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| 1976 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Ron Wilson
Selected in
13th round
No. 133 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born May 13, 1956
 | Position:
Left Wing / Center
Height: 5-9 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
St. Catharines (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Toronto | MTJHL | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | |
Toronto | OMJHL | 21 |
1 | 11 |
12 | 2 | | 1973-74 |
Markham | OPJHL | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | |
Hamilton | OMJHL | 6 |
1 | 0 |
1 | 2 | | 1974-75 |
Markham | OPJHL | 43 |
26 | 28 |
54 | 24 | | |
Toronto | OMJHL |
16 | 6 |
12 | 18 |
6 | | 1975-76 |
St. Catharines | OMJHL |
64 | 37 |
62 | 99 |
44 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1975 (Toronto)
1972-73: Played on Toronto (OMJHL) team that went on to win Memorial
Cup, but was not with team during postseason. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1979 (Winnipeg at
Pittsburgh)
Numbers: 24 (Winnipeg); 18 (St. Louis); 8
(Montreal)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1996 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1994 |
Winnipeg, St. Louis, Mont. | 832 |
110 | 216 | 326 |
415 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1983-1994 |
Winnipeg, St. Louis, Mont | 63 |
10 | 12 | 22 |
64 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Winnipeg Jets NHL team.
Winnipeg Playoffs Goals Leader: 1983 (2), 1985 (4)
Miscellaneous: Switched from left wing to center during his first
season with Winnipeg. ... His first NHL game was also first game in history of
Winnipeg/Phoenix franchise. During second period of that game, he crashed
into the boards and suffered a bruised heel, which kept him out of Winnipeg's
following game. ... Finished sixth in 1979-80 NHL rookie scoring race. ... Was
last member of original Winnipeg Jets NHL team to remain with team, not
leaving until he was traded to St. Louis in exchange for Doug Evans on Jan.
22, 1990. ... Missed parts of 1992-93 season with knee injury suffered during
St. Louis' Oct. 26, 1992, game vs. San Jose and re-injured during St. Louis'
Dec. 7, 1992, game at Vancouver. ... Released by St. Louis on June 30, 1993. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Nova Scotia (AHL); Tulsa (CHL);
Sherbrooke (AHL); Moncton (AHL); Detroit, San Diego (IHL); Wheeling (ECHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1977 (N. Scotia), 2001
(Saint John) (asst. coach)
AHL All-Star Second Team: 1988-89 (Moncton)
Nova Scotia MVP: 1978-79
1976-77: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Nova Scotia).
Coaching Career: Named Moncton (AHL) player-assistant coach in May 1988
and held position through 1989-90 season. ... Named Wheeling (ECHL)
player-assistant coach prior to 1995-96 season and remained in position
through 1995-96 season. ... Named Springfield (AHL) assistant coach prior to
1996-97 season and remained in that position through 1999-00 season. ... Named
Saint John (AHL) assistant coach on Aug. 28, 2000, and remained in that
position until Jan. 3, 2003. ... Named Saint John (AHL) head coach on Jan. 3,
2003, and remained in that position until April 22, 2003, when team was sold.
... Named Hamilton (AHL) assistant coach on July 31, 2003.
Miscellaneous: Played as
defenseman at times during his minor-league career. ... Played on Winnipeg and
St. Louis off-season charity softball teams. ... Was outstanding golfer during
his playing days, winning local off-season tournaments in Winnipeg. Nearly
made cut for 1985 Manitoba entry in Willingdon Cup golf tournament. ... Top
amateur finisher at 1987 Manitoba Open golf tournament.
Personal:
Nicknamed "Dog." ... Full name is Ronald Lee
Wilson. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE/RIGHTS SOLD: Montreal officially sold Wilson's NHL
rights to Winnipeg for $50,000 on October 5, 1979. The deal, made months
earlier in conjunction with
Montreal's agreement to expose Peter Marsh in the June 1979 NHL Expansion Draft so
that it could protect other players, was contingent upon Wilson's making the
Winnipeg roster out of training camp in 1979. Fourteen years later, Montreal got
Wilson back when he signed with the Canadiens as an unrestricted free agent on August 20, 1993. |
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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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