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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Tom Thornbury
Selected in third round
No.
49 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins
Born March
17, 1963
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Niagara Falls (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Lindsay, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Lindsay, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-80 |
Aurora | OPJHL |
44 | 19 |
30 | 49 |
84 | | 1980-81 |
Niagara Falls | OMJHL |
60 | 15 |
22 | 37 |
136 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was Niagara Falls' first-round pick, No. 4 overall, in 1980
OMJHL priority selection. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 1, 1984 (Minnesota at Pittsburgh)
Numbers: 34 (Pittsburgh)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1982 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1984 |
Pittsburgh | 14 |
1 | 8 |
9 | 16 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Traded by Pittsburgh to Quebec in exchange for Brian Ford
on Dec. 6, 1984, but never played for parent team. ... Traded by Quebec to
Calgary in exchange for Tony Stiles on Jan. 16, 1986, but never played for
parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Niagara Falls/North Bay,
Cornwall (OHL); Baltimore, Fredericton (AHL); Muskegon (IHL); Moncton (AHL);
Team Canada; Cologne (West Germany/Germany); Frankfurt (Germany); Oklahoma
City (CHL); Wolfsburg (Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
West German Championship:
1987, 1988 (Cologne)
AHL
All-Star Second Team: 1983-84 (Baltimore)
Baltimore Bastien Plaque (Best NHL Prospect): 1983-84
1983-84: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Baltimore).
1985-86: Played nine regular-season games for Muskegon team that went on
to win IHL playoff title, but was not with team in postseason.
Miscellaneous:
Traded by North Bay (OHL) to Cornwall in exchange for Jeff Eatough in October
1982. ... Led all AHL
defensemen with 17 goals in 1983-84.
Personal: Full name is Thomas
Thornbury. |
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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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