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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Tony Currie
Selected in fourth round
No.
63 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born November 12, 1957
 | Position:
Right Wing / Center
Height: 5-11 Weight: 166
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Portland (WCHL)
Birthplace: Little Bras d'Or, N.S. (Canada)
Hometown:
Sydney, Nova Scotia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Penticton | BCJHL |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1973-74 |
Spruce Grove | AJHL |
29 |
20 | 16 |
36 | 35 | | |
Edmonton | WCHL | 22 |
0 | 1 |
1 | 2 | | 1974-75 |
Spruce Grove | AJHL |
35 | 36 |
44 | 80 |
73 | | |
Edmonton | WCHL |
39 | 28 |
17 | 45 |
12 | | 1975-76 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
71 | 41 |
40 | 81 |
56 | | 1976-77 |
Portland | WCHL |
72 | 73 |
52 | 125 |
50 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Centennial Cup: 1975 (Spruce Grove)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
WCHL's No. 15 prospect for the 1977 NHL draft. ... Was on Edmonton (WCHL) team that relocated to Portland after 1975-76 season.
... Moved several times during his childhood because his father was in the
Canadian Armed Forces. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 21, 1978 (Pittsburgh at St.
Louis)
Numbers: 15 (St. Louis); 17, 24, 10, 7
(Vancouver); 26 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1990 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP |
G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1978-1984 | St. Louis, Vancouver, Hartford |
290 | 92 | 119 |
211 | 83 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1980-1982 | St. Louis, Vancouver |
16 | 4 | 12 |
16 | 14 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
St. Louis Playoffs Assists Leader: 1981 (12)
1981-82: Was on Vancouver team that went to 1982 Stanley Cup Finals,
but did not appear in final series vs. N.Y. Islanders.
Miscellaneous: Scored goal on his first shot in his first NHL game. ...
Set St. Louis record (since broken) for assists in one playoff year with 12 in
1981. ... Released by Vancouver in January 1984 and signed with Hartford as
free agent on Jan. 21, 1984. ... Missed part of 1983-84 season with fractured
toe, an injury suffered in February 1984. ... Claimed on waivers by Edmonton from Hartford on Dec. 5,
1984, but never played for parent team. ... Signed with Quebec as unrestricted
free agent on Aug. 25, 1985, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Salt Lake (CHL);
Fredericton (AHL); Nova Scotia (AHL); Schwenningen (West Germany); Kloten
(Switzerland); Varese (Italy)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL Adams Cup: 1980 (Salt Lake)
Italian Championship: 1989 (Varese)
AHL All-Star First Team:
1982-83 (Fredericton)
CHL All-Star First Team: 1977-78 (Salt Lake)
Fredericton MVP: 1982-83
(co-winner)
New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame: Inducted 2002
Cape Breton Sports Hall of Fame: Inducted 2002
1978-79, 1979-80: Played on CHL
regular-season champ (Salt Lake).
Miscellaneous: Played on NHL
entry at 1978 Izvestia tournament in Moscow. ... Set Fredericton (AHL)
single-season records (since broken) for points (95) and assists (48) in
1982-83. ... Worked at hockey schools in St. Louis during off-seasons of his
early playing days. ... Returned to New Brunswick and became active in Oldtimers' charity hockey after his
retirement. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: St. Louis traded Currie, Jim Nill,
Rick Heinz and 1982 fourth-round pick (Shawn Kilroy) to Vancouver in exchange
for Glen Hanlon on March 9, 1982. |
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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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