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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Bob Attwell
Selected in sixth round
No.
106 overall by Colorado Rockies
Born December
26, 1959
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight:
192
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Peterborough (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Spokane, Washington (USA)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1975-76 |
Bramalea | Jr. B |
50 | 32 |
28 | 60 |
12 | | 1976-77 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
64 | 18 |
25 | 43 |
10 | | 1977-78 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
68 | 23 |
43 | 66 |
32 | | 1978-79 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
68 | 32 |
61 | 93 |
39 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1979 (Peterborough)
Miscellaneous: Scored Memorial Cup-winning goal for Peterborough at 2:38
of overtime as Petes upset Brandon in 1979. Scored goal off rebound of shot by
Larry Murphy, giving Peterborough its first Memorial Cup. ... Was Peterborough's fourth pick in 1976 OMJHL midget draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 30, 1979 (Colorado at
Atlanta)
Numbers: 28 (Colorado)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1990 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1979-1981 |
Colorado | 22 |
1 | 5 |
6 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Attended Edmonton's 1982 training camp and signed with Edmonton as unrestricted free agent on Oct.
25, 1982, but never played for parent team. ... Played exact same number of
NHL games (22) as his father had played in a one-year NHL career before him. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Fort Worth (CHL); Moncton (AHL);
Fort Wayne (IHL); Bad Tolz, Berlin, Heilbronn (W. Germany); Augsburg (Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL All-Star Game: 1982 (Fort Worth)
1983-84: Played on IHL
regular-season champion (Fort Wayne).
Personal: Full name is Robert Allan
Attwell. ... Son of former NHL player Ron Attwell. He was born while
father was playing WHL hockey in Spokane. ... Nephew of
former NHL players Bill McCreary Sr. and Keith McCreary. ... Cousin of former
NHL player Bill McCreary Jr. |
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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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