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| 1982 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Matt Christensen
Selected in ninth round
No.
176 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born June 6, 1964
 | Position:
Center
Height: 6-0 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Aurora-Hoyt Lakes (Minn. H.S.)
Birthplace: Aurora, Minnesota (USA)
Hometown:
Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-80 |
Aurora-HL | Minn. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1980-81 |
Aurora-HL | Minn. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1981-82 |
Aurora-HL | Minn. H.S. |
23 | 23 |
34 | 57 |
8 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Minnesota High School All-State First Team: 1981-82 (Aurora-HL)
Iron Range Conference All-Star First Team: 1981-82 (Aurora-HL)
Miscellaneous: Also played three seasons of varsity golf at Aurora-Hoyt
Lakes High School. |
| NHL CAREER |
| Never played in NHL. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA West All-America Second Team: 1985-86
(Minnesota-Duluth)
WCHA All-Star Second Team: 1983-84, 1984-85 (Minnesota-Duluth)
Minnesota-Duluth Junkert Award (+/- Leader): 1985-86
Minnesota-Duluth Records: Most career games played (168), most
consecutive games with at least one goal (9 from Oct. 26, 1984, until Nov.
23, 1984, shares record), most playoff goals in one season (9 in 1984-85,
shares record), most games played in one season (48 in 1984-85, shares
record)
Miscellaneous: Was on Minnesota-Duluth team that lost to Bowling Green
5-4 in four overtimes of NCAA championship game on March 24, 1984, and in
the process set NCAA record (since broken) for the longest single game at 97
minutes, 11 seconds. ... Played on line with Brett Hull and Skeeter Moore
for Minnesota-Duluth in 1985-86. ... Completed career at Minnesota-Duluth in 1986 with No. 2 ranking on
school's all-time points list (219). Had his season not been ended by
strokes, he likely would have been the school's all-time points leader.
Strokes End Career: Christensen made national headlines
during the 1985-86 season when he suffered two strokes during a three-day
span in February 1986. The strokes, which ended his season and hockey
career, also nearly ended his life. Christensen spent several days in the
intensive care unit at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, Minn. He had suffered
the first stroke on Feb. 9, 1986, when he collapsed while playing in a
pick-up hockey game on a backyard rink with friends and teammates. The
second stroke hit him two days later while he was already in the hospital
recovering from the first stroke, just as doctors found a blood clot on the
main artery at the base of the left side of Christensen's brain. Doctors
ruled out hockey as a causal factor in Christensen's strokes, which left him
temporarily paralyzed on the right side of his body. He would spend one week
in the hospital before being released to a physical therapy program. While
Christensen was out, his college teammates honored him by wearing his No. 7
on a special uniform patch, but the team, which was 25-8-1 at the time of
Christensen's strokes, finished its season just 1-5-2 without him.
Personal: Full name is Matthew Christensen. |
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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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