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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Wayne Dillon
Selected in first round
No. 12 overall
by New York Rangers
Born May 25, 1955
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Center
Height: 6-0 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Toronto (WHA)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1970-71 |
Markham | Jr. B | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1971-72 |
Toronto | OMJHL |
56 | 14 |
14 | 28 |
8 | | 1972-73 |
Toronto | OMJHL |
59 | 47 |
60 | 107 |
25 | | 1973-74 |
Toronto | WHA |
71 | 30 |
35 | 65 |
13 | | 1974-75 |
Toronto | WHA |
77 | 29 |
66 | 95 |
22 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1973 (Toronto)
Toronto (WHA) Points Leader: 1974-75 (95 points)
Toronto (WHA)
Assists Leader: 1974-75 (66 assists)
Miscellaneous: Also played high school football and baseball. ... Signed with Toronto (WHA)
as underage junior in August 1973. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 8,
1975 (Chicago at N.Y. Rangers)
Numbers: 11, 9 (N.Y. Rangers);
16 (Winnipeg)
Stanley Cup: Never won
Playing Status:
Retired 1982 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1975-1979 |
N.Y. Rangers, Winnipeg | 229 |
43 | 66 | 109 |
60 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1978 | N.Y. Rangers | 3 |
0 | 1 | 1 |
0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Winnipeg Jets NHL
team.
Miscellaneous: Missed start of 1977-78 season with sprained knee
ligaments, an injury suffered during 1977 preseason game. ... Released by
Winnipeg in January 1980. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: New Haven (AHL); Birmingham
(WHA); Team Canada; Rapperswil-Jona (Switzerland); Fredericton (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Management Career: Became active in youth
hockey after his retirement, eventually taking over as executive director of
the Hockey Development Centre for Ontario.
Miscellaneous: WHA rights were
still held by Toronto when team relocated to Birmingham on June 30, 1976.
Loaned by N.Y. Rangers to Birmingham (WHA) for 1978-79 season. ... Signed with
Fredericton (AHL) as unrestricted free agent in October 1981.
Personal: Nicknamed "Tommy." ...
Full name is Gerald Wayne Dillon. ... Older brother of former NHL player Gary
Dillon. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: N.Y. Rangers traded Dillon to Winnipeg
in exchange for future considerations on July 25, 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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