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| 1973 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Wayne Bianchin
Selected in second round
No.
23 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins
Born
September 6, 1953
 | Position: Left Wing
Height:
5-10 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Flin Flon (WCHL)
Birthplace: Nanaimo, British Columbia (Canada)
Hometown:
Nanaimo, British Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1970-71 |
Kamloops | BCJHL |
57 |
30 | 42 |
72 | 2 | | 1971-72 |
Calgary | WCHL |
7 | 1 |
5 | 6 |
7 | | |
Victoria | WCHL |
22 | 7 |
3 | 10 |
57 | | |
Flin Flon | WCHL |
27 | 12 |
15 | 27 |
8 | | 1972-73 |
Flin Flon | WCHL |
68 | 60 |
54 | 114 |
90 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 27, 1973 (Philadelphia at
Pittsburgh)
Numbers: 14 (Pittsburgh); 15 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1982 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1973-1980 |
Pittsburgh, Edmonton | 276 |
68 | 41 | 109 |
137 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1977 | Pittsburgh | 3 |
0 | 1 | 1 |
6 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Pittsburgh McCracken Award (Unsung Hero):
1976-77
Miscellaneous: Missed start of 1973-74 season with hairline
fracture in right foot. ... Broke neck while surfing in Hawaii in May 1974 and
missed most of 1974-75 season recovering from surgery to repair two displaced
vertebrae. ... Had further neck fusion surgery in April 1975. ... Named NHL
Player of the Week in 1976-77 season. ... Injured back in 1976 Pittsburgh
training camp and had to undergo surgery for a ruptured spinal disc that
caused him to miss start of 1977-78 season. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Hershey (AHL); Syracuse (AHL);
Johnstown (NAHL); Houston (CHL); Asiago, Varese (Italy)
World Championships: 1981
(Italy) (first place, Pool B)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
World Championships Pool B All-Star
Team: 1981 (Italy)
AHL Records: Fastest goal from the start of a
game (4 seconds, for Syracuse vs. Hershey on Jan. 12, 1975)
Italian League Playoffs Points Leader:
1981 (Asiago) (15 points)
World Championships Pool B Assists Leader:
1981 (Italy) (9)
1973-74: Played four regular-season games for
Hershey team that went on to win AHL playoff title, but was not with team in
postseason.
1974-75: Played eight games for Johnstown team that went
on to win NAHL playoff title and was the inspiration for the movie Slap
Shot.
Miscellaneous: Returned to Nanaimo, British Columbia, area
after his retirement and went into financial services industry, working for
BMO Nesbitt Burns in Ladysmith, B.C. ... Worked as girls' youth soccer
coach in Nanaimo, B.C.
Personal: Father of college hockey player
Jordan Bianchin. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| EXPANSION: Pittsburgh left Bianchin
unprotected for the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft, and he was claimed by Edmonton
on June 13, 1979. |
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SNAPSHOT '73 | | Total Selected: |
168 | | Forwards: |
103 | | Defense: |
53 | | Goaltenders: |
12 | | Major Junior: |
131 | | College Players: |
28 |
| Canadian: |
151 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
14 | | U.S.-Born: |
14 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
70 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
4 |
| Picks Traded: |
35 |
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