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| 1973 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Lanny McDonald
Selected in first round
No.
4 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born February
16, 1953
 | Position:
Right Wing / Left Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Medicine Hat (WCHL)
Birthplace: Craigmyle, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Hanna, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1969-70 |
Lethbridge | AJHL |
34 | 2 |
9 | 11 |
19 | | 1970-71 |
Lethbridge | AJHL |
45 | 37 |
45 | 82 |
56 | | |
Calgary | WCHL |
6 | 0 |
2 | 2 |
6 | | 1971-72 |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
68 | 50 |
64 | 114 |
54 | | 1972-73 |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
68 | 62 |
77 | 139 |
84 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHL All-Star First Team: 1972-73 (Medicine Hat)
AJHL All-Star
Second Team: 1970-71 (Lethbridge)
WCHL Playoffs Goals Leader: 1973
(Medicine Hat) (18 goals)
Miscellaneous: Won WCHL championship with Medicine Hat in 1973. ... Played
on line with Tom Lysiak in Medicine Hat. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10,
1973 (Buffalo at Toronto)
Numbers: 7 (Toronto); 9 (Colorado),
9 (Calgary) (number retired)
Stanley Cup: 1989. Playing
Status: Retired August 28, 1989 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1973-1989 |
Toronto, Colo., Calgary |
1,111 |
500 | 506 |
1,006 | 899 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM |
| 1975-1989 |
Toronto, Calgary | 117 |
44 | 40 |
84 | 120 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
HOCKEY HALL OF FAME:
Inducted 1992
NHL Bud Man of the Year: 1988-89 (Calgary)
King Clancy Trophy (Service): 1987-88 (Calgary) (first winner)
Masterton Trophy (Dedication): 1982-83 (Calgary)
NHL All-Star Second Team: 1977-78 (Toronto),
1982-83 (Calgary)
All-Star
Game: 1977, 1978 (Toronto), 1983, 1984 (Calgary)
Stanley Cup Finals
(Lost): 1986 (Calgary)
50-Goal Seasons: 1982-83 (66)
Colorado Captain: Jan. 30, 1981 to Nov. 25, 1981
Calgary Co-captain/Tri-Captain: Oct. 4, 1983, to Aug. 28, 1989
Colorado MVP: 1979-80, 1980-81
Colorado Player of the Year (Three-Stars
Leader): 1979-80
Colorado Most Popular Player: 1979-80, 1980-81
Calgary
Molson Cup (Three-Stars Leader): 1982-83
Calgary Scurfield Award (Humanitarian): 1986-87 (first winner), 1988-89
Calgary Records: Most goals in one
season (66 in 1982-83), fastest two goals by one player (six seconds vs.
Detroit on March 22, 1984)
Toronto Points Leader: 1976-77 (90, tie)
Toronto Goals Leader:
1976-77 (46), 1977-78 (47), 1978-79 (43)
Toronto Playoffs Goals Leader:
1977 (10)
Colorado Points Leader: 1980-81 (81)
Colorado Goals Leader: 1980-81 (35)
Colorado Assists Leader: 1980-81 (46)
Calgary Goals Leader: 1981-82 (34), 1982-83 (66)
Calgary Playoffs
Goals Leader: 1984 (6, tie)
Management Career: Named Calgary Vice President of Corporate & Community
Relations upon his retirement in August 1989 and remained in that position
until Nov. 1, 1992. ... Named Calgary Vice-President of Marketing on Nov. 1,
1992, had title expanded to Vice-President of Marketing and Broadcasting in
1993, and remained in that position through 1995-96 season. ... Named Calgary
Vice-President of Corporate Development prior to 1995-96 season and remained
in that position through 1999-2000 season. ... Named Calgary Executive Advisor
to Hockey Operations on Dec. 12, 2001, and remained in that position through
2001-02 season.
Miscellaneous: Had two assists in first NHL game. ...
Missed part of 1973-74 season and 1974 playoffs with shoulder injury. ...
Played on line with George Ferguson and Errol Thompson in Toronto in 1974-75.
... Struggled with his balance and skating through first two NHL seasons
because his skate blades needed to be on a special angle that team did not
realize until 1975. ... Played on line with Darryl Sittler and Errol Thompson
in Toronto from 1975-1977. ... Set Toronto record (since broken) for points in
one season by a right wing with 93 in 1975-76. ... Played on line with Darryl
Sittler and Dan Maloney in Toronto from 1977-1979. ... Scored winning goal in
overtime to end Game 7 of 1978 first-round playoff series that eliminated
heavily favored N.Y. Islanders. ... Became first Toronto player to score 40
goals in three seasons when he achieved feat in 1978-79. ... Missed part of
1981-82 season with shoulder injury. ... Missed part of 1983-84 season with
fractured right foot, an injury suffered in Feb. 18, 1984 game vs. Boston. ...
Scored Calgary's first goal at the Saddledome on the arena's opening night of
Oct. 15, 1983. ... Missed
part of 1984-85 season with strained abdominal muscle and torn knee ligaments.
He suffered the abdominal strain in a preseason collision with Washinton's
Scott Stevens and the knee injury in March 1985. ... Signed one-year contract with Calgary for 1988-89 season with lone goal of
winning Stanley Cup, a feat he managed to achieve in his final NHL game. ...
Scored both the first and last goals of his NHL career in the Montreal Forum.
... First player in Atlanta/Calgary franchise history to have his number
retired, an event held on March 17, 1990. ... First former Calgary
Flames player to be inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Canada Cup: 1976 (first place)
Challenge Cup:
1979
World Championships: 1981 (fourth place), 2001 (fifth place)
(as general manager), 2002 (sixth place) (as general manager), 2004 (director
of player personnel)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Colorado Athlete of
the Year: 1980 (voted by state media)
WHA Draft Pick: 1973 (by
Cleveland, No. 10 overall in Round 1)
Management Career: Served
as Team Canada assistant executive director (general manager) at 2001 and 2002
World Championships, a position first offered to him in the summer of 2000.
Miscellaneous:
Played with distinctive handlebar mustache throughout most of his NHL career.
It grew very thick, and he began waxing it in the 1980s. ... Was active in
supporting Canadian Special Olympics during his playing days and served as
honorary coach of Canada's Special Olympic hockey team in 1983. ... Wrote best-selling autobiography titled Lanny during his playing days. ...
Employed Alan Eagleson as his agent for the final 14 years of his playing
career. ... Remained close to longtime best friend Darryl Sittler in the years
after his retirement and also became active in old-timers' hockey.
Personal: Full name is Lanny King McDonald. | | HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Toronto traded McDonald and Joel
Quenneville to Colorado in exchange for Pat Hickey and Wilf Paiement on Dec.
28, 1979. |
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SNAPSHOT '73 | | Total Selected: |
168 | | Forwards: |
103 | | Defense: |
53 | | Goaltenders: |
12 | | Major Junior: |
131 | | College Players: |
28 |
| Canadian: |
151 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
14 | | U.S.-Born: |
14 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
70 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
4 |
| Picks Traded: |
35 |
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