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| 1984 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Derek Laxdal
Selected in
eighth round
No. 151 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born
February 21, 1966
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Brandon (WHL)
Birthplace:
St. Boniface, Manitoba (Canada)
Hometown: Stonewall, Manitoba |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-82 |
Red Deer | AJHL |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1982-83 |
Red Deer | AJHL |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | |
Portland | WHL |
39 | 4 |
9 | 13 |
27 | | 1983-84 |
Brandon | WHL |
70 | 23 |
20 | 43 |
86 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1983 (Portland)
Miscellaneous: Traded by Portland (WHL) with Ray Ferraro, Brad Dugan, Dave
Thomlinson and Tony Horacek to Brandon in exchange for Blaine Chrest in
August 1983. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: April 3, 1985 (Toronto at Minnesota)
Numbers:
28, 15, 35 (Toronto); 38
(N.Y. Islanders)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 2001 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1985-1990 |
Toronto, N.Y. Islanders |
67 | 12 | 7 |
19 | 88 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1990 | N.Y. Islanders |
1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | 2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Suffered broken nose during Toronto's Oct. 22, 1988, game vs. Calgary,
but did not miss any games. ... Missed part of
1988-89 season with bruised knee, an injury suffered during Toronto's Nov.
25, 1988, game at Minnesota. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season with finger injury, suffered during
Toronto's Jan. 6, 1989, game at Washington. He did not return to action until
Toronto demoted him to Newmarket (AHL) on Jan. 13, 1989. ... Missed part of
1989-90 season with hyperextended elbow, suffered during N.Y.
Islanders' March 31, 1990, game vs. Philadelphia. He did not return to
action until Game 5 of N.Y. Islanders' first-round playoff series at N.Y.
Rangers on April 13, 1990. ... Had two assists in his only NHL playoff game, for N.Y.
Islanders in Game 5 of first-round series at N.Y. Rangers on April 13, 1990. Laxdal assisted on Rob DiMaio's goal at 10:20 of the first period, which
gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead. He then assisted on Wayne McBean's goals at
1:50 of the third period, cutting the Rangers' lead to 5-3 in a
series-ending game the Rangers went on to win 6-5. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Brandon (WHL); St. Catharines (AHL); New Westminster (WHL); Newmarket,
Springfield, Capital District (AHL); Team Canada; Herford (Germany); Tampere
Ilves (Finland); Roanoke (ECHL); Humberside, Nottingham, Sheffield (Great
Britain); Odessa (WPHL)
World Junior Championships: 1986 (silver
medal)
InLine Hockey: Ottawa, Denver (RHI)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1990
(Springfield)
Coaching Career: Named Roanoke (ECHL) player-assistant coach prior to
1994-95 season and remained in that position through 1994-95 season. ...
Named Odessa (CHL) player-assistant coach on Dec. 9, 1999, and remained in
that position until his retirement following 2000-01 season. ... Named
Odessa (CHL) assistant coach prior to 2001-02 season and remained in that
position until Jan. 16, 2003. ... Named Wichita (CHL) head coach on Jan. 16,
2003, and remained in that position through 2004-05 season.
Management Career: Named Wichita (CHL) director of hockey operations
prior to 2003-04 season and remained in that position through 2004-05
season.
2001-02: Assistant coach of CHL regular-season champion (Odessa)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of
1984-85 season with broken hand, an injury suffered in January 1985. ...
Spent 1992-93 season with Team Canada. ... Played 22 games for Ottawa (RHI,
InLine league) in 1994. ... Played 16 games for Denver (RHI, InLine league)
in 1996. ... Signed with Odessa (WPHL)
as an unrestricted free agent on Dec. 9, 1999. ... Suspended by CHL for
three games in 2003-04 season for throwing a water bottle at referee Derek
Berkebile during Wichita's Jan. 17, 2004, game at Indianapolis. ...
Suspended by CHL for remainder of Wichita's first-round CHL playoff series
vs. Bossier-Shreveport and first five games of 2005-06 season for fighting
Bossier-Shreveport coach Scott Muscutt during Game 3 of series on March 26,
2005. ... Active in charitable causes during playing and coaching career,
including work with Habitat for Humanity. ... Active in Wichita
(Kan.) Youth Hockey Association while serving as coach of local CHL team.
... Founded hockey school in his hometown of Stonewall, Manitoba, in 2005. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Toronto traded Laxdal, Jack Capuano and Paul Gagne to N.Y. Islanders in
exchange for Mike Stevens and Gilles Thibaudeau on December 20, 1989. |
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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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