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| 1973 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Nelson Pyatt
Selected in third round
No.
39 overall by Detroit Red Wings
Born September
9, 1953
 | Position:
Center / Left Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Oshawa (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Port Arthur, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Thunder Bay, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1970-71 |
Thunder Bay | TBJHL |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1971-72 |
Oshawa | OMJHL | 54 |
17 | 29 |
46 | 27 | | 1972-73 |
Oshawa | OMJHL | 26 |
13 | 19 |
32 | 7 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous:
Named Oshawa captain in October 1972 after team traded Doug
Ferguson to Hamilton. ... Missed part of 1972-73 season with broken left wrist. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1973 (Detroit at N.Y.
Rangers)
Numbers: 23, 22 (Detroit); 26 (Washington); 12, 19
(Colorado)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1983 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1973-1979 |
Detroit, Wash., Colorado | 296 |
71 | 63 | 134 |
69 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Washington Points Leader: 1975-76 (49)
Washington Goals Leader:
1975-76 (26)
1974-75: Played on first Washington Capitals team.
Miscellaneous:
Set Washington record (since broken) with 26 goals in 1975-76. ... Scored
first game-winning goal in Colorado Rockies history against Toronto on Oct. 5,
1976, in Denver. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: London (Great Britain);
Virginia (AHL); Philadelphia (AHL); Fort Worth (CHL); Selb (Germany); Wein
(Austria)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1973 (by Minnesota,
No. 59 overall in Round 5)
Miscellaneous: Briefly retired in January
1979 and did not play for remainder of 1978-79 season, but came back to
Colorado for 1979 training camp. ... Returned to Thunder
Bay, Ontario, after retirement and became a firefighter. ... Was accidentally
announced in first round of 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston when N.Y. Islanders
scout Earl Ingarfield mistakenly called his name instead of his son's.
Personal: Full name is Frederick
Nelson Pyatt. ... Also known as Nels Pyatt and Nellie Pyatt during his playing days. ... Father of NHL player
Taylor Pyatt. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Detroit traded Pyatt to Washington in
exchange for 1975 third-round pick (Allen Cameron) on Feb. 28, 1975. |
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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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