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1981 NHL DRAFT PICK
Moe Lemay
Selected in fifth round
No. 105 overall by Vancouver Canucks

Born February 18, 1962
Position: Left Wing
Height: 5-11   Weight: 185
BEFORE THE DRAFT
Last Team: Ottawa (OMJHL)                              
Birthplace: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario
PRE-DRAFT STATISTICS
Year TeamLeague GPG ATP PIM
1978-79 South OttawaOnt. AA 8054 82136 55
1979-80 OttawaOMJHL 6216 2339 20
1980-81 OttawaOMJHL 6332 4577 102

PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous:
Not selected in 1980 NHL Entry Draft despite being eligible. ... Was Ottawa's third of three third-round picks, No. 37 overall, in 1979 OMJHL priority selection. ... Also played center for Ottawa in 1979-80 and 1980-81. ... Father was in Canadian Air Force, and Lemay spent much of his early childhood on military bases in West Germany before the family moved to Ottawa. ... Named after his father's favorite hockey player, Maurice Richard.
NHL CAREER
Debut: February 10, 1982 (Vancouver at Toronto)
Numbers:  8, 10, 14 (Vancouver); 23 (Edmonton); 36, 37 (Boston);
36 (Winnipeg)
Stanley Cup: 1987.  Playing Status: Retired 2002
CAREER NHL STATISTICS
Years TeamsGP GA TPPIM
1982-1989 VAN, EDM, BOS, WIN317 7294 166442
CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS
YearsTeams GPG ATP PIM
1984-1988 Vancouver, Edm., Bos.28 63 955

NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost):
1988 (Boston)
Vancouver Emery Edge Award (+/- Leader): 1984-85 (minus-11)
1981-82: Played five regular-season games for Vancouver team that went to Stanley Cup Finals, but was not with team during postseason.
1986-87: Played on Edmonton team that won Stanley Cup. Did not appear in any final-series games vs. Philadelphia, but had his name engraved on Cup because he had appeared in other playoff games.
Miscellaneous: Signed first NHL contract with Vancouver on Jan. 29, 1982. ... Missed parts of 1985-86 season with hip injury, suffered in Vancouver's Jan. 10, 1986, game at Hartford, and with knee injury, suffered in Vancouver's Feb. 16, 1986, game at Toronto. ... Had assist in first game with Edmonton, vs. Buffalo on March 14, 1987. ... Missed start of 1988-89 season with left knee injury, suffered during Boston's training camp in September 1988. The injury required surgery.
NON-NHL CAREER
Post-Draft Teams: Ottawa (OHL); Fredericton (AHL); N. Scotia (AHL); Maine (AHL); Moncton (AHL); Team Canada; Klagenfurt (Austria); Zurich (Switzerland); Sauerland (Iserlohn), Hannover, Timmendorf, Wedemark, Bad Nauheim; Braunlage, Hamburg, Hamm (Germany)
World Junior Championships: 1982 (gold medal)
InLine Hockey: Ottawa (RHI)
NON-NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
OHL Molson Cup Points Leader (3-Stars Lead):
1981-82 (Ottawa)
OHL All-Star First Team: 1981-82 (Ottawa)
Ottawa Molson Cup (Three-Stars Leader): 1981-82
Ottawa Captain: 1981-82
Braunlage Captain: 1998-99
OHL Goals Leader: 1981-82 (Ottawa) (68 goals)
OHL Playoffs Assists Leader: 1982 (Ottawa) (19 assists)
Miscellaneous: Played on first Canadian team to win a gold medal at World Junior Championships in 1982. ... Missed part of 1982-83 season with hip injury, suffered in March 1983. ... Missed part of 1983 AHL playoffs with knee injury, suffered in April 1983. ... Played seven games for Ottawa (RHI, InLine league) in 1995. ... Lived in Iserlohn, Germany, after his first retirement in 2000, but came out of retirement in July 2001 to play one year with Hamm (Germany).
Personal: Full name is Maurice Lemay.
HOW HE GOT AWAY
TRADE: Vancouver traded Lemay to Edmonton in exchange for Raimo Summanen on March 10, 1987.

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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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