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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Tom Roulston
Selected in
third round
No. 45 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born
November 20, 1957
 | Position:
Center / Right Wing
Height: 6-1 Weight:
184
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Winnipeg (WCHL)
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada)
Hometown:
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Winnipeg | MJHL |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1975-76 |
Spruce Grove | AJHL |
5 |
3 | 1 |
4 | 4 | | |
Edmonton | WCHL |
1 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | |
Winnipeg | WCHL |
60 | 18 |
17 | 35 |
56 | | 1976-77 |
Winnipeg | WCHL |
72 | 56 |
53 | 109 |
35 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
WCHL's No. 8 prospect for the 1977 NHL draft. ... Attended St.
John's-Ravenscourt School in Winnipeg. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 10, 1980 (N.Y. Islanders at
Edmonton)
Numbers: 23, 24 (Edmonton); 18, 12 (Pittsburgh)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status: Retired for final time in 1995 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1980-1986 |
Edmonton, Pittsburgh | 195 |
47 | 49 | 96 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1982-1983 |
Edmonton | 21 | 2 |
2 | 4 | 2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1983 (Edmonton)
1983-84: Played 24 regular-season games for Edmonton team that went on
to win Stanley Cup but was traded prior to 1984 playoffs. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Salt Lake (CHL); Port Huron
(IHL); Dallas, Houston (CHL); Wichita (CHL); Baltimore (AHL); Salzburg
(Austria); Landshut, Rosenheim (West Germany); Flemme (Italy); Davos
(Switzerland)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL Adams Cup: 1979 (Dallas)
CHL
Championship: 1995 (Wichita)
CHL All-Star First Team: 1980-81
(Wichita)
WHA Draft Pick: 1977 (by Quebec,
No. 29 overall in Round 3)
CHL Records: Most hat tricks in one
season (9 in 1980-81)
CHL Goals
Leader: 1980-81 (Wichita) (63 goals)
CHL Playoffs Points Leader:
1981 (Wichita) (26 points)
CHL Playoffs Goals Leader:
1979 (Dallas) (6 goals)
IHL Playoffs Goals Leader: 1978 (Port Huron)
(17 goals)
Miscellaneous: Retired for first
time in 1989 after completing career in Europe. ... Came out of
retirement to play 23 games for Wichita (CHL) at age 37 in 1994-95. ...
Remained in Wichita after his retirement.
Personal: Full name is Thomas Irwin
Roulston. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: St. Louis traded Roulston and Risto
Siltanen to Edmonton in exchange for Joe Micheletti on August 7, 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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