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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Rocky Saganiuk
Selected in
second round
No. 29 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born
October 15, 1957
 | Position:
Right Wing / Center
Height: 5-8 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Lethbridge (WCHL)
Birthplace: Myrnam, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Edmonton, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Taber | AJHL | 50 |
21 | 32 |
53 | 124 | | 1975-76 |
Taber | AJHL | 49 |
42 | 32 |
74 | 169 | | |
Kamloops | WCHL |
4 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | |
Lethbridge | WCHL |
6 | 2 |
1 | 3 |
0 | | 1976-77 |
Lethbridge | WCHL |
72 | 60 |
48 | 108 |
203 |
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PRE-DRAFT
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
WCHL's No. 11 prospect for the 1977 NHL draft. | | NHL CAREER |
Debut: March 7, 1979 (Vancouver at Toronto)
Numbers:
8, 7 (Toronto); 11, 33 (Pittsburgh)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1995 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1984 |
Toronto, Pittsburgh | 259 |
57 | 65 | 122 |
201 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1980 |
Toronto | 6 | 1 |
0 | 1 | 15 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Broadcasting Career: Worked as Toronto radio color commentator during
1984-85 season. ... Worked as Pittsburgh radio color commentator during
1985-86 season.
Miscellaneous: Played on line with Walt McKechnie and Dan Maloney for
Toronto when called up to NHL in 1979. ... Played on "Kid Line" with Laurie
Boschman and John Anderson for Toronto in 1979-80. ... Was first player
acquired in trade by Eddie Johnston after Johnston became Pittsburgh general
manager. Johnston had been Saganiuk's coach at New Brunswick (AHL) in 1978-79.
... Missed parts of 1983-84 season with sinus problems and with back injury
suffered when he was checked by Montreal's Craig Ludwig in January 1984. The
injury required surgery. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Dallas (CHL); New Brunswick
(AHL); St. Catharines (AHL); Baltimore (AHL); Brantford (OHA Sr.); Ayr,
Peterborough, Murrayfield, Durham (Great Britain)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Allan Cup: 1987 (Brantford)
AHL Cunningham Award
(MVP): 1978-79 (New Brunswick)
Great Britain Coach of Year:
1990-91 (Peterborough)
AHL All-Star First Team: 1978-79
(New Brunswick)
WHA Draft Pick: 1977 (by Edmonton,
No. 42 overall in Round 5)
St. Catharines Most Popular
Player: 1982-83
AHL Goals Leader: 1978-79 (New Brunswick)
(47 goals)
1983-84: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Baltimore).
Coaching Career: Named Ayr (Great Britain) head coach prior to 1989-90
season and remained in that position through 1989-90 season. ... Named Peterborough (Great Britain) head coach prior to
1990-91 season, served as player-coach in 1991-92, and remained in that
position through 1992-93 season. ... Named Murrayfield (Great Britain)
player-head coach prior to 1993-94 season and remained in that position
through 1993-94 season. ... Named Durham (Great Britain) player-head coach
prior to 1994-95 season and remained in that position into 1994-95 season. ...
Named Blackburn (Great Britain) head coach during 1994-95 season and remained
in that position through 1994-95 season. ... Named Lethbridge (WHL) head coach
prior to 1995-96 season and remained in position until Nov. 6, 1995.
Miscellaneous: Missed end of
1977-78 season and entire 1978 playoffs with cracked vertebrae. The injury
required him to wear a neck brace for 15 weeks. ... Became a youth hockey
coach in Illinois after his retirement, working as director of hockey for the
Huskies Hockey Club in Naperville, Illinois.
Personal: Full name is Rocky Ray
Saganiuk. ... Was named after boxers Rocky Marciano and Sugar Ray Robinson. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Toronto traded Saganiuk and Vincent
Tremblay to Pittsburgh in exchange for Pat Graham and Nick Ricci on August 15,
1983. One year lager, Toronto got Saganiuk back when he signed with the Maple
Leafs as an unrestricted free agent on August 21, 1984. |
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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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