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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Tapio Levo
Selected in
eighth round
No. 139 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins
Born
September 24, 1955
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-2 Weight: 200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Pori Assat (Finland)
Birthplace: Pori, Finland
Hometown:
Pori, Finland |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Pori | Finland | 1 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | | 1973-74 |
Pori | Finland |
10 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
4 | | 1974-75 |
Pori | Finland |
36 | 5 |
2 | 7 |
48 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1975 (fifth) (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: October 6, 1981 (Colorado at
Vancouver)
Numbers: 8 (Colorado/New Jersey)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1993 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1981-1983 |
Colorado/New Jersey | 107 |
16 | 53 | 69 |
36 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1982-83: Played on first New Jersey Devils team.
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1981-82 season with broken left arm, an injury
suffered in Colorado's Nov. 22, 1981, game at Vancouver. Did not return to
action until March 6, 1982. ... Was on Colorado team that relocated to New
Jersey on June 30, 1982. ... Paired on defense with Bob Lorimer for New Jersey
in 1982-83. ... Left NHL on May 4, 1983, to return to Finland for
remainder of his hockey career. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Pori, Kalajoki, Hameenlinna (Finland)
Olympics: 1980
(fourth place)
Canada Cup: 1976 (sixth place), 1981 (sixth place)
World
Championships: 1976 (fifth place), 1978 (seventh place), 1981 (sixth
place), 1982 (fifth place), 1983 (seventh place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Finnish Championship: 1978 (Pori)
Finland All-Star First Team: 1983-84, 1984-85 (Pori)
Finnish Hockey Hall of
Fame: Inducted 1995
Finland Olympic Captain: 1980
Miscellaneous: Captained Finnish
Olympic team that lost to Team USA in 1980 Olympic gold-medal game. ... Spoke
no English when he arrived in North America for the 1981-82 season. Used
Colorado teammates Veli-Pekka Ketola and Jukka Porvari as his interpreters. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: Levo remained in Finland for six
years after the draft, thereby becoming an unrestricted free agent in the sixth year. He entered the NHL when he signed with Colorado on July 8, 1981. |
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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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