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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Roy Sommer
Selected in sixth round
No.
101 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born April
5, 1957
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Center
Height: 5-11 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Calgary (WCHL)
Birthplace: Oakland, California (USA)
Hometown:
Oakland, California |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Skyline High | Calif. HS |
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-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1974-75 |
Spruce Grove | AJHL |
53 |
16 | 19 |
35 | 185 | | |
Edmonton | WCHL |
1 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1975-76 |
Calgary | WCHL |
70 | 13 |
24 | 37 |
155 | | 1976-77 |
Calgary | WCHL |
50 | 16 |
22 | 38 |
111 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1977 (seventh place)
Centennial Cup:
1975 (Spruce Grove)
Miscellaneous: Played youth hockey in the San Francisco area. ... Moved to
Calgary at age 17, and completed high school there. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 28, 1981 (Montreal at
Edmonton)
Numbers: 28 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1987 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1981 |
Edmonton | 3 | 1 |
0 | 1 | 7 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Coaching
Career: Named San Jose assistant coach on Aug. 22, 1996, and remained in
that position until May 10, 1998.
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in his first NHL game. ... Signed with New Jersey as unrestricted free agent on
Sept. 25, 1982, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Saginaw, Dayton/Grand
Rapids (IHL); Spokane (PHL); Grand Rapids (IHL); Houston, Wichita (CHL); Maine
(AHL); Indianapolis, Muskegon (IHL)
InLine Hockey World Championships: 1996
(gold) (as head coach), 1997 (gold) (as head coach), 1998 (silver) (as head
coach)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1984 (Maine)
IHL
Turner Cup: 1986 (Muskegon)
ECHL Riley Cup: 1995 (Richmond) (as
head coach)
RHI (InLine) Murphy Cup: 1995 (San Jose) (as head coach)
ECHL Coach of Year: 1995-96 (Richmond)
AHL All-Star Game:
2000 (Kentucky) (as head coach)
ECHL All-Star Game: 1995, 1996 (Richmond) (as head coach)
RHI (InLine)
All-Star Game: 1996 (San Jose) (as head coach)
Wichita Captain: 1980-81 through 1982-83
Muskegon Captain:
1986-87
1987-88: Assistant coach of IHL regular-season champ
(Muskegon).
1995-96: Head
coach of ECHL regular-season champion (Richmond).
Coaching Career: Named Muskegon (IHL) assistant coach prior to 1987-88
season and remained in that position through 1987-88 season. ... Named Albany (IHL) assistant coach prior to 1990-91 season
and remained in that position until July 1991. ... Named Roanoke Valley (ECHL)
head coach in July 1991 and remained in that position until June 1992. ...
Named Richmond (ECHL) head coach in June 1992 and remained in that position
until Aug. 22, 1996. ... Named San Jose (RHI, InLine) head coach in 1994 and
remained in that position through 1996 season. ... Named Kentucky (AHL) head
coach on May 10, 1998, relocated with team to Cleveland on June 4, 2001, and remained in that position
into 2004-05 season.
Education: Attended University of
Maine from 1987 to 1990 and Indiana University from 1990 to 1991, receiving a degree from Indiana.
Miscellaneous: Was playing for
Spokane when PHL folded after 1978-79 regular-season. ... Missed part of
1980-81 season with rib injury suffered in March 1981. ... Missed part of
1985-86 season with dislocated shoulder, an injury suffered in February 1986.
... Worked as assistant coach in USA Hockey's Select-16 and Select-17 programs
during summers of his coaching career. ... Worked with Switzerland's national
team in its preparations for 1997 IIHF InLine World Championships. ... Spent
18 years as an off-season instructor at Golden State Hockey School in San
Jose. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: Sommer never signed with Toronto
and became unrestricted free agent following the 1978-79 season. He signed
with Edmonton on January 1, 1980. |
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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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