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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Jim Dobson
Selected in fifth round
No.
90 overall by Minnesota North Stars
Born
February 29, 1960
 | Position:
Right Wing / Center
Height: 6-1 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Portland (WHL)
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada)
Hometown:
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1977-78 |
Abbotsford | BCJHL |
60 | 42 |
51 | 93 |
119 | | |
New Westminster | WCHL |
12 | 4 |
2 | 6 |
21 | | 1978-79 |
Portland | WHL |
71 | 38 |
39 | 77 |
143 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1978 (New Westminster)
Miscellaneous: Born on leap year in 1960, making him first NHL draftee
ever born on a leap-year day. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 23, 1980 (N.Y. Rangers at
Minnesota)
Numbers: 24, 32 (Minnesota); ??
(Colorado); 29 (Quebec)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1986 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP | PIM |
| 1980-1984 | Minn., Colorado, Quebec |
12 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
6 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1980-81: Played one regular-season game for Minnesota team that went on
to 1981 Stanley Cup Finals, but was not with team in playoffs.
Miscellaneous: Missed most of 1984-85 season with knee injury, suffered
during Quebec's training camp in October 1984. ... Signed with Philadelphia as
unrestricted free agent in August 1985, but never played for parent team. ... Signed with N.Y. Rangers as
unrestricted free agent on Dec. 13, 1985, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Portland (WHL); Oklahoma City (CHL); Nashville (CHL); Fort Worth, Birmingham
(CHL); Fredericton, New Haven (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHL All-Star First Team: 1979-80
(Portland)
Coaching Career: Named Seattle (WHL)
head coach prior to 1987-88 season and remained in that position through
1987-88 season.
Miscellaneous: Returned to Portland
and went into real estate business in 1988 after his one-year stint as a WHL
coach. Co-founded Dobber and Cheryl real-estate company in 1996.
Personal: Full name is James Herold
Dobson. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| RIGHTS SOLD/TRADE: Minnesota sold the rights to
Dobson and Kevin Maxwell to Colorado on December 31, 1981. Just under a year
later, Minnesota got Dobson back when he signed as an unrestricted free agent
on Sept. 20, 1982. Minnesota lost Dobson again when it traded him to Quebec in
exchange for Jay Miller on June 29, 1983. |
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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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