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| 1976 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Peter Lee
Selected in first round
No. 12 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born January 2, 1956
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Right Wing
Height: 5-9 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Ottawa (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Ellesmere, England (Great
Britain)
Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Ottawa | COJHL | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
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Ottawa | OMJHL | 12 |
1 | 0 |
1 | 0 |
| 1972-73 |
Ottawa | OMJHL | 63 |
25 | 51 |
76 | 110 |
| 1973-74 |
Ottawa | OMJHL |
69 | 38 |
42 | 80 |
40 | | 1974-75 |
Ottawa | OMJHL |
70 | 68 |
58 | 126 |
82 | | 1975-76 |
Ottawa | OMJHL |
66 | 81 |
80 | 161 |
59 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Canadian
Major-Junior Player of Year: 1975-76 (Ottawa)
OMJHL Tilson Trophy (MVP): 1975-76 (Ottawa)
CCM OMJHL Player of Year: 1975-76 (Ottawa)
OMJHL Mahon Trophy
(Most Points, RW): 1975-76 (Ottawa) (161)
OMJHL All-Star First Team:
1975-76 (Ottawa)
OMJHL All-Star Second Team: 1974-75 (Ottawa)
OMJHL/OHL Records: Most career goals (213)
Ottawa Records: Most
career goals (213), most
goals in a season (81 in 1975-76)
OMJHL Goals Leader: 1974-75
(Ottawa) (68), 1975-76 (Ottawa) (81)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
OMJHL's No. 1 prospect for the 1976 NHL draft. ... Set OMJHL/OHL record (since
broken) for goals in a season with 81 in 1975-76. ... Is only player in OMJHL/OHL
history to have more than 200 career goals. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 29, 1977 (Pittsburgh at
Montreal)
Numbers: 10 (Pittsburgh)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1997 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1977-1983 |
Pittsburgh | 431 |
114 | 131 | 245 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1982 |
Pittsburgh | 19 |
0 | 8 | 8 |
4 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Pittsburgh Briere Trophy (Rookie of Year):
1977-78
Miscellaneous: Played on line with Rod Schutt and Greg Malone for Pittsburgh from 1978-79 through 1980-81. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Nova Scotia (AHL);
Baltimore (AHL); Dusseldorf (West Germany/Germany); Wolfsburg, Berlin Polar
Bears (Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1977 (Nova Scotia)
German Championship: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 (Dusseldorf)
Berlin
Polar Bears Captain: 1996-97
WHA Draft Pick: 1976 (by Toronto,
No. 21 overall in Round 2)
West Germany Goals Leader: 1987-88 (Dusseldorf)
(31 goals)
West Germany Playoffs Goals Leader: 1989 (Dusseldorf) (11
goals)
1976-77: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Nova Scotia).
Coaching Career: Served as player-assistant coach for Dusseldorf (West
Germany/Germany) during his years with team. ... Named Ottawa (OHL) associate
coach prior to 1993-94 season and remained in that position until July 1994.
... Named Ottawa head coach in July 1994 and remained in that position until
April 1995. ... Named Berlin Polar Bears (Germany) co-coach (with Ron Kennedy)
prior to 1997-98 season and remained in position through 1997-98 season. ...
Named Berlin Polar Bears head coach prior to 1998-99 season and remained in
that position through 1998-99 season. ... Named Berlin Polar Bears co-coach
(with Kent Forsberg) prior to 1999-00 season and remained in that position
through 1999-00 season.
Management Career: Named Berlin Polar Bears
(Germany) general manager prior to 1997-98 season and remained in that
position into 2002-03 season.
Miscellaneous: Retired for first time
in 1993 to pursue coaching career. Came out of retirement to play again in
Europe from 1995 to 1997, retiring for final time at age 41. ... Named to
right wing position on all time Ottawa (OMJHL/OHL) team by Canadian Hockey
League panel in 1999. ... Ottawa (OHL) retired Lee's No. 14 sweater. ...
Dusseldorf (Germany) retired Lee's No. 12 sweater.
Personal: Full name is Peter John
Lee. ... Known in Europe as Peter John Lee. ... Younger brother of former
minor-leaguer David Lee. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Montreal traded Lee and Pete Mahovlich
to Pittsburgh for Pierre Larouche and future considerations on Nov. 28, 1977.
Peter Marsh was sent to Pittsburgh to complete the deal on Dec. 15, 1977. |
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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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