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| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Richard David
Selected in third round
No.
42 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born April 8, 1958
 | Position: Left Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
Birthplace: N.-Dame-de-la-Salette, PQ (Canada)
Hometown:
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Hull | QMJHL |
65 | 24 |
22 | 46 |
16 | | 1974-75 |
Sorel | QMJHL |
34 | 13 |
15 | 28 |
64 | | 1975-76 |
Trois-Rivieres | QMJHL |
73 | 53 |
68 | 121 |
79 | | 1976-77 |
Trois-Rivieres | QMJHL |
66 | 52 |
58 | 110 |
103 | | 1977-78 |
Trois-Rivieres | QMJHL |
69 | 50 |
61 | 111 |
81 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
QMJHL Lafleur Trophy (Playoffs MVP): 1978 (T-R) (first winner)
QMJHL All-Star First Team: 1975-76 (Trois-Rivieres)
QMJHL All-Star Third Team: 1977-78 (Trois-Rivieres)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
the No. 9 overall prospect for the 1978 NHL draft. ... Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
QMJHL's No. 1 prospect for 1978 draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 14, 1979 (Quebec at
Minnesota)
Numbers: 27, 15 (Quebec)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status: Retired for final time in 1985 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1983 |
Quebec | 31 | 4 |
4 | 8 | 10 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1982 | Quebec | 1 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Quebec Nordiques NHL team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Quebec (WHA); Birmingham (AHL);
Syracuse (AHL); Lausanne (Switzerland); Rochester (AHL); Erie (EHL);
Fredericton (AHL); Sierre (Switzerland)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
EHL Mitchell Cup: 1981 (Erie)
AHL All-Star Second Team: 1981-82 (Fredericton)
WHA Draft Pick: 1978 (by Quebec)
AHL Goals Leader: 1981-82
(Fredericton) (51 goals)
1980-81: Played on EHL regular-season champion (Erie).
Miscellaneous: Missed most of
1978-79 season with knee injury. ... Missed part of 1980-81 season with
infected elbow, suffered in February 1981. ... Missed part of 1982-83 season
with strained knee, an injury suffered playing racquetball in December
1982. ... Retired for first
time after 1982-83 season, but came out of retirement to play in Switzerland
during 1984-85 season. ... Named to left wing position on all-time
Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL) team by a CHL panel in 1999.
Personal: Worked as radio
color commentator for Canucks. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/EXPANSION: David did not sign with
Montreal after the draft, instead jumping to the WHA with Quebec. He did not enter the NHL until the
1979 NHL-WHA merger. At the time of the merger, Montreal and Quebec agreed
Montreal would not take David back in the June 9, 1979, NHL Reclaim Draft a
part of a larger deal in which Quebec promised not to take Bill Nyrop, Gilles
Lupien or Rod Langway off Montreal's roster in the NHL Expansion Draft on June
13, 1979. |
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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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