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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Bryan Maxwell
Selected in first round
No.
4 overall by Minnesota North Stars
Born
September 7, 1955
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-3 Weight: 210
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Medicine Hat (WCHL)
Birthplace: North Bay, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Lethbridge, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Drumheller | AJHL |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
37 | 1 |
11 | 12 |
25 | | 1973-74 |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
63 | 11 |
56 | 67 |
229 | | 1974-75 |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
63 | 14 |
50 | 64 |
288 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1975 (silver) (unofficial tournament)
Miscellaneous: Played in second World Junior Championships in Winnipeg and
Brandon, Manitoba, an unofficial tournament that helped set stage for first
official World Juniors in 1977. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 16,
1978 (Minnesota at Philadelphia)
Numbers: 24 (Minnesota); 4
(St. Louis); 3 (Winnipeg); 5 (Pittsburgh)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1985 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1978-1985 |
MIN, STL, WIN, PIT | 331 |
18 | 77 | 95 |
745 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1980-1983 |
St. Louis, Winnipeg | 15 |
1 | 1 | 2 |
86 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Winnipeg Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1981-82
(110), 1982-83 (131)
St. Louis Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1980
(9)
Winnipeg Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1983 (23)
Coaching
Career: Named Los Angeles assistant coach prior to 1987-88 season and
remained in that position through 1988-89 season.
Miscellaneous:
Signed with Minnesota as free agent after New England breached his WHA
contract in February 1978. He left New England on bad terms and was not even
allowed to take his skates or sticks with him to Minnesota. ... Started his
first NHL game by playing his first shift at center before being moved back to
defense. ... Scored goal and had one assist in his first NHL game. ... Paired
on defense with Bill Butters for Minnesota in his first NHL season. ... Missed
end of 1977-78 season with broken hand, an injury suffered during a fight
against Los Angeles on March 23, 1978. ... Missed part of 1979-80 season with
stretched knee ligaments, an injury suffered in March 1980. ... Missed part of
1980-81 season with broken right leg, an injury suffered during St. Louis'
game at Chicago on Nov. 2, 1980. ... Missed part of 1981-82 season with rib
injury suffered in December 1981. ... Missed part of 1982-83 season with
concussion suffered when he was hit in head by a Craig Levie shot during
Winnipeg's Oct. 24, 1982, practice. ... Missed part of 1982-83 season with
broken hand, an injury suffered in December 1982. ... Was released by Winnipeg
in July 1983 and then re-signed by the team one month later. ... Missed part
of 1983-84 season with left knee injury suffered in January 1984. ...
Suspended three games during 1983-84 season for being first player off
Pittsburgh bench during brawl with Detroit. ... Was one of Mario Lemieux's
first professional teammates on 1984-85 Pittsburgh team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Cleveland (WHA);
Springfield (AHL); Cincinnati (WHA); Binghamton (AHL); New England (WHA);
Oklahoma City (CHL); Salt Lake (CHL); Baltimore (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1987 (Medicine Hat) (head
coach), 1991 (Spokane) (head coach)
WHL McCallum Trophy (Coach of Year):
1991-92 (Spokane)
WHA Draft Pick: 1975 (by Indianapolis, No. 2
overall in Round 1)
1979-80: Played three games for Salt Lake team
that won CHL regular-season and playoff titles, but was not with team in
postseason.
1980-81: Played five regular-season games for Salt Lake
team that went on to win CHL playoff title, but was not with team in
postseason.
Coaching Career: Named Medicine Hat (WHL) assistant
coach prior to 1985-86 season and remained in position through 1985-86 season.
... Named Medicine Hat (WHL) head coach prior to 1986-87 season and remained
in that position through 1986-87 season. ... Named Spokane (WHL) head coach
prior to 1989-90 season and remained in that position through 1993-94 season.
... Named Lethbridge head coach on Nov. 6, 1995, missed entire 1996-97
season while serving suspension, and remained in position until Dec. 15, 2002.
... Named Victoria (ECHL) head coach on Nov. 5, 2003, and remained in that
position into 2004-05 season.
Management:
Named Lethbridge general manager and alternate governor on Nov. 6, 1995,
dropped alternate governor role after 2000-01 season, and remained in
position until Dec. 15, 2002. ... Named Victoria (ECHL) general manager on
Nov. 5, 2003, and remained in that position into 2004-05 season.
Miscellaneous: WHA rights traded by
Indianapolis to Cleveland in for future considerations in July 1975 because
Indianapolis wasn't willing to pay him as much as Cleveland, and WHA wanted
him. ... Signed five-year contract with Cleveland for average of $90,000 per
season in July 1975. ... Was on Cleveland (WHA) team that relocated to
Minnesota in June 1976, but was traded to Cincinnati in September and never
played for Minnesota (WHA). ... Was avid baseball fan who always rooted for
the Los Angeles Dodgers. ... Charged with assault for allegedly punching
referee Brent Reiber after Lethbridge's March 23, 1996, WHL playoff game vs.
Regina (Game 3 of series). The incident occurred after Maxwell had drawn a
bench minor for throwing a water bottle at Reiber while arguing a call late in
the third period. The resulting 5-on-3 power play goal cost Lethbridge the
game. Maxwell was found not guilty in court, but was suspended from coaching
for the entire 1996-97 season and was not allowed to attend any Lethbridge
games for half of that season. ... Became only 10th coach in WHL history to
win 300 career games when he achieved feat during 1999-00 season. ...
Suspended by WHL for fighting with Calgary head coach Rich Kromm on Sept. 28,
2001.
Personal: Full name is Bryan Clifford Maxwell. ... Son of
former minor-leaguer Stan Maxwell. ... Younger brother of junior hockey
executive Randy Maxwell. ... One of seven children, six of them boys. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/TRADE: Maxwell did not sign with
Minnesota after the draft. He instead jumped to the WHA before joining the
North Stars three years later. Minnesota traded Maxwell and Richie Hansen to
St. Louis in exchange for future considerations (1982 second-round pick, later
traded) on June 10, 1979. |
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SNAPSHOT '75 | | Total Selected: |
217 | | Forwards: |
126 | | Defense: |
65 | | Goaltenders: |
26 | | Major Junior: |
135 | | College Players: |
61 |
| Canadian: |
162 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
46 | | U.S.-Born: |
45 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
87 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
6 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
11 |
| Picks Traded: |
21 |
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