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| 1984 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mike Vellucci
Selected in
seventh round
No. 131 overall by Hartford Whalers
Born
August 11, 1966
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Belleville (OHL)
Birthplace:
Farmington, Michigan (USA)
Hometown: Farmington, Michigan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1982-83 |
Compuware | Mich. AAA |
70 | 23 |
20 | 43 |
98 | | 1983-84 |
Belleville | OHL |
67 | 2 |
20 | 22 |
83 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was Belleville's second of two fourth-round picks, No. 52
overall, in 1983 OHL priority selection. ... Was part of Detroit Compuware
youth hockey program from program's inception in 1970s. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 25, 1988 (Hartford at
Boston)
Numbers: 34 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1992 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1988 |
Hartford | 2 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 11 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Fought Nevin Markwart in his first NHL
game. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Belleville (OHL); Salt Lake (IHL); Binghamton (AHL); Milwaukee (IHL);
Indianapolis (IHL); Lustenau (Austria); Whitley (Great Britain); Phoenix (IHL); Winston-Salem,
Erie (ECHL); Michigan (ColHL); London (ColHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup: 1987
(Salt Lake)
USA Hockey Gold Cup (Junior A Title): 1994 (Compuware)
(as head coach), 1999 (Compuware) (as head coach and general manager)
NAHL Executive of Year: 1994, 1999
(Detroit Compuware)
NAHL Coach of Year: 1998 (Detroit Compuware)
OHL All-Star Game: 2004, 2005 (Plymouth) (as co-general manager)
1986-87: Was member of Salt Lake
team that won IHL playoff title, but did not play in postseason due to
injury.
1989-90: Played 10 regular-season games for Winston-Salem
team that won ECHL regular-season title. Also played 22 regular-season games
for Erie team that tied Winston-Salem with 38-16-6 record and 82
points but was not awarded title due to head-to-head record.
1991-92:
Played on ColHL regular-season champion (Michigan).
Management
Career: Named Detroit Compuware (NAHL) president and general manager
prior to 1994-95 season and remained in that position through 1999-00
season. ... Named Plymouth president prior to 2000-01 season, added title of
general manager prior to 2001-02 season and remained in those positions
through 2004-05 season.
Coaching Career: Named Detroit Compuware
(NAJHL/NAHL) head coach prior to 1993-94 season and remained in that
position through 1999-00 season. ... Named Plymouth (OHL) head coach prior
to 2001-02 season and remained in that position through 2004-05 season.
Miscellaneous: Missed entire
1984-85 season while recovering from fractured vertebrae suffered in a
August
1984 car
accident. ... Missed remainder of 1986-87 season and entire 1987 playoffs
with collarbone injury, suffered in March 1987. ... Did not play hockey in 1990-91 season.
... Came out of retirement to play seven games for London (ColHL) during
1994-95 season. ... Won four NAHL championships as head coach of Detroit
Compuware. ... Fined $5,000 by OHL for his tirade directed at OHL
supervisor of officials Sam Sisco following a playoff loss to London in
April 2003. The fine was levied against the Plymouth franchise. ... Served as president of entire Detroit Compuware hockey
organization, beginning in 2000. He serves as the right-hand man to
Compuware owner Peter Karmanos.
Personal: Full name is Michael
Vellucci. ... Also known as Michael Vellucci during his coaching career. ...
Older brother of former minor-leaguer Mark Vellucci. |
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SNAPSHOT '84 | | Total Selected: |
250 | | Forwards: |
142 | | Defense: |
88 | | Goaltenders: |
20 | | Major Junior: |
110 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
16/9 | | College Players: |
23 | | High School: |
47 | | Midget: |
4 | | U.S. Junior B: |
1 |
| Canadian: |
145 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
63 |
| European: |
41 |
| Reached NHL: |
102 |
| Stanley Cup: |
20 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
18 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
31 |
| Picks Traded: |
39 |
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