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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Andre Hidi
Selected in eighth round
No.
148 overall by Colorado Rockies
Born June 5,
1960
 | Position: Left Wing
Height: 6-2 Weight:
205
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Peterborough (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-80 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
68 | 30 |
35 | 65 |
49 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1980 (fifth place) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: April 1, 1984 (Washington at
Philadelphia)
Numbers: 21 (Washington)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired June 1986 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A | TP | PIM | |
1984 |
Washington | 7 |
2 | 1 |
3 | 9 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A | TP | PIM | |
1984 | Washington | 2 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Released by Washington in
June 1986 so that he could enter MBA program at Stanford University. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Peterborough (OMJHL); Toronto (OUAA);
Binghamton (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CIAU Championship: 1984
(Toronto)
CIAU All-Canadian: 1983-84 (Toronto)
CIAU Playoffs MVP: 1984 (Toronto)
OUAA All-Star First Team: 1982-83 (Toronto)
OUAA All-Star Second
Team: 1981-82 (Toronto)
1984-85: Played on AHL regular-season
champion (Binghamton).
Education: Earned B.A. from University of
Toronto in 1984 and MBA from Stanford Business School in 1988.
Miscellaneous:
Worked as senior investment banker with
Salomon Smith Barney office in Toronto after retirement before joining Rotman School (business school) faculty at
University of Toronto. ... Became a competitive poker player after retirement
and competed in 2003 World Series of Poker at Las Vegas.
Personal: Full name is Andre
Lawrence Hidi. ... Son of a former Hungarian swimming champion who moved to
Canada four years before his son was born. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: Colorado (later New Jersey)
never signed Hidi, who went on to play four seasons at the University of
Toronto. The New Jersey organization did not offer Hidi a contract when his
college career ended, making him an unrestricted free agent. He signed with
Washington on March 29, 1984. |
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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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