| Round | Overall |
| 5 | 60 |
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Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1967-68 | North Dakota | WCHA | -- | 3 | 9 | 12 | -- |
| 1968-69 | North Dakota | WCHA | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
Pre-Draft Notes
On North Dakota's freshman team in 1967-68. ... Attended Roseau High School. ... Named to Minnesota All-Tournament team as a senior with Roseau in 1967,
Career Vitals
| First contract: | 1966 |
| Debut: | October 9, 1974 (Kansas City at Toronto) |
| Final NHL game: | December 14, 1974 (Kansas City vs. Vancouver) |
| Retired: | 1976 |
| Stanley Cup: | Never won |
| Number worn: | 16 |
Career NHL Statistics
Team: Kansas
City
Year: 1974. Playoffs:
None
| Regular Season | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 1 year | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanley Cup Playoffs | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 0 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Complete statistics available at NHL.com | |||||
Career Highlights
Played on 1971-72 Dallas team that won CHL regular-season title. ... Won CHL Adams Cup with Dallas in 1972. ... Played on 1972-73 Dallas team that won CHL regular-season title. ... Played on first Kansas City Scouts (New Jersey Devils franchise) team in 1974-75 and appeared in team's first-ever game on Oct. 9, 1974, at Toronto.
Transaction History
Aug. 30, 1973 -- Traded by Chicago to Atlanta for Lynn Powis. May 27, 1974 -- Rights sold by Atlanta to Montreal to complete a previous yet unspecified trade (likely to alleviate cash owed as a result of May 1973 trade involving Dale Hoganson). Sept. 9, 1974 -- Rights sold by Montreal to Kansas City.
Significant Injuries
Missed remainder of 1974-75 season with eye injury, suffered when hit in the left eye by a Dennis Kearns slapshot during Kansas City's Dec. 14, 1974, game vs. Vancouver. The injury effectively ended his career. ... Broke nose in his first and only AHL game with Springfield, the final pro game of his career, in 1975.
Life Outside the NHL
Full Name: Michael
Edward Baumgartner
Other Post-Draft Teams: North Dakota (WCHA); Dallas, Omaha (CHL); Springfield (AHL)
Education: Graduated from the
University
of North Dakota in 1971.
Career Beyond Hockey: Returned home
to Roseau, Minn., after retirement and became a youth hockey coach. He
eventually worked as an assistant coach of the Roseau High School girls'
hockey team.
Family: Father of former USHL player Paul Baumgartner.
Miscellaneous:
| Selected by Minnesota Fighting Saints in 1972 WHA Draft, the first WHA Draft, February 1972. | Was first graduate of Minnesota's Roseau High School to play in the NHL. | Worked on a farm and was licensed pilot during off-seasons of his professional playing days. | Played one game for Springfield (AHL) during attempt to come back from eye injury in 1975-76. |
| SNAPSHOT '69 | |
| Total Selected: | 84 |
| Forwards: | 58 |
| Defense: | 18 |
| Goaltenders: | 8 |
| Major Junior: | 68 |
| College Players: | 8 |
| Canadian: | 78 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 1 |
| American: | 4 |
| European: | 1 |
| Reached NHL: | 49 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 10 |
| Hall of Fame: | 1 |
| All-Star Game: | 7 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 1 |
| Olympians: | 2 |
| Picks Traded: | 11 |
| 1969 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Chicago | Detroit |
| Los Angeles | Minnesota | Montreal |
| New York | Oakland | Philadelphia |
| Pittsburgh | St. Louis | Toronto |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1969