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| 1973 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Dennis Owchar
Selected in fourth round
No.
55 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins
Born March
28, 1953
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Toronto (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Dryden, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Thunder Bay, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1969-70 |
Fort William | TBJHL |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1970-71 |
Fort William | TBJHL |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1971-72 |
Fort William | TBJHL |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1972-73 |
St. Catharines | OMJHL |
19 |
3 | 13 |
16 | 13 | | |
Toronto | OMJHL | 20 |
7 | 8 |
15 | 27 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1973 (Toronto)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1972-73 season with torn knee ligaments. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 12, 1974 (Detroit at
Pittsburgh)
Numbers: 25 (Pittsburgh); 3, 25 (Colorado)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1987 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974-1979 |
Pittsburgh, Colorado | 288 |
30 | 85 | 115 |
200 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1975-1978 |
Pittsburgh, Colorado | 10 |
1 | 1 | 2 |
8 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Had two assists in first NHL game. ...
Was victim of high-sticking incident on Oct. 20, 1976, that led to assault
charges against Toronto's Dave "Tiger" Williams, who was acquitted. ... Missed part of
1976-77 season with torn knee ligaments, a season-ending injury which he
suffered in a collision with Boston's Mike Milbury on Jan. 30, 1977, in
Pittsburgh. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Hershey (AHL); New Haven (AHL);
Thunder Bay (CanAm Sr.)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1974 (Hershey)
Allan
Cup: 1984, 1985 (Thunder Bay)
Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of
Fame: Inducted 1995 as member of 1984 and 1985 Allan Cup champion Thunder
Bay Twins.
WHA Draft Pick: 1973 (by Houston,
No. 74 overall in Round 6)
1979-80: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (New Haven).
Miscellaneous: Went into
computer industry as a salesman after retirement and eventually became the
manager of business development for RealNetworks, Canada. ... Joined
Beyond.com as a sales executive in February 2001.
Personal: Also known as Denny
Owchar during his playing days. ... Younger brother of former minor-leaguer
Jack Owchar. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Pittsburgh traded Owchar to Colorado
in exchange for Tom Edur on December 2, 1977. |
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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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