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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Bob Sullivan
Selected in seventh round
No.
116 overall by New York Rangers
Born November
29, 1957
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Center
Height: 6-0 Weight:
210
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Noranda, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Noranda, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
St. Jerome | Que. Jr. A |
56 | 29 |
47 | 76 |
31 | | 1975-76 |
Chicoutimi | QMJHL |
68 | 20 |
22 | 42 |
34 | | 1976-77 |
Chicoutimi | QMJHL |
71 | 45 |
65 | 110 |
80 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 6, 1982 (Hartford at
Montreal)
Numbers: 26 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1989 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1982-83 |
Hartford | 62 | 18 |
19 | 37 | 18 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
DRAFT RE-ENTRY: 1978 (Atlanta,
No.
180 overall in Round 11) |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Dalhousie (AUAA); New Haven
(AHL); Toledo (IHL); Los Angeles (PHL); Binghamton (AHL); Bolzano (Italy);
Berlin (West Germany); Asiago (Italy); Lustenau (Austrial); Rotterdam
(Netherlands)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup: 1978 (Toledo)
Italian
Championship: 1985 (Bolzano)
Netherlands Championship: 1989
(Rotterdam)
AHL Garrett Award (Rookie of Year): 1981-82 (Binghamton)
AHL All-Star First Team: 1981-82 (Binghamton)
Italy Goals Leader: 1984-85 (Bolzano)
(47 goals)
Italy Playoffs Goals Leader: 1985 (Bolzano) (17 goals)
Miscellaneous:
Scored goal that won 1978 Turner Cup for Toledo as Goaldiggers beat Port Huron
4-3 in Game 7 of final series. ... Was on Los Angeles (PHL)
team that folded on Jan. 3, 1979. ... Set AHL record (since broken) by scoring
at least one point in 28 consecutive games for Binghamton in 1981-82
season. The streak, which broke a record set in 1946, ran from Dec. 31, 1981,
to March 5, 1982. Sullivan had 23 goals and 24 assists in the streak. ... Set AHL single-season record for goals by a rookie with
47 in 1981-82.
Personal: Full name is Robert Sullivan. ... Also
known as Robert Sullivan during his playing days. ... Second cousin of former
NHL player Wayne Connelly. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: N.Y. Rangers did not offer
Sullivan a
pro contract for a full year after the draft, thereby making him a free agent. He
entered the NHL when he was drafted a second time -- by Atlanta in 1978. |
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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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