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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Doug Soetaert
Selected in second round
No. 30 overall by New York Rangers
Born April
21, 1955
 | Position:
Goaltender
Height: 6-0 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Edmonton (WCHL)
Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Edmonton, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | W-L-T |
GAA | SO |
SV% | | 1970-71 |
Edmonton | AAHA |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | |
Edmonton | AJHL |
3 | n/a |
7.00 | 0 |
n/a | | 1971-72 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
37 | n/a |
3.62 | 3 |
n/a | | 1972-73 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
43 | n/a |
3.67 | 1 |
n/a | | 1973-74 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
39 | n/a |
4.47 | 1 |
n/a | | 1974-75 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
65 | 31-27-5 |
4.42 | 1 |
n/a |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1975 (silver)
(unofficial tournament)
Miscellaneous: Played for Edmonton (WCHL)
in its 1974 series vs. Moscow Selects. ... Played in second World Junior
Championships in Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba, an unofficial tournament that
helped set stage for first official World Juniors in 1977. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 19, 1975 (N.Y. Rangers at
Atlanta)
Numbers: 31, 33, 1 (N.Y. Rangers); 33, 30 (Winnipeg); 1
(Montreal)
Stanley
Cup: 1986. Playing Status: Retired 1987 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP |
W-L-T | GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1975-1987 |
NYR, WIN, MON | 284 |
110-104-42 | 3.97 |
6 | n/a |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | W-L |
GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1982-1985 |
Winnipeg, Montreal | 5 |
1-2 | 4.67 | 0 |
n/a |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Scouting Career: Named N.Y. Rangers scout
prior to 1989-90 season and remained in that position until July 5, 1990.
Management Career: Named Calgary assistant general
manager on May 16, 2005, and remained in that position through 2006-07 season.
Miscellaneous: Named NHL Player of Week for
week of March 1-7, 1982. ... Gave up Steve Yzerman's first NHL goal on Oct. 5,
1983. ... Set Winnipeg record (since broken) with 47 games in goal in 1983-84.
... Was pulled after two periods of Montreal's Feb. 23, 1985, game vs.
Winnipeg and replaced by rookie Patrick Roy in Roy's first NHL appearance. Soetaert came out with the game tied 4-4, and Roy went on to record the 6-4
victory. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with sprained ligaments in both
knees, an injury suffered in Montreal's Feb. 17, 1986, game vs. Los Angeles.
Did not return to action until March 17, 1986. ... Had name engraved on
Stanley Cup as member of 1985-86 Montreal team, but did not appear in any
playoff games. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Providence (AHL); New Haven
(AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup: 1992 (Kansas City) (as
general manager)
Kansas City Blades Hall of Fame: Inducted 2002
WHA Draft Pick: 1974 (by Edmonton, No. 8 overall in Round 1)
AHL Shutouts Leader: 1979-80 (New Haven) (3 shutouts, tie)
AHL Playoffs Goalie Games-Played Leader: 1978 (N. Haven) (15)
AHL Playoffs Minutes Leader: 1978 (New Haven) (916 min.)
1979-80: Played on AHL regular-season champion (New Haven).
Coaching Career: Named Colorado/Denver (IHL) assistant coach prior to
1987-88 season and remained in that position until Feb. 22, 1989. ... Named
Denver (IHL) head coach of Feb. 22, 1989, and remained in position through
1988-89 season. ...Named Kansas City (IHL) head
coach on July 5, 1990, and remained in that position until April 3, 1991. ...
Named self Kansas City (IHL) associated coach on Feb. 26, 1996, and remained
in that position through 1995-96 season.
Management Career: Named Colorado/Denver (IHL) assistant general
manager prior to 1987-88 season and remained in position until Feb. 22, 1989.
... Named Denver general manager on Feb. 22, 1989, and remained in position
through 1988-89 season. ...
Named Kansas City (IHL) Director of Hockey Operations on July 5, 1990 and
remained in position through 1990-91 season. ... Named Kansas City (IHL)
general manager and Director of Hockey Operations on April 3, 1991, shifted
title to vice president and general manager prior to 1993-94 season, added
title of senior vice president prior to 1996-97 season, and remained in position until
IHL folded on June 4, 2001. ... Named vice president and
general manager of Everett (Wash.) WHL expansion team on Aug. 16, 2002, and
remained in that position until May 16, 2005. ... Named Omaha (AHL)
president on May 16, 2005, and remained in that position through 2006-07 season.
Miscellaneous:
Set New Haven (AHL) record with 13-game unbeaten streak in 1979-80. ... Named
goaltender on all-time Edmonton (WCHL/WHL) team by Canadian Hockey League
panel in 1999.
Personal: Nicknamed "Soapy." ... Full name is Douglas Henry
Soetaert. ... Older brother of former minor-leaguer Gary Soetaert. ... Father
of minor-league equipment manager Dennis Soetaert. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: N.Y. Rangers traded Soetaert to
Winnipeg for future considerations (1983 third-round pick -- Vesa
Salo) on September 8, 1981. N.Y. Rangers got Soetaert back nearly five years
later when he signed with team as an unrestricted free agent on July 24, 1986. |
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SNAPSHOT '75 | | Total Selected: |
217 | | Forwards: |
126 | | Defense: |
65 | | Goaltenders: |
26 | | Major Junior: |
135 | | College Players: |
61 |
| Canadian: |
162 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
46 | | U.S.-Born: |
45 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
87 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
6 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
11 |
| Picks Traded: |
21 |
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