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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mark Napier
Selected in first round
No.
10 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born January 28, 1957
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Right Wing
Height: 5-10 Weight: 182
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Birmingham (WHA)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Wexford | OPJHL | 44 |
41 | 27 |
68 | 201 | | 1973-74 |
Toronto | OMJHL | 70 |
47 | 46 |
93 | 63 | | 1974-75 |
Toronto | OMJHL |
61 | 66 |
64 | 130 |
106 | | 1975-76 |
Toronto | WHA |
78 | 43 |
50 | 93 |
20 | | 1976-77 |
Birmingham | WHA |
80 | 60 |
36 | 96 |
24 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1975 (Toronto)
WHA Kaplan Trophy (Rookie of Year): 1975-76 (Toronto)
Sporting News
WHA Rookie of Year: 1975-76 (Toronto)
OMJHL Mahon Trophy (Most Points, RW): 1974-75 (Toronto) (130)
OMJHL All-Star First Team: 1974-75 (Toronto)
OMJHL Playoffs Points Leader: 1975 (Toronto) (48 points)
OMJHL
Playoffs Goals Leader: 1975 (Toronto) (24 goals)
Miscellaneous: Set CMJHL/CHL record (since broken) for combined postseason
points with 56 in 1975. ... Signed with Toronto (WHA) as an 18-year-old
underage junior in May 1975. ... Was youngest team captain in all of
professional hockey at age 19 in 1976-77. ... Played for Markham (OPJHL) in
its 1974 game vs. Soviet Union's national Under-18 team. ... Attended Earl
Haig High School in Toronto. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 14, 1978 (Colorado at
Montreal)
Numbers: 31 (Montreal); 16 (Minn.); 18, 65
(Edmonton); 65 (Buffalo)
Stanley Cup: 1979, 1985.
Playing Status: Retired 1993 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1978-1989 |
MTL, MIN, EDM, BUF | 767 |
235 | 306 | 541 |
157 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1989 |
MTL, MIN, EDM, BUF | 82 |
18 | 24 | 42 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Montreal Records: Fastest two goals from the
start of a game (two goals in first 38 seconds vs. Calgary on Jan. 23, 1982)
Montreal Goals Leader: 1980-81 (35, tie), 1981-82 (40), 1982-83 (40)
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in first shift of his first NHL game. The goal,
at 3:27 of the first period, came when Napier deflected a shot by Montreal
teammate Gilles Lupien past Colorado goalie Bill Oleschuk. ... Missed part of
1983-84 season with partially severed ankle tendon. He suffered the injury
when cut by Dan Mandich's skate in Montreal's Oct. 20, 1983, game at
Minnesota. ... Named Edmonton's Panasonic Player of the Month for December
1985. ... Scored goal in his first game with Buffalo on March 7, 1987, at
Quebec. ... Was not offered contract for 1989-90 season, although he was
invited to Buffalo's 1989 training camp in hopes of making team. He instead
chose to leave the NHL for good and play in Europe. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Birmingham (WHA); Bolzano,
Varese, Milan Devils (Italy)
World Championships: 1982 (bronze
medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Italian Championship: 1990 (Bolzano), 1992,
1993 (Milan Devils)
Birmingham Captain: November 1976 until September 1978
Italy Points Leader: 1990-91 (Varese)
(118)
Italy Goals Leader: 1990-91 (Varese) (45 goals)
Italy
Assists Leader: 1990-91 (Varese) (73 assists)
Coaching Career: Coached Midget AA team in Toronto in 1996-97 season.
... Named Toronto St. Michael's (OHL) head coach in May 1997 prior to
team's inaugural 1997-98 season and remained in that position through 1997-98
season. ... Was assistant coach for his daughter's minor hockey team in
Etobicoke, Ontario, in 2000-01.
Management Career: Named Toronto St.
Michael's (OHL) general manager prior to 1998-99 season and remained in that
position through 1999-00 season.
Miscellaneous: Was already playing
in WHA when Montreal drafted him, and remained there for an additional season
before signing to play for Canadiens in September 1978. ... Was active in
charity work during his playing days, serving as honorary chairman of Edmonton
Cystic Fibrosis fund-raising campaign, known as 65 Roses Sports Club, during
1985-86 season. He changed his number to 65 in order to correspond with the
charity organization. ... Became active in Oldtimers' charity hockey after his
retirement. ... Went to work for Xentel, leaders of the Oldtimers' Hockey
Challenge, on May 21, 2002, to run program's corporate relations and player
scouting duties.
Personal: Full name is Mark Robert
Napier. ... Younger brother of former college hockey goaltender Steve Napier.
... Brother-in-law of former NHL player Pat Hughes. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Montreal traded Napier, Keith Acton
and Toronto's 1984 third-round pick (Ken Hodge Jr.) to Minnesota in exchange
for Bobby Smith on October 28, 1983. |
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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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