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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Steve Rooney
Selected in
fifth round
No. 88 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born June 28, 1962
 | Position: Left Wing
Height: 6-2 Weight:
195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Canton (Massachusetts High School)
Birthplace: Canton, Massachusetts (USA)
Hometown:
Canton, Massachusetts |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1977-78 |
Canton | Mass. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1978-79 |
Canton | Mass. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1979-80 |
Canton | Mass. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1980-81 |
Canton | Mass. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Eastern Mass. Division II H.S. Player of Year: 1980-81 (Canton)
Boston Globe Mass. H.S. All-Star First Team: 1980-81 (Canton)
Patriot Ledger Mass. H.S. All-Star First Team: 1980-81 (Canton)
Mass. Hocomock League All-Star First Team: 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81
(Canton)
Mass. Hocomock League Points Leader: 1980-81 (Canton)
Canton
Captain: 1980-81
Miscellaneous: Not selected in 1980 NHL Entry Draft despite being
eligible. ... Also played football as high school freshman ... Father owned bar near Boston's Fenway Park. ... Grew
up as an avid Boston Bruins fan. ... Canton High School retired Rooney's No.
16 in 2001. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: April 4, 1985 (Quebec at Montreal)
Numbers: 28 (Montreal); 18
(Winnipeg); 18 (New Jersey)
Stanley Cup: 1986.
Playing Status: Retired 1991 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1985-1989 |
Montreal, Winnipeg, N.J. | 154 |
15 | 13 |
28 | 496 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1985-1988 |
Montreal, Winnipeg | 25 |
3 | 2 |
5 | 86 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Winnipeg Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1988 (33)
Miscellaneous: Joined Montreal for balance of 1984-85 season after
completing his NCAA eligibility at Providence College, with his final NCAA
game being the 1985 championship loss to RPI. ... Missed half of 1985-86
season with shoulder injury, suffered during Montreal's Nov. 23, 1985, game
vs. Calgary. The injury required surgery on Nov. 28, 1985. ... Missed part of
1987-88 season with broken ankle, an injury suffered during Winnipeg's Nov.
18, 1987, game vs. Boston. He did not return to action until Winnipeg's Dec.
20, 1987, game vs. New Jersey. ... Missed parts of 1987-88 season with bruised
back, an injury suffered during Winnipeg's Feb. 12, 1988, game vs. Buffalo,
and with fractured rib, an injury suffered during Winnipeg's Feb. 16, 1988,
game at Quebec. He did not return from the rib injury until Winnipeg's March
1, 1988, game vs. Hartford. ... Missed start of 1988-89 season with right
shoulder injury, suffered when he was checked by Joe Paterson during one of
New Jersey's preseason games vs. N.Y. Rangers in September 1988. ... Missed
part of 1988-89 season with re-aggravaton of right shoulder injury, suffered
during New Jersey's Oct. 19, 1988, game vs. Vancouver. The injury required
surgery on Oct. 31, 1988, and Rooney did not return to action until New
Jersey's Nov. 25, 1988, game at Vancouver. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season
with dislocated right shoulder, an injury suffered during New Jersey's Dec. 9,
1988, game vs. N.Y. Islanders. He did not return to action until New Jersey's
Dec. 31, 1988, game at Pittsburgh ... Suspended one game by NHL (automatic
suspension) during 1988-89 season for having two stick-related game
misconducts. The first came on Dec. 31 at Pittsburgh and the second on Jan. 23
vs. Minnesota. ... Had postseason surgery to tighten the ligaments in right
shoulder on April 7, 1989. ... Released by New Jersey on Oct. 10, 1990. ...
Signed with Los Angeles as free agent on Nov. 13, 1990, but never played for
parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Providence (ECAC/HE); Sherbrooke (AHL); Utica (AHL); Phoenix (IHL); New
Haven, Maine (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
College Hockey Stats Bureau All-Academic Team: 1984-85 (Prov.)
1986-87: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Sherbrooke).
Education: Majored in business
management at Providence College.
Miscellaneous: College roommate of
former NHL player Peter Taglianetti. ... Returned to Boston area and became a
sales executive for a Quincy, Mass., broadband company. ... Was active in
Oldtimers' charity hockey after his retirement.
Personal: Full name is Steven Paul
Rooney. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Montreal traded Rooney to Winnipeg in
exchange for 1987 third-round pick (Francois Gravel) on January 8, 1987. |
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SNAPSHOT '81 | | Total Selected: |
211 | | Forwards: |
119 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
25 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
10/4 | | College Players: |
21 | | High School: |
18 |
| Canadian: |
139 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
32 |
| Reached NHL: |
114 |
| Stanley Cup: |
17 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
30 |
| Picks Traded: |
38 |
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