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| 1974 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Rick Chartraw
Selected in first round
No. 10 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born July 13, 1954
 | Position:
Defense / Right Wing
Height: 6-2 Weight:
205
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kitchener (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Caracas, Venezuela
Hometown:
Erie, Pennsylvania |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Kitchener | OMJHL |
58 |
6 | 19 |
25 | 112 | | 1972-73 |
Kitchener | OMJHL |
59 |
10 | 22 |
32 | 101 | | 1973-74 |
Kitchener | OMJHL |
70 | 17 |
44 | 61 |
150 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
OMJHL All-Star First Team: 1973-74 (Kitchener)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as No.
5 overall
prospect in the 1974 NHL draft. ... Lived in Venezuela for first 3½ years of his life
while his father was on assignment building power stations in that country.
... Spent parts of his childhood in Dayton, Chicago and Orlando, before moving
to Erie at age 10. ... Excelled in golf as a youth. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 9,
1974 (N.Y. Islanders at Montreal)
Numbers: 27 (Montreal); 2
(L.A.); 11 (N.Y. Rangers); 6 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: 1976, 1977,
1978, 1979, 1984
Playing Status: Retired August 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974-1984 |
MTL, LA, NYR, EDM | 420 |
28 | 64 | 92 |
399 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1976-1984 |
MTL, LA, NYR, EDM | 75 |
7 | 9 | 16 |
80 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was first American citizen to
be selected in first round of an NHL draft. ... Missed part of 1982-83 season with sprained right wrist,
an injury he suffered in October 1982. ... Did not appear in 1984 Stanley Cup
Finals for Edmonton, although he did appear in postseason and had name
inscribed on Cup. ... His Edmonton contract expired on July 1, 1984, but
Edmonton invited him to 1984 training camp with opportunity to play himself back into
NHL. He declined the offer and chose to retire. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Nova Scotia (AHL); New
Haven (AHL); Tulsa (CHL); Los Angeles (PSHL)
Canada Cup: 1976 (fifth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL All-Star First Team:
1974-75 (Nova Scotia)
WHA Draft Pick: 1974 (by San Diego,
No. 35 overall in Round 3)
1975-76: Played on Nova Scotia team that
won AHL regular-season and playoff titles, but was not with team during
postseason.
1983-84: Played 28 games for Tulsa team that went on to
win CHL playoff title, but was not with team during postseason.
Miscellaneous: Briefly came out of
retirement in 1992 to play four games for Los Angeles Jets of Pacific
Southwest Hockey League, a senior-level league also known as the Southern
California Senior Hockey League. ... Lived in Florida and New York before
returning to Southern California after his retirement. ... Got involved in
hockey arena management as well as the boat business, owning and operating
Back Bay Marine in Newport Beach, Calif. ... Became president of Strong Side
Sports, a company which focused on hockey arena and marina management. The
company played a big role in developing the Disney Ice facility in Anaheim,
Calif. ... Worked in several charitable causes, including an Amateur Athletic
Foundation grant program that brought hockey to underprivileged children in
Southern California. ... Served as vice president of Los Angeles Kings Alumni
Association.
Personal: Full name is Raymond
Richard Chartraw. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Montreal traded Chartraw to Los
Angeles in exchange for future considerations, which became 1983 second-round
pick (Claude Lemieux), on Feb. 17, 1981. |
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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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