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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Frank Caprice
Selected in ninth round
No. 178 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Born May
2, 1962
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Goaltender
Height: 5-9 Weight: 150
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
London (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Hamilton, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | W-L-T |
GAA | SO |
SV% | | 1978-79 |
Hamilton | Jr. B |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1979-80 |
London | OMJHL |
18 | 03-07-3 |
4.84 | 1 |
n/a | | 1980-81 |
London | OMJHL |
42 | 11-26-0 |
5.25 | 0 |
n/a |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous:
Not selected in 1980 NHL Entry Draft despite being eligible. ... Was
London's second of two fourth-round picks, No. 49 overall, in 1979 OMJHL
priority selection. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 24, 1983 (Vancouver at Los
Angeles)
Numbers: 30 (Vancouver)
Stanley
Cup: Never won. Playing Status: Retired 1999 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP |
W-L-T | GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1983-1988 |
Vancouver | 102 |
31-46-11 | 4.20 |
1 | .859 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous:
Won his first NHL start, beating Edmonton 3-2 on Dec. 10, 1983, at
Vancouver. ... Missed half of 1984-85 season with torn hamstring muscle, suffered during Vancouver's Dec. 1, 1984, game at Los Angeles. He did
not return to action until Vancouver's Feb. 27, 1985, game at Detroit. ...
Missed part of 1985-86 season with knee injury, suffered in December 1985.
... Became first goaltender in Vancouver history to win a game at Calgary Saddledome when he achieved that feat on Jan. 17, 1987. ... Traded by
Vancouver to Boston in exchange for 1989 12th-round pick (Jan Bergman) on
June 17, 1989, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: London (OHL); Dallas (CHL);
Fredericton (AHL); Milwaukee (IHL); Maine (AHL); Val Gardena (Italy);
Cardiff (Great Britain); Corpus Christi (WPHL); Ayr (Great Britain); Dundas
(OHA Sr.)
World
Junior Championships: 1982 (gold medal)
InLine Hockey:
Vancouver (RHI)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
OHL All-Star Third Team: 1981-82 (London)
Coaching Career: Served as Brantford (OHA Jr. B) goaltending coach
into 2003-04 season.
Miscellaneous: Played on first Canadian team to win a gold medal at
World Junior Championships in 1982. ... Joined Dallas (CHL) for balance of
1981-82 season after completing major-junior season with London. ... Missed
start of 1989-90 season with broken left hand, suffered playing
for Maine (AHL) in exhibition game against parent Boston Bruins during
Boston's training camp in September 1989. ... Played
on Vancouver's off-season charity softball team. ... Played
two games for Vancouver (RHI, InLine league) in 1994. ... Came out of
retirement to play for Dundas (OHA Sr.) in 2001 Allan Cup tournament.
Personal: Full name is Francis J. Caprice. |
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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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