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1974 NHL DRAFT PICK
Larry Finck
Selected in eighth round
No. 133 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins

Born January 17, 1954
Position: Defense
Height: 5-10   Weight: 180
BEFORE THE DRAFT
Last Team: St. Catharines (OMJHL)                   
Birthplace: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada)
Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia
PRE-DRAFT STATISTICS
Year TeamLeague GPG ATP PIM
1971-72 St. CatharinesOMJHL 26 02 29
1972-73 St. CatharinesOMJHL 630 1313 95
1973-74 St. CatharinesOMJHL 672 1416 75
NHL CAREER
Never played in NHL.
NON-NHL CAREER
Post-Draft Teams: Fort Wayne (IHL); London (OHA Sr.)
NON-NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick:
1974 (by Michigan, No. 92 overall in Round 7)
Miscellaneous: Became a plumber after his retirement.
Finck's Criminal History: Many years after his retirement, Finck made headlines across Canada for his role in a bizarre child custody case that led to a 67-hour standoff with police and the eventual arrests of Finck and his wife Carline VandenElsen. The couple's dispute with authorities dated back to an earlier incident when Finck lost custody of another daughter and had faced charges for child abduction. Finck had been convicted in 2000 for abducting his then 4-year-old daughter, Chantelle Rose, from the custody of his deceased ex-wife's brother in Ontario in 1999. He was sentenced to two years in prison and had to undergo psychological assessment. VandenElsen also had a history of child-abduction charges, having been tried for taking her triplets away from their father. After the birth of Finck and VandenElsen's baby, Children's Aid determined that, based on the couple's history, she should be removed from their custody until they both underwent psychological evaluation to see if she could be returned. However, both Finck and VandenElsen refused to accept these terms and demanded that they should be allowed to retain custody of 5-month-old Mona-Clare. Finck and VandenElsen said they were the subjects of a "political witch hunt" by the Children's Aid Society. On the night of May 18, 2004, the situation reached a critical point as police, acting in behalf of the Children's Aid Society, attempted to  forcibly enter Finck's mother's home in the south end of Halifax to remove Mona-Clare. Larry Finck, who was in the house with the baby, VandenElsen and his 79-year-old mother, Mona Finck, barricaded his door, initiating a long standoff in which someone in the house fired warning shots out the window toward police. The armed standoff lasted three days, during which time Mona Finck died. Police finally went into the home and captured Finck and VandenElsen on the evening of May 21, 2004. The baby was taken to Children's Aid. Police charged the couple with obstruction of justice, forcible confinement of a child and illegal use of firearms. The child-custody standoff was the longest in Halifax history.

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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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