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| 1976 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | Glen
Sharpley
Selected in first round
No.
3 overall by Minnesota North Stars
Born
September 6, 1956
 | Position:
Center / Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Hull (QMJHL)
Birthplace: York, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Hull | QMJHL | 52 |
14 | 30 |
44 | 64 | | 1974-75 |
Hull | QMJHL |
68 | 24 |
45 | 69 |
99 | | 1975-76 |
Hull | QMJHL |
69 | 60 |
74 | 134 |
99 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
QMJHL West All-Star First Team: 1975-76 (Hull)
Hull Captain: 1975-76
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
QMJHL's No. 2 prospect for the 1976 NHL draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 6, 1976 (Minnesota at N.Y.
Rangers)
Numbers: 7 (Minnesota); 7 (Chicago)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1987 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1976-1982 |
Minnesota, Chicago | 389 |
117 | 161 | 278 |
199 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1977-1982 |
Minnesota, Chicago | 27 |
7 | 11 | 18 |
24 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Played on line with Mike
Fidler and Kris Manery for Minnesota in 1978-79. ... Missed last 26 games of
1979-80 season and start of 1980 playoffs with sprained ligaments in left
knee, an injury suffered in Minnesota's Feb. 16, 1980, game vs. Atlanta. ...
Missed part of 1980-81 season with bruised shoulder, an injury suffered in
January 1981. ... Missed most of 1981-82 season with left eye injury suffered
when he was hit by Darren Veitch's errant stick during Chicago's Dec. 19,
1981, game at Washington. Although he retained some sight in the eye and
managed to return before the 1982 playoffs, doctors would not give him
clearance to come back into the NHL for either the 1982-83 or 1984-85 seasons,
when he was still property of Chicago. The eye injury therefore ended his NHL
career. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Arosa (Switzerland);
Baltimore (AHL); Peoria, Salt Lake (IHL); Dundee (Great Britain)
World Championships: 1978
(bronze medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1976 (by Cleveland,
No. 3 overall in Round 1)
1986-87: Played 32 regular-season games
for Salt Lake team that went on to win IHL playoff title, but was not with
team in postseason.
Miscellaneous: Played on Minnesota
team that competed in Sweden's 1980 DN Cup tournament. ... Played on Minnesota
and Chicago's off-season charity softball teams. ... Went to work for
Northwest Orient Airlines in Minneapolis during the years when doctors would
not allow him to return to the NHL. He finally got a tryout with Pittsburgh's
AHL affiliate in Baltimore but was released after seven games. ... Became a
key witness against former agent Alan Eagleson in the case that led to
Eagleson's imprisonment for fraud. Eagleson admitted to embezzling $15,000
from Sharpley's disability insurance payments. ... Opened a sporting goods
store called Glen Sharpley Sports in Haliburton, Ontario, after his
retirement.
Personal: Full name is Glen Stuart
Sharpley. ... Younger brother of former Toronto high school football star Kirk
Sharpley. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Minnesota traded Sharpley to Chicago
in exchange for Ken Solheim and 1981 second-round pick (Tom Hirsch) on Dec.
29, 1980. |
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SNAPSHOT '76 | | Total Selected: |
135 | | Forwards: |
83 | | Defense: |
39 | | Goaltenders: |
13 | | Major Junior: |
97 | | College Players: |
26 |
| Canadian: |
103 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
1 | | USA Citizens: |
23 | | U.S.-Born: |
23 |
| European: |
8 |
| Reached NHL: |
73 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
12 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
2 |
| Olympians: |
6 |
| Picks Traded: |
15 |
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