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| 1974 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mike Zuke
Selected in fifth round
No.
79 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born April 16, 1954
 | Position:
Center
Height: 6-0 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Michigan Tech (WCHA)
Birthplace: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Sault Ste. Marie | NOHA |
48 |
34 | 62 |
96 | 23 | | 1972-73 |
Michigan Tech | WCHA |
38 | 23 |
30 | 53 |
20 | | 1973-74 |
Michigan Tech | WCHA |
40 | 28 |
47 | 75 |
38 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA West All-America First Team: 1973-74
(Michigan Tech)
WCHA Freshman of Year: 1972-73 (Michigan Tech)
WCHA All-Star First Team: 1973-74 (Michigan Tech)
NOHA All-Star First Team: 1971-72 (Sault Ste. Marie)
Michigan
Tech Matovich Award (Outstanding Freshman): 1972-73
NOHA Points Leader: 1971-72 (Sault Ste. Marie) (96 points)
NOHA
Assists Leader: 1971-72 (Sault Ste. Marie (62 assists)
Miscellaneous: Set Michigan Tech record for points by a freshman with 53
in 1972-73. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 18, 1979 (St. Louis at
Boston)
Numbers: 21 (St. Louis); 20 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired December 1985 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1979-1985 |
St. Louis, Hartford | 455 |
86 | 196 | 282 |
220 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1980-1983 |
St. Louis | 26 | 6 |
6 | 12 | 12 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Hartford Emery Edge Award (Plus-Minus Leader):
1984-85 (-4)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of St. Louis' 1978 training camp and start
of 1978-79 season with separated shoulder. ... Missed part of 1979-80 season
with hand injury, suffered during St. Louis' 1979 training camp. ... Missed
part of 1980-81 season with bruised left shoulder, an injury suffered in St.
Louis' game vs. N.Y. Islanders on March 24, 1981. ... Missed parts of 1982-83
season with sore shoulder and concussion. ... Underwent shoulder surgery
during summer of 1983. ... Wore No. 34 during Hartford's 1983 training camp.
... Missed part of 1984-85 season with knee injury suffered in December 1984.
... Chose to retire rather than accept player-coach position
with Hartford's AHL affiliate (Binghamton) in December 1985. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Michigan Tech (WCHA);
Mohawk Valley (NAHL); Indianapolis, Edmonton (WHA); Salt Lake (CHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA Championship: 1975 (Michigan Tech)
NCAA West All-America First Team: 1975-76 (Michigan Tech)
WCHA
Player of Year: 1975-76 (Michigan Tech)
WCHA All-Star First Team: 1975-76
(Michigan Tech)
WCHA All-Star Second Team: 1974-75 (Michigan Tech)
Michigan
Tech Sports Hall of Fame: Inducted Oct. 29, 1988
Michigan Tech Youngs Award
(MVP): 1975-76
Michigan Tech Records: Most career points (310),
most career goals (133), most career assists (177), most points in one season
(104 in 1975-76), most goals in one season (47 in 1975-76, shares record),
most assists in one season (57 in 1975-76), most career power play goals (41),
most career game-winning goals (21), most 20-goal seasons (4), most 30-goal
seasons (2), most 50-point seasons (4), most 40-point seasons (4, tie), most
game-winning goals in one season (8 in 1975-76, shares record)
WHA Draft Pick: 1974 (by Indianapolis, No. 76
overall in Round 6)
1978-79: Played on CHL regular-season champion
(Salt Lake).
Coaching Career: Worked as minor hockey coach and
hockey school instructor in St. Louis from time of his retirement in 1985 into
2002-03 season.
Miscellaneous: Was a member of Michigan Tech's
Varsity Club and Blue Key National Honor Society. ... Played in three
consecutive NCAA championship games with Michigan Tech from 1974 to 1976. ...
Graduated from Michigan Tech in 1976 as the school's all-time leader in games
played with 163 (record since broken). ... Ranks No. 3 on NCAA career points
list. ... Missed part of 1977-78 season with partially separated right
shoulder. ... Worked at Famous Barr department store during summer of 1982 to
gain experience as a retail buyer. ... Worked in catering department of Chase
Park Plaza during summer of 1983. ... Named to all-time WCHA All-Star
team by conference and Hockey News panel in 1997. ... Named one of the
50 greatest players in WCHA history by conference in 2001. ... Was active in
charity during his playing days, working on behalf of United Way, the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation and YMCA. ... Returned to St. Louis and became involved in
minor hockey after his retirement, serving as an assistant coach of St. Louis
Jr. Blues and rising to become director of St. Louis AAA Amateur Hockey
Association during 1989-90 season. ... A rink in his hometown of Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario, was named the Mike Zuke Rink in honor of his father, a
longtime local coach who was a major force in the youth sports community. ...
A park in his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, is named Mike Zuke
Memorial Park in honor of his father. ... The Northern Ontario AAA Bantam
Hockey League named its MVP award the Mike Zuke Memorial Trophy in honor of
his father.
Personal: Full name is Michael Zuke Jr. ... Older brother of former college hockey player Ron Zuke.
... Son of former Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) assistant coach and longtime minor
hockey coach Mike Zuke Sr. ... Nephew of former minor-leaguers Walter Zuke and
William Zuke. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/WAIVERS: Zuke did not sign with St. Louis
after he graduated from college in 1976. Instead he jumped to the WHA with
Indianapolis. He entered the NHL when he signed with St. Louis on Sept. 1,
1978. St. Louis left him unprotected for the 1983 NHL Waiver Draft, and he was
claimed by Hartford on Oct. 3, 1983. |
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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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