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| 1982 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Peter Ihnacak
Selected in
second round
No. 25 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born
May 3, 1957
 | Position:
Center
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Prague Sparta (Czechoslovakia)
Birthplace:
Poprad, Czechoslovakia
Hometown: Poprad, Slovakia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1976-77 |
Jihlava | Czech. Jr. |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
| 1977-78 |
Jihlava | Czech. |
5 | 0 |
1 | 1 |
4 | | 1978-79 |
Jihlava | Czech. |
44 | 22 |
12 | 34 |
-- | | 1979-80 |
Prague Sparta | Czech. |
44 | 19 |
28 | 47 |
-- | | 1980-81 |
Prague Sparta | Czech. |
44 | 23 |
22 | 45 |
-- | | 1981-82 |
Prague Sparta | Czech. |
39 | 16 |
22 | 38 |
50 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Championships: 1982 (silver medal)
World Junior
Championships: 1977 (bronze medal)
Miscellaneous: Defected from Czechoslovakia during the 1982 World
Championship tournament in Helsinki, Finland -- making him a strong prospect for
the 1982 draft despite his advanced age. The NHL ruled he would have to
enter the league through the draft rather than be free to sign with any team
as had been the case with Peter Stastny. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 6, 1982 (Toronto at Chicago)
Numbers:
18, 15 (Toronto)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1997 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1982-1990 |
Toronto | 417 |
102 | 165 |
267 | 175 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1986-1988 |
Toronto | 28 |
4 | 10 |
14 | 25 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Toronto Records: Most points by a rookie in season (66 in 1982-83)
Miscellaneous: Had assist in his first NHL game. ... Played on line with
Miroslav Frycer and Walt Poddubny for Toronto in 1982-83 and 1983-84. ... Tied Toronto record
(since broken) for goals by a rookie in one season with 28 in 1982-83. ...
Missed entire 1983 playoffs with severely lacerated calf, an injury suffered
during Toronto's April 3, 1983, game at Buffalo. ... Missed part of 1983-84 season with
damaged knee ligaments, an injury suffered during Toronto's Oct. 16, 1983,
game at New Jersey. ... Missed remainder of 1983-84 season with shoulder
injury, suffered during Toronto's Feb. 29, 1984, game at N.Y. Rangers. ...
Missed part of 1984-85 season with knee injury, suffered in October 1984.
... Missed parts of 1985-86 season with concussion, an injury suffered
during Toronto's Nov. 30, 1985, game vs. Buffalo, and with shoulder injury,
suffered in January 1986. ... Named NHL Player of the Week for the week
ending Feb. 8, 1987. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Newmarket (AHL); Munich, Freiburg (Germany); Kloten, Ajoie (Switzerland);
Krefeld (Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Coaching Career: Named Nuremberg (Germany) head coach prior to 1997-98 season
and remained in that position through 1999-00 season. ... Named Hannover
(Germany) head coach prior to 2001-02 season and remained in that position
until November 2001.
Miscellaneous: Lived with his older
brother in New Jersey during the summer of 1982 as he waited for Toronto's
training camp to start. ... Did not play his first minor-league games until
1986-87 season, when
he was demoted by Toronto to Newmarket (AHL) on Nov. 30, 1986. ... Lived in Toronto
year-round during his NHL playing days and continued to maintain primary residence
there after leaving the NHL.
Personal: Older brother of former NHL player Miroslav Ihnacak. The Ihnacak brothers
were the first pair of European brothers, and the first pair of non-twin European
brothers, drafted into NHL in the same year. ... Father of college hockey
player Brian Ihnacak. |
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SNAPSHOT '82 | | Total Selected: |
252 | | Forwards: |
152 | | Defense: |
82 | | Goaltenders: |
18 | | Major Junior: |
129 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
27/4 | | College Players: |
20 | | High School: |
37 |
| Canadian: |
152 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
62 |
| European: |
35 |
| Reached NHL: |
109 |
| Stanley Cup: |
18 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
37 |
| Picks Traded: |
50 |
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