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| 1984 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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John Stevens
Selected in
third round
No. 47 overall by Philadelphia Flyers
Born
May 4, 1966
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Oshawa (OHL)
Birthplace:
Campbellton, N.B. (Canada)
Hometown: Victoria, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1982-83 |
Newmarket | OPJHL |
48 | 2 |
9 | 11 |
111 | | 1983-84 |
Oshawa | OHL |
70 | 1 |
10 | 11 |
71 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was Oshawa's first-round pick, No. 12 overall, in 1983 OHL
priority selection. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 28, 1987 (Philadelphia at
Buffalo)
Numbers: 41 (Philadelphia); 45
(Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired February 10, 1999 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1987-1994 |
Philadelphia, Hartford |
53 | 0 | 10 |
10 | 48 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1986-87: Played six regular-season games for Philadelphia team that
went to 1987 Stanley Cup Finals, but was not with team in playoffs.
Miscellaneous: Had an assist in his first NHL game. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Oshawa (OHL); Hershey (AHL); Kalamazoo (IHL); Springfield, Philadelphia (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1991 (Springfield), 1998 (Philadelphia)
AHL All-Star Game: 1996
(Springfield), 1997 (Philadelphia)
Philadelphia Ashbee Trophy (Top Defenseman): 1996-97
Philadelphia (AHL) Captain: Oct. 1, 1996, until Dec. 13, 1998
Philadelphia (AHL) Records: Longest unbeaten streak by a coach (13
games, 7-0-6, in 2001-02)
1987-88: Played 59 games for Hershey
team that won AHL regular-season and playoff titles, but did not play during
postseason.
1996-97, 1997-98: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Phila.).
Coaching Career: Named Philadelphia (AHL) assistant coach on Feb. 10,
1999, and remained in that position until June 8, 2000. ... Named
Philadelphia (AHL) head coach on June 8, 2000, and remained in that position
into 2004-05 season.
Miscellaneous: Missed start of
1984-85 season with preseason knee injury that required surgery in September
1984. ... Served as captain of U.S. All-Stars for 1996 AHL All-Star Game in
Hershey, Pa. ... Named first captain of Philadelphia Phantoms after team
entered AHL for 1996-97 season. ... Missed part of 1996-97 season with knee
injury, suffered playing for Philadelphia (AHL) in March 1997. ... Missed
half of 1997-98 season with with knee injury, suffered during Philadelphia's
Jan. 27, 1998, game at Adirondack. ... Missed remainder of 1998-99 season
with eye injury, suffered during Philadelphia's Dec. 13, 1998, game vs.
Kentucky. The injury ended his career.
Personal: Full name is John A.
Stevens. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: Stevens played out his contract
with Philadelphia in 1989-90 and became an unrestricted free agent. He
signed with Hartford on July 16, 1990. Six years later, Philadelphia got
Stevens back when he signed with the Flyers organization as an unrestricted
free agent on July 10, 1996. |
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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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