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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Ken Solheim
Selected in second round
No.
30 overall by Chicago Black Hawks
Born March
27, 1961
 | Position: Left Wing
Height: 6-3 Weight:
210
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Medicine Hat (WHL)
Birthplace: Hythe, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Grand Prairie, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1977-78 |
St. Albert | AJHL |
60 | 26 |
16 | 42 |
31 | | |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1978-79 |
St. Albert | AJHL |
60 | 47 |
42 | 89 |
63 | | 1979-80 |
Medicine Hat | WHL |
72 | 54 |
33 | 87 |
50 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
No. 16 prospect for 1980 NHL draft. ... Teammate of Mark Messier's
with St. Albert (AJHL) in 1977-78 and 1978-79. ... Joined Medicine Hat for
1978 WCHL playoffs. ... Led St. Albert with 89 points in 1978-79. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 10, 1980 (Philadelphia at
Chicago)
Numbers: 5 (Chicago); 12, 31
(Minn.); 26 (Detroit); 28 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1986 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP | PIM |
| 1980-1986 | CHI, MIN, DET, EDM |
135 | 19 |
20 | 39 |
34 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP | PIM |
| 1981-1982 | Minnesota |
3 | 1 |
1 | 2 |
2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1981 (Minnesota)
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in his first NHL game. The goal, at 9:13 of the
second period, beat Philadelphia goaltender Pete Peeters. ... Score goal on
first shot in his first playoff game during Game 5 of
Minnesota's first-round series at Buffalo on April 22, 1981. ... Traded by
Minnesota to Detroit for future considerations on March 8, 1983. Detroit later
returned Solheim to Minnesota to cancel the future considerations on Sept. 20,
1984, meaning Solheim was essentially loaned to Detroit for the 1983-84 season
and would have stayed there had he met conditions of the original deal. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Medicine Hat (WHL);
Nashville (CHL); Birmingham (CHL); Adirondack (AHL); Springfield (AHL); Nova
Scotia (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHL
All-Star First Team: 1980-81 (Medicine Hat)
WHL Goals Leader: 1980-81 (Medicine Hat) (68 goals)
Personal: Full name is Ken Lawrence
Solheim. ... Older brother of former major-junior player Colin Solheim. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Chicago traded Solheim and 1981
second-round pick (Tom Hirsch) to Minnesota for Glen Sharpley on December 29,
1980. |
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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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