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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Pat Graham
Selected in
sixth round
No. 114 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins
Born
May 25, 1961
 | Position:
Left Wing
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Niagara Falls (OMJHL)
Birthplace:
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM |
| 1976-77 |
St. Michael's | Jr. B |
30 | 20 |
28 | 48 |
100 | | 1977-78 |
Toronto | OMJHL |
50 | 5 |
6 | 11 |
41 | | 1978-79 |
Toronto | OMJHL |
49 | 10 |
12 | 22 |
102 | | 1979-80 |
Toronto | OMJHL |
2 | 1 |
0 | 1 |
16 | | |
Niagara Falls | OMJHL |
59 | 31 |
32 | 63 |
75 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Traded by Toronto to Niagara Falls in exchange for Wayne
Crawford in October 1979. ... Was Toronto's second pick in 1977 OMJHL midget draft.
... Also played center during junior career. ... Suffered from chronic back
pain throughout his junior career until he began seeing a chiropractor. The
experience solved his back problems and inspired him to become a chiropractor
after his playing days. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 6, 1981 (Pittsburgh at St.
Louis)
Numbers: 24 (Pittsburgh); 23
(Toronto)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1985 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1981-1984 |
Pittsburgh, Toronto | 103 |
11 | 17 |
28 | 136 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A | TP |
PIM | | 1982 |
Pittsburgh | 4 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Missed parts of 1981-82 season with shoulder
injury, suffered during Pittsburgh's Oct. 7, 1981, game at Chicago, and with
knee injury, suffered in March 1982. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Niagara Falls (OMJHL); Erie
(AHL); Baltimore (AHL); St. Catharines (AHL); Braunlage (West Germany);
Adirondack (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
OMJHL
All-Star Game: 1981 (Niagara Falls)
Education: Attended Canadian
Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto after his retirement.
Miscellaneous: Signed with
Adirondack (AHL) as unrestricted free agent in January 1985 after playing
first half of 1984-85 season in West Germany. ... Became a chiropractor in
Toronto after his retirement. ... Opened his own practice, with other
specialists offering acupuncture and massage, and was named a consulting
chiropractor for the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team in the early 1990s.
Personal: Full name is Pat Thomas
Graham. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Pittsburgh traded Graham and Nick
Ricci to Toronto for Rocky Saganiuk and Vincent Tremblay on August 15, 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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