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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Kari Makkonen
Selected in
12th round
No. 194 overall by New York Islanders
Born
January 20, 1955
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Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190
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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 | | 1974-75 |
Pori | Finland |
36 | 5 |
5 | 10 |
8 |
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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: November 7, 1979 (Edmonton at
Detroit)
Numbers: 9 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1991 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-80 |
Edmonton | 9 | 2 |
2 | 4 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Edmonton Oilers NHL team.
Miscellaneous: Wore No. 23 in Edmonton's 1979 training camp. ... Spoke
no English when he arrived in Edmonton and used teammates Risto Siltanen and Hannu Kamppuri as his interpreters. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Pori (Finland); Houston (CHL)
Canada Cup: 1976
(sixth place), 1981 (sixth place)
World Championships: 1976 (fifth
place), 1977 (fifth); 1978 (seventh), 1982 (fifth), 1983 (seventh), 1985
(fifth), 1986 (fourth)
World Junior Championships: 1999 (fifth
place) (as assistant coach)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame: Inducted
1995
Finnish Championship: 1978 (Pori)
Finland Wasama Trophy (Rookie of Year): 1975-76 (Pori)
Finland Honkavaara Trophy (Goals Leader): 1978-79 (Pori) (36)
Finland All-Star First Team: 1977-78, 1978-79 (Pori)
WHA Draft Pick: Drafted twice: 1975 (by
Indianapolis, No. 127 overall in Round 10) and 1976 (by Phoenix, No. 42
overall in Round
Coaching Career: Named Tampere
Tappara assistant coach in late 1990s and remained in that position
into 2002-03 season. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: N.Y. Islanders never signed
Makkonen, who remained in Sweden for four years. He became an unrestricted
free agent and signed with Edmonton on July 22, 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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