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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Joe Cirella
Selected in first round
No.
5 overall by Colorado Rockies
Born May 9, 1963
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Defense
Height: 6-3 Weight: 210
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Oshawa (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Stoney Creek, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-80 |
Hamilton | Ont. AAA |
21 | 5 |
26 | 31 |
-- | | 1980-81 |
Oshawa | OMJHL |
56 | 5 |
31 | 36 |
220 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
No. 2 overall prospect and No. 1 OMJHL prospect for 1981 NHL draft. ... Was
Oshawa's first-round pick, No. 10 overall, in 1980 OMJHL priority selection. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 6, 1981 (Colorado at
Vancouver)
Numbers: 2 (Colorado/New Jersey); 2
(Quebec); 18, 6 (N.Y. Rangers); 2 (Florida); 27 (Ottawa)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1997 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-1995 |
Colorado/N.J., Quebec,
NYR, Florida, Ottawa | 828 |
64 | 211 |
275 | 1,446 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1988-1992 |
New Jersey, NYR | 38 |
0 | 13 |
13 | 98 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1984 (New Jersey)
New Jersey Good Guy Award (Media Vote): 1988-89
New Jersey Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1985-86 (147)
1982-83: Played on first New Jersey Devils team.
1993-94:
Played on first Florida Panthers team.
Coaching
Career: Named Florida assistant coach on July 29, 1997, and remained in
that position until June 21, 1998.
Miscellaneous: Was youngest player in K.C./Colorado/New Jersey franchise
history when he made his NHL debut (record since broken). ... Was NHL's
second-youngest regular player and youngest regular defenseman in 1981-82. ...
Tied Colorado/New Jersey record (since broken) for assists in one game by a
rookie with three vs. Quebec on Feb. 12, 1982. ... Was on Colorado team that
relocated to New Jersey on June 30, 1982. ... Scored game's first goal at 8:51
of first period of NHL All-Star Game on Jan. 31, 1984, and also assisted on
Don Maloney's game-winner for Wales Conference. ... Missed part of 1984-85
season with severe laceration on cheek, an injury suffered when he was hit by Paul
Coffey's stick at 4:58 of the third period during New Jersey's Dec. 17, 1984, game vs. Edmonton.
Coffey received a major penalty, and Cirella's cut required 12 stitches to
close. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with left knee injury, suffered
during New Jersey's Nov. 26, 1985, game vs. Winnipeg. ... Missed part of
1986-87 season with broken right foot, an injury suffered during New Jersey's
Dec. 23, 1986, game at N.Y. Rangers. ... Named New Jersey alternate captain
prior to 1987-88 season and remained in that position through 1988-89 season.
... Paired with Bruce Driver on defense for New Jersey in 1987-88 regular
season. ... Paired with Randy Velischek on defense for New Jersey in 1988
playoffs. ... Missed part of 1988 playoffs with strained back, suffered during Game 1 of New Jersey's first-round series at N.Y. Islanders on
April 6, 1988. ... Left New Jersey with franchise records (since broken) for
career games (438), points (209), goals (50), assists (159) and penalty
minutes (938) by a defenseman. ... Missed parts of 1989-90 season with broken
right foot, an injury suffered during Quebec's Jan. 18, 1990, game at
Minnesota, and with strained lower back, suffered during Quebec's
Feb. 28, 1990, game at Toronto. ... Missed part of 1990-91 season with knee
injury, suffered during Quebec's Oct. 21, 1990, game vs. Vancouver. ....
Scored goal in first game in N.Y. Rangers uniform on Jan. 25, 1991, at
Edmonton. ... Missed part of 1990-91 season with eye injury, suffered during
N.Y. Rangers' Feb. 13, 1991, game vs. New Jersey. ... Missed part of 1991-92
season with strained lower back, an injury suffered during N.Y. Rangers' Oct.
3, 1991, season-opener at Boston. ... Left unprotected by N.Y. Rangers for 1993 NHL Expansion Draft.
He was claimed by Florida on June 24, 1993. ... Played in first game in
Florida Panthers history on Oct. 6, 1993, at Chicago. ... Missed part of
1993-94 season with fractured right cheekbone, an injury suffered during
Florida's Nov. 23, 1993, game vs. Hartford. Initially, he missed three games,
but the injury required Dec. 18, 1993, surgery to repair a retinal detachment
in his right eye, and he did not return to action until Florida's Jan. 19,
1994, game vs. Washington. ... Missed part of 1993-94 season with broken nose,
an injury suffered during Florida's Feb. 4, 1994, game vs. Buffalo. ...
Released by Florida on Aug. 8, 1995, after signing termination contract. He
then signed with Ottawa as an unrestricted free agent on Oct. 13, 1995. ... Released by Ottawa on Dec. 1,
1995. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Oshawa (OHL); Milwaukee (IHL);
Cologne (Germany)
World Junior Championships: 1983 (bronze
medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial
Cup All-Star First Team: 1983 (Oshawa)
OHL All-Star First Team:
1982-83 (Oshawa)
OHL All-Star Game: 1983 (Oshawa)
Oshawa Captain: 1982-83
Coaching Career: Named Oshawa (OHL) assistant coach prior to 1998-99
season and remained in that position into 2003-04 season.
Miscellaneous: Returned to Oshawa (OHL)
by New Jersey on March 9, 1982, for balance of 1981-82 season and 1982 playoffs. ... Returned to Oshawa (OHL) by New Jersey on Oct. 14, 1982, for
balance of 1982-83 season. ... Never played in
minors until he joined Milwaukee (IHL) as free agent in December
1995. ... Named to defense position on all-time Oshawa (OMJHL/OHL) team by a
CHL panel in 1999. The other defenseman named to the all-time Oshawa team was
Bobby Orr.
Personal: Younger brother of former minor-leaguer Carmine Cirella. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: New Jersey traded Cirella, Claude
Loiselle and 1990 eighth-round pick (Alexander Karpovtsev) to Quebec for Walt
Poddubny and 1990 fourth-round pick (Mike Bodnarchuk) on June 17, 1989. |
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SNAPSHOT '81 | | Total Selected: |
211 | | Forwards: |
119 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
25 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
10/4 | | College Players: |
21 | | High School: |
18 |
| Canadian: |
139 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
32 |
| Reached NHL: |
114 |
| Stanley Cup: |
17 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
30 |
| Picks Traded: |
38 |
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