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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Lance Nethery
Selected in eighth round
No.
131 overall by New York Rangers
Born June 28, 1957
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Center
Height: 6-1 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Cornell (ECAC)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Burlington, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Burlington | Jr. B |
40 | 51 |
69 | 120 |
-- | | 1975-76 |
Cornell | ECAC |
29 | 18 |
27 | 45 |
16 | | 1976-77 |
Cornell | ECAC |
29 | 32 |
46 | 78 |
18 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
ECAC All-Star
First Team: 1976-77 (Cornell)
Ivy
League All-Star First Team: 1976-77 (Cornell)
Cornell Bawlf Award
(MVP): 1976-77
Cornell Doran Award (Sportsmanship): 1975-76
Cornell Records: Most points by a sophomore (78 in 1976-77), most goals
by a sophomore (32 in 1976-77), most assists by a sophomore (46 in 1976-77)
Miscellaneous: Set Cornell single-season record (since broken) with 78
points in 1976-77. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 5, 1980 (N.Y. Rangers at
Chicago)
Numbers: 21 (N.Y. Rangers); 28 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1990 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1980-1981 |
N.Y. Rangers, Edmonton | 41 |
11 | 14 | 25 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1981 | N.Y. Rangers | 14 |
5 | 3 | 8 |
9 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in his first NHL
game, sending puck past Tony Esposito in N.Y. Rangers' 3-3 tie with Chicago on
Nov. 5, 1980. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Cornell (ECAC); New Haven (AHL);
Springfield (AHL); Wichita (CHL); Duisburg (West Germany); Davos
(Switzerland); Hershey (AHL); Herisau (Switzerland)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Swiss Championship: 1984, 1985 (Davos)
German Championship: 1997, 1998, 1999 (Mannheim) (as coach)
NCAA East All-America First Team:
1977-78, 1978-79 (Cornell)
ECAC Player of Year: 1977-78 (Cornell)
ECAC All-Star First Team: 1977-78, 1978-79 (Cornell)
Ivy League All-Star First Team: 1977-78, 1978-79 (Cornell)
Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame: Inducted 1984
Cornell Bawlf Award
(MVP): 1977-78, 1978-79
Cornell Co-Captain: 1977-78,
1978-79
ECAC Records: Most career points (271), most career assists
(180)
Ivy League Records: Most career points (119), most career
assists (88), most assists in one season (30)
Cornell Records: Most career points
(271), most career assists (180), most points in one season (83 in 1977-78),
most points by a junior (83 in 1977-78), most assists by a junior (60 in
1977-78)
ECAC Points Leader: 1977-78 (Cornell) (83 points)
ECAC Assists
Leader: 1977-78 (Cornell) (60 points)
West Germany Points Leader:
1982-83 (Duisburg) (156 points)
Switzerland Goals Leader: 1985-86 (Davos)
(46 goals)
Switzerland Assists Leader: 1983-84 (Davos) (43 assists)
Switzerland
Playoffs Points Leader: 1987 (Davos) (12 points)
Switzerland
Playoffs Goals Leader: 1987 (Davos) (5 goals)
1979-80: Played on AHL regular-season champion (New Haven).
1985-86:
Played on AHL regular-season champion (Hershey).
Coaching Career: Named Davos (Switzerland) head coach prior to 1990-91
season and remained in position through 1990-91 season. ... Named Landshut
(Germany) assistant coach prior to 1993-94 season and held that position
through 1993-94 season. ... Named Mannheim (Germany) head coach prior to
1994-95 season and remained in position through 1998-99 season. ... Named
Cologne (Germany) head coach prior to 1999-00 season and remained in that
position through 1999-00 season. ... Named self Cologne (Germany) head coach
during 2000-01 season and remained in position until late January 2002. ...
Named Frankfurt (Germany) head coach on April 11, 2002, and remained in
position into 2002-03 season. ... Served as assistant coach for Team Canada at
2001 Deutschland Cup tournament.
Management: Named Cologne general
manager prior to 2000-01 season and remained in that position until late
January 2002. ... Named Frankfurt (Germany) general manager on Feb. 5, 2003.
Miscellaneous: Joined New Haven (AHL)
for one game at end of 1978-79 season after completing his NCAA eligibility at
Cornell. ... Missed part of 1980-81 season with fractured wrist, an injury
suffered during New Haven's Nov. 2, 1980, AHL game vs. Maine. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: N.Y. Rangers traded Nethery to
Edmonton in exchange for Eddie Mio on December 11, 1981. |
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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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