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| 1976 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Barry Melrose
Selected in second round
No.
36 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born July 15, 1956
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Defense
Height: 6-0 Weight: 205
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kamloops (WCHL)
Birthplace: Kelvington, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Kelvington, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Weyburn | SJHL | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1973-74 |
Weyburn | SJHL |
50 | 2 |
19 | 21 |
162 | | 1974-75 |
Kamloops | WCHL |
70 | 6 |
18 | 24 |
95 | | 1975-76 |
Kamloops | WCHL |
72 | 12 |
49 | 61 |
112 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
WCHL's No. 9 prospect for the 1976 NHL draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1979 (Winnipeg at
Pittsburgh)
Numbers: 6 (Winnipeg); 26 (Toronto); 26, 2
(Detroit)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1987 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1986 |
Winnipeg, Toronto, Detroit | 300 |
10 | 23 | 33 |
728 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1981-1983 |
Toronto | 7 | 0 |
2 | 2 | 38 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1993 (Los Angeles) (as head coach)
Toronto Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1981 (15 PIM)
1979-80:
Played on first Winnipeg Jets NHL team.
Coaching Career: Named Los
Angeles head coach on June 25, 1992, and remained in that position until April
21, 1995.
Broadcasting Career: Named ESPN/ABC hockey analyst prior to 1995-96
season and remained in position through 2004-05 season.
Miscellaneous: Had assist in his first NHL game, which was also first
game in history of Winnipeg/Phoenix franchise. ... Missed part of 1979-80
season with broken jaw. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Springfield (AHL);
Cincinnati (WHA); St. Catharines (AHL); Adirondack (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1992 (Adirondack) (as GM and
head coach)
Memorial Cup: 1988 (Medicine Hat) (as head coach)
WHA Draft Pick: 1976 (by
Cincinnati, No. 37 overall in Round 4)
1985-86: Played 57 regular-season games for Adirondack team that went
on to win AHL playoff title, but missed playoffs due to injury.
Coaching Career: Served as Adirondack (AHL) player-assistant coach during
1986-87 season. ... Named Medicine Hat (WHL) head coach in August 1987 and
remained in that position until July 1988. ... Named Seattle (WHL) head coach
on Aug. 9, 1988, and remained in that position until July 18, 1989. ... Named
Adirondack (AHL) head coach on July 18, 1989, and remained in position until
June 25, 1992.
Management Career: Named Adirondack (AHL) general
manager prior to 1990-91 season and remained in position until June 25, 1992.
Miscellaneous: Was on Cincinnati (WHA) team that folded after 1978-79 season when WHA merged with NHL. He was claimed by
Quebec in the WHA Dispersal Draft on June 8, 1979. ... Missed part of 1985-86
season with knee injury suffered during game with Adirondack (AHL) in March
1986. ... Missed start of 1986-87 season after having surgery on leg in
September 1986. ... Quit as head coach of Memorial Cup champion Medicine Hat (WHL)
in sympathy with general manager Russ Farwell, who resigned because
he was underpaid. Melrose, expressing a willingness to take over Farwell's
GM job, requested a salary of $60,000, which Medicine Hat owner George Maser
refused to pay. Melrose later rejoined GM Farwell as coach in Seattle
(WHL). ... Was avid baseball
player during off-seasons of his playing days.
Personal: Full name
is Barry James Melrose. ... First cousin of former NHL player Wendel Clark.
... Distant cousin of former NHL player Joe Kocur. ... Grew up on family farm in Kelvington,
Sask. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/RIGHTS SOLD: Melrose never signed with
Montreal, instead jumping to the WHA with Cincinnati. When the NHL and WHA
merged in 1979, Montreal took Melrose back in the NHL Reclaim Draft and sold
his rights to Winnipeg on June 9, 1979. Winnipeg completed its acquisition of
Melrose by securing his WHA dispersal draft rights from Quebec in a trade for
Jamie Hislop and Barry Legge on June 28, 1979. |
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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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