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| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Tim Coulis
Selected in first round
No.
18 overall by Washington Capitals
Born
February 24, 1958
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight:
200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Hamilton (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Kenora, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Keewatin, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Kenora | Ont. Mid. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1975-76 |
Sault Ste. Marie | OMJHL |
37 | 15 |
18 | 33 |
226 | | 1976-77 |
Sault Ste. Marie | OMJHL |
27 | 13 |
20 | 33 |
114 | | |
St. Catharines | OMJHL |
28 | 10 |
22 | 32 |
136 | | 1977-78 |
Hamilton | OMJHL |
46 | 27 |
25 | 52 |
203 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Traded by Sault Ste. Marie to St. Catharines (OMJHL) in
exchange for Mark Locken in January 1977. ... Played on line with Dale McCourt
for St. Catharines in 1976-77. ... Was on St. Catharines (OMJHL) team that
relocated to
Hamilton for the 1977-78 season. ... Missed part of
1977-78 season with broken wrist, and played much of season with cast on
wrist. ... Did not play organized hockey until he was 11 years old.
... Was defenseman throughout minor hockey career before being shifted to
forward in major junior. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 18, 1979 (Atlanta at
Washington)
Numbers: 20, 17 (Washington); 14, 29 (Minnesota)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1988 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1986 |
Washington, Minnesota | 47 |
4 | 5 | 9 |
138 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1985 | Minnesota | 3 |
1 | 0 | 1 |
2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Wore No. 19 in Washington's 1978 training camp. ...
Missed entire 1978-79 season with broken left wrist, an injury suffered during
Washington's training camp in September 1978. ... Traded to Toronto on June
11, 1980, but never played for parent team. ... Signed by Vancouver as
unrestricted free agent on Oct. 13, 1981, but never played for parent team.
... Scored goal in his first NHL playoff game, for Minnesota on April 18,
1985, at Chicago. ... Missed start of 1985-86 season with torn ankle ligaments, an injury
suffered during Minnesota's training camp in September 1985. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Hershey (AHL); Dallas (CHL);
Salt Lake (CHL); Springfield (AHL); Kalamazoo (IHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played 47 regular-season games for Hershey team that went on
to win AHL playoff title, but was not with team during postseason.
1980-81: Played on CHL regular-season champion (Dallas).
Miscellaneous: Missed part of
1984-85 season with strained stomach muscles, an injury suffered in March
1985. ... Suspended five games by AHL during 1986-87 season. ... Missed end of
1986-87 season with knee injury suffered when checked by Jim Hofford during
Springfield's Feb. 14, 1987, game vs. Rochester.
Coulis' Full-Season Suspension:
Coulis missed the entire 1982-83 season due to suspension from pro hockey. The
suspension was handed down by the Central Hockey League after Coulis attacked referee Bob Hall during
Game 5 of Dallas' CHL playoff series vs. Salt Lake on April 24, 1982 at Salt
Lake City. Coulis was immediately suspended for the remainder of the 1982
playoffs because he had used the butt-end of his stick to drive Hall to the
ice after a Salt Lake power-play goal in the first period of Game 5. Coulis,
who had been the penalized Dallas player, was angry at Hall for calling a
high-sticking penalty. As Coulis came out of the penalty box, he skated past
Hall, and some words were allegedly exchanged. Hall then gave Coulis a
10-minute misconduct, but Coulis remained on the ice while Hall sorted out
other penalties with Dallas players. While Hall was talking to other Dallas
players, Coulis charged him and hit him with his stick. Coulis was thrown out
of the game. After studying tapes of the incident, CHL president Bud Poile
suspended Coulis for the remainder of the 1982 playoffs and the entire 1982-83
season. All other affiliated pro leagues honored Coulis' suspension, keeping
him out of hockey.
Personal: Full name is Timothy W.
Coulis. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Washington traded Coulis, Robert
Picard and 1980 second-round pick (Bob McGill) to Toronto in exchange for Mike
Palmateer and 1980 third-round pick (Torrie Robertson) on June 11, 1980. |
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SNAPSHOT '78 | | Total Selected: |
234 | | Forwards: |
143 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
127 | | College Players: |
80 |
| Canadian: |
170 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
47 | | U.S.-Born: |
47 |
| European: |
17 |
| Reached NHL: |
95 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
16 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
18 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
1 |
| Olympians: |
16 |
| Picks Traded: |
46 |
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