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| 1973 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | George
Pesut
Selected in second round
No.
24 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born June 17, 1953
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-1 Weight: 205
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Saskatoon (WCHL)
Birthplace: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1970-71 |
Saskatoon | SAHA |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1971-72 |
Victoria | WCHL |
38 | 3 |
13 | 16 |
83 | | |
Flin Flon | WCHL |
25 | 3 |
8 | 11 |
73 | | |
Saskatoon | WCHL |
2 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
4 | | 1972-73 |
Saskatoon | WCHL |
68 | 12 |
25 | 37 |
98 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHL Top Defenseman: 1972-73 (Saskatoon)
WCHL All-Star First Team:
1972-73 (Saskatoon) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 12,
1974 (California at Kansas City)
Numbers: 5 (California)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1993 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974-1976 |
California | 92 |
3 | 22 | 25 |
130 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Traded to Philadelphia in
November 1973, but never played for parent club. ... Was last player cut from
Philadelphia in 1974 training camp. ... Traded by Philadelphia to California
for Ron Chipperfield on Dec. 11, 1974. The exchange completed the May 24,
1974, trade in which California sent Reggie Leach to Philadelphia. ... Missed
part of 1974-75 season with hand injury. ... Missed part of 1975-76 season
with back injury. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Denver (WHL); Richmond (AHL);
Calgary (WHA); Tidewater (SHL); Erie (NAHL); Chur, Davos (Switzerland);
Wichita (CHL); Hamburg, Berlin (Germany); Chamonix (France); Bayreuth,
Nurenburg, Sauerland, Kassel (Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1973 (by Cleveland, No. 24
overall in Round 2)
Coaching Career: Was player-coach during many of
his seasons in Germany .... Was head coach of Berlin (Germany) in 1993-94.
Miscellaneous:
Played on Tidewater (SHL) team that folded on Jan. 7, 1977. ... Moved to
Kelowna, British Columbia, after retirement. ... Founded hockey website known
as icelegends.com, which sprung up during the dot-com boom in 2000 but never got off
the ground. The site, which folded in 2002, was intended to be a source of "where are they now"
information for former professional hockey players. ... Worked at Okanagan
Hockey School in British Columbia after his retirement. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: St. Louis traded Pesut to Philadelphia
in exchange for Bob Stumpf and cash in November 1973. |
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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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