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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Red Laurence
Selected in second round
No.
28 overall by Atlanta Flames
Born June 27, 1957
 | Position:
Center
Height: 5-9 Weight: 173
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kitchener (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Galt, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Hespeler, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
60 |
28 | 15 |
43 | 41 | | 1974-75 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
69 | 40 |
49 | 89 |
53 | | 1975-76 |
Kitchener | OMJHL |
59 | 50 |
36 | 86 |
75 | | 1976-77 |
Kitchener | OMJHL |
35 | 43 |
45 | 88 |
14 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1974 (bronze) (unofficial tournament)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
OMJHL's No. 3 prospect for the 1977 NHL draft. ... Played in first World
Junior Championships in Leningrad, an unofficial tournament that helped set
stage for first official World Juniors in 1977. ... Missed remainder of
1976-77 season after breaking right leg in Kitchener's Dec. 12, 1976, game vs.
Ottawa. The injury required surgery, and Laurence added to the problem by
removing his cast before the damage had healed, thereby re-fracturing the leg.
At the time of the draft, doctors were unsure if Laurence would ever play
hockey again. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1978 (Atlanta at Chicago)
Numbers: 17 (Atlanta); 7 (St. Louis)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1991 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1978-1979 |
Atlanta, St. Louis | 79 |
15 | 22 | 37 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Released by St. Louis in October 1981. ... Signed with N.Y. Islanders as unrestricted free agent on
Oct. 16, 1981, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Tulsa (CHL); Nova Scotia (AHL);
Salt Lake, Indianapolis (CHL); Ambri-Piotta, Zug (Switzerland)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL Adams Cup: 1980, 1981 (Salt Lake), 1982,
1983 (Indianapolis)
CHL Ashby Trophy (Iron
Man): 1982-83 (Indianapolis)
CHL All-Star Second Team: 1982-83
(Indianapolis)
Cambridge (Ontario) Sports Hall of
Fame: Inducted 2002
WHA Draft Pick: 1977 (by Winnipeg,
No. 37 overall in Round 4)
Indianapolis (CHL) Records: Most points
in a season (98 in 1981-82 and 1982-83), most goals in a season (43 in 1981-82
and 1982-83),k most goals in one game (4 vs. Dallas on March 19, 1982)
CHL Goals Leader: 1982-83 (Indianapolis)
(43 goals)
CHL Playoffs Points Leader: 1983 (Indy) (22), 1984 (Indy) (13)
CHL Playoffs Goals Leader: 1980 (Salt Lake) (9,
tie), 1984
(Indy) (9)
Switzerland Points Leader: 1984-85 (Ambri) (78), 1988-89
(Zug) (73)
Switzerland Goals Leader: 1984-85 (Ambri) (58), 1986-87
(Zug) (57)
1979-80: Played on CHL regular-season champion (Salt Lake).
1982-83: Played on CHL regular-season champion (Indianapolis)
Miscellaneous: Missed start of
1977-78 season while recovering from broken right leg suffered in 1976-77
season. ... Missed part of 1979-80 season with broken right ankle. ... Scored
Adams Cup-winning goal for Salt Lake in Game 7 of 1980 final series vs. Fort
Worth.
Personal: Full name is Donald Gray
Laurence. ... Also known as Don Laurence and Don "Red" Laurence during his playing days.
... Father of Canadian university player Michael Laurence. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Atlanta traded Laurence, Ed Kea and
1981 second-round pick (Hakan Nordin) to St. Louis for Garry Unger on October
10, 1979. |
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SNAPSHOT '77 | | Total Selected: |
185 | | Forwards: |
104 | | Defense: |
57 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
123 | | College Players: |
51 |
| Canadian: |
141 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
5 |
| Reached NHL: |
97 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
9 |
| Picks Traded: |
37 |
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