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| 1974 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Clark Gillies
Selected in first round
No.
4 overall by New York Islanders
Born April 7, 1954
 | Position: Left Wing
Height: 6-3 Weight:
215
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Regina (WCHL)
Birthplace: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Regina | WCHL |
68 | 31 |
48 | 79 |
199 | | 1972-73 |
Regina | WCHL |
68 | 40 |
52 | 92 |
192 | | 1973-74 |
Regina | WCHL |
65 | 46 |
66 | 112 |
179 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1974 (Regina)
WCHL All-Star
First Team: 1973-74 (Regina)
Regina Quad-captain: 1973-74
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as No.
4 overall
prospect in the 1974 NHL draft. ... Played three seasons of minor-league baseball from 1970-72
as a first baseman and outfielder with the
Houston Astros organization's Class A Appalachian League team in Covington, Virginia.
Was a teammate of future N.Y. Islanders teammate Bob Bourne and batted .257
in his best minor-league season. He finished his minor-league career with a
.241 average in 261 at-bats. Also had two career homers and 21 RBI. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 9,
1974 (N.Y. Islanders at Montreal)
Numbers: 9 (N.Y. Islanders)
(number retired); 39
(Buffalo)
Stanley Cup: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
Playing
Status: Retired September 8, 1988 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1974-1988 |
N.Y. Islanders, Buffalo |
958 |
319 | 378 |
697 | 1,023 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM |
| 1975-1988 |
N.Y. Islanders, Buffalo | 164 |
47 | 47 |
94 | 287 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
HOCKEY HALL OF FAME:
Inducted 2002
NHL All-Star
First Team: 1977-78, 1978-79 (N.Y. Islanders)
Hockey News All-Star
First Team: 1977-78, 1979-80 (N.Y. Islanders)
Sporting News All-Star
First Team: 1977-78, 1979-80 (NYI)
All-Star
Game: 1977 (illness, did not play), 1978
Stanley Cup Finals
(Lost): 1984 (N.Y. Islanders)
N.Y. Islanders "Good Guy" Award (Media
Vote): 1981-82
N.Y. Islanders Captain:
Feb. 3, 1977, to Oct. 11, 1979
N.Y. Islanders Goals Leader: 1975-76 (34), 1976-77 (33)
N.Y.
Islanders Playoffs Points Leader: 1984 (19)
N.Y. Islanders Playoffs
Goals Leader: 1978 (2, tie), 1984 (12), 1986 (1, tie)
Miscellaneous: Had two assists in his first NHL game. .... Played
on line with Billy Harris and Bob Bourne for N.Y. Islanders in 1974-75. ...
Showed exceptional fighting ability early in his career when he pummeled Dave
Schultz in Game 5 of a Stanley Cup semifinal playoff series in Philadelphia.
... Played on "Long Island Lightning Company" or "LILCO" line with Billy
Harris and Bryan Trottier for N.Y. Islanders in 1975-76 and 1976-77. ... Set
N.Y. Islanders record (since broken) with 34 goals in 1975-76. ... Missed part
of 1976-77 season with mononucleosis. The illness prevented him from playing
in the 1977 NHL All-Star Game. ... Set NHL record by scoring game-winning goal
in four consecutive playoff games against Chicago and Buffalo in 1977. ... Played on BTG line
(also known as Trio Grande) with Mike
Bossy and Bryan Trottier for N.Y. Islanders from 1977-78 through 1980-81. ... Stepped down as N.Y. Islanders
captain before first game of 1979-80 season, saying that he was no longer
comfortable with role. ... Helped set tone for N.Y. Islanders' 1980 Stanley
Cup run by pummeling Boston's Terry O'Reilly in multiple fights during
second-round playoff series. ... Fed his dog, Hombre, from the Stanley Cup
during summer of 1980. ... Played on line with Duane Sutter and Brent Sutter
for N.Y Islanders in 1981-82. ... Set N.Y. Islanders record (since broken) for
goals in one season by a left wing with 38 in 1981-82. ... Missed part
of 1982-83 season and most of 1983 playoffs with knee injury that required
arthroscopic surgery in April 1983. He suffered the injury during N.Y.
Islanders' March 27, 1983, game in Pittsburgh. ... Wore helmet for first time
during 1982-83 season. ... Played right wing during N.Y. Islanders 1984
training camp. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season with sprained ankle, suffered
in February 1985. ... Missed parts of 1985-86 season with bruised ribs,
suffered in N.Y. Islanders' Oct. 29, 1985, game vs. Boston, and with back
injury, suffered in N.Y. Islanders' Jan. 28, 1986 game vs. Toronto. ... Missed
part of 1986-87 season with groin injury, suffered in December 1986. ... Missed majority of 1987-88
season with knee injury, suffered in Buffalo's game vs. Edmonton on Nov. 7, 1987.
... Made playoffs in 13 of his 14 NHL seasons, missing only in 1987 with
Buffalo. ... Opted to retire prior to 1988 Buffalo training camp when Sabres
general manager Gerry Meehan told him he was not likely to be offered a new contract due to
his age. ... N.Y. Islanders retired his number on Dec. 7, 1996, although two other
players (Dave Chyzowski and Kirk Muller) had worn it after he did. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Canada Cup: 1981 (second place)
Challenge Cup:
1979
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Challenge Cup NHL Team MVP: 1979
Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame: Inducted 2000
WHA Draft Pick: 1974 (by
Edmonton, No. 37 overall in Round 3)
Miscellaneous:
Served as captain of N.Y. Islanders' off-season softball team during playing
days. ... Competed in first Celebrity Racquetball Championships in Las
Vegas in 1978. .. Was active in charity work during his playing days, serving
as honorary chairman of Long Island Division of American Cancer Society,
working with Impact on Hunger and Long Island's Big Brothers and Big Sisters
program, and serving on governing board of LI Charities. ... Opened limousine
service company called Champion Limousine with Islanders teammate Ken Morrow
in 1983. ... Opened restaurant called T.J. Gillies in Westbury, N.Y., in 1986.
... Returned to Dix Hills, N.Y., and became stockbroker with Investment
Management Research in Melville, N.Y., after retirement. ... Named left wing
on all-time Regina (WHL) team by Canadian Hockey League panel in 1999. ... Honored with
Dowling College's Golden Lion Community Service Award in 2002. ... An avid
golfer, he became an active member of the Celebrity Players Tour.
Personal: Nicknamed "Jethro." | | HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WAIVERS: N.Y. Islanders left Gillies
unprotected for the 1986 NHL Waiver Draft, and he was claimed by Buffalo on
October 6, 1986. |
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SNAPSHOT '74 | | Total Selected: |
246 | | Forwards: |
138 | | Defense: |
84 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
171 | | College Players: |
44 |
| Canadian: |
200 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
40 | | U.S.-Born: |
39 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
98 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
15 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
21 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
5 |
| Picks Traded: |
13 |
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