| Round | Overall |
| 8 | 103 |
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Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1968-69 | Toronto | OHA | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 1969-70 | Toronto | OHA | 51 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 32 |
| 1970-71 | Michigan Tech | WCHA | 32 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Graduated from Galinee High School in Matagami, Quebec, in 1969.
Career Vitals
| First contract: | July 9, 1974 |
| Debut: | October 6, 1976 (Los Angeles at Cleveland) |
| Final NHL game: | April 5, 1980 (Winnipeg vs. St. Louis) |
| Retired: | 1984 |
| Stanley Cup: | Never won |
| Numbers worn: | 27 (Los Angeles); 12 (Toronto); 27 (Winnipeg) |
Career NHL Statistics
Teams: Los
Angeles, Toronto, Winnipeg
Years: 1976-1980. Playoffs:
None
| Regular Season | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 4 years | 116 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 16 |
| Stanley Cup Playoffs | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 0 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Complete statistics available at NHL.com | |||||
Career Highlights
Won Michigan Tech Elov Seger Memorial Award as team's most improved player in 1971-72. ... Played on Michigan Tech team that lost to Minnesota in 1974 NCAA championship game. ... Named to WCHA All-Star Second Team with Michigan Tech in 1973-74. ... Won AHL Calder Cup with Springfield in 1975. ... Tied for CHL playoffs lead with four goals for Fort Worth in 1977. ... Played for Team Canada squad that won bronze medal in the 1978 Izvestia Tournament at Moscow. ... Played on first Winnipeg Jets NHL team in Winnipeg/Phoenix franchise's inaugural 1979-80 season, and appeared in the team's first game on Oct. 10, 1979, at Pittsburgh. ... Won CHL Adams Cup with Indianapolis in both 1982. ... Played on 1982-83 Indianapolis team that won CHL regular-season title. ... Won CHL Adams Cup with Indianapolis in 1983.
Transaction History
June 14, 1978 -- Traded Los Angeles
with Dave Hutchison to Toronto in exchange for Brian Glennie, Scott
Garland, Kurt Walker, and 1979 second-round pick (Mark Hardy).
June 13, 1979 -- Claimed by WInnipeg
from Toronto as 25th overall pick in NHL Expansion Draft. Oct. 8, 1980
-- Signed with N.Y. Islanders as an unrestricted free agent.
Life Outside the NHL
Full Name: Lorne
Alexander Stamler
Other Post-Draft Teams: Michigan Tech (WCHA); Springfield (AHL); Fort Worth (CHL); New Brunswick (AHL); Tulsa, Indianapolis (CHL)
Front-Office Career: Worked in
Indianapolis (CHL) front office as assistant in sales and promotion
department during 1982-83 season in addition to playing for the team.
Education: Graduated with a degree
in forestry from Michigan
Tech in 1974.
Career Beyond Hockey: Moved to
Clearwater, Fla., after his retirement and went into the ceiling and
wall cleaning supply business, joining International
Ceiling and Wall Cleaning Inc. (ICWC) in 1988 and eventuallyt becoming the company's Vice President
of Sales.
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Significant Injuries
Missed part of 1974-75 season with broken arm, an injury suffered. ... Missed part of 1980-81 season with bruised knee, an injury suffered while playing for Indianapolis (CHL) in March 1981. ... Missed part of 1981-82 season with knee injuy.
Miscellaneous:
| Was described in a 1974 New York Times article as the "best left wing in college hockey". | Was final player cut from Los Angeles' 1975 camp after playing in six preseason games. | On Springfield Kings (AHL) team that was renamed Indians in February 1975. | Called up from For Worth by Los Angeles for 1976 playoffs, but did not dress for any games. |
| SNAPSHOT '71 | |
| Total Selected: | 117 |
| Forwards: | 63 |
| Defense: | 45 |
| Goaltenders: | 9 |
| Major Junior: | 84 |
| College Players: | 19 |
| Canadian: | 107 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 2 |
| American: | 8 |
| European: | 0 |
| Reached NHL: | 50 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 5 |
| Hall of Fame: | 3 |
| All-Star Game: | 10 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 5 |
| Olympians: | 4 |
| Picks Traded: | 18 |
| 1971 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Buffalo | California |
| Chicago | Detroit | Los Angeles |
| Minnesota | Montreal | New York |
| Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | St. Louis |
| Toronto | Vancouver | |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1971