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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Stu Kulak
Selected in sixth round
No.
115 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Born March 10, 1963
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Right Wing
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Victoria (WHL)
Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Stony Plain, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-80 |
Sherwood Park | AJHL |
53 | 30 |
23 | 53 |
111 | | |
Victoria | WHL |
3 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1980-81 |
Victoria | WHL |
72 | 23 |
24 | 47 |
43 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 16, 1982 (Vancouver at
Calgary)
Numbers: 16 (Vancouver); 8
(Edm.); 18 (NYR); 17 (Que.); 17 (Win.)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 2000 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1982-1989 | VAN, EDM, NYR, QUE, WIN |
90 | 8 | 4 |
12 | 130 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1987 | N.Y. Rangers |
3 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1986-87: Played 23 regular-season games for Edmonton team that went on to
win Stanley Cup, but was not with team during postseason.
Miscellaneous: Had assist in his first NHL game. ... Missed parts of
1986-87 season with separated shoulder, suffered during Edmonton's Jan. 27,
1987, game at Vancouver, and with left eye laceration with slight fracture of
orbital bone above left eye, and injury suffered when he was hit by a
deflected Mario Lemieux shot at 13:20 of the first period in N.Y. Rangers'
March 14, 1987, game at Pittsburgh. The cut on his eye, suffered during his
first game in a N.Y. Rangers uniform, needed 24 stitches to close. He did not
return to action from the eye injury until N.Y. Rangers' April 4, 1987, game
at Hartford. ... Played on line with Ron Greschner and George McPhee for N.Y.
Rangers in 1986-87. ... Left unprotected by N.Y. Rangers for 1987 NHL Waiver
Draft. He was claimed by Quebec on Oct. 5, 1987. ... Missed part of 1987-88
season with broken left thumb, suffered in October 1987. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Victoria (WHL); Fredericton
(AHL); Kalamazoo (IHL); Moncton (AHL); Kansas City (IHL); Tilburg
(Netherlands); Erie (ECHL); Tulsa, San Antonio (CHL); Reno (WCHL); New Mexico
(WPHL); Tucson, Phoenix, Fresno (WCHL); Austin (WPHL)
InLine Hockey:
Las Vegas, Oakland, Sacramento (RHI)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1996-97: Played on WPHL regular-season
champion (New Mexico).
Miscellaneous: Called up to Vancouver in
December 1982 after Canucks obtained special permission from Victoria (WHL).
Vancouver agreed to return Kulak before he would miss any games with
Victoria, but the Canucks had a change of heart and held on to him. The move
upset Victoria general manager Fraser McColl, who said the Canucks had
violated their agreement. Kulak eventually returned to Victoria after
playing in four NHL games. ... Missed entire
1984-85 season with torn abdominal muscle, an injury suffered during the
1983-84 season. The injury went undiagnosed until Vancouver's training camp in
September 1984, when Kulak was in too much pain to play. The injury required
season-ending surgery, and he did not return to action until the middle of the
1985-86 season. ... Missed part of 1989-90 season with broken hand, an injury
suffered playing for Moncton (AHL) in November 1989. ... Signed with Kansas
City (IHL) as unrestricted free agent on Sept. 6, 1990. ... Had top of his ear
bitten off during fight with Nikolai Marinenko in Reno's Dec. 22, 1996,
exhibition game vs. touring Russian team. Reno players refused to continue
playing the game in protest of biting incident. Kulak needed five stitches
to re-attach the ear, plus a tetanus shot, while Marinenko was suspended for
the balance of tour. ... Was on Tucson (WCHL) team that folded 21 games into
1998-99 season.
Personal: Full name is Stuart Kulak. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WAIVERS: Vancouver put Kulak on waivers in an
effort to clear him for play in the minor leagues, but the move backfired when
Kulak was taken off waivers by Edmonton on December 11, 1986. |
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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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