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| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | Glenn
Hicks
Selected in second round
No.
28 overall by Detroit Red Wings
Born August 28, 1958
 | Position: Left Wing
Height:
5-10 Weight: 177
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Flin Flon (WCHL)
Birthplace: Red Deer, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Red Deer, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Red Deer | Alb. AAA |
60 | 45 |
30 | 75 |
78 | | 1975-76 |
Flin Flon | WCHL |
71 | 16 |
19 | 35 |
103 | | 1976-77 |
Flin Flon | WCHL |
71 | 28 |
31 | 59 |
175 | | 1977-78 |
Flin Flon | WCHL |
72 | 50 |
69 | 119 |
225 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous:
Lived in Winnipeg during his teen-age years. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1979 (Detroit at Los
Angeles)
Numbers: 23, 22 (Detroit)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1987 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1981 |
Detroit | 108 | 6 |
12 | 18 | 127 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Played on line with George
Lyle and Bill Hogaboam for Detroit in 1979-80. ... Played on line with Vaclav
Nedomansky and Brent Peterson for Detroit in 1980-81. ... Released by Detroit
in September 1981 and signed with Winnipeg as free agent, but never played for
parent team. ... Signed with Minnesota as unrestricted free agent on Sept. 2,
1982, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Winnipeg (WHA); Adirondack
(AHL); Tulsa, Birmingham, Salt Lake (CHL); Kloten (Switzerland); Springfield (AHL);
Salt Lake (IHL); Chur (Switzerland)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Avco Trophy: 1979 (Winnipeg)
WHA Draft Pick: 1978 (by Winnipeg)
1980-81: Played 19 regular-season
games for Adirondack team that went on to win AHL playoff title, but was not
with team in postseason.
Miscellaneous: Signed 3-year contract with Winnipeg
(WHA) in June 1978, and did not enter NHL until June 9, 1979, when Detroit
took him back from Winnipeg in the 1979 NHL Reclaim Draft. Under the rules of
the reclaim draft, the Red Wings were obligated to keep Hicks on their NHL
roster for at least two full seasons. ... Named to left wing position on
all-time Flin Flon (WCHL/WHL) team by a CHL panel in 1999.
Personal: Younger brother of former
NHL player Doug Hicks. |
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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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