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| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mark Taylor
Selected in
sixth round
No. 100 overall by Philadelphia Flyers
Born
January 26, 1958
 | Position:
Center / Left Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight:
185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
North Dakota (WCHA)
Birthplace: Vancouver, B.C. (Canada)
Hometown:
Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1975-76 |
Langley | BCJHL |
63 | 49 |
79 | 128 |
48 | | |
Kamloops | WCHL |
3 | 0 |
1 | 1 |
0 | | 1976-77 |
North Dakota | WCHA |
31 | 16 |
19 | 35 |
20 | | 1977-78 |
North Dakota | WCHA |
37 | 18 |
22 | 40 |
28 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
North Dakota Records: Most game-winning goals in one season (12 in
1976-77) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 20, 1981 (Pittsburgh at
Philadelphia)
Numbers: 35, 15 (Philadelphia); 16 (Pittsburgh);
21, 28 (Washington)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1992 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1981-1986 |
Philadelphia, Pitt., Wash. | 209 |
42 | 68 | 110 |
73 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1983-1986 |
Philadelphia, Washington | 6 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Missed start of 1982-83 season with broken tibia, an
injury suffered during Philadelphia's Oct. 2, 1982, preseason game vs.
Washington. ... Missed part of 1982-83 season with re-fractured leg, an injury
suffered during Philadelphia's March 6, 1982, game at Pittsburgh. ... Missed
part of 1983-84 season with strained knee ligaments, an injury suffered in
December 1983. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: North Dakota (WCHA); Maine
(AHL); Binghamton (AHL); Uzwil (Switzerland); Bolzano (Italy); Sauerland
(Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA Championship: 1980 (North Dakota)
NCAA All-America West First Team:
1979-80 (North Dakota)
NCAA Tournament All-Star First Team: 1980 (North
Dakota)
WCHA All-Star First Team:
1979-80 (North Dakota)
North Dakota Captain: 1979-80
North Dakota Tri-Captain:
1978-79
North Dakota Records: Most career
power-play goals (43), most career game-winning goals (18), most power-play
goals in one game (3 vs. Michigan State on Nov. 23, 1979, shares record)
AHL Playoffs Points Leader: 1981 (Maine) (21 points, tie)
Miscellaneous: Completed career at
North Dakota with school records (since broken) for career points (265),
career assists (168), points in a season (92 in 1979-80), assists in a season (59 in 1979-80). ... Played one game for Team Canada in 1989-90.
... Returned to Vancouver and became a regular on the Vancouver Canucks Alumni
charity hockey team after retirement, although he had never played in the
Vancouver organization.
Personal:
Full name is Mark C. Taylor. ... Grandson of Hockey Hall of Famer Fred
"Cyclone" Taylor. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Philadelphia traded Taylor, Ron
Flockhart, Andy Brickley, 1984 first-round pick (Roger Belanger) and 1984
third-round pick (later traded) to Pittsburgh for Rich Sutter, 1984
second-round pick (Greg Smyth) and 1984 third-round pick (David McLay) on
October 23, 1983. |
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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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