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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Doug Crossman
Selected in
sixth round
No. 112 overall by Chicago Black Hawks
Born June 30, 1960
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Defense
Height: 6-2 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Ottawa (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Peterborough, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
London, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1976-77 |
Strathroy | Jr. B |
39 | 6 |
35 | 41 |
56 | | |
London | OMJHL |
1 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1977-78 |
Ottawa | OMJHL |
65 | 4 |
17 | 21 |
17 | | 1978-79 |
Ottawa | OMJHL |
67 | 12 |
51 | 63 |
65 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was Ottawa's third pick in 1977 OMJHL midget draft.
... Competed on high school's baseball, basketball and tennis teams. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 26, 1980 (Quebec at Chicago)
Numbers:
31, 28, 23, 3 (Chicago); 3
(Philadelphia); 4 (Los Angeles); 3 (NYI); 3 (Hartford); 39, 29 (Detroit); 3
(Tampa Bay); 6 (St. Louis)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1996 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1980-1994 |
CHI, PHI, LA, NYI,
HAR, DET, TB, STL | 914 |
105 | 359 |
464 | 534 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1982-1991 |
CHI, PHI, LA, NYI, DET | 97 |
12 | 39 |
51 | 105 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1985, 1987 (Philadelphia)
Tampa Bay Records: Most points in one game (6 at N.Y. Islanders on Nov.
7, 1992), most points by a defenseman in one game (6 at N.Y. Islanders on Nov.
7, 1992), most goals by a defenseman in one game (3 at N.Y. Islanders on Nov.
7, 1992)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1982-83 season with thumb injury,
suffered in February 1983. ... Crossman's mother died during the 1983 Stanley
Cup playoffs, but Crossman did not miss any playoff games despite going home
for her funeral. ... Played 202 consecutive games for Philadelphia between
1983-84 and 1986-87 seasons. The streak ended on Dec. 2, 1986. ... Missed part
sof 1990-91 season foot injury, suffered during N.Y. Islanders' Nov. 6, 1990,
game vs. Toronto, and with leg injury, suffered in Hartford's Feb. 12, 1991,
practice. ... Rights sold by Detroit with Dennis Vial to Quebec on
June 15, 1992, but never played for Quebec because he was immediately left
unprotected for 1992 NHL Expansion Draft and was claimed by Tampa Bay on June
18, 1992. ... Missed parts of 1993-94 season with toe injury, suffered during
St. Louis' Dec. 29, 1993, game vs. N.Y. Rangers, and with knee injury,
suffered during St. Louis' Jan. 13, 1994, game vs. Edmonton. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Ottawa (OMJHL); New
Brunswick (AHL); New Haven (AHL); Peoria (IHL); Denver (IHL); Baltimore (AHL);
Chicago (IHL)
Canada Cup: 1987 (first place)
World Junior Championships: 1980
(fifth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup: 1995 (Denver)
OMJHL All-Star First Team: 1979-80
(Ottawa)
1994-95: Played on IHL
regular-season champion (Denver).
Coaching Career: Named Port Huron
(UHL) head coach prior to 1997-98 season and remained in position through
1997-98 season.
Miscellaneous: Set OMJHL/OHL single-season record
(since broken) for assists by defenseman with 96 in 1979-80. ... Signed with
Chicago (IHL) as unrestricted free agent on Feb. 7, 1996. ... Ran hockey
school in London, Ontario, during off-seasons of his playing days. Continued
running the school, named Doug Crossman Hockey Camps, after his retirement.
... Was active in charitable causes during his playing days, including work
with Sunshine Foundation for sick children and the Canadian Cancer Society.
Personal: Full name is Douglas A.
Crossman. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Chicago traded Crossman and 1984
second-round pick (Scott Mellanby) to Philadelphia for Behn Wilson on June 8,
1983. |
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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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