1966 NHL Amateur Draft Pick
Round Overall
4 21
Brian Morenz
Selected by Chicago from Oshawa (OHA)
Chicago Black Hawks Oshawa Generals
Brian Morenz
 

5-foot-10, 185 pounds

Left-hand shot

Center

Pre-Draft Statistics

Year Team League GP G A TP PIM
1965-66Oshawa OHA 48 15 17 32 26

Pre-Draft Notes

Also played right wing. ... Won OHA championship with Oshawa in 1966. Missed 1966 Memorial Cup tournament with skull fracture, suffered March 20, 1966.
Canadian • Born May 11, 1949 in Brampton, Ontario • Hometown: Brampton, Ontario
NEVER PLAYED IN NHL

After the Draft

Miscellaneous

Full Name: Brian J. Morenz

Post-Draft Teams:
Oshawa (OHA); Denver (WCHA); New York/New Jersey/San Diego (WHA); San Diego (PHL)

Education: Attended University of Denver. He was playing freshman hockey at Denver when the varsity team won 1969 NCAA championship.

Family: Father of former University of Texas football quarterback and minor-league baseball outfielder Shea Morenz, a 1995 first-round pick of the New York Yankees. ... Distant cousin of Hockey Hall of Famer Howie Morenz.

SNAPSHOT '66
Total Selected: 24
Forwards: 14
Defense: 8
Goaltenders: 2
Major Junior: 17
College Players: 0
Canadian: 24
American: 0
Euro-Canadian: 0
European: 0
Reached NHL: 14
Won Stanley Cup: 3
Hall of Fame: 1
All-Star Game: 3
Year-end All-Star: 1
Olympians: 0
Picks Traded: 1


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