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| 1983 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Bruce Bell
Selected in
third round
No. 52 overall by Quebec Nordiques
Born
February 15, 1965
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Windsor (OHL)
Birthplace:
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1980-81 |
Toronto | MTJHL |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1981-82 |
Sault Ste. Marie | OHL |
67 | 11 |
18 | 29 |
63 | | 1982-83 |
Sault Ste. Marie | OHL |
5 | 0 |
2 | 2 |
2 | | |
Windsor | OHL |
61 | 10 |
35 | 45 |
39 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was Sault Ste. Marie's third-round pick, No. 42 overall, in
1981 OHL priority selection. ... Traded by Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) to Windsor
in exchange for Gus Greco and Pat Lahey in October 1982. ... Also played
forward during his major-junior career. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1984 (Quebec at
Vancouver)
Numbers: 6 (Quebec); 10
(St. Louis); 29 (NYR); 36 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1998 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1984-1990 | QUE, STL, NYR, EDM |
209 | 12 |
64 | 76 |
113 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1985-1987 |
Quebec, St. Louis | 34 |
3 | 5 |
8 | 41 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NHL All-Rookie Team: 1984-85 (Quebec)
1989-90: Played one regular-season game for Edmonton team that went
on to win Stanley Cup, but was not with team during postseason.
Miscellaneous: Missed parts of 1986-87 season with pulled groin, suffered
in St. Louis' Oct. 11, 1986, at Vancouver. He did not return to action until
St. Louis' Nov. 1, 1986, game vs. Pittsburgh. ... Missed part of 1986-87
season with sprained
left shoulder, suffered when he was checked by Wendel Clark in St. Louis'
Jan. 21, 1987, game at Toronto. ... Wore No. 36 in Quebec's 1988 training camp. ... Claimed on waivers by Detroit on Dec. 20, 1988, but never
played for parent team. ... Signed with Edmonton as unrestricted free
agent on Feb. 1, 1990. ... Traded by Edmonton to Minnesota for Kari Takko
and a conditional draft choice on Nov. 22, 1990. The trade was
dubbed "The Takko-Bell Deal," although Bell never played for the North
Stars. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Brantford (OHL); Colorado (IHL); Adirondack (AHL); Rapperswil-Jona
(Switzerland); Bolzano (Italy); Halifax
(AHL); Cape Breton (AHL); Kalamazoo (IHL); St. John's (AHL); Milwaukee (IHL);
Brantford (ColHL); Binghamton (AHL); Fort Worth (CHL); Durham, Humberside
(Great Britain); Villach (Austria); Reno, Phoenix (WCHL); Houston, Chicago (IHL)
InLine Hockey: Sacramento
(RHI)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL All-Star Second Team: 1994-95
(Fort Worth)
1988-89: Played nine regular-season games for Adirondack team that
went on to win AHL playoff title, but was not with team during playoffs.
1997-98: Played eight regular-season games for Chicago team that went
on to win IHL playoff title, but was not with team during playoffs.
Miscellaneous:
Dealt by Windsor (OHL)
with Ken Gagner to Brantford for Terry Maki, Shaun Reagan, Rick Pickersgill, Tyler Verhaeghe and Rick Gosnell in September 1983. ... Signed
with St. John's (AHL) as unrestricted free agent in November 1991. ... Played
for Sacramento (RHI, InLine league) in 1995. ... Became active in Oldtimers'
charity hockey after his retirement.
Personal: Full name is Bruce W.
Bell. ... Younger brother of former Canadian university player Dave Bell. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE/WAIVERS:
Quebec traded Bell to St. Louis in exchange for Gilbert Delorme on October
2, 1985. Three years later, Quebec got Bell back when N.Y. Rangers traded
Bell, Jari Gronstrand, Walt Poddubny and 1989 fourth-round pick (Eric
Dubois) to the Nordiques in exchange for Jason Lafreniere and Normand
Rochefort on August 1, 1988. Quebec lost Bell again when it placed him on
waivers, and he was claimed by Detroit on December 20, 1988. |
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SNAPSHOT '83 | | Total Selected: |
242 | | Forwards: |
134 | | Defense: |
86 | | Goaltenders: |
22 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
19/5 | | College Players: |
15 | | High School: |
47 |
| Canadian: |
148 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
60 | | U.S.-Born: |
60 |
| European: |
34 |
| Reached NHL: |
113 |
| Stanley Cup: |
21 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
20 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
34 |
| Picks Traded: |
41 |
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