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1979 NHL DRAFT PICK
Doug Sulliman
Selected in first round
No. 13 overall by New York Rangers

Born August 29, 1959
Position: Left Wing / Right Wing
Height: 5-9   Weight: 195
BEFORE THE DRAFT
Last Team: Kitchener (OMJHL)                          
Birthplace: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia (Canada)
Hometown: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
PRE-DRAFT STATISTICS
Year TeamLeague GPG ATP PIM
1975-76 Glace BayN.S. AAA 3544 5397 42
1976-77 KitchenerOMJHL 6530 4171 123
1977-78 KitchenerOMJHL 6850 3989 87
1978-79 KitchenerOMJHL 6838 77115 88

PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
OMJHL All-Star Third Team:
1978-79 (Kitchener)
Kitchener Rookie of Year: 1976-77
Kitchener Most Popular Player: 1977-78
Miscellaneous: Was Kitchener's sixth pick in 1976 OMJHL midget draft. ... Played on line with Don Maloney for Kitchener in 1977-78. ... Studied kinesiology at University of Waterloo during his junior career.
NHL CAREER
Debut: October 10, 1979 (N.Y. Rangers at Toronto)
Numbers:  9 (NYR); 22 (Hartford); 22 (New Jersey); 15 (Philadelphia)
Stanley Cup: Never won.  Playing Status: Retired 1990
CAREER NHL STATISTICS
Years TeamsGPG ATPPIM
1979-1990 NYR, Hart., N.J., Phila.631 160168328 175
CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS
Years TeamsGP GATPPIM
1981-1989 NYR, New Jersey, Phila.16 13 42

NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
New Jersey Star of Game MVP (Three-Stars Leader):
1984-85
New Jersey Players' Player (Players' MVP): 1986-87
New Jersey Fan Club Player of Year: 1986-87
New Jersey Good Guy Award (Media Vote): 1986-87
Coaching Career: Named New Jersey assistant coach on Aug. 29, 1990, and remained in that position until June 1993.
Miscellaneous: Played on line with Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson for N.Y. Rangers in 1979-80. ... Missed remainder of 1979-80 season with right knee injury, suffered during N.Y. Rangers' March 25, 1980, game vs. Buffalo. The injury required surgery during summer of 1980. ... Became first NHL player to score a goal in New Jersey Devils' arena at Meadowlands when he scored for N.Y. Rangers in exhibition game vs. Philadelphia goaltender Pelle Lindbergh on Sept. 29, 1981. ... Missed part of 1983-84 season with groin pull, an injury suffered in November 1983. ... Released by Hartford in June 1984 and signed with New Jersey as unrestricted free agent on July 11, 1984. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season with groin injury suffered during New Jersey's Jan. 25, 1985, game at Edmonton. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with bruised tailbone, an injury suffered during New Jersey's Dec. 14, 1985, game at Quebec. ... Was New Jersey's nominee for 1986-87 Masterton Trophy. ... Missed parts of 1987-88 season with bruised left shoulder, an injury suffered during New Jersey's Dec. 9, 1987, game vs. Los Angeles, and with the flu, contracted in February 1988. ... Missed final game of 1987-88 regular season and start of 1988 playoffs with sprained left knee, an injury suffered during New Jersey's April 2, 1988, game vs. N.Y. Islanders.
NON-NHL CAREER
Post-Draft Teams: New Haven (AHL)
NON-NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80:
Played on AHL regular-season champion (New Haven).
Personal: Full name is Simon Douglas Sulliman. ... Brother-in-law of former NHL player Don Maloney. ... Brother-in-law of Tommy Palazzo, a Cantor Fitzgerald employee who was killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
HOW HE GOT AWAY
TRADE: N.Y. Rangers traded Sulliman, Chris Kotsopoulos and Gerry McDonald to Hartford in exchange for Mike Rogers and 1982 10th-round pick (Simo Saarinen) on October 2, 1981.

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SNAPSHOT '79
Total Selected: 126
Forwards: 74
Defense: 41
Goaltenders: 11
Major Junior: 97
College Players: 15
Canadian: 109
Euro-Canadian: 1
USA Citizens: 10
U.S.-Born: 10
European: 6
Reached NHL: 103
Won Stanley Cup: 23
Hall of Fame: 3
All-Star Game: 23
Year-end All-Star: 10
Olympians: 15
Picks Traded: 17
 
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