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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Jack O'Callahan
Selected in sixth round
No.
96 overall by Chicago Black Hawks
Born July 24, 1957
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-1 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Boston University (ECAC)
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
Hometown:
Charlestown, Massachusetts |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Boston College H.S. | Mass. HS |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1975-76 |
Boston University | ECAC |
1 | 0 |
2 | 2 |
0 | | 1976-77 |
Boston University | ECAC |
31 | 1 |
23 | 24 |
90 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Boston U. Records: Most penalty minutes in season
(90 in
1976-77) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1982 (Winnipeg at
Chicago)
Numbers: 5 (Chicago); 7 (New Jersey)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1989 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1982-1989 |
Chicago, New Jersey | 389 |
27 | 104 | 131 |
541 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1983-1988 |
Chicago, New Jersey | 32 |
4 | 11 | 15 |
41 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Suspended eight games during 1983-84 season for slashing
Dave Maloney during Chicago's Dec. 29, 1983, game vs. N.Y. Rangers. ... Missed
part of 1984-85 season with bruised shoulder, an injury suffered in November
1984. ... Paired on defense with Doug Wilson for Chicago in 1985-86. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Boston University (ECAC);
Team USA; New Brunswick (AHL); Springfield (AHL)
Olympics: 1980
(gold medal)
World Championships: 1979 (seventh place), 1989 (sixth
place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1982 (New Brunswick)
NCAA Championship: 1978
(Boston University)
United States Hockey Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2003 as member of 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team
U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame: Inducted in 1983
as member of 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team.
Sports Illustrated Sportsman
of Year: 1980 (as member of 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team)
Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame: Inducted 1995
Boston University
Athletic Hall of Fame: Inducted 1986
NCAA East All-America First Team: 1978-79 (Boston University)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player: 1978 (Boston Univ.)
NCAA Tournament All-Star First Team: 1978 (Boston University)
ECAC All-Star
First Team: 1977-78, 1978-79 (Boston University)
Boston University Brown Award (MVP): 1977-78, 1978-79
Boston University Captain: 1978-79
Boston University Co-Captain:
1977-78
WHA Draft Pick: 1977 (by Calgary,
No. 68 overall in Round 8)
Boston University Records: Most
career penalty minutes (283)
1981-82: Played on AHL regular-season champion (New Brunswick).
Miscellaneous: Was seventh member
of 1980 USA "Miracle on Ice" team to be drafted by an NHL team. ...
Missed start of 1980 Olympics with stretched knee ligaments, making him the only member of the team
(other than the backup goaltender) to miss games during the tournament. He had
suffered the injury when checked by Valeri Vasiliev of the Soviet Union at an
exhibition game in New York's Madison Square Garden just three days before the
Olympics began. ... Returned to Chicago after his retirement and went into the
financial services business on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. O'Callahan co-founded Beanpot Financial
Services with former NHL player Jack Hughes, who also played college hockey at
Harvard. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WAIVER DRAFT: Chicago left O'Callahan
unprotected for the 1987 NHL Waiver Draft. He was claimed by New Jersey on
October 5, 1987. |
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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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