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1977 NHL DRAFT PICK
Randy Pierce
Selected in third round
No. 47 overall by Colorado Rockies

Born November 23, 1957
Position: Right Wing / Left Wing
Height: 5-11   Weight: 187
BEFORE THE DRAFT
Last Team: Sudbury (OMJHL)                            
Birthplace: Arnprior, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Arnprior, Ontario
PRE-DRAFT STATISTICS
Year TeamLeague GPG ATP PIM
1973-74 Carleton PlaceJr. B ---- ---- --
1974-75 Smiths FallsCOJHL ---- ---- --
1975-76 SudburyOMJHL 5621 4465 72
1976-77 SudburyOMJHL 6038 6098 67

PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
OMJHL All-Star Game:
1977 (Sudbury)
Miscellaneous: Was star junior baseball player, who played in Canadian summer leagues.
NHL CAREER
Debut: November 22, 1977 (Colorado at N.Y. Islanders)
Numbers:  8, 7 (Colorado/New Jersey); 38 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.  Playing Status: Retired 1986
CAREER NHL STATISTICS
YearsTeamsGPGATPPIM
1977-1984 Colorado/N.J., Hartford277 6276138 223
CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS
YearsTeamsGPGATPPIM
1978Colorado2 000 0

NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
1982-83:
Played on first New Jersey Devils team.
Miscellaneous: Received delay of game penalty for kissing a puck during Colorado's Nov. 28, 1979, game vs. N.Y. Islanders. To celebrate a late goal, he picked up the puck, kissed it, and threw it into the stands. ... Missed part of 1980-81 season with fractured nose and cheekbone as well as contusion in his right eye. He suffered the injury when a puck hit his face during Colorado's Dec. 2, 1980, game at N.Y. Islanders. The injuries required plastic surgery to repair his cheekbone and nose on Dec. 11, 1980. ... Missed start of 1981-82 season with back injury suffered during one of Colorado's 1981 preseason games. ... Missed part of 1981-82 season with concussion and facial lacerations on forehead and left eyelid, an injury suffered when he was hit by a stick during Colorado's Dec. 18, 1981, game vs, Vancouver. The injury required 19 stitches. ... Missed end of 1981-82 season with chronic pain in shoulder that began in January 1982. ... Was on Colorado team that relocated to New Jersey on June 30, 1982.
NON-NHL CAREER
Post-Draft Teams: Hampton (AHL); Phoenix (CHL); Philadelphia (AHL); Fort Worth (CHL); Wichita (CHL); Binghamton (AHL); Salt Lake (IHL)
NON-NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick:
1977 (by New England, No. 19 overall in Round 2)
1984-85: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Binghamton).
Coaching Career: Named Kansas City (IHL) assistant coach prior to team's inaugural 1990-91 season and remained in that position through 1990-91 season.. ... Named Kanata (COJHL) assistant coach prior to team's inaugural 2002-03 season and remained in that position into 2002-03 season.
Miscellaneous: Was on Phoenix (CHL) team that folded on Dec. 13, 1977. ... Was on Hampton (AHL) team that folded on Feb. 2, 1978. ... Missed part of 1981-82 season with separated shoulder suffered while playing for Fort Worth (CHL) in October 1981. ... Played on Hartford's off-season charity softball team. ... Missed end of 1985-86 season after injuring shoulder in fight with Dale Baldwin during Salt Lake's Jan. 3, 1986, game at Fort Wayne (IHL). The injury, which required season-ending surgery, also ended his career. ... Returned to Ottawa area after his retirement and played for Ottawa Senators Alumni charity hockey team even though he never played in Ottawa organization.
Personal: Full name is Randy Stephen Pierce.
HOW HE GOT AWAY
RELEASED: New Jersey released Pierce in December 1982, and he signed with Hartford to play for the team's AHL affiliate in Binghamton. A year later, he signed an NHL contract with Hartford on Oct. 6, 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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