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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Brad Palmer
Selected in first round
No.
16 overall by Minnesota North Stars
Born
September 14, 1961
 | Position: Left Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight:
185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Victoria (WHL)
Birthplace: Duncan, British Columbia (Canada)
Hometown:
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1977-78 |
Kelowna | BCJHL |
46 | 20 |
21 | 41 |
32 | | 1978-79 |
Victoria | WHL |
69 | 18 |
15 | 33 |
53 | | 1979-80 |
Victoria | WHL |
72 | 45 |
49 | 94 |
61 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous:
Worked as logger during off-season of junior career. ... Did not skate for the
first time until he was 9 years old. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 23, 1980 (Minnesota at
Detroit)
Numbers: 14 (Minnesota); 21
(Boston)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1992 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1980-1983 |
Minnesota, Boston | 168 |
32 | 38 |
70 | 58 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A | TP | PIM | | 1981-1983 |
Minnesota, Boston | 29 |
9 | 5 |
14 | 16 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1981 (Minnesota)
Miscellaneous: Had assist in his first NHL game. ... Possessed an
extremely hard slap shot that once broke through the back of the net during
one of Minnesota's Stanley Cup semifinal games vs. Calgary in 1981. ... Played
on line with Steve Christoff and Neal Broten for Minnesota during 1981
playoffs. ... Missed part of 1982-83 season with knee injury, suffered in
November 1982. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Victoria (WHL); Hershey (AHL);
Chur (Switz.); Rauma (Finland); Lustenau (Austria); Bad Nauheim, Berlin
(Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Coaching Career: Became minor hockey coach
after his retirement, coaching in the Juan de Fuca Minor Hockey program in
Victoria.
Miscellaneous: Played on Minnesota
team that competed in Sweden's 1980 DN Cup tournament. ... Returned to
Victoria, B.C., and became a hockey instructor after his retirement, working
as director of player development and co-owner of Westcom Hockey School.
Personal:
Full name is Brad Donald Palmer. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Minnesota traded Palmer and Dave
Donnelly to Boston for promise that Boston would not draft Brian Bellows with
its No. 1 overall pick in the 1982 draft on June 9, 1982. |
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SNAPSHOT '80 | | Total Selected: |
210 | | Forwards: |
122 | | Defense: |
71 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
138 | | Tier II Junior: |
7 | | College Players: |
42 | | High School: |
8 |
| Canadian: |
159 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
35 | | U.S.-Born: |
35 |
| European: |
13 |
| Reached NHL: |
132 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
24 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
17 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
19 |
| Picks Traded: |
25 |
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