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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Dan Wood
Selected in ninth round
No.
188 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born October
30, 1962
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Right Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kingston (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM |
| 1978-79 |
St. Michael's | Ont. AAA |
38 |
15 | 35 |
50 | -- |
| 1979-80 |
Kingston | OMJHL |
66 | 7 |
19 | 26 |
89 | | 1980-81 |
Kingston | OMJHL |
68 | 12 |
24 | 36 |
165 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was Kingston's fourth-round pick, No. 43 overall, in 1979 OMJHL priority selection. |
| NHL CAREER |
| Never played in NHL. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Kingston (OHL); Salt Lake (CHL);
Team Canada; Montana (CHL); Springfield, Fredericton (AHL); Peoria (IHL)
Olympics: 1984
(fourth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Salt Lake Most Inspirational Player: 1982-83
1981-82: Played on CHL regular-season champion (Salt Lake).
Miscellaneous: Named Salt Lake Player of Month in March 1983. ... Had
rights sold by St. Louis with rights to Roger Hagglund and Richard Zemlak to Quebec
on June 22, 1984, but never played for
parent team. ... Signed with Peoria (IHL) as unrestricted free agent in
March 1986.
Olympic Controversy:
After playing the entire 1983-84 pre-Olympic schedule with Team Canada,
Wood found himself embroiled in controversy prior to the 1984 Olympics.
His eligibility for the Games came under scrutiny, because Wood and
Canadian teammates Mark Morrison, Don Dietrich and Mario Gosselin had signed pro
contracts with NHL teams. Despite these four players having signed contracts,
and Morrison and Dietrich having played some NHL games, the Canadian Olympic
Association and International Ice Hockey Federation deemed them eligible for
the Olympics because none of them played more than 10 NHL games. Team USA and
Finland, however, were not satisfied with the ruling and did not feel they
should have to compete in the Olympics against players with actual NHL
experience. The Americans and Finns protested the four Canadian players'
eligibility to the International Olympic Committee on Feb. 6, 1984, just one
day before the Olympic hockey tournament was set to begin. The IOC ruled that
Morrison and Dietrich were ineligible for the Games, but Wood and Gosselin
would be allowed to play. Morrison and Dietrich, as well as some players on
the Italian and Austrian teams, were banned because the IOC classified any
player who had ever played in an NHL game to be a professional, and therefore
ineligible for the Olympics. Wood and Gosselin, who had signed NHL contracts
but never played in the NHL, did not fit this definition and were allowed to
play. The banning of Morrison, Dietrich and the others led to a re-examination of the
strict IOC eligibility rules, and by the 1988 Olympics, the amateur rule had been
abolished, allowing many former NHL players to play in Calgary. |
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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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