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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Ken Berry
Selected in sixth round
No.
112 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Born June 21,
1960
 | Position:
Left Wing / Center
Height: 5-9 Weight: 165
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Team Canada (International)
Birthplace:
Burnaby, British Columbia (Canada)
Hometown: Burnaby, British
Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1977-78 |
Bellingham | BCJHL |
65 | 57 |
73 | 130 |
124 | | |
New Westminster | WCHL |
5 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1978-79 |
Denver | WCHA |
39 | 17 |
20 | 37 |
52 | | 1979-80 |
Team Canada | Int'l |
52 | 23 |
20 | 43 |
46 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1978 (New Westminster)
Olympics: 1980 (sixth place)
Miscellaneous: Scored four goals and had one assist in six games for Team
Canada in 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid, N.Y. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 21, 1981 (Vancouver at
Edmonton)
Numbers: 19, 18 (Edmonton); 18 (Vancouver)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1993 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1981-1989 |
Edmonton, Vancouver | 55 |
8 | 10 |
18 | 30 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1983-84: Played 13 regular-season games for Edmonton team that went on to
win Stanley Cup, but was not with team during postseason.
Miscellaneous: Had two assists in first game with Vancouver on March 1,
1988, vs. Philadelphia. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Denver (WCHA); Wichita (CHL);
Moncton, Nova Scotia (AHL); Bayreuth (West Germany); Team Canada; Milwaukee (IHL);
Munich (Germany)
Olympics: 1988 (fourth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHA All-Star Second Team: 1980-81 (Denver)
Denver Masterton Award (MVP):
1980-81
Team Canada Captain: 1986-87
Miscellaneous: Joined Wichita (CHL)
for balance of 1980-81 season after completing sophomore season at University
of Denver. ... Played for Team Canada at 1985 Izvestia Tournament in Moscow
and 1986 Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland. ... Joined Team Canada on
full-time basis in October 1986. ... Worked as investment broker during
off-seasons of his playing days. ... Returned to Vancouver area and became
active in Oldtimers' charity hockey after his retirement, joining Vancouver
Canucks Alumni team in 1993.
Personal: Full name is Kenneth Edward Berry. ...
Younger brother of former NHL player Doug Berry. ... Older brother of former
college player Dave Berry. ... Cousin of former PGA Tour golfer Jim Nelford. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Vancouver traded Berry and Garry
Lariviere to Edmonton for Blair MacDonald and Lars-Gunnar
Petersson on March 10, 1981. Seven years later, Vancouver got Berry back when
it signed him as an unrestricted free agent after the Calgary Olympics on March 2, 1988. |
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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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