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| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Bob Sullivan
Selected in 11th round
No.
180 overall by Atlanta Flames
Born November
29, 1957
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Center
Height: 6-0 Weight:
210
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Toledo (IHL)
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 | | 1977-78 |
Dalhousie | AUAA |
5 | 5 |
1 | 6 |
-- | | |
New Haven | AHL |
2 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | |
Toledo | IHL |
65 | 27 |
27 | 54 |
60 |
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PRE-DRAFT
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup: 1978 (Toledo)
Miscellaneous:
Scored goal that won 1978 Turner Cup for Toledo as Goaldiggers beat Port Huron
4-3 in Game 7 of final series. |
| 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
PREVIOUS DRAFT: 1977 (N.Y. Rangers,
No. 116 overall in Round 7) |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Toledo (IHL); Los Angeles (PHL); Binghamton (AHL); Bolzano (Italy);
Berlin (West Germany); Asiago (Italy); Lustenau (Austrial); Rotterdam
(Netherlands)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
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: 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: Sullivan never signed with
Atlanta, instead remaining in the IHL with Toledo. He became an unrestricted
free agent after the 1979-80 season and signed with Hartford in September
1981. |
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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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