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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Don Gillen
Selected in
fourth round
No. 77 overall by Philadelphia Flyers
Born December 24, 1960
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-3 Weight: 210
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Brandon (WHL)
Birthplace: Dodsland, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Dodsland, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1976-77 |
Weyburn | SJHL |
58 | 13 |
24 | 37 |
170 | | 1977-78 |
Brandon | WCHL |
60 | 18 |
16 | 34 |
128 | | 1978-79 |
Brandon | WHL |
64 | 21 |
30 | 51 |
212 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 27, 1980 (Philadelphia at
Edmonton)
Numbers: 21 (Philadelphia); 18
(Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A | TP | PIM | | 1980-1982 |
Philadelphia, Hartford | 35 |
2 | 4 |
6 | 22 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played one regular-season game for Philadelphia team that went
to 1980 Stanley Cup Finals, but was not with team in playoffs.
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in his first NHL game. The goal, at 17:02 of
the second period, beat Edmonton goalie Jim Corsi in a 5-3 Philadelphia
victory. ... Released by Hartford in July 1984. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Brandon (WHL); Maine (AHL);
Binghamton (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHL All-Star Second Team: 1979-80
(Brandon)
Miscellaneous: Joined Maine for
1980 AHL playoffs.
Personal: Full name is Donald
Gillen. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Philadelphia traded Gillen, Rick MacLeish,
Blake Wesley, 1982 first-round pick (Paul Lawless), 1982 second-round
pick (Mark Paterson) and 1982 third-round pick (Kevin Dineen) to Hartford in
exchange for Ray Allison, Fred Arthur, 1982 first-round pick (Ron Sutter) and 1982 third-round pick (Miroslav
Dvorak) on July 3, 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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