| 1985 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Jim Sandlak
Selected in first round
No.
4 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Born December
12, 1966
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-3 Weight: 205
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
London (OHL)
Birthplace:
Kitchener, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Kitchener, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1982-83 |
Kitchener | Jr. B |
38 | 26 |
25 | 51 |
100 | | |
Kitchener | OHL |
1 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1983-84 |
London | OHL |
68 | 23 |
18 | 41 |
143 | | 1984-85 |
London | OHL |
58 | 40 |
24 | 64 |
128 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1985 (gold medal)
OHL All-Star Third Team: 1984-85 (London)
OHL All-Star Game:
1985 (London)
Miscellaneous: Ranked by NHL Central Scouting Bureau as No. 4 overall
prospect for 1984 NHL draft. ... Rated in The Hockey News draft preview as
No. 4 overall prospect for the 1984 NHL draft. ... London's third-round
pick, No. 35 overall, in 1983 OHL priority selection. ... Also played
defense prior to entering major junior hockey. ... Also played center for
London during 1985 OHL playoffs. ... Was No. 1-ranked NHL prospect in
Central Scouting Bureau's 1984-85 midseason report. ... Had natural hat
trick for Canada in 1985 World Junior Championships game vs. Switzerland.
... Scored tying goal in
Canada's 2-2 tie with Czechoslovakia during 1985 World Championships in
Helsinki, Finland. The tie helped Canada go on to win the gold medal. ...
Played on line with Dave Lowry for London in 1983-84 and 1984-85. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1985 (Vancouver at Los
Angeles)
Numbers: 33, 19, 25 (Vancouver); 14, 52
(Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won. Status:
Retired for final time in 1998 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1985-1996 |
Vancouver, Hartford | 549 |
110 | 119 |
229 | 821 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1986-1996 |
Vancouver | 33 |
7 | 10 |
17 | 30 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NHL All-Rookie Team: 1986-87 (Vancouver)
Van. Budweiser Man of Year (Community Service): 1990-91
Vancouver Emery Edge Award (+/- Leader): 1988-89 (plus-8)
Miscellaneous: Grew an inch after he was drafted and played most of his
NHL career at 6-foot-4. ... Played on line with Brent Peterson for Vancouver in
1985-86. ... Played only 23 games for Vancouver in 1985-86, allowing him to
preserve official NHL rookie status, because he stayed under the 25-game
limit. ... Tied Vancouver record (since broken) for points in one period
when he had three points on a goal and two assists in Canucks' March 17,
1987, game vs. Quebec. ... Finished ninth among all NHL rookies with 36
points in 1986-87. ... Became first player in Vancouver Canucks history to
make an NHL post-season All-Star team or win a major postseason award when he achieved feat by
being named to the
1986-87 All-Rookie team. ... Demoted by Vancouver to Fredericton (AHL) on
Oct. 13, 1987, after poor showing at Vancouver's 1987 training camp. The
Canucks wanted him to get more playing time in a developmental environment.
He was eventually recalled on Dec. 13, 1987. ... Missed part of 1988-89
season with bruised shoulder, an injury suffered during Vancouver's Oct. 12,
1988, game at Edmonton. He did not return to action until Vancouver's Oct.
18, 1988, game at N.Y. Islanders. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season with
bruised back, an injury suffered during Vancouver's Oct. 18, 1988, game at
N.Y. Islanders. He did not return to action until Vancouver's Oct. 28, 1988,
game vs. Chicago. He scored a goal in that game. ... Scored with 18 seconds
left in overtime of Vancouver's Feb. 23, 1989, game vs. Toronto, enabling
Vancouver to win a team-record seventh consecutive game. ... Missed part of
1989-90 season with separated shoulder, an injury suffered during
Vancouver's Jan. 30, 1990, game vs. Calgary. He did not return to action
until Vancouver's Feb. 11, 1990, game at Boston. ... Switched his number
from 19 to 25 prior to 1990-91 season, enabling rookie Petr Nedved to wear
19 for Vancouver. ... Scored Vancouver's first goal of the 1990-91 season
during Canucks' Oct. 4, 1990, game at Calgary. The goal, which beat Flames
goalie Mike Vernon, came at 3:24 of the first period. ... Missed part of
1990-91 season with sore hip, an injury suffered during Vancouver's Oct. 19,
1990, game at Winnipeg. He did not return to action until Vancouver's Oct.
25, 1990, game at Boston. ... Missed part of 1990-91 season with hip pointer
injury, suffered during Vancouver's Nov. 16, 1990, game vs. N.Y. Islanders.
... Missed part of 1990-91 season with sprained thumb, an injury suffered
during Vancouver's Jan. 3, 1991, game at Boston. He did not return to action
until Vancouver's Jan. 23, 1991, game vs. Edmonton. ... Missed part of
1991-92 season with sprained right wrist, an injury suffered during
Vancouver's Dec. 1, 1991, game at Edmonton. He did not return to action
until Vancouver's Dec. 19, 1991, game vs. Winnipeg. ... Scored five points
on two goals and three assists in Vancouver's March 8, 1992, game at
Philadelphia. ... Missed part of 1991-92 season with strained left knee, an
injury suffered during Vancouver's March 14, 1992, game at Calgary. He did
not return to action until Vancouver's April 12, 1992, game vs. Los Angeles.
... Missed part of 1992-93 season with strained back that led to bulging
discs in back, an injury suffered during Vancouver's Nov. 18, 1992, game at
Edmonton. He did not return to action until Vancouver's Jan. 2, 1993, game
at San Jose. ... Missed remainder of 1992-93 regular season with bruised
right hand, an injury suffered during Vancouver's April 1, 1993, game at
Tampa Bay. He did not return to action until Game 1 of Vancouver's
first-round playoff series vs. Winnipeg on April 19, 1993. ... Missed part
of 1993 playoffs with back spasms, an injury suffered during Game 2 of
Vancouver's first-round playoff series vs. Winnipeg on April 21, 1993. He
did not return to action until Game 3 of Vancouver's second-round series at
Los Angeles on May 6, 1993. ... Missed part of 1993-94 season with right
wrist injury, suffered during Hartford's Oct. 19, 1993, game at Toronto. He
did not return to action until Hartford's Oct. 27, 1993, game at Dallas. ...
Missed part of 1993-94 season with broken right foot, an injury suffered
during Hartford's Oct. 27, 1993, game at Dallas. He did not return to action
until Hartford's Dec. 11, 1993, game vs. Buffalo. ... Missed part of 1993-94
season with strained left knee, an injury suffered during Hartford's Jan.
12, 1994, game at Los Angeles. He did not return to action until Hartford's
Feb. 1, 1994, game at Quebec. ... Missed remainder of 1993-94 season with
broken right foot, an injury suffered during Hartford's Feb. 6, 1994, game
at Vancouver. ... Missed remainder of 1995 season with broken heel, an
injury suffered during Hartford's March 16, 1995, game at New Jersey. ...
Signed one-year contract with Vancouver as an unrestricted free agent on
Oct. 6, 1995, after winning a job out of team's 1995 training camp. ...
Missed part of 1995-96 season with stress fracture of vertebrae in lower
back, an injury suffered during Vancouver's Nov. 25, 1995, game at San Jose.
He did not return to action until Vancouver's Jan. 15, 1996, game at Boston.
... Demoted to Syracuse (AHL) by Vancouver on Feb. 29, 1996. At first he
said he would not go to minor leagues, but eventually reported to Syracuse a
week later on March 6, 1996, and was later recalled to Vancouver. ... Signed
tryout contract with Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on Sept. 9, 1996,
but did not make team out of training camp and was released on Sept. 24,
1996. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
London (OHL); Fredericton (AHL); Syracuse (AHL)
World Junior Championships: 1986
(silver medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships Best Forward: 1986
Team Canada World Jr. Championships Captain: 1986
1996-97: Was assistant coach of Detroit team that won IHL
regular-season and playoff titles.
Miscellaneous: Played for
Vancouver's off-season charity softball team in 1985 Molson/NHL Slo-Pitch
tournament. ... Set Team Canada record for fastest goal from start of a
World Junior Championships game when he scored 11 seconds into 1986 game vs.
Switzerland. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with ruptured ligaments in
right thumb, an injury suffered while playing for London (OHL) after
Vancouver returned him to junior in January 1986. ... Retired for the first
time after failing to make Buffalo roster in September 1996. ... Came out of
retirement prior to 1997-98 season to resume career in Germany. ... Returned
to London, Ontario, after his retirement, and coached minor hockey in the
London Junior Knights system.
Personal: Full name is James J.
Sandlak Jr. ... Son of former minor-league linesman Jim Sandlak Sr. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Vancouver traded Sandlak, Robert Kron and 1993 third-round pick (Marek Malik)
to Hartford in exchange for Murray Craven and 1993 fifth-round pick
(Vancouver) (Scott Walker) on March 22, 1993. The original deal was Kron,
the third-round pick, and future considerations for Craven and the
fifth-round pick. Sandlak, the future considerations in the deal, was sent
to Hartford to complete the trade on May 17, 1993. Two years later,
Vancouver got Sandlak back when he signed with the Canucks as an
unrestricted free agent on October 6, 1995. |
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