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| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Gerd Truntschka
Selected in 12th round
No.
200 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born September
10, 1958
 | Position:
Center / Left Wing
Height: 5-8 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Landshut (West Germany)
Birthplace: Landshut, West Germany
Hometown:
Landshut, Germany |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM |
| 1975-76 |
Landshut | W. Germ. |
23 |
12 | 6 |
18 | 8 |
| 1976-77 |
Landshut | W. Germ. |
46 | 33 |
25 | 58 |
36 | | 1977-78 |
Landshut | W. Germ. |
35 | 19 |
13 | 32 |
34 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships:
1978 (seventh place)
Miscellaneous: Led West Germany with 10 points and seven goals at 1978
World Junior Championships. |
| NHL CAREER |
| Never played in NHL. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Landshut, Cologne (West
Germany); Dusseldorf, Munich (Germany)
Olympics: 1980 (10th), 1984
(fifth), 1988 (fifth), 1992 (sixth)
Canada Cup: 1984 (sixth place)
World Championships: 1979
(West Germany) (sixth),
1982 (West Germany) (sixth), 1983 (West Germany) (fifth), 1985 (West Germany) (seventh), 1986
(West Germany) (seventh), 1987 (West Germany) (sixth), 1989
(West Germany) (seventh), 1990 (West Germany) (seventh), 1992 (Germany) (sixth),
1993 (Germany) (fifth)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
West German Championship: 1984, 1986, 1987,
1988 (Cologne), 1990 (Dusseldorf)
German Championship: 1991, 1992 (Dusseldorf),
1994 (Munich), 1996 (Dusseldorf)
World Championships All-Star First Team: 1987
West Germany Player of Year: 1983-84, 1986-87, 1987-88 (Cologne)
Germany Player of Year: 1989-90, 1990-91 (Dusseldorf)
West Germany All-Star First Team: 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89
(Cologne)
Germany All-Star First Team: 1989-90, 1990-91 (Dusseldorf)
Germany Olympic Team Captain: 1992
Germany World Championships Captain: 1993
West Germany/Germany Records: Most career assists (943)
West Germany Points Leader: 1987-88 (69), 1988-89 (75) (Cologne)
West Germany Assists Leader: 1985-86 (54), 1987-88 (48), 1988-89 (50)
(Cologne)
Germany Assists Leader: 1989-90 (40), 1991-92 (67) (Dusseldorf)
Germany Playoffs Points Leader: 1990 (Dusseldorf) (33 points)
Miscellaneous: Member of the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. ... Played
on lines with Dieter Hegen for Cologne and Dusseldorf (West Germany/Germany)
as well as Munich from 1986-87 season through 1995-96 season. ... Missed
remainder of 1994 playoffs with eye injury, suffered during Game 2 of German
championship final series. ... Member of the German hockey Hall of Fame.
Personal: Full name is Gerhard Truntschka. ... Older brother of former German player Bernd Truntschka. |
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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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