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| 1982 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Dan Dorion
Selected in 12th
round
No. 232 overall by New Jersey
Born
March 2, 1963
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 5-9 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Austin (USHL)
Birthplace:
Astoria, New York (USA)
Hometown: Astoria, New York |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1980-81 |
New Hyde Park | NYMJHA |
40 | 41 |
41 | 82 |
-- | | 1981-82 |
Austin | USHL |
50 | 52 |
44 | 96 |
20 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Not selected in 1981 NHL draft despite being
eligible. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: April 2, 1986 (Quebec at New Jersey)
Numbers:
21, 34 (New Jersey)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status:
Retired for final time in 1994 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1986-1988 |
New Jersey | 4 |
1 | 1 |
2 | 2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Drafted by former Colorado
Rockies team that had committed to moving to New Jersey for 1982-83 season.
The team had
no official name at the time Dorion was drafted. ... Signed with New Jersey
for end of 1985-86 season after completing his NCAA eligibility at
Western Michigan. He signed two-year contract with option year on April
1, 1986. ... Traded by New Jersey to Boston in exchange for Jean-Marc Lanthier on Dec. 9, 1988, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Western Michigan (CCHA); Maine, Utica (AHL); Val di Fassa (Italy); Solihull,
Nottingham, Humberside (Great Britain); Roanoke Valley (ECHL); Romford
(Great Britain)
World Championships: 1985 (fourth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA All-America West First
Team: 1985-86 (Western Michigan)
NCAA All-America West Second Team:
1983-84 (W. Michigan)
CCHA MVP: 1985-86 (Western
Michigan)
Great Britain MVP: 1991-92 (Nottingham)
CCHA
Tournament All-Star First Team: 1984, 1986 (W. Michigan)
CCHA
All-Star First Team: 1983-84, 1985-86 (Western Michigan)
CCHA
All-Star Honorable Mention: 1984-85 (Western Michigan)
Great
Britain All-Star First Team: 1991-92 (Nottingham)
Western Michigan Athletic Hall of Fame:
Inducted 1998
Western Michigan Hodge Award (MVP): 1985-86
Western Michigan Vanderberg Award (Points Leader): 1982-83 (co-winner),
1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86
Western Michigan Klop Award (Rookie of Year):
1982-83
Western Michigan Assistant Captain: 1985-86
CCHA Records: Most
points in one season (82 in 1985-86, CCHA games only, shares record)
Western
Michigan Records: Most career points (293), most career goals (115),
most career assists (178), most points in a season (104 in 1985-86), most
consecutive games with a point (44 games from Feb. 19, 1983,
through March 9, 1984), most career short-handed goals (11, shares record),
most points in season by a right wing (104 in 1985-86), most assists in
season by a right wing (62 in 1985-86)
NCAA Points Leader:
1983-84 (Western Michigan) (91 points),
1985-86 (Western Michigan) (104 points)
CCHA Points Leader:
1985-86 (Western Michigan) (82 points)
CCHA Assists Leader: 1985-86
(Western Michigan) (49 assists)
Miscellaneous: Set Western Michigan
single-season record (since broken) with 41 goals in 1983-84. ... Finalist for 1983-84 Hobey Baker Award. ... Set Western Michigan
single-season record (since broken) with 62 assists in 1985-86. ... Runner-up for 1985-86 Hobey Baker Award. ...
Completed college career as CCHA's career points leader (219, record since
broken) and career assists leader (136, record since broken). ... Joined Maine for 1986 AHL
playoffs. ... Retired after 1989-90 season, but came out of retirement one
year later. ... Was on Romford (Great Britain) team that
folded on Dec. 5, 1994. ... Named to CCHA 1980s All-Decade Second Team by
conference panel in 2001.
Personal: Full name is Daniel Dorion. |
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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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