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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Torrie Robertson
Selected in third round
No.
55 overall by Washington Capitals
Born August
2, 1961
 | Position: Left Wing
Height:
5-11 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Victoria (WHL)
Birthplace: Victoria, British Columbia (Canada)
Hometown:
Victoria, British Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1976-77 |
Nanaimo | BCJHL |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | |
Victoria | WCHL |
1 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1977-78 |
Nanaimo | BCJHL |
34 | 15 |
15 | 30 |
198 | | 1978-79 |
Victoria | WHL |
69 | 18 |
23 | 41 |
141 | | 1979-80 |
Victoria | WHL |
72 | 23 |
24 | 47 |
298 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 1, 1980 (Washington at
Edmonton)
Numbers: 25, 32, 33 (Washington); 32
(Hartford); 14 (Detroit)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1990 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1980-1990 |
Wash., Hartford, Detroit | 442 |
49 | 99 |
148 | 1,751 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1986-1989 |
Hartford, Detroit | 22 |
2 | 1 |
3 | 90 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Hartford Favorite Whaler Award: 1985-86
Hartford/Carolina Records: Most penalty minutes in one season (358 in
1985-86), most penalty minutes in a playoff year (67 in 1986), most penalty
minutes on one playoff series (51 vs. Montreal in 1986)
Hartford Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1983-84 (198), 1984-85 (337), 1985-86
(358), 1987-88 (293)
Hartford Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1986
(67)
Miscellaneous: Set Hartford/Carolina single-season record (since broken)
with 337 PIM in 1984-85. ... Became Hartford/Carolina career PIM leader in his
second year with team (1984-85). ... Led NHL in combined regular-season and
playoff penalty minutes with 425 in 1985-86. ... Missed remainder of 1986-87
season and start of 1987-88 season with rotation break of the left tibia and
fibula just above the left ankle, an injury suffered falling to the ice in a
fight with Shayne Corson at 19:56 of the second period of Hartford's Nov. 29,
1986, game at Montreal. The injury required surgery to insert a rod from his
knee to his ankle. He did not return to action until Nov. 16, 1987. ... First
player in Hartford/Carolina franchise history to reach 1,000 career penalty
minutes, a feat he achieved in 1987-88. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season with
broken right leg, an injury suffered in a fight with Mike Lalor during
Hartford's Nov. 1, 1988, game vs. Montreal. ... Left Hartford in March 1989
with Hartford/Carolina franchise record (since broken by Kevin Dineen) for
career penalty minutes (1,368). |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Victoria (WHL); Hershey (AHL);
Adirondack (AHL); Rochester (AHL); Albany (IHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHL All-Star Second Team: 1980-81
(Victoria)
1990-91: Played one game for AHL regular-season champ (Roch.).
Miscellaneous: Played on line with
Rich Chernomaz and Barry Pederson for Victoria in 1980-81. ... Was on Albany (IHL)
team that folded on Feb. 15, 1991.
Personal: Full name is Torrie
Andrew Robertson. ... Younger brother of former NHL player Geordie Robertson. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Washington traded Robertson to
Hartford in exchange for Greg C. Adams on October 3, 1983. |
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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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