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| 1982 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mike Dark
Selected in sixth
round
No. 124 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born September 17, 1963
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-3 Weight: 210
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Sarnia (Ontario Junior B)
Birthplace:
Sarnia, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Sarnia, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-80 |
Sarnia | Ont. AAA |
50 | 18 |
32 | 50 |
-- | | 1980-81 |
Sarnia | Jr. B |
41 | 20 |
40 | 60 |
-- | | 1981-82 |
Sarnia | Jr. B |
41 | 13 |
30 | 43 |
86 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
St. Clair Secondary School Freshman Athlete of Year: 1978-79
Miscellaneous: Attended St. Clair Secondary School in Sarnia, Ontario,
during junior hockey career. ... Also played varsity football, basketball
and track for St. Clair Secondary School. ... Also played Junior B lacrosse
for Point Edward during his junior hockey career. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 2, 1986 (St. Louis at
Philadelphia)
Numbers: 26 (St. Louis)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status:
Retired for the final time in 1999 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1986-1988 |
St. Louis | 43 |
5 | 6 |
11 | 14 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Played right wing for parts of his NHL career. ... Traded by St. Louis with Doug Gilmour, Steve Bozek and Mark
Hunter to Calgary in exchange for Mike Bullard, Craig Coxe and Tim Corkery
on Sept. 6, 1988, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
RPI (ECAC); Peoria (IHL); Salt Lake (IHL); New Haven (AHL); Peterborough
(Great Britain); St. Thomas, Flint (ColHL); Brantford (ColHL), Port Huron (ColHL/UHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA Championship: 1985 (RPI)
NCAA All-America East First Team:
1985-86 (RPI)
ECAC All-Star First Team: 1985-86 (RPI)
RPI Co-Captain: 1985-86
RPI
Records: Most career points by a defenseman (102)
Great Britain Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1989-90 (Pete.) (136 PIM)
Coaching Career: Named Sarnia (OHL) assistant coach in charge of
defensemen on Feb. 11, 2004.
Education: Majored in management at
RPI.
Miscellaneous: Named ECAC
Defenseman of Week two times during the 1982-83 season. ... Was assistant
captain of RPI's 1984-85 NCAA championship team. ... Became first defenseman in RPI
history to score 100 career points when he achieved feat during 1985-86
season. ... Did not play
organized or professional hockey during the 1990-91 season, but came back to
play three games in the Colonial Hockey League during the 1991-92 season
before retiring for the first time in 1992. ... Came out of retirement in
1995 to play parts of the next four seasons in Colonial Hockey League
and United Hockey League. ... Returned to Sarnia, Ontario, after his retirement and worked as a minor hockey coach and general hockey instructor
before entering OHL coaching ranks. His instructional ventures included
running the Mike Dark Powerskating Camp and Sarnia Sting Hockey Schools.
Personal: Full name is Michael
Dark. ... Also known as Michael Dark during his playing days. ... Son of
former minor-leaguer Ross Dark, who also played baseball in Detroit Tigers'
minor-league system. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Montreal traded Dark, Mark Hunter, 1985 second-round pick (Herb Raglan),
1985 third-round pick (Nelson Emerson), 1985 fifth-round pick (Dan Brooks)
and 1985 sixth-round pick (Rick Burchill) to St. Louis in exchange for 1985
first-round pick (Jose Charbonneau), 1985 second-round pick (Todd Richards),
1985 fourth-round pick (Martin Desjardins), 1985 fifth-round pick (Tom
Sagissor) and 1985 sixth-round pick (Donald Dufresne) on June 15, 1985. |
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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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