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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | Gordie
Roberts
Selected in third round
No.
54 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born October 2, 1957
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
New England (WHA)
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan (USA)
Hometown:
Detroit, Michigan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Detroit | SOJHL | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1973-74 |
Detroit | SOJHL | 70 |
25 | 55 |
80 | 340 | | 1974-75 |
Victoria | WCHL |
53 | 19 |
45 | 64 |
145 | | 1975-76 |
New England | WHA |
77 | 3 |
19 | 22 |
102 | | 1976-77 |
New England | WHA |
77 | 13 |
33 | 46 |
169 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA All-Star Game: 1977 New England)
USA Hockey National Jr. Championships All-Star:
1973 (Detroit)
Detroit (SOJHL) Rookie of Year: 1972-73
Miscellaneous: Played on 1972-73 Detroit Junior Red Wings team that went
to USA Hockey's 1973 national junior championship game. ... Signed with New England (WHA) as a
17-year-old underage
junior in August 1975. ... Played on New England (WHA) team with his older
brother Doug during 1975-76 and 1976-77 seasons. The brothers, who both signed with New
England in 1975, were also roommates on road trips. ... Used at forward as
well as defense by New England during 1976 WHA playoffs. ... Set Hartford (WHA)
single-season record (since broken) with 169 penalty minutes in 1976-77. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1979 (Hartford at
Minnesota)
Numbers: 7 (Hartford); 10, 25 (Minn.); 36
(Philadelphia); 44, 4 (STL); 28, 14 (Pittsburgh); 14 (Boston)
Stanley Cup:
1991, 1992.
Status: Retired for final time in 1996 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP |
PIM | | 1979-1994 |
Hartford, Minnesota, Phila.,
St. Louis, Pitt., Boston |
1,097 |
61 | 359 |
420 |
1,582 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM |
| 1980-1994 |
HAR, MIN, STL, PIT, BOS | 153 |
10 | 47 | 57 |
273 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1981 (Minnesota)
Minnesota Masterton Cup (MVP): 1982-83
Minnesota Dill Cup (Best
Defenseman): 1982-83, 1983-84
Minnesota KSTP-Radio Trophy (Most
Improved): 1981-82, 1982-83
Minnesota Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1982 (27)
Pittsburgh
Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1991 (63)
1979-80: Played on first Hartford Whalers NHL team.
Scouting
Career: Named Montreal pro scout, specializing in Western Canada and the
Western U.S., prior to 2001-02 season and remained in that position into
2002-03 season.
Coaching Career: Named Phoenix assistant coach on
Aug. 1, 1997, and remained in that position until May 24, 1999.
Management Career: Named Phoenix director of player development on June
17, 1996, and remained in that position until June 1, 2001.
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in his first NHL game, which was also first
game in Hartford/Carolina franchise history. His goal was also the first goal
in Hartford/Carolina franchise history. ... Had assist on Gordie Howe's final
NHL goal during Hartford's April 6, 1980, game vs. Detroit. ... Missed part of
1984 playoffs with bruised lower back, an injury suffered during Minnesota's
Campbell Conference final series vs. Edmonton in April 1984. ... Missed part
of 1985-86 season with foot injury suffered during Minnesota's Nov. 13, 1985,
game at Hartford. ... Missed part of 1986-87 season with torn rib muscles, an
injury suffered in October 1986. ... Missed part of 1987-88 season with
bruised shoulder, an injury suffered in January 1988. ... Served as Minnesota
team representative to NHLPA during his later years with North Stars. ...
Paired with Tom Tilley on defense for St. Louis in 1988-89. ... Missed part of
1990-91 season with foot injury. ... Missed part of 1991-92 season with flu.
... Missed parts of 1992-93 season with flu, suffered in December 1992, as
well as viral infection in shoulder, an injury suffered in Dec. 1992, an arm
injury suffered in January 1993 and a hip injury suffered in March 1993. ...
Became first U.S.-born player in NHL history to play 1,000 games, a feat he
achieved during Boston's Dec. 9, 1992, game at Buffalo. ... |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: New England (WHA); Peoria (IHL);
Chicago, Minnesota (IHL)
Canada Cup: 1981 (fourth place) (did not
play), 1984 (fourth place)
World Championships: 1982
(eighth place), 1987 (seventh place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
United States Hockey Hall of Fame: Inducted
1999
WHA All-Star Game: 1978 (New England)
1990-91: Played
six games for Peoria team that won IHL regular-season and playoff titles, but
was not with team in postseason.
Coaching Career: Named Chicago (IHL)
player-assistant coach prior to 1994-95 season and remained in that position
through 1994-95 season. ... Worked as assistant coach at The Blake School
(Minn. High School) during 1995-96 season.
Miscellaneous: Led all WHA
defensemen in scoring with 61 points in 1977-78. ... Led Team USA with seven
points and 12 penalty minutes at 1982 World Championships in Helsinki,
Finland. ... Played on Minnesota's off-season charity softball team. ...
Retired for first time on Dec. 12, 1995, but came out of retirement to play
for Minnesota (IHL) during second half of 1995-96 season. ... Was active in
charitable work during his playing days, including work to help cystic
fibrosis patients. ... Started on business selling mobile phones during summer
of 1985, and later ran a wine shop in Bloomington, Minn., with his wife.
Personal: Full name is Gordon
Dennis Roberts. ... Also known as Gord Roberts during his playing days. ...
Named after Gordie Howe, who would later be his teammate. ... Younger brother of former
college hockey player Jack Roberts, former NHL player Doug Roberts and former minor-leaguer
Dave Roberts. ... Uncle of former NHL player David Roberts and former
minor-leaguer Doug Roberts Jr. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/EXPANSION: Roberts was already in the WHA
when Montreal drafted him. When the WHA and NHL merged in 1979, Montreal had a
chance to take Roberts back in the NHL Reclaim Draft. Instead, the Canadiens
made a deal with Roberts' last WHA team (Hartford) in which Montreal agreed
not to reclaim Roberts in exchange for a promise that Hartford would use its
first 1979 NHL Expansion Draft pick to take Alan Hangsleben from Montreal
instead of Rod Langway. |
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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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