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1979 NHL DRAFT PICK
Blake Wesley
Selected in second round
No. 22 overall by Philadelphia Flyers

Born July 10, 1959
Position: Defense
Height: 6-1   Weight: 200
BEFORE THE DRAFT
Last Team: Portland (WHL)                               
Birthplace: Red Deer, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown: Red Deer, Alberta
PRE-DRAFT STATISTICS
Year TeamLeague GPG ATP PIM
1974-75 Red DeerAJHL 31 01 4
1975-76 Red DeerAJHL 5519 4160 199
1976-77 PortlandWCHL 638 2533 111
1977-78 PortlandWCHL 677 3744 190
1978-79 PortlandWHL 6910 4252 292

PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WHL All-Star Second Team:
1978-79 (Portland)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
No. 11 prospect (among players born in 1959) for the 1979 NHL draft. ... Took cooking classes during his junior playing days and exhibited remarkable skill as a chef.
NHL CAREER
Debut: October 13, 1979 (Philadelphia at Atlanta)
Numbers:  8, 6 (Philadelphia); 6 (Hartford); 25 (Quebec); 28 (Toronto)
Stanley Cup: Never won.  Playing Status: Retired 1988
CAREER NHL STATISTICS
Years TeamsGPGATPPIM
1979-1986 PHI, HAR, QUE, TOR298 184664 486
CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS
YearsTeamsGPGATPPIM
1983-1985 Quebec192 2430

NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80:
Played two regular-season games for Philadelphia team that went to Stanley Cup Finals, but was not with team in postseason.
Miscellaneous: Had assist in first NHL game. ... Missed part of 1983-84 season with knee injury. ... Signed with Boston as unrestricted free agent in August 1987, but never played for parent team.
NON-NHL CAREER
Post-Draft Teams: Maine (AHL); Fredericton (AHL); St. Catharines-
Newmarket (AHL)
InLine Hockey: Portland (RHI)
NON-NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
Maine Rookie of Year:
1979-80
Coaching Career: Named Tri-City (WHL) assistant coach on Dec. 19, 2001, and remained in that position until June 25, 2002. ... Named Portland (WHL) assistant coach on June 25, 2002, and remained in that position through 2002-03 season.
Miscellaneous: Came out of retirement at age 34 to play one game for Portland (RHI, InLine league) during RHI's inaugural 1993 season. ... Ran off-season hockey school in Portland during off-seasons of his playing days. ... Returned to Portland after his retirement and went to work for local Pepsi-Cola bottling facility until entering coaching ranks.
Personal: Full name is Trevor Blake Wesley. ... Older brother of NHL player Glen Wesley.
HOW HE GOT AWAY
TRADE: Philadelphia traded Wesley, Rick MacLeish, Don Gillen, 1982 first-round pick (Paul Lawless), 1982 second-round pick (Mark Paterson) and 1982 third-round pick (Kevin Dineen) to Hartford in exchange for Ray Allison, Fred Arthur, 1982 first-round pick (Ron Sutter) and 1982 third-round pick (Miroslav Dvorak) 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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