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| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Al Secord
Selected in first round
No.
16 overall by Boston Bruins
Born March 3, 1958
 | Position: Left Wing
Height: 6-1 Weight:
205
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Hamilton (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Sudbury, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Espanola, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM |
| 1974-75 |
Wexford | OPJHL | 41 |
5 | 13 |
18 | 104 |
| 1975-76 |
Hamilton | OMJHL |
63 | 9 |
13 | 22 |
117 | | 1976-77 |
St. Catharines | OMJHL |
57 | 32 |
34 | 66 |
343 | | 1977-78 |
Hamilton | OMJHL |
59 | 28 |
22 | 50 |
185 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1977 (silver medal)
OMJHL All-Star Game: 1977 (St. Catharines)
1975-76: Played on Hamilton (OMJHL) team that won Memorial Cup.
Miscellaneous: Was on Hamilton (OMJHL)
team that relocated to St. Catharines for 1976-77 season and then returned to
Hamilton for the 1977-78 season. ... Also played defense at times in junior
hockey. ... Trained as a boxer during his junior career. ... Worked as forest
fighter for Canada's Ministry of Natural Resources in Northern Ontario during
off-seasons of his junior career. Spent considerable time on the job in
airplanes, which sparked his lifelong interest in becoming a pilot. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 12, 1978 (Pittsburgh at
Boston)
Numbers: 20 (Boston); 14, 20 (Chicago); 20
(Toronto); 21 (Phila.)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status: Retired for final time in Sept. 1996 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP | G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1978-1990 |
BOS, CHI, TOR, PHI | 766 |
273 | 222 | 495 |
2,093 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-1990 |
BOS, CHI, TOR, PHI | 102 |
21 | 34 |
55 | 382 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1982, 1983 (Chicago)
50-Goal Seasons: 1982-83 (Chicago) (54)
Chicago Records:
Fastest four goals by one player in one game (four goals in 8:24 vs. Toronto
on Jan. 7, 1987)
Chicago Goals Leader: 1981-82 (44), 1982-83 (54)
Chicago Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1981-82 (303), 1982-83 (180), 1984-85
(193), 1985-86 (201), 1986-87 (196)
Chicago Playoffs Points Leader: 1981 (4, tie), 1984 (7)
Chicago Playoffs Goals Leader: 1981 (4), 1984 (3, tie)
Chicago Playoffs Assists Leader: 1984 (4)
Chicago Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1981 (14), 1982 (61), 1983
(66), 1984 (28), 1986 (26), 1987 (21)
Toronto Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1987-88 (221)
Miscellaneous: Played on line with Terry O'Reilly and Peter McNab for
Boston in 1979-80. ... Scored goal on Ray Bourque's first NHL assist during
Boston's Oct. 11, 1979, game vs. Winnipeg. ... Missed parts of 1980-81 season with bruised right knee,
an injury suffered in October 1980, and with ankle injury suffered in March
1981. ... Set Chicago single-season record (since broken) with 303 penalty
minutes in 1981-82. ... Received double game-misconduct and was suspended one
game of 1983 playoffs for his role in a brawl during Game 3 of Chicago's
first-round series vs. St. Louis on April 9, 1983. ... Tied Chicago record
(since broken) for most total goals in a regular-season and playoffs with 58
in 1982-83. ... Played on line with Denis Savard and Steve Larmer for Chicago
in 1982-83 and 1983-84. ... Missed most of 1983-84 season with torn abdominal
muscles, an injury suffered in October 1983. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season
with pulled abductor muscles in his thigh, an injury suffered during Chicago's
Dec. 12, 1984, practice. ... Missed part of 1987-88 season with rib
separation, an injury suffered during Toronto's Oct. 16, 1987, game at
Detroit. ... Wore No. 16 in Chicago's 1989 training camp. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Rochester (AHL);
Springfield (AHL); Chicago (IHL)
Canada Cup: 1984 (first place)
(reserve, did not play)
World Championships: 1987 (fourth
place)
InLine Hockey: Chicago (RHI)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1978 (by Quebec)
Miscellaneous: Retired for the
first time on Aug. 29, 1990. ... Played 18 games for Chicago Cheetahs (RHI,
InLine) in 1994. ... Came out of retirement on Sept. 10, 1994, to play two seasons for
Chicago (IHL) before retiring for the final time at age 38 in September 1996.
... Spent summers during his playing days managing his family's sporting goods
store in Espanola, Ontario. ... Became active in Oldtimers' charity hockey
after his retirement, balancing it with his career as a pilot.
Secord
The Pilot: Secord earned a pilot's license during his playing
days, and after his retirement he became licensed to fly commuter jets in both
the United States and Canada. After working as commercial pilot for United Express during the mid-1990s,
he moved to the Dallas area and began work for American Airlines in 1998.
Secord specialized in flying a Fokker 100, 79-seat aircraft on commuter
flights. His second wife, Tracy, also worked as a pilot for American Airlines,
and the two met during their job training.
Personal: Full name is Alan William
Secord. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Boston traded Secord to Chicago in
exchange for Mike O'Connell on December 18, 1980. |
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SNAPSHOT '78 | | Total Selected: |
234 | | Forwards: |
143 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
127 | | College Players: |
80 |
| Canadian: |
170 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
47 | | U.S.-Born: |
47 |
| European: |
17 |
| Reached NHL: |
95 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
16 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
18 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
1 |
| Olympians: |
16 |
| Picks Traded: |
46 |
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