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| 1976 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Bob Manno
Selected in second round
No.
26 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Born October
31, 1956
 | Position:
Defense / Left Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
St. Catharines (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Niagara Falls, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Niagara Falls | SOJHL |
36 |
1 | 14 |
15 | 78 | | 1973-74 |
Hamilton | OMJHL |
63 | 3 |
19 | 22 |
105 | | 1974-75 |
St. Catharines | OMJHL |
70 | 9 |
38 | 47 |
171 | | 1975-76 |
St. Catharines | OMJHL |
55 | 9 |
54 | 63 |
187 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Missed start of 1975-76 season with shoulder injury. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 6, 1976 (Vancouver at
Pittsburgh)
Numbers: 5, 22, 2 (Vancouver); 3, 18 (Toronto); 23,
33
(Detroit)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1994 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1976-1985 |
Vancouver, Toronto, Detroit | 371 |
41 | 131 | 172 |
274 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1985 |
Vancouver, Detroit | 17 |
2 | 4 | 6 |
12 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1982 (Toronto)
Miscellaneous: First used at left wing for Vancouver during 1978-79 season when
team had several forwards out with injuries. ... Missed part of 1979-80 season
with thumb injury that required surgery. ... Missed part of 1980-81 season
with groin injury suffered in December 1980. ... Missed part of 1981-82 season
with ankle injury. ... Named to 1982 NHL All-Star Game as a replacement for
injured teammate Borje Salming. ... Played left wing for most of 1983-84 season.
... Assisted on Steve Yzerman's first NHL goal during Detroit's Oct. 5, 1983,
game at Winnipeg. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Tulsa (CHL); Dallas (CHL);
Merano (Italy); Adirondack (AHL); Fassa, Milan, Bolzano (Italy)
Olympics: 1992
(Italy) (12th place)
World Championships: 1982 (Italy) (seventh
place), 1983 (Italy) (eighth place), 1986 (Italy) (second place, Pool B),
1987 (Italy) (sixth place, Pool B), 1989 (Italy) (second place, Pool B), 1990
(Italy) (second place, Pool B), 1991 (Italy) (first place, Pool B)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Italian Championship: 1986 (Merano), 1991
(Milan), 1995, 1996 (Bolzano) (as head coach),
World Championships Pool B
Best Defeneman: 1989 (Italy)
World Championships Pool B All-Star
First Team: 1986, 1989, 1991 (Italy)
WHA Draft Pick: 1976 (by Quebec,
No. 19 overall in Round 2)
1978-79: Played 23 regular-season
games for Dallas team that went on to win CHL playoff title, but was not with
team during postseason.
1980-81: Played on CHL regular-season
champion (Dallas).
Coaching Career: Named Bolzano (Italy) head coach
prior to 1994-95 season and remained in position through 1995-96 season. ...
Named Milan (Italy) head coach prior to 1996-97 season and remained in that
position through 1996-97 season. ... Named Merano (Italy) head coach prior to
1997-98 season and remained in position through 1997-98 season. ... Named Frankfurt (Germany) head coach
prior to 1998-99 season and remained in position until Oct. 17, 1999, at which
time he left for family reasons. ... Named Augsburg (Germany) head coach prior
to 1999-00 season and remained in position until Oct. 21, 2000.
Personal: Full name is Robert John
Manno. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: Vancouver released Manno prior
to the 1981-82 season, making him an unrestricted free agent. He signed with
Toronto on September 30, 1981. |
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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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