (since
broken) with 242 penalty minutes in 1981-82. ... Skipped 1982 training camp
and held continued to hold out on Hartford for more money at beginning of
1982-83 season before being traded to New Jersey. ... Missed part of 1982-83
season with damaged ligaments in left knee, an injury that required surgery
in December 1982. He suffered the injury on Dec. 22, 1982, during a fight
with Philadelphia's Brad Marsh. While he was out recovering from the injury,
he served as a linesman for New Jersey's Jan. 15, 1983, game at Hartford.
Howatt and Hartford's Mickey Volcan served as linesmen because a blizzard
had prevented two officials from making it to the game. ... Released by New Jersey in August 1984 and chose to retire. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: New Haven (AHL); Wichita (CHL);
Maine (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1984 (Maine)
Miscellaneous:
Named National Epileptic Foundation Man of the Year for 1974. ... Worked in
Islanders summer hockey school in off-seasons during his playing days. ... An
avid racquetball player, he competed in the first national sports-celebrity
racquetball championships in Las Vegas in 1978, losing to former NBA player
Gail Goodrich. Also competed in 1979. ... Competed in national
sports-celebrity wrist-wrestling championships in Las Vegas in 1981, finishing
fifth out of 12 competitors. ... Worked for player agent Harvey Lakind in
recruiting Western Canadian hockey players as clients during 1986-87 season.
... Owned and ran a golf driving range after his
retirement.
Personal: Suffered from epilepsy, controlled by
medication, during his playing days. He was first diagnosed with the disease
at age 14. ... Nicknamed "Toy Tiger." ... Full name is Garry Robert
Charles Howatt. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Upon Howatt's request and to avoid
losing him in the 1981 waiver draft, the N.Y. Islanders traded him to
Hartford for a conditional 1983 draft choice on October 2,
1981. The Islanders were to receive a 1983 third-, fourth- or fifth-round pick
depending on whether Hartford was able to re-sign Howatt in 1982. The Whalers
were unable to re-sign him and instead traded his rights to New Jersey. As a
result, the Islanders received a 1983 fifth-round pick (Bob Caulfield). |
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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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