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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Billy Carroll
Selected in second round
No.
38 overall by New York Islanders
Born January
19, 1959
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Center
Height: 5-10 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
London (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Pickering, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1975-76 |
St. Michael's | Jr. B |
32 | 21 |
39 | 60 |
-- | | 1976-77 |
London | OMJHL |
64 | 18 |
31 | 49 |
37 | | 1977-78 |
London | OMJHL |
68 | 37 |
36 | 73 |
42 | | 1978-79 |
London | OMJHL |
63 | 35 |
50 | 85 |
38 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Ontario Jr. B MVP: 1975-76 (Toronto St.
Michael's)
OMJHL All-Star Second Team: 1978-79 (London)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1978-79 season with mononucleosis. ... Was London's first pick in 1976 OMJHL midget draft.
... Had role in a Kellogg's Frosted Flakes commercial as a 15-year-old in
Toronto. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 21, 1981 (Chicago at N.Y.
Islanders)
Numbers: 25 (N.Y. Islanders); 20 (Edmonton); 12
(Detroit)
Stanley Cup: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985. Playing Status: Retired 1987 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1980-1987 |
NYI, Edmonton, Detroit | 322 |
30 | 54 | 84 |
113 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1981-1985 |
N.Y. Islanders, Edmonton | 71 |
6 | 12 | 18 |
18 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1984 (N.Y. Islanders)
Miscellaneous: Missed remainder of N.Y. Islanders' 1983 training camp
and start of 1983-84 season with severe groin pull, suffered in
September 1983. ... Missed part of 1983-84 with re-aggravation of groin
injury, suffered in December 1983. ... Missed parts of 1985-86 season with hip
injury, suffered in Detroit's Jan. 13, 1986, game at Toronto, with broken
right big toe, suffered during Detroit's Jan. 19, 1986, game at Chicago, and
with ear infection, diagnosed in March 1986. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Indianapolis (CHL); Nova
Scotia (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Indianapolis Rookie of Year:
1979-80
Miscellaneous: Was pitcher on N.Y.
Islanders' off-season charity softball team. ... Active in charitable
causes during playing days on Long Island, working as spokesman for LINK, a
charity helping juvenile delinquents and runaways, and the Special
Olympics. ... Returned to Pickering, Ontario, after retirement and opened
skylight- and window-manufacturing business, specializing in windows for
sunrooms.
Personal: Full name is William
Allan Carroll. ...
Also known as Bill Carroll during his playing days. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WAIVER DRAFT: N.Y. Islanders left Carroll
unprotected for the 1984 NHL Waiver Draft. He was claimed by Edmonton on
October 9, 1984. |
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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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