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| 1973 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Steve Alley
Selected in
ninth round
No. 141 overall by Chicago Black Hawks
Born
December 29, 1953
 | Position: Left Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Wisconsin (WCHA)
Birthplace: Anoka, Minnesota (USA)
Hometown:
Anoka, Minnesota |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Anoka | Minn. HS |
28 |
25 | 49 |
74 | -- | | 1972-73 |
Wisconsin | WCHA |
40 | 8 |
15 | 23 |
12 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA Championship: 1973 (Wisconsin) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 22,
1979 (Buffalo at Hartford)
Numbers: 27, 25 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1981 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1980 |
Hartford | 15 | 3 |
3 | 6 | 11 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1980 |
Hartford | 3 | 0 | 1 |
1 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Hartford Whalers team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Wisconsin (WCHA); Team USA;
Birmingham (WHA); Hampton, Springfield (AHL); Cincinnati (CHL); Binghamton (AHL)
Olympics: 1976
(fifth place)
World Championships: 1974 (first place, Pool B), 1975
(sixth place), 1978 (sixth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA Championship: 1977 (Wisconsin)
Wisconsin Williamson Award (Scholastic
Achievement): 1976-77
Wisconsin Tri-captain: 1976-77
Wisconsin Athletic Department Hall of Fame: Inducted 2001
WHA Draft Pick: 1973 (by New England, No. 90 overall in Round 7)
Miscellaneous: Led Wisconsin with
23 goals in 1974-75. ... Set Wisconsin record (since broken) with nine
game-winning goals in 1976-77. ... Scored just 23 seconds into overtime
against Michigan to give Wisconsin the 1977 NCAA title. Scored two goals and
had one assist in the championship game. ... Played on Hampton (AHL) team that
folded on Feb. 2, 1978. ... Played on Cincinnati (CHL) team that folded on
Dec. 17, 1979. ... Pursued career selling insurance during off-seasons of his
playing days. ... Moved to Chicago area after his retirement and became an
equities salesman.
Personal: Father of college field hockey player
Abby Alley. ... Husband of Illinois state champion curler Joanie Alley, who
competed for berth on U.S. Olympic women's curling team. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/EXPANSION: Alley never signed with
Chicago, instead jumping to the WHA after his college graduation. His WHA
rights had been traded from New England to Birmingham, but he was reclaimed by
the Whalers in the 1979 WHA Dispersal Draft after Chicago chose not to stake any
claim his rights in the 1979 NHL Reclaim Draft. He entered the NHL with
Hartford for the 1979-80 season. |
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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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