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| 1973 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Vic Mercredi
Selected in first round
No. 16 overall
by Atlanta Flames
Born March 31, 1953
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Center / Left Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
New Westminster (OHA)
Birthplace: Yellowknife, N.W.T. (Canada)
Hometown:
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1969-70 |
Penticton | BCJHL |
48 |
16 | 18 |
34 | -- | | 1970-71 |
Penticton | BCJHL |
51 | 50 |
56 | 106 |
38 | | 1971-72 |
New Westminster | WCHL |
68 | 24 |
30 | 54 |
87 | | 1972-73 |
New Westminster | WCHL |
67 | 52 |
61 | 113 |
135 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
BCJHL MVP: 1970-71 (Penticton)
BCJHL
All-Star First Team: 1970-71 (Penticton)
Miscellaneous: Was playing minor hockey in native Yellowknife when his local rink
manager, who was attending a rink manager's convention in Vancouver, convinced
the Penticton (BCJHL) coach to give him a weekend tryout, thereby launching
his career in BCJHL and WCHL. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 6,
1974 (Atlanta at Vancouver)
Numbers: 10 (Atlanta)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1980 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1974 | Atlanta | 2 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was first player born and
raised in Northwest Territories to be drafted and signed by an NHL team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Omaha (CHL); Calgary (WHA);
Baltimore (AHL); Hammarby (Sweden); Springfield (AHL); Phoenix, Tucson (PHL);
Delta (B.C. Sr.)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1973 (by Houston,
No. 35 overall in Round 3)
Miscellaneous: Played without a
curve in his stick because he was capable of holding it both
right-handed and left-handed. ... Missed part of 1974-75 season with shoulder
injury that required off-season surgery. ... Spent 1978-79 season in PHL,
which folded after the regular season. ... Returned to hometown of
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, after his retirement and became active in
community affairs and working with the Indian population.
Personal: Full name is Victor
Dennis Mercredi. ... Is half Chippewa Indian. |
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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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