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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Sean McKenna
Selected in third round
No.
56 overall by Buffalo Sabres
Born March 7,
1962
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Asbestos, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Asbestos, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1977-78 |
Asbestos | Que. AAA |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1978-79 |
Montreal | QMJHL |
66 | 9 |
14 | 23 |
14 | | 1979-80 |
Montreal | QMJHL |
16 | 1 |
3 | 4 |
5 | | |
Sherbrooke | QMJHL |
43 | 19 |
16 | 35 |
19 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: March 10, 1982 (Buffalo at Vancouver)
Numbers:
23, 19, 12 (Buffalo); 10
(Los Angeles); 8, 21 (Toronto)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1991 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1982-1989 |
Buffalo, L.A. Toronto | 414 |
82 | 80 |
162 | 181 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1984-1988 |
Buffalo, L.A., Toronto | 15 |
1 | 2 |
3 | 2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Had assist in first NHL game. ... Played on line with
Bob Mongrain and Gilles Hamel for Buffalo in 1981-82. ... Played on line with
Gilles Hamel and Paul Cyr for Buffalo in 1983-84 and 1984-85. ... Missed part of
1986-87 season with hip pointer, suffered in March 1987. ... Missed
part of 1987-88 season with pulled groin, suffered during Toronto's
Feb. 12, 1988, practice. ... Missed start of 1988-89 season with torn tendon
in right hand, suffered during Toronto's training camp in September
1988. ... Signed with Chicago as unrestricted free agent on Aug. 24, 1990, but
never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Sherbrooke (QMJHL);
Rochester (AHL); Newmarket (AHL); Rapperswil-Jona (Switzerland); Windsor (Que.
Sr.)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1983
(Rochester)
Memorial Cup Smythe Trophy (MVP): 1982 (Sherbrooke)
Memorial Cup All-Star First Team:
1982 (Sherbrooke)
QMJHL All-Star First Team: 1980-81
(Sherbrooke)
QMJHL All-Star Second Team: 1981-82 (Sherbrooke)
Rochester Records: Most goals in one playoff year (14 in 1983, shares
record)
QMJHL Playoffs Goals Leader: 1982 (Sherbrooke) (26 goals)
AHL Playoffs Goals Leader: 1983 (Rochester) (14 goals)
1982-83: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Rochester).
Miscellaneous: Set AHL record
(since broken) for goals in one playoff year with 14 for Rochester in 1983.
... Came out of
retirement to play four games for Windsor (Quebec Sr.) during 1996-97 season.
Personal: Full name is Sean Michael
McKenna. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Buffalo traded McKenna, Larry Playfair
and Ken Baumgartner to Los Angeles in exchange for Brian Engblom and Doug
Smith on January 30, 1986. |
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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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