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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Rick Shinske
Selected in
seventh round
No. 111 overall by California Golden Seals
Born
May 31, 1955
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Center
Height: 5-11 Weight: 165
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
New Westminster (WCHL)
Birthplace: Weyburn, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Estevan, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Kamloops | BCJHL |
48 |
3 | 9 |
12 | 74 | | 1972-73 |
Kamloops | BCJHL |
61 |
28 | 90 |
118 | 97 | | |
Calgary | WCHL |
1 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1973-74 |
Calgary | WCHL |
67 | 12 |
43 | 55 |
18 | | 1974-75 |
Calgary | WCHL |
17 | 3 |
13 | 16 |
18 | | |
New Westminster | WCHL |
48 | 20 |
44 | 64 |
54 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
BCJHL Points Leader: 1972-73 (Kamloops) (118 points)
BCJHL
Assists Leader: 1972-73 (Kamloops (90 assists) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 1, 1976 (Cleveland at
Colorado)
Numbers: 22 (Cleveland); 14 (St. Louis)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1983 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1976-1979 |
Cleveland, St. Louis | 63 |
5 | 16 | 21 |
10 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was playing in California organization when franchise
relocated to Cleveland on Aug. 26, 1976. ... Released by St. Louis after
1978-79 season and signed as unrestricted free agent with Detroit in September
1979, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: New Westminster (WCHL);
Salt Lake (CHL); Phoenix (CHL); Binghamton (AHL); Adirondack, New Haven (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup Parsons Trophy
(Sportsmanship): 1976 (N. West.)
CHL All-Star First Team:
1978-79 (Salt Lake)
WHA Draft Pick: 1975 (by Edmonton, No. 171
overall in Round 14)
CHL
Points Leader: 1978-79 (Salt Lake) (88 points)
CHL Assists Leader:
1978-79 (66 assists)
1978-79: Played on CHL regular-season champion
(Salt Lake).
1980-81: Played 46 games for Adirondack team that went
on to win AHL playoff title, but did not appear in any playoff games due to
injury.
Miscellaneous: Was on Phoenix (CHL)
team that folded on Dec. 13, 1977. ... Missed end of 1980-81 season with
broken wrist, an injury suffered in February 1981.
Personal: Full name is Richard
Charles Shinske. ... Also known as Richard Shinske during his playing days.
... Son of former major-junior hockey executive Bill Shinske,
who was general manager of his son's New Westminster team. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| MERGER/WAIVERS: Shinske was part of the
Cleveland franchise when it folded after the 1977-78 season. When the
Cleveland team merged with Minnesota, Shinske was selected by Minnesota in the
Cleveland-Minnesota dispersal draft on June
15, 1978. Minnesota later put him on waivers. He was claimed by St. Louis on Aug. 14, 1978. |
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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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