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| 1983 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Bruce Shoebottom
Selected in
third round
No. 47 overall by Los Angeles Kings
Born
August 20, 1965
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-2 Weight: 200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Peterborough (OHL)
Birthplace:
Windsor, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Mississauga, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1980-81 |
Toronto | MTJHL |
40 | 10 |
32 | 42 |
-- | | 1981-82 |
Peterborough | OHL |
51 | 0 |
4 | 4 |
67 | | 1982-83 |
Peterborough | OHL |
34 | 2 |
10 | 12 |
106 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was Peterborough's third-round pick, No. 32 overall, in
1981 OHL priority selection. ... Missed part of 1982-83 season with broken
leg, an injury suffered in December 1982. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: March 31, 1988 (Montreal at
Boston)
Numbers: 40, 45 (Boston)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1998 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1988-1990 |
Boston | 35 |
1 | 4 |
5 | 53 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1988-1989 |
Boston | 14 |
1 | 2 |
3 | 77 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1987-88: Played in four playoff games for Boston team that went to
Stanley Cup Finals, but missed final series vs. Edmonton with injury.
1989-90: Played two regular-season games for Boston team that went on to
Stanley Cup Finals, but was not with team during postseason.
Miscellaneous: Traded by Los Angeles to Washington in October 1985, but
never played for parent team. ... Did not re-sign with Washington for
1986-87 season, and became unrestricted free agent on July 1, 1987. He signed with Boston as an unrestricted free
agent on July 20, 1987. ... Missed remainder of 1988 playoffs with broken
collarbone, suffered during Game 4 of Boston's first-round series
at Buffalo on April 10, 1988. ... Signed with St. Louis as an unrestricted
free agent on Oct. 2, 1991, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Peterborough (OHL); New Haven, Binghamton (AHL); Fort Wayne (IHL); Maine (AHL);
Peoria (IHL); Rochester (AHL); Oklahoma City (CHL); San Diego (WCHL); Austin
(WPHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHL Taylor Cup: 1996,
1997 (San Diego)
1986-87: Played on IHL regular-season champion (Fort Wayne).
1995-96, 1996-97: Played on WCHL regular-season champ (S.D.).
Coaching Career: Named Oklahoma City (CHL) player-assistant coach prior
to 1993-94 season and held job through 1993-94 season.
Miscellaneous: Suspended by IHL
during 1986-87 season for going into stands to fight fans during Fort
Wayne's Jan. 24, 1987, game at Salt Lake City. ... Missed part of 1989-90
season with 60-stitch laceration on right side of face, an injury suffered
when Tom Martin accidentally skated over his face during Maine's Nov. 29,
1989, AHL game vs. Binghamton. ... Suspended by AHL for 10 games during
1990-91 season for head-butting linesman Brad Weeden late in the first
period of Maine's Nov. 17, 1990, game vs. Moncton. The incident took place
after Shoebottom fought Moncton's Bryan Marchment. Weeden and the game's
other linesman, John Costello, stepped in to break up the fight, but
Costello was unable to hold off Marchment, who continued to rain punches on
Shoebottom. Trying to break free of Weeden, Shoebottom head-butted the
linesman, necessitating a minimum 10 game suspension for abuse of an
official. The suspension was later reduced to five games after the AHL
reviewed videotape of the incident and determined that Shoebottom was trying
to defend himself. ... Arrested and jailed for one night in 1991 after going
into stands to fight a fan during one of Maine's AHL games at Utica. ... Came out of retirement to play one game for St.
Georges de Beauce (Quebec Sr.) during 2002-03 season. ... Active in
Oldtimers' charity hockey after retirement, playing for the Boston Bruins
Alumni team.
Furor in Tulsa: Shoebottom exhibited one of the angriest
outbursts in pro hockey history during Oklahoma City's March 23, 1994, CHL
game at Tulsa. The incident took place after Shoebottom tried to leave the
penalty box to resume a fight with Mike MacWilliam, who was on his way to the
opposing penalty box after officials had broken up a fight between the two
players. The attendant in the penalty box was unable to restrain an irate Shoebottom,
and police intervened to protect the attendant from further harm. Shoebottom
then head-butted one of the policeman trying to restrain him and was only
subdued after a blast of pepper spray and a chokehold. Shoebottom suffered
severe shoulder and neck injuries in the bizarre outburst.
Initially charged with assault, Shoebottom was never tried since the charges
were dropped.
Personal: Full name is Bruce
William Shoebottom. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Los Angeles traded Shoebottom to Washington in exchange for Bryan Erickson
on October 31, 1985. |
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SNAPSHOT '83 | | Total Selected: |
242 | | Forwards: |
134 | | Defense: |
86 | | Goaltenders: |
22 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
19/5 | | College Players: |
15 | | High School: |
47 |
| Canadian: |
148 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
60 | | U.S.-Born: |
60 |
| European: |
34 |
| Reached NHL: |
113 |
| Stanley Cup: |
21 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
20 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
34 |
| Picks Traded: |
41 |
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