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| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mark Kirton
Selected in third round
No.
48 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born
February 3, 1958
 | Position:
Center
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Peterborough (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Wexford | OPJHL |
38 | 18 |
29 | 47 |
26 | | 1975-76 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
65 | 22 |
38 | 60 |
10 | | 1976-77 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
48 | 18 |
24 | 42 |
41 | | 1977-78 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
68 | 27 |
44 | 71 |
29 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): 1978 (Pete.)
Memorial Cup All-Star First Team: 1978 (Peterborough) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1979 (N.Y. Rangers at
Toronto)
Numbers: 20 (Toronto); 23, 16 (Detroit); 16
(Vancouver)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1989 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1985 |
Toronto, Detroit, Vancouver | 266 |
57 | 56 | 113 |
121 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1983 | Vancouver | 4 |
1 | 2 | 3 |
7 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Had goal and assist in first
NHL preseason game (vs. Boston on Sept. 22, 1979). ... Scored goal in his first NHL game. The goal, at 9:54 of
the first period, was also first goal of Toronto's 1979-80 season. ... Scored
10,000th goal in Detroit NHL history on Feb. 19, 1981, vs. N.Y. Rangers. ...
Missed part of 1980-81 season with slightly separated left shoulder, an injury
suffered when he crashed into boards during Detroit's practice on March 9,
1981. ... Missed part of 1981-82 season with stomach flu, an ailment suffered
in February 1982. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: New Brunswick (AHL);
Fredericton (AHL); Newmarket (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1979-80 season
with knee injury. ... Played on Vancouver's off-season charity softball team.
... Went into real estate business, working as a sales representative for
Royal LePage Real Estate in Oakville, Ontario, after his retirement. ...
Became minor hockey coach in Oakville, Ontario, after his retirement.
Personal: Full name is Mark Robert
Kirton. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Toronto traded Kirton to Detroit in
exchange for Jim Rutherford on December 4, 1980. Nearly, seven years later,
Toronto got Kirton back when it signed him as an unrestricted free agent on
August 15, 1987, enabling him to finish his career in the Toronto
organization. |
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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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