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| 1974 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Warren Miller
Selected in 21st round
No.
241 overall by New York Rangers
Born June 15,
1953
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Minnesota (WCHA)
Birthplace: South St. Paul, Minnesota
(USA)
Hometown: South St. Paul, Minnesota |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
South St. Paul | Minn. HS |
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-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1972-73 |
Minnesota | WCHA |
32 | 5 |
3 | 8 |
22 | | 1973-74 |
Minnesota | WCHA |
40 | 11 |
16 | 27 |
34 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA Championship: 1974 (Minnesota)
South St. Paul MVP: 1971-72
Miscellaneous: Tied for 1972 Minnesota high school tournament
scoring lead with six points. ... Had assist on first goal in
Minnesota's 4-2 NCAA title-game victory over Michigan Tech on March 16, 1974. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 18,
1979 (Vancouver at N.Y. Rangers)
Numbers: 24 (N.Y. Ranger);
27 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1983 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1983 |
N.Y. Rangers, Hartford | 262 |
40 | 50 | 90 |
137 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1980 | N.Y. Rangers | 6 |
1 | 0 | 1 |
0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Hartford Keyes Award (Unsung Hero): 1980-81
Miscellaneous: Became first former WHA player to rejoin his last WHA
team (Hartford) after having been lost in 1979 NHL Reclaim Draft. Missed part
of 1981-82 season with sprained ankle, an injury suffered in November 1981.
... Missed part of 1982-83 season with groin injury suffered in January 1983.
... Released by Hartford in July 1983. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Minnesota (WCHA); Calgary,
Edmonton, Quebec, New England
(WHA)
Canada Cup: 1981 (fourth place)
World Championships: 1977 (sixth place), 1981 (fifth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA Championship: 1976
(Minnesota)
NCAA Tournament All-Star First Team: 1975 (Minnesota)
Minnesota Mariucci Award (MVP):
1975-76
WHA Draft Pick: 1974 (by New
England, No. 161 overall in Round 11)
NCAA Tournament Records:
Fastest hat trick (three goals in 4:20 vs. Harvard on March 13, 1975)
Miscellaneous: Scored
empty-net goal in Minnesota's 6-4 NCAA title-game victory over Michigan Tech on
March 27, 1976. ... Was runner-up for 1976-77 WHA Rookie of Year award. ... Was on Calgary (WHA)
team that folded on May 31, 1977. Signed with Edmonton as free agent on May
31, 1977.
Personal: Full name is Warren
Fredrick Miller. ... Was mistakenly identified as having a Jan. 1, 1954,
birthday for most of his career. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/WAIVERS: Miller did not sign with N.Y.
Rangers after his senior year at the University of Minnesota. Instead, he
jumped to the WHA with Calgary. When the NHL and WHA merged in 1979, N.Y.
Rangers took Miller back from his last WHA team (New England/Hartford) in the
NHL Reclaim Draft on June 9, 1979. N.Y. Rangers later placed him on waivers,
enabling him to be claimed by Hartford for a $100 fee (under terms of the 1979
NHL-WHA merger) on Aug. 7, 1980. |
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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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