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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Paul Higgins
Selected in
10th round
No. 200 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born January 13, 1962
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Henry Carr (Ontario High School)
Birthplace:
Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)
Hometown: Mississauga, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-80 |
Henry Carr | Ont. H.S. |
36 | 25 |
38 | 63 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Attended Father Henry Carr High School in Etobicoke,
Ontario. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 23, 1982 (Toronto at St.
Louis)
Numbers: 29, 17 (Toronto)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1982-1983 |
Toronto | 25 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 152 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1983 | Toronto | 1 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Fought St. Louis defenseman Bill Baker at 14:38 of first
period of his first NHL game. It was Higgins' second NHL shift, and he received a game misconduct for his role
in the fight, while Baker was given a double-minor. ... Suspended four games
by NHL during 1982-83 season for high-sticking Darryl Sutter during Toronto's
Nov. 7, 1982, game at Chicago. Higgins' stick broke Sutter's nose. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Toronto, Kitchener (OMJHL/OHL);
Carolina (ACHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1981-82:
Played on Kitchener (OHL) team that won Memorial Cup, but was not with team
during postseason or Memorial Cup tournament.
1983-84: Played on
ACHL regular-season champion (Carolina).
Miscellaneous: Moved to
Mississauga, Ontario, and worked in property maintenance after his retirement.
... Also coached minor hockey in Mississauga during the 1990s.
Higgins
Goes to Jail: For the first two years after his retirement in 1984,
Higgins was in trouble with the law. First, he was convicted of criminal
negligence for his role in a high-speed chase in which police chased him on
his motorcycle. He was later sentenced to 60 days in jail for a street fight
in which Higgins and another man swung baseball bats, hockey sticks and pipes
at one another, although the other man, who also went to jail, was deemed the
"major instigator" of the fight. |
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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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