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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Ray Allison
Selected in first round
No.
18 overall by Hartford Whalers
Born March 4, 1959
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 5-10 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Brandon (WHL)
Birthplace: Cranbrook, B.C. (Canada)
Hometown:
Brandon, Manitoba |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Brandon | MJHL | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
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Brandon | WCHL |
2 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1975-76 |
Brandon | MJHL |
31 | 22 |
21 | 43 |
158 | | |
Brandon | WCHL |
36 | 9 |
17 | 26 |
50 | | 1976-77 |
Brandon | WCHL |
71 | 45 |
92 | 137 |
198 | | 1977-78 |
Brandon | WCHL |
71 | 74 |
86 | 160 |
254 | | 1978-79 |
Brandon | WHL |
62 | 60 |
93 | 153 |
191 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1979 (fifth place)
Memorial Cup All-Star First Team: 1979 (Brandon)
WHL All-Star First Team: 1978-79 (Brandon)
WCHL All-Star Second
Team: 1977-78 (Brandon)
Memorial Cup Goals Leader: 1979
(Brandon) (5 goals)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
No. 8 prospect (among players born in 1959) for the 1979 NHL draft. ... Played
on line with Bill Derlago and Brian Propp for Brandon in 1976-77 and 1977-78.
... Played
on line with Laurie Boschman and Brian Propp for Brandon in 1978-79. ... Also
played center in junior career. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1979 (Hartford at
Minnesota)
Numbers: 8 (Hartford); 19, 36 (Philadelphia)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status: Retired for final time in 1994 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1987 |
Hartford, Philadelphia | 238 |
64 | 93 | 157 |
223 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1980-1985 |
Hartford, Philadelphia | 12 |
2 | 3 | 5 |
20 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1985
(Philadelphia)
Philadelphia Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1983
(12, tie)
1986-87: Played two regular-season games for Philadelphia
team that went to Stanley Cup Finals, but was not with team during postseason.
Miscellaneous: Was first player drafted in history of Hartford/Carolina
franchise. ... Signed first NHL contract with Hartford on Sept. 21, 1979. ...
Scored first goal in history of Hartford/Carolina NHL franchise vs. Pittsburgh
during first 1979 preseason game. ... His first NHL regular-season game was
also first in history of Hartford/Carolina franchise. ... Suffered severe
laceration of elbow on first day of Philadelphia's 1981 training camp in
Portland, Maine. The cut, suffered when his elbow hit a metal support on the
boards, became infected, and kept him out of the rest of training camp. ...
Played on "Hi-Speed Line" with Ron Flockhart and Brian Propp for Philadelphia
in 1981-82. ... Led Philadelphia in preseason points with 10 in 1982. ...
Missed part of 1982-83 season with hip contusion, suffered during
Philadelphia's Feb. 17, 1983, game vs. Edmonton. ... Served as Philadelphia
team representative to NHLPA in 1982-83. ... Missed most of 1983-84 season
with broken left ankle, an injury suffered when he crashed into a goal post
during Philadelphia's Dec. 26, 1983, game at Washington. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Springfield (AHL);
Binghamton (AHL); Maine (AHL); Hershey (AHL); Olten (Switzerland);
Rapperswil-Jona (Switzerland)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1988 (Hershey)
Switzerland Playoffs Points Leader:
1988 (Olten) (9 points)
Switzerland Playoffs Goals Leader: 1988 (Olten)
(6 goals)
1985-86: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Hershey).
1987-88: Spent entire regular season in Switzerland, but returned to
Hershey for AHL playoffs and team's run to Calder Cup championship.
Miscellaneous:
Played on line with Greg Adams and Gord Williams for Maine in 1981-82. ... Retired for first
time after 1989-90 season, but came out of retirement three years later to
spend 1993-94 season in Switzerland. ... Became active in Oldtimers' charity
hockey after his retirement, playing on Flyers alumni team. ... Named to right
wing position on all-time Brandon (WHL) team by a CHL panel in 1999.
Personal: Full name is Raymond
Peter Allison. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Hartford traded Allison, Fred Arthur,
1982 first-round pick (Ron Sutter) and 1982 third-round pick (Miroslav Dvorak)
to Philadelphia in exchange for Rick MacLeish, Blake Wesley, Don Gillen, 1982
first-round pick (Paul Lawless), 1982 second-round pick (Mark Paterson) and
1982 third-round pick (Kevin Dineen) on July 3, 1981. |
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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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