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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Steve Jensen
Selected in fourth round
No.
58 overall by Minnesota North Stars
Born April
14, 1955
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Right Wing
Height: 6-2 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Michigan Tech (WCHA)
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)
Hometown:
Plymouth, Minnesota |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Michigan Tech | WCHA |
40 | 17 |
9 | 26 |
32 | | 1974-75 |
Michigan Tech | WCHA |
41 | 16 |
32 | 48 |
18 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA Championship: 1975 (Michigan Tech)
World Championships:
1975 (sixth place)
NCAA All-Tournament First Team: 1974, 1975
(Michigan Tech)
All-WCHA Honorable Mention: 1974-75 (Michigan Tech)
Michigan Tech Matovich Award (Top Freshman): 1973-74
Miscellaneous: Attended Armstrong High School in Plymouth, Minnesota. ... Had two assists in Michigan Tech's NCAA
championship game victory over Minnesota on March 15, 1975. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 24, 1976 (N.Y. Islanders at
Minnesota)
Numbers: 12 (Minnesota); 22 (Los Angeles)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1986 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1976-1982 |
Minnesota, Los Angeles | 438 |
113 | 107 | 220 |
318 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1977-1981 |
Minnesota, Los Angeles | 12 |
0 | 3 | 3 |
9 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Minnesota Playoffs Assists Leader: 1977 (1,
tie)
Miscellaneous: Signed with Minnesota immediately after
returning from the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. ... Had assist
in his first NHL game. ... Played on line with Roland Eriksson and Alex Pirus
for Minnesota in 1976-77. ... Missed start of 1980-81 season with broken nose.
... Became first American-born player to score 100 career NHL goals when he
achieved feat in Los Angeles' Feb. 28, 1981, game vs. N.Y. Islanders. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Team USA; Fort Worth (CHL);
New Haven (AHL); Zug (Switzerland); Springfield (AHL)
Olympics: 1976 (fifth place)
Canada Cup: 1976
(fifth place)
World Championships:
1976 (fourth), 1977 (sixth), 1978 (sixth)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1974 (by Vancouver,
No. 93 overall in Round 7)
1977-78: Played three games for Fort
Worth team that won CHL regular-season and playoff titles, but was not with
team in playoffs.
Coaching Career: Coached in Austria and
Switzerland during the years he spent in Europe.
Education: Majored
in real estate at Michigan Tech.
Miscellaneous: Led Team USA in
scoring during its 1975-76 pre-Olympic tour with 52 goals and led team at 1976
Olympics with six goals. ... Ran hockey school in Minneapolis during
off-seasons of his playing days. ... Chose not to play in 1981 Canada Cup so
that he could work at his hockey school. ... Devoted himself full time to his
role as owner and executive director of Heartland Hockey Camp in Deerwood,
Minn., upon his retirement in 1986.
Personal: Full name is Steven Allan
Jensen. ... Older brother of former college hockey player Jeff Jensen. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENT COMPENSATION: Minnesota sent
Jensen, Rick Hampton and Dave Gardner to Los Angeles as compensation for its
signing of restricted free agent Gary Sargent on July 14, 1978. |
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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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