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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Brad McCrimmon
Selected in first round
No.
15 overall by Boston Bruins
Born March 29, 1959
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Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 193
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Brandon (WHL)
Birthplace: Dodsland, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Plenty, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Prince Albert | SJHL |
38 | 4 |
22 | 26 |
-- | | 1975-76 |
Prince Albert | SJHL |
46 | 19 |
39 | 58 |
126 | | 1976-77 |
Brandon | WCHL |
72 | 18 |
66 | 84 |
96 | | 1977-78 |
Brandon | WCHL |
65 | 19 |
78 | 97 |
245 | | 1978-79 |
Brandon | WHL |
66 | 24 |
74 | 98 |
139 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1978 (bronze), 1979 (fifth)
WCHL Top Defenseman: 1977-78 (Brandon)
SJHL Horton Award (Top
Defenseman): 1975-76 (Prince Albert)
Memorial Cup All-Star First
Team: 1979 (Brandon)
WCHL/WHL All-Star First Team: 1977-78,
1978-79 (Brandon)
WCHL All-Star Second Team: 1976-77 (Brandon)
Brandon Captain: 1978-79
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
No. 15 prospect (among players born in 1959) for the 1979 NHL draft. ... Led
all WHL defensemen with 98 points in 1978-79. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1979 (Winnipeg at Boston)
Numbers: 29 (Boston); 10 (Philadelphia); 4
(Calgary); 2 (Detroit);
10 (Hartford); 10 (Phoenix)
Stanley Cup: 1989.
Playing Status: Retired June 1997 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1979-1997 |
Boston, Phila., Calgary,
Detroit, Hartford, Phoenix | 1,222 |
81 | 322 |
403 | 1,416 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1980-1992 |
BOS, PHI, CGY, DET | 116 |
11 | 18 |
29 | 176 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Emery Edge Award (+/-
Leader): 1987-88 (Calgary) (plus-48)
NHL All-Star Second Team: 1987-88 (Calgary)
All-Star Game:
1985 (Phila.) (injured, did not play),
1988 (Calgary)
Stanley Cup Finals
(Lost): 1987 (Philadelphia)
Philadelphia Ashbee Trophy (Top
Defenseman): 1984-85
Calgary Captain: Nov. 3, 1989, until June 15, 1990
1984-85: Played on Philadelphia team that lost to Edmonton in Stanley
Cup Finals, but missed final series due to injury.
1996-97: Played on first Phoenix Coyotes team.
Scouting Career: Named N.Y. Islanders pro scout on March 11, 1998, and
remained in that position through 1997-98 season. ... Named Calgary special
assignments scout on Dec. 3, 2002, and remained in that position through
2002-03 season.
Coaching
Career: Named N.Y. Islanders assistant coach on Aug. 19, 1997, and
remained in that position until March 11, 1998. ... Named Calgary assistant
coach on Aug. 8, 2000, and remained in that position until Dec. 3, 2002. ...
Named Atlanta assistant coach on June 2, 2003, and remained in that position
through 2006-07 season.
Miscellaneous: Roomed with Ray Bourque as a rookie with Boston in
1979-80. Bourque was the best man at McCrimmon's wedding in 1980. ... Paired
on defense with Ray Bourque for Boston in 1979-80. ... Paired on defense with
Mark Howe for Philadelphia from 1984-85 through 1986-87. ... Missed part of 1984-85
season with broken right hand, an injury suffered during warm-ups before
Philadelphia's Feb. 2, 1985, game vs. Buffalo. The injury kept him out of the
1985 NHL All-Star Game. ... Missed remainder of 1985 playoffs with separated
left shoulder, an injury suffered when he was checked by Wilf Paiement in Game
3 of the Wales Conference championship series between Philadelphia and Quebec
on May 9, 1985, at Philadelphia. The injury required surgery and kept him out
of the 1985 Stanley Cup Finals. ... Missed start of 1986-87 due to contract
dispute with Philadelphia. An unsigned McCrimmon left training camp on Sept.
26, 1986, because he refused to risk injury in exhibition games. The Flyers
then suspended him, and he worked out with the University of Saskatchewan
hockey team during his holdout. His agent, Herb Pinder, finally reached an
agreement with Flyers general manager Bobby Clarke on Oct. 30, 1986. The deal
paid McCrimmon $210,000 for 1986-87 and gave him the right to become an
unrestricted free agent if the Flyers did not offer him a 15 percent raise to
retain his rights. If they did that, any team that signed McCrimmon would owe
the Flyers a first- and second-round draft pick. The Flyers retained McCrimmon
after the 1986-87 season but promptly traded him to Calgary before the opening
of 1987 training camp. ... Paired on defense with Gary Suter for Calgary in
1987-88. ... Missed parts of 1988-89 season with skin rash, suffered on Feb.
9, 1989, and with bruised foot, suffered during Calgary's March 13, 1989, game
at N.Y. Rangers. ... Named NHL's best defensive defenseman in a 1989-90 poll
of players by Inside Hockey magazine. ... Missed part of 1990-91 season
with broken right ankle, an injury suffered during Detroit's Jan. 12, 1991,
game at N.Y. Islanders. ... Suspended one game by NHL during 1991-92 season
for receiving his second stick-related game misconduct of season during
Detroit's March 7, 1992, game at Quebec. ... Missed part of 1992-93 season
with flu, which he contracted in October 1992. ... Missed entire 1993 playoffs
with groin injury. It was the first time in his NHL career that he did not
appear in the playoffs. ... Missed part of 1995-96 season with bruised back,
suffered during Hartford's Dec. 10, 1995 game at Chicago. ... Missed part of
1996-97 season with sprained wrist, an injury suffered during Phoenix's Jan.
23, 1997, game vs. Anaheim. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: None
World Under-18 Championships:
2003 (gold) (assistant coach)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Coaching Career: Named Saskatoon (WHL)
head coach on July 24, 1998, and remained in that position until Aug. 8, 2000.
... Served as assistant coach for Team Canada entry in 2003 Swiss Cup. ...
Named assistant coach for Canada's 2003 Under-18 World Championships
team on March 13, 2003, and remained with Team Canada program until June 2,
2003.
Miscellaneous: Was on Calgary team
that joined Washington for 1989 NHL Friendship Tour in Soviet Union.
Personal:
Full name is Byron Brad McCrimmon. ... Older brother of major junior executive
and former college player Kelly McCrimmon. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Boston traded McCrimmon to
Philadelphia in exchange for Pete Peeters on June 9, 1982. |
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SNAPSHOT '79 | | Total Selected: |
126 | | Forwards: |
74 | | Defense: |
41 | | Goaltenders: |
11 | | Major Junior: |
97 | | College Players: |
15 |
| Canadian: |
109 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
1 | | USA Citizens: |
10 | | U.S.-Born: |
10 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
103 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
23 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
23 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
10 |
| Olympians: |
15 |
| Picks Traded: |
17 |
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