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| 1974 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Michel Bergeron
Selected in fourth round
No.
63 overall by Detroit Red Wings
Born November
11, 1954
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Right Wing
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Sorel (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Chicoutimi, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Chicoutimi, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Sorel | QMJHL | 24 |
23 | 21 |
44 | 11 | |
1972-73 |
Sorel | QMJHL |
63 | 40 |
62 | 102 |
54 | | 1973-74 |
Sorel | QMJHL |
70 | 62 |
81 | 143 |
120 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as No.
43 overall prospect in the 1974 NHL draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 8, 1975 (Boston at Detroit)
Numbers:
16 (Detroit); 16
(N.Y. Islanders); 12, 16 (Washington)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1982 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1975-1979 |
Detroit, NYI, Washington | 229 |
80 | 58 | 138 |
165 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Detroit Goals Leader: 1975-76 (32 goals)
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in first NHL game. ... Missed end of
1975-76 season with right eye injury suffered in Detroit's March 24, 1976,
game vs. Washington. ... Set Detroit rookie record (since broken) with 32
goals in 1975-76. ... Scored twice in first game with N.Y. Islanders on Oct.
22, 1977, vs. N.Y. Rangers. ... Missed part of 1977-78 season with back
injury. ... Signed with Montreal as free agent in September 1979, but never
played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Virginia (AHL); Kansas City
(CHL); Fort Worth (CHL); Milwaukee (IHL); Nova Scotia (AHL); Kalamazoo (IHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1974 (by Quebec,
No. 112 overall in Round 8)
1976-77: Played four games for Kansas
City team that won CHL regular-season and playoff titles, but was not with
team in postseason.
1977-78: Played nine games for Fort Worth team
that won CHL regular-season and playoff titles, but was not with team in
postseason.
Miscellaneous: Was pitcher for N.Y. Islanders softball
team in 1978. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Detroit traded Bergeron to N.Y.
Islanders in exchange for Andre St. Laurent on October 20, 1977. |
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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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