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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Alec Tidey
Selected in eighth round
No. 143 overall
by Buffalo Sabres
Born January 5, 1955
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 182
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Lethbridge (WCHL)
Birthplace: Vancouver, B.C. (Canada)
Hometown:
Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Vancouver | BCJHL |
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-- | -- |
-- | -- | | |
Vancouver | WCHL |
1 | 0 |
1 | 1 |
0 | | 1973-74 |
Kamloops | WCHL |
64 | 10 |
12 | 22 |
52 | | 1974-75 |
Lethbridge | WCHL |
68 | 42 |
54 | 96 |
78 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 27, 1977 (Atlanta at Buffalo)
Numbers: 19, 26 (Buffalo); 15 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired December 1980 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1977-1979 |
Buffalo, Edmonton | 9 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
8 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1977 | Buffalo | 2 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Edmonton Oilers NHL team.
Miscellaneous: Signed with Los Angeles as unrestricted free agent in
August 1980, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: San Diego (WHA); Hershey (AHL);
Rochester (AHL); Cincinnati, Houston (CHL); Springfield (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1975 (by San Diego,
No. 85 overall in Round 6)
Management Career: Purchased Queen's Park
Pirates (PIJHL) in 1981, renamed team the North
Delta Flyers (PIJHL) and served as owner-governor into 2002-03 season. The
team is a developmental squad for South Surrey of the BCHL.
Miscellaneous: Played on "Kid Line"
with Joe Noris and Kevin Devine for San Diego in 1975-76. ... Missed part of
1977-78 season with back injury. ... Was on Cincinnati (CHL)
team that folded on Dec. 17, 1979. ... Missed part of 1980-81 season with
pulled groin muscle, an injury suffered in Houston's Dec. 20, 1980, game vs.
Wichita. ... Was on Houston (CHL) team that folded
on Jan. 8, 1981. ... Returned to Vancouver area and went into business after
his retirement, founding Tidey's in 1980. The North Vancouver-based company began by
installing door-viewers, then moved into locksmith business. The
company, which now has multiple stores, shifted into engraving,
specializing in the production of trophies and the engraving of
jewelry. Tidey opened a second store to focus on the trophies and named it
Tidey's Creative Trophies. ... Played for Vancouver Canucks alumni team after
his retirement, even though he never played for Vancouver.
Personal: Full name is Alexander Mansfield Tidey.
... Also known as Alex Tidey during his playing days. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Buffalo traded Tidey to Edmonton in
exchange for John Gould on November 13, 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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