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| 1984 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Terry Carkner
Selected in first round
No.
14 overall by New York Rangers
Born March 7, 1966
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-3 Weight: 200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Peterborough (OHL)
Birthplace:
Smiths Falls, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Winchester, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1980-81 |
Winchester | Jr. B |
2 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1981-82 |
Smiths Falls | Jr. C |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1982-83 |
Brockville | OPJHL |
47 | 8 |
32 | 40 |
94 | | 1983-84 |
Peterborough | OHL |
66 | 4 |
21 | 25 |
91 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Ranked by NHL Central Scouting Bureau as No. 17 overall
prospect for the 1984 NHL draft. ... Rated in The Hockey News draft
preview issue as No. 11 defense prospect for the 1984 NHL draft. ... Was Peterborough's
second-round pick, No. 28 overall, in 1983 OHL priority selection. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 15, 1986 (N.Y. Rangers at
Chicago)
Numbers: 38 (N.Y. Rangers); 4
(Quebec); 29 (Philadelphia);
2 (Detroit); 2 (Florida)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1999 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1986-1999 |
N.Y. Rangers, Quebec,
Phila., Detroit, Florida | 858 |
42 | 188 |
230 | 1,588 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1987-1997 |
NYR, PHI, DET, FLO | 54 |
1 | 9 |
10 | 48 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1996 (Florida)
Philadelphia Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1991-92 (195)
1995:
Was member of Detroit team that went to Stanley Cup Finals, but did not
appear in any postseason games.
Miscellaneous: Attended N.Y. Rangers 1984 training camp and played five
preseason games before being returned to junior. ... Led N.Y. Rangers with
14 major penalties as rookie in 1986-87. ... Played most games (52) of any
N.Y. Rangers rookie in 1986-87. ... Led all Philadelphia defensemen in
points (43), goals (11) and assists (32) in 1988-89. ... Missed start of
1989-90 season with torn cartilage in left knee, an injury suffered in
Philadelphia's Sept. 21, 1989, preseason game at N.Y. Islanders. The injury
required arthroscopic surgery on Sept. 23, 1989, and Carkner did not make
his 1989-90 regular-season debut until Philadelphia's Nov. 11, 1989, game at
New Jersey. ... Named Philadelphia alternate captain on Dec. 15, 1989. ...
Missed part of 1989-90 season with bruised ankle, an injury suffered during
Philadelphia's Feb. 28, 1990, game at Vancouver. He did not return to action
until Philadelphia's March 6, 1990, game vs. Boston. ... Missed part of
1991-92 season with bruised foot, an injury suffered during Philadelphia's
Nov. 23, 1991, game vs. New Jersey. He did not return to action until
Philadelphia's Nov. 29, 1991, game vs. Pittsburgh. ... Suspended by NHL for
remainder of 1991-92 season (four games) for swinging his stick at
Randy McKay's cheek during Philadelphia's March 29, 1992, game vs. New
Jersey. Carkner received a match penalty on the play, prompting an automatic
suspension and an NHL review. While he was waiting for the NHL review, the
league's players went on strike for a week. After the strike, the NHL
suspended Carkner on April 14, 1992, giving him a total of four games. He
had already missed three while awaiting the review, and was told to miss the
season finale to complete the suspension. ... Missed part of 1992-93 season
with bruised wrist, an injury suffered during Philadelphia's Nov. 19, 1992,
game vs. N.Y. Rangers. ... Missed part of 1993-94 season with bruised left
collarbone, an injury suffered during Detroit's March 19, 1994, game at
Winnipeg. He did not return to action until Detroit's April 13, 1994, game
vs. Montreal. ... Was represented by agent Larry Kelly during his playing
days in Detroit. ... Was Detroit representative to NHLPA during 1994-95 NHL
lockout. ... Signed two-year, $1.2 million contract with Florida as an unrestricted free agent on
Aug. 17, 1995. ... Paired on defense with Robert Svehla for Florida in
1995-96. ... Missed part of 1995-96 season with bruised right thigh, an
injury suffered during Florida's Dec. 23, 1995, game vs. New Jersey. He did
not return to action until Florida's Jan. 5, 1996, game at Edmonton. ...
Missed part of 1996-97 season with sprained right ankle, an injury suffered
during Florida's Nov. 7, 1996, game vs. Washington. He did not return to
action until Florida's Nov. 26, 1996, game vs. Buffalo. ... Missed start of
1997-98 season with sprained right ankle, an injury suffered during
Florida's Sept. 27, 1997, preseason game at Toronto. He did not make his
1997-98 regular-season debut until Florida's Oct. 11, 1997, game at St.
Louis. ... Released by Florida on July 1, 1999. He did not wish to catch on
with another NHL team and opted to retire.
10-Game Suspension: The NHL suspended Carkner 10 games during the 1987-88 season
because he had left the
bench to join a fight in Quebec's Jan. 24, 1988, game vs. Montreal. The
suspension and a $10,000 fine for Quebec were automatic under Rule 66,
implemented prior to the 1987-88 season to curb bench-clearing brawls.
Quebec coach Ron Lapointe also got an automatic five-game suspension for the
incident for failing to control Carkner, the only player to leave either
team's bench to join a scuffle in which Larry Robinson and Chris Nilan
challenged Quebec's Gord Donnelly after Donnelly had checked Montreal goalie
Brian Hayward outside the Canadiens crease. The league announced the
suspension on Jan. 25, 1988, and Carkner did not return to action until
Quebec's Feb. 16, 1988, game vs. Winnipeg.
Contract Dispute: Carkner missed
nearly a full month of the 1995 season because of a contract dispute with
Detroit management. Not long after the lockout-shortened season began,
Carkner, the team's representative to the NHLPA, was told on Feb. 4, 1995,
that he would not be allowed to play any more games until his contract
dispute had been settled. The problems stemmed from Carkner and his agent
Larry Kelly's claims that late in the 1993-94 season, Carkner and the Wings
had renegotiated for a two-year contract worth $800,000 per season. Carkner
said he had a verbal agreement on the deal from former general manager Bryan
Murray, but the Wings disputed the claim and said that without anything in
writing, Carkner was playing without a legitimate contract. Detroit senior
vice-president Jim Devellano said he was only willing to pay Carkner
$600,000 per season over the two-year term. Devellano said Carkner had been
drawing paychecks on good faith and without anything in writing. The NHL
insisted that the Red Wings and Carkner supply all information regarding
Carkner's contract status, and Carkner produced a September 1994 letter from
Murray that confirmed they had agreed on the two-year contract. However,
Murray had sent the letter to Carkner as a favor after Murray had lost his
job. The Red Wings contended they did not have to honor Murray's past verbal
agreements. Carkner said he knew Murray was on the way out when he offered
him the contract, but said Murray was legitimately representing the team at
the time of his verbal offer. Carkner refused to void the "contract" and
sign his option papers, insisting he would only play under terms of the deal
he made with Murray. As a result, NHL rules prohibited an unsigned player
from playing more than five games before a contract was signed. On Feb. 24,
1995, the Red Wings chose to keep Carkner off the ice until the matter could
be settled, and they announced they were suspending him until he signed a
new contract. On March 1, 1995, Carkner went home to Ontario, uncertain if
he would return to the Red Wings. The standoff dragged on another two weeks
until hours before a scheduled March 15, 1995, hearing with NHL arbitrator
George Nicolau. As Carkner and Detroit representatives prepared to make
their case, they began discussing a new deal, which they arrived at before
the hearing ever started. Carkner agreed to a one-year contract with the Red
Wings and was immediately reinstated to the team. The compromise gave
Carkner a pro-rated $600,000 for the season's first 24 games and $700,000
for its last 24 games. At the end of the 1995 season, he would be an
unrestricted free agent. He rejoined the lineup for Detroit's March 22,
1995, game vs. Winnipeg. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Peterborough (OHL); New Haven (AHL)
World Championships: 1993
(fourth place)
World Junior Championships: 1986 (silver medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
OHL
Kaminsky Trophy (Outstanding Defenseman): 1985-86 (Pete.) (co-winner
with Jeff Brown)
OHL All-Star First Team: 1985-86 (Peterborough)
OHL All-Star
Second Team: 1984-85 (Peterborough)
Coaching Career: Named
Villanova (NCAA club level) head coach prior to 2004-05 season and held
position into 2004-05 season.
Miscellaneous: Worked at Flyers
hockey school during off-seasons of his playing days in Philadelphia.
Personal: Full name is Terry
Kenneth Carkner. ... Son of former major junior and Team Canada player Robert Carkner. ...
Cousin of minor-leaguer Matt Carkner. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
N.Y. Rangers traded Carkner and Jeff Jackson to Quebec in exchange for John
Ogrodnick and David Shaw on September 30, 1987. |
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SNAPSHOT '84 | | Total Selected: |
250 | | Forwards: |
142 | | Defense: |
88 | | Goaltenders: |
20 | | Major Junior: |
110 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
16/9 | | College Players: |
23 | | High School: |
47 | | Midget: |
4 | | U.S. Junior B: |
1 |
| Canadian: |
145 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
63 |
| European: |
41 |
| Reached NHL: |
102 |
| Stanley Cup: |
20 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
18 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
31 |
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