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| 1983 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mike Tomlak
Selected in
11th round
No. 208 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born October
17, 1964
 | Position:
Center / Left Wing
Height: 6-3 Weight:
180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Cornwall (OHL)
Birthplace:
Thunder Bay, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Thunder Bay, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1980-81 |
Thunder Bay | Ont. AAA |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1981-82 |
Thunder Bay | TBJHL |
25 | 19 |
26 | 45 |
30 | | 1982-83 |
Cornwall | OHL |
70 | 18 |
49 | 67 |
26 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 5, 1989 (Montreal at
Hartford)
Numbers: 28 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1999 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1989-1994 |
Hartford | 141 |
15 | 22 |
37 | 103 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1990-1991 |
Hartford | 10 |
0 | 1 |
1 | 4 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1989-90 season
with slight fracture in right wrist, an injury suffered during Hartford's
Feb. 9, 1990, game vs. Vancouver. He did not return to action until
Hartford's Feb. 28, 1990, game vs. Montreal. |
| NHL SALARY HISTORY |
Contract signed with Hartford on May 28, 1989
(Three years, $375,000, including club option for third year) | |
1989-90: $125,000 |
1990-91: $125,000
Option picked up |
1991-92: $125,000
(earned $30,000 in AHL) |
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Contract signed with Hartford in July 1992
(Two years, $400,000 if both years spent in NHL) | |
1992-93: $200,000 (was not in NHL) |
1993-94: $200,000 (was not in NHL) |
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Total NHL Earnings: $280,000
(Does not include minor-league salaries from 1992 to 1994) |
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| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Cornwall (OHL); Western Ontario (OUAA); Springfield (AHL); Milwaukee (IHL);
Ljubljana (Slovenia)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Slovenia Championship: 1999
(Ljubljana)
IHL Ironman Award: 1997-98 (Milwaukee)
IHL
Comeback Player of Year: 1997-98 (Milwaukee)
CIAU
All-Canadian: 1986-87, 1987-88 (Western Ontario)
OUAA All-Star First Team:
1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89 (Western Ontario)
U. of W. Ontario
"W" Club Athletic Hall of Fame: Inducted 2000
University of Western Ontario Athlete of Year: 1988-89
Western
Ontario Captain: 1988-89
Slovenia Points Leader: 1998-99 (Ljubljana) (29 points)
Slovenia Goals Leader: 1998-99 (Ljubljana) (13 goals)
Slovenia
Assists Leader: 1998-99 (Ljubljana) (16 assists)
1990-91: Played 15 regular-season games for Springfield team that
went on to win AHL playoff title, but was not with team in postseason.
Miscellaneous: Played three games
for Team Canada during 1985-86 season and played on Team Canada's 1987 and
1988 Spengler Cup teams. ... Won gold medal with Canada at 1988 Spengler
Cup. ... ... Left Western Ontario in 1989 with school records (since broken)
for most career points (186), most career goals (70) and most career assists
(116) ... Missed part of 1991-92 season
with bruised right foot, an injury suffered during Springfield's Jan. 26,
1992, AHL game at Binghamton. ... Missed remainder of 1991-92 regular season
and entire 1992 AHL playoffs with broken left leg, suffered in
Springfield's March 6, 1992, game vs. St. John's. ... Played on line with
Martin Gendron and Brent Peterson for Milwaukee (IHL) in 1997-98.
Personal: Full name is
Michael Ronald Tomlak. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: Toronto never signed Tomlak, who
became an unrestricted free agent after the 1984-85 season. Rather than
re-enter draft, he enrolled at the University of Western Ontario. After his
final season at Western Ontario, he signed with Hartford on May 28, 1989. |
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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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