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| 1974 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Chuck Luksa
Selected in
10th round
No. 172 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born February 19, 1954
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kitchener (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Ottawa | Ont. Jr. A |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | |
Oshawa | OMJHL |
1 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1972-73 |
Kenora | MJHL |
47 | 7 |
37 | 44 |
119 | | 1973-74 |
Toronto | OUAA |
22 | 3 |
19 | 22 |
50 | | |
Kitchener | OMJHL |
10 | 2 |
7 | 9 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
MJHL All-Star First Team: 1972-73 (Kenora) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1979 (Hartford at
Minnesota)
Numbers: 29 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1982 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1979 |
Hartford | 8 | 0 |
1 | 1 | 4 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Hartford Whalers team.
Miscellaneous: First NHL game was first game in Hartford/Carolina
franchise history. ... Released by Hartford in October 1981. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Nova Scotia (AHL);
Cincinnati (WHA); Springfield, Binghamton (AHL); Helsinki Jokerit (Finland);
Rochester (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1976, 1977 (Nova Scotia)
AHL All-Star Second Team: 1977-78
(Nova Scotia)
WHA Draft Pick: 1974 (by Phoenix,
No. 177 overall in Round 13)
1975-76, 1976-77: Played on AHL
regular-season champ (N. Scotia).
Miscellaneous: Luksa's WHA rights
were held by Phoenix team that folded after the 1976-77 season, making him an
unrestricted free agent in the WHA. He signed with Cincinnati (WHA) in July
1978. ... Was on Cincinnati (WHA) team that folded along with the WHA after
the 1978-79 season as the league prepared to merge with the NHL. He was
claimed by Hartford in the WHA Dispersal Draft on June 9, 1979. ...
Missed part of 1980-81 season with cracked cheekbone, an injury suffered in
November 1980. ... Returned to Toronto area and went into real estate business
after his retirement.
Personal: Full name is Charles
Luksa. ... Also known as Charlie Luksa and Charles Luksa during his playing
days. ... Older brother of former minor-leaguer Peter Luksa. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/FREE AGENCY: After spending four seasons
in the Montreal organization, Luksa jumped to the WHA with Cincinnati in 1978.
When the NHL and WHA merged in 1979, Montreal chose not to take him back in
the NHL Reclaim Draft, and he remained property of Hartford, the last WHA team
that had owned his rights, as a restricted free agent. He signed with Hartford
in August 1979. |
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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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