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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Doug Halward
Selected in first round
No. 14 overall
by Boston Bruins
Born November 1, 1955
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Defense
Height: 6-1 Weight: 184
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Peterborough (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
69 |
1 | 15 |
16 | 103 | | 1974-75 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
68 | 11 |
52 | 63 |
97 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1974 (bronze) (unofficial tournament)
OMJHL All-Star Third Team: 1974-75 (Peterborough)
Miscellaneous: Played in first World Junior Championships in Leningrad, an
unofficial tournament that helped set stage for first official World Juniors
in 1977. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 9, 1975 (Montreal at Boston)
Numbers:
26, 29 (Boston); 3
(Los Angeles); 19, 2 (Vancouver); 7 (Detroit); 37 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1989 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1975-1989 |
BOS, LA, VAN, DET, EDM | 653 |
69 | 224 | 293 |
774 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1976-1989 |
BOS, LA, VAN, DET, EDM | 47 |
7 | 10 | 17 |
113 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1982 (Vancouver)
Los Angeles Outstanding Defenseman: 1979-80
Vancouver Premier's
Trophy (Top Defenseman): 1982-83
Vancouver Hume Award (Unsung Hero):
1982-83
Vancouver Records: Most goals in a playoff game (3 vs.
Calgary on April 7, 1984, shares record), fastest two goals in one period
of playoff game (2:14 in first period vs. Calgary on April 7, 1984)
Los Angeles Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1979 (12)
Vancouver
Playoffs Points Leader: 1984 (4 points, tie)
Vancouver Playoffs
Goals Leader: 1984 (3 goals)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1978-79 season with throat infection. ... Left unprotected by Los Angeles at NHL Expansion Draft
on June 13, 1979, but was reclaimed by team as fill-in after Larry Brown
was taken off the Los Angeles roster. ... Missed part of 1979-80 season with
bruised shoulder. ... Set Los Angeles single-season records (since broken) for
points (56) and assists (45) by a defenseman in 1979-80. ... Suspended by NHL
during 1981-82 season for fighting with fans during Vancouver's March 20,
1982, game at Quebec. ... Scored series
winning goal vs. Chicago to end 1982 Wales Conference final series and put
Vancouver in its first Stanley Cup Finals. ... Played out his option with
Vancouver in 1982-83, but re-signed with team. ... Set Vancouver single-season
record (since broken) for goals by a defenseman with 19 in 1982-83. ... Missed
parts of 1983-84 season with concussion, throat laceration and hairline
fracture in ankle, an injury suffered in December 1983. ... Became first
Vancouver player to score a playoff hat trick when he achieved feat vs. Calgary
on April 7, 1984. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with bruised hand, an
injury suffered in Vancouver's Oct. 20, 1985, game at N.Y. Rangers. ... Was
one of several Detroit players to wear Ted Lindsay's No. 7 before organization
finally retired number on Nov. 10, 1991. ... Suspended three games by NHL for
being first player off bench during Vancouver brawl with Montreal on Nov. 2,
1986. ... Suspended by Vancouver after intentionally missing curfew on Nov. 6,
1986 in Buffalo. The dispute ended on Nov. 21, 1986, when Vancouver traded Halward to Detroit for 1988 sixth-round pick (Phil Von Stefanelli). ... Missed
part of 1986-87 with separated right shoulder, and injury suffered in
Detroit's Dec. 9, 1986, game vs. Buffalo. ... Missed end of 1986-87 season
with sprained left knee, an injury suffered in Detroit's Jan. 28, 1987, game
vs. Washington. The injury required arthroscopic surgery on Jan. 31, 1987.
Attempted to travel with team and practice again in March, but was diagnosed
with phlebitis in his left leg and spent two weeks in Winnipeg hospital. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Rochester (AHL);
Springfield (AHL); Dallas (CHL); Adirondack (AHL)
World Junior Championships: 1983
(bronze), 1985 (silver)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1975 (by Quebec,
No. 29 overall in Round 2)
1988-89: Played four games for Adirondack
team that won AHL regular-season and playoff titles, but was not with team in
postseason.
Miscellaneous: Represented Canada
at 1979 Izvestia tournament in Moscow. ... Took flying lessons during his
playing days because his father, an electrical contractor, owned a plane. ...
Invested in and helped found Consolidated Resource Recovery, Inc., during his
final NHL years. The company, based in Sarasota, Fla., specializes in the
recycling of wood and other organic materials. Halward joined the company
full-time upon retirement and eventually became its president and Director of
Envirowaste. ... Still working for Consolidated, Halward took on another
entrepreneurial effort, becoming president and director of The Answer Garden
Products Ltd., which produced soil products.
Personal: Nicknamed "Hawk." ...
Full name is Douglas Robert Halward. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Boston traded Halward to Los Angeles
in exchange for future considerations on September 18, 1978. The future
considerations that Los Angeles owed Boston were later factored into a trade
that saw Los Angeles send its 1979 first-round pick to Boston for Ron Grahame.
Boston used the draft pick to select Ray Bourque. |
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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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