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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Jere Gillis
Selected in first round
No.
4 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Born January 18, 1957
 | Position: Left Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight:
190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
Birthplace:
Bend, Oregon (USA)
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Sherbrooke | QMJHL |
69 |
21 | 19 |
40 | 96 | | 1974-75 |
Sherbrooke | QMJHL |
54 | 38 |
57 | 95 |
89 | | 1975-76 |
Sherbrooke | QMJHL |
60 | 47 |
55 | 102 |
38 | | 1976-77 |
Sherbrooke | QMJHL |
72 | 55 |
85 | 140 |
80 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1976 (silver) (unofficial tournament)
Memorial Cup All-Star First Team: 1977
(Sherbrooke)
QMJHL All-Star First Team: 1976-77 (Sherbrooke)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
QMJHL's No. 2 prospect for the 1977 NHL draft. ... Played in third World
Junior Championships in Finland, an unofficial tournament that helped set
stage for first official World Juniors in 1977. ... Competed in skiing until he
age 15, when he chose to concentrate on hockey. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 14, 1977 (Vancouver at
Colorado)
Numbers: 21, 14, 10 (Vancouver); 6 (N.Y. Rangers); 12
(Que.); 25 (Buff.); 34 (Philadelphia)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1991 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1977-1987 | VAN, NYR, QUE, BUF, PHI |
386 | 78 | 95 |
173 | 230 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1979-1984 | Vancouver, N.Y. Rangers |
19 | 4 | 7 |
11 | 9 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1986-87:
Played one regular-season game for Philadelphia team that went to 1987 Stanley
Cup finals, but was not with team in postseason.
Miscellaneous: Missed Vancouver's 1977-78 season opener with shoulder
injury suffered in collision with teammate Ron Sedlbauer at Vancouver's 1977 training camp.
... Played on line with Mike Walton and Rick Blight for Vancouver in 1977-78.
... Missed end of 1979-80 season and 1980 playoffs with neck injury.
... Scored goal on first shot as a member of N.Y. Rangers, vs. Pittsburgh on
Nov. 14, 1980. ... Missed part of 1980-81 season with strained left
knee, an injury suffered in January 1981. ... Played on line with Lance Nethery and Peter Wallin for N.Y. Rangers in 1980-81.
... Missed start of 1984-85 season with viral infection suffered at
Vancouver's 1984 training camp. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Fredericton (AHL);
Rochester (AHL); Hershey (AHL); Brunico (Italy); Solihull, Telford,
Peterborough (Great Britain); Acton Vale (Quebec Sr.)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1983 (Rochester)
WHA Draft Pick: 1977 (by
Cincinnati, No. 7 overall in Round 1)
1982-83: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (Rochester).
Coaching Career: Served as head coach of Telford (Great Britain) during
1991-92 season.
Miscellaneous: Played on N.Y.
Rangers team that competed in Sweden's 1981 DN Cup tournament. ... Played on
Vancouver's off-season charity softball team. ... Came out of
retirement to play five games for Acton Vale (Quebec Sr.) at age 39 in
1996-97. ... Became involved in the Scientology movement after his retirement.
... Named to left wing position on all-time Sherbrooke (QMJHL) team by a
Canadian Hockey League panel in 1999.
Personal: Full name is Jere Alan
Gillis. ... Son of Rhona Wurtele, a Canadian Olympic skier who competed in the
1948 Games along with her twin sister. ... Younger brother of Canadian
professional dancer Margie Gillis and Christopher Gillis, a Canadian
professional dancer and choreographer who died of AIDS in 1993. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE/FREE AGENCY: Vancouver traded Gillis
and Jeff Bandura to N.Y. Rangers for Mario Marois and Jim Mayer on November
11, 1980. Three years later, Vancouver got Gillis back when he signed as an
unrestricted free agent on October 4, 1983. Vancouver lost Gillis again
when it did not offer him a contract after the 1985-86 season, and he signed
with Philadelphia as a free agent in October 1986. |
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SNAPSHOT '77 | | Total Selected: |
185 | | Forwards: |
104 | | Defense: |
57 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
123 | | College Players: |
51 |
| Canadian: |
141 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
5 |
| Reached NHL: |
97 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
9 |
| Picks Traded: |
37 |
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