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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Paul Baxter
Selected in third round
No.
49 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins
Born October 25, 1955
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Cleveland (WHA)
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada)
Hometown:
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Winnipeg | MJHL | 44 |
9 | 22 |
31 | 359 | | 1973-74 |
Winnipeg | WCHL |
63 | 10 |
30 | 40 |
384 | | 1974-75 |
Cleveland | WHA |
5 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
37 | | |
Cape Cod | NAHL |
2 | 1 |
0 | 1 |
2 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
MJHL Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1972-73 (Winnipeg)
Miscellaneous: Suffered season-ending knee injury in Cape Cod's Oct. 19,
1974, game vs. Maine. The injury required surgery. ... |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 13, 1979 (Quebec at Montreal)
Numbers:
4 (Quebec); 4 (Pittsburgh); 4 (Calgary)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired June 30, 1987 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP |
G | A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-1987 |
Quebec, Pittsburgh, Calgary |
472 | 48 | 121 |
169 | 1,564 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM |
| 1981-1987 | Pittsburgh, Calgary |
40 | 0 | 5 |
5 | 162 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1986 (Calgary)
NHL Records: Most penalty minutes in one season by a defenseman (409
PIM in 1981-82)
Pittsburgh Records: Most penalty minutes in one season (409 PIM in
1981-82)
NHL Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1981-82 (Pittsburgh) (409 PIM)
Quebec Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1979-80 (145)
Pittsburgh Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1980-81 (204), 1981-82 (409),
1982-83 (238)
Pittsburgh Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1981 (28)
Calgary Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1983-84 (182)
Calgary Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1984 (37)
1979-80: Played on first Quebec Nordiques NHL team.
Coaching Career:
Named Calgary player-assistant coach during 1986-87 season and remained in
that position through 1986-87 season. ... Named Calgary assistant coach on
June 28, 1989, and remained in that position until May 31, 1992. ... Named
Chicago assistant coach on June 23, 1992, and remained in that position
through 1995 season. ... Named San Jose assistant coach on July 14, 1997, and
remained in that position until June 5, 2000. ... Named Florida assistant
coach on June 24, 2001, and remained in that position until March 6, 2003.
Miscellaneous: Missed 26 games in 1980-81 season with cut wrist tendons, an
injury suffered during a fight vs. Toronto on Nov. 5, 1980. The injury, which
required surgery, occurred when he was accidentally cut by a linesman who was breaking
up his fight. ... Missed part of 1981-82 season with shoulder injury. ...
Missed part of 1983-84 season with sprained right knee, an injury suffered in
February 1984. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season with knee injury. ... Retired
to pursue coaching career. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Cleveland (WHA); Syracuse (NAHL);
Quebec (WHA); Maine (NAHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Avco Trophy: 1977 (Quebec)
IHL
Turner Cup: 1988 (as head coach)
WHA Draft Pick: 1974 (by Cleveland,
No. 11 overall in Round 1)
WHA Records: Most
career penalty minutes (962 PIM)
Coaching Career: Named Salt Lake (IHL)
head coach on June 30, 1987, and remained in that position until June 28,
1989. ... Named Saint John (AHL) head coach prior to 1995-96 season and
remained in that position until July 14, 1997.
Miscellaneous: Was on Cleveland (WHA)
team that relocated to Minnesota in July 1976. Did not go with team to
Minnesota, because his rights had been purchased from the cash-strapped
Cleveland team by Quebec (WHA) in June 1976. ... Worked in a Pittsburgh bank
during summer of 1983. ... Was active in Christian hockey schools during
off-seasons of playing days in Calgary. ... Started landscaping company with
two partners in Calgary during summer of 1986. ... Was honorary chairman for
Alberta Heart Fund Association in 1985-86.
Personal:
Full name is Paul Gordon Baxter. ... Father of college hockey player Marcus
Baxter. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/EXPANSION/RELEASED: Baxter was already
playing in the WHA when Pittsburgh drafted him, and he remained in that league
until the WHA and NHL merged in June 1979. Pittsburgh briefly regained his
rights in the NHL Reclaim Draft on June 9, 1979, but Quebec (his last WHA
team) immediately took him back as part of its privilege to protect three
players from its WHA franchise. Pittsburgh regained Baxter's rights again when
it signed him as a restricted free agent in August 1980. Pittsburgh gave up
Kim Clackson as compensation for the signing. Pittsburgh lost Baxter for the
last time when it released him in August 1983. He
signed with Calgary as an unrestricted free agent on August 31, 1983. |
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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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