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1982 NHL DRAFT PICK
Jeff Parker
Selected in sixth round
No. 111 overall by Buffalo Sabres

Born September 7, 1964
Position: Defense
Height: 6-3   Weight: 185
BEFORE THE DRAFT
Last Team: Mariner (Minnesota High School)      
Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)
Hometown: White Bear Lake, Minnesota
PRE-DRAFT STATISTICS
Year TeamLeague GPG ATP PIM
1981-82 MarinerMinn. H.S. 288 1321 32
NHL CAREER
Debut: December 9, 1986 (Buffalo at Detroit)
Numbers:  29, 28 (Buffalo); 25 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.  Playing Status: Retired 1991
CAREER NHL STATISTICS
Years TeamsGP GA TPPIM
1986-1991 Buffalo, Hartford141 1619 35163
CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS
YearsTeams GPG ATP PIM
1989 Buffalo5 00 026

NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous:
Had goal and assist in his first NHL game. The goal, at 11:24 of the first period, beat Detroit goaltender Glen Hanlon. Hall of Famer Clark Gillies and Phil Housley assisted on the goal, which gave Buffalo at 2-0 lead in what ended a 5-5 tie. ... Missed parts of 1988-89 season with sprained knee, suffered in Buffalo's Nov. 13, 1988, game vs. Edmonton, with finger injury, suffered in December 1988, and with sprained knee, an injury suffered in March 1989. ... Missed remainder of 1989-90 season and entire 1990 playoffs with sprained back, an injury suffered during Buffalo's March 16, 1990, game vs. Toronto.
NON-NHL CAREER
Post-Draft Teams: White Bear Lake Mariner (Minn. H.S.); Michigan State (WCHA); Rochester (AHL)
NON-NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup:
1987 (Rochester)
NCAA Championship: 1986 (Michigan State)
NCAA Tournament All-Star First Team: 1986 (Michigan State)
Minnesota High School All-State Second Team: 1982-83 (Mariner)
Minnesota High School Senior All-Star Team: 1983 (Mariner)
Michigan State Outstanding Defensive Player: 1985-86
Michigan State Goofus Award (Team Humorist): 1984-85
Education: Majored in business at Michigan State University.
Miscellaneous: Named to his high school's all-conference team in 1982-83. ... Switched from his natural position of defense and began playing right wing upon entering college hockey. He would play right wing and center for remainder of his college and pro career. ...  Scored goal and had assist for Michigan State in 6-5 NCAA title game win over Harvard on March 29, 1986, in Providence, R.I. It was also his last college hockey game. ... Left Michigan State after his junior year to pursue pro hockey career. ... Missed nearly half of 1987-88 season with back injury, suffered in December 1987. ... Left Rochester (AHL) in October 1988 because he had been demoted by Buffalo in the first week of the 1988-89 season and was unhappy under coach John Van Boxmeer. He went home to Minnesota and asked the Sabres to trade him The situation was resolved in short order when Parker returned to Rochester and was then recalled for good by Buffalo on Oct. 28, 1988.
Personal: Full name is Jeffrey Lee Parker. ... Younger brother of former Division II college hockey player Scott Parker. ... Older brother of former college hockey player John Parker.
HOW HE GOT AWAY
TRADE: Buffalo traded Parker, Phil Housley, Scott Arniel and 1990 first-round pick (Keith Tkachuk) to Winnipeg in exchange for Dale Hawerchuk, 1990 first-round pick (Brad May) and future considerations on June 16, 1990. Parker refused to play for the Jets organization after being assigned to the team's AHL affiliate in Moncton out of training camp. Winnipeg finally waived him in February 1991. He promptly signed a tryout contract with the Pittsburgh organization on February 5, 1991, but never played for the Penguins parent team before being traded with John Cullen and Zarley Zalapski to Hartford in exchange for Ron Francis, Grant Jennings and Ulf Samuelsson on March 4, 1991.

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SNAPSHOT '82
Total Selected: 252
Forwards: 152
Defense: 82
Goaltenders: 18
Major Junior: 129
Tier II/Jr. B: 27/4
College Players: 20
High School: 37
Canadian: 152
Euro-Canadian: 3
USA Citizens: 62
U.S.-Born: 62
European: 35
Reached NHL: 109
Stanley Cup: 18
Hall of Fame: 0
All-Star Game: 14
Year-end All-Star: 4
Olympians: 37
Picks Traded: 50
 
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