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| 1976 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Drew Callander
Selected in second round
No.
35 overall by Philadelphia Flyers
Born August
17, 1956
 | Position:
Center / Right Wing
Height: 6-2 Weight:
185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Regina (WCHL)
Birthplace: Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Regina, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Regina | SJHL | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1973-74 |
Regina | WCHL |
68 | 9 |
7 | 16 |
7 | | 1974-75 |
Regina | WCHL |
51 | 17 |
15 | 32 |
36 | | 1975-76 |
Regina | WCHL |
72 | 49 |
56 | 105 |
64 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1974 (Regina)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
WCHL's No. 7 prospect for the 1976 NHL draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 7, 1977 (Atlanta at
Philadelphia)
Numbers: 28 (Philadelphia); 17, 20, 10 (Vancouver)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1987 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1977-1980 |
Philadelphia, Vancouver | 39 |
6 | 2 | 8 |
7 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in first shift of his first NHL game. The
goal came at 6:07 of the first period to cap a 3-0 Philadelphia blitz vs.
Atlanta. The Flyers went on to win the game 7-4. ... Missed start of 1979-80
season with torn chest muscle, an injury suffered in Vancouver's Oct. 5, 1979,
preseason game at Colorado. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Springfield (AHL); Maine (AHL);
Dallas (CHL); Duisburg, Cologne, Bayreuth (West Germany); Muskegon (IHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1978 (Maine)
CHL Adams
Cup: 1979 (Dallas)
West German Championship: 1984 (Cologne)
CHL All-Star Game: 1982 (Dallas)
WHA Draft Pick: 1976 (by Edmonton,
No. 30 overall in Round 3)
1977-78: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (Maine).
1978-79: Played nine games for
Maine team that won AHL regular-season and playoff titles, but was not with
team during postseason.
1980-81: Played on CHL regular-season
champion (Dallas).
Coaching Career: Served as assistant coach of
Regina (Midget AAA) in early 1990s, helping team win Air Canada Cup in 1994.
... Served as head coach of Regina (Midget AAA) through 1997-98 season. ...
Named Regina (WHL) assistant coach prior to 1998-99 season and remained in
that position into 2002-03 season.
Personal: Full name is Leonard
Andrew Callander. ... Older brother of former NHL player Jock Callander. ...
Father of college hockey player Preston Callander. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Philadelphia traded Callander and
Kevin McCarthy to Vancouver in exchange for Dennis Ververgaert on December 29,
1978. |
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SNAPSHOT '76 | | Total Selected: |
135 | | Forwards: |
83 | | Defense: |
39 | | Goaltenders: |
13 | | Major Junior: |
97 | | College Players: |
26 |
| Canadian: |
103 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
1 | | USA Citizens: |
23 | | U.S.-Born: |
23 |
| European: |
8 |
| Reached NHL: |
73 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
12 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
2 |
| Olympians: |
6 |
| Picks Traded: |
15 |
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