| 1985 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Craig Duncanson
Selected in first round
No.
9 overall by Los Angeles Kings
Born March 17, 1967
 | Position:
Left Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Sudbury (OHL)
Birthplace:
Sudbury, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Walden, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1982-83 |
St. Michael's | Jr. B |
32 | 14 |
19 | 33 |
68 | | 1983-84 |
Sudbury | OHL |
62 | 38 |
38 | 76 |
178 | | 1984-85 |
Sudbury | OHL |
53 | 35 |
28 | 63 |
129 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
OHL All-Star Third Team: 1984-85 (Sudbury)
OHL All-Star Game: 1985 (Sudbury)
Sudbury Player's Player Award: 1984-85
Sudbury Records: Most goals in season by a rookie (38 in 1983-84)
Miscellaneous: Ranked by NHL Central Scouting Bureau as No. 16 overall
prospect for the 1985 NHL draft. ... Was Sudbury's first-round pick, No. 2
overall, in 1983 OHL priority selection. ... Missed start of 1984-85 season
with torn ligaments in knee, an injury suffered during Sudbury's training
camp September 1984. He did not make his 1984-85 OHL regular-season debut
until Sudbury's Oct. 21, 1984, game vs. Belleville. He had a goal and an
assist in that game. ... Finished fourth among all OHL rookies with 76
points in 1983-84. ... Led Sudbury with 178 penalty minutes in 1984-85. ...
Led Sudbury with 35 goals in 1984-85. ... Also played center during his
junior hockey career. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: April 2, 1986 (Winnipeg at Los
Angeles)
Numbers: 25, 32, 12, 26, 36 (Los Angeles); 45
(Winnipeg); 19 (NYR)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1997 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1986-1993 |
L.A., Winnipeg, NYR | 38 |
5 | 4 |
9 | 61 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Joined Los Angeles for final two games of 1985-86 season
after his Cornwall team was eliminated from 1986 OHL playoffs. ... Got his first NHL point by assisting on Marcel Dionne's
goal in Los Angeles' April 5, 1986, game vs. Vancouver. ... Wore No. 14 at
Los Angeles' 1986 training camp. ... Traded by Winnipeg with Brent Hughes and Simon Wheeldon to
Washington in exchange for Bob Joyce, Tyler Larter and Kent Paynter on May
21, 1991, but never played for parent team. ... Signed with N.Y. Rangers as
an unrestricted free agent on Sept. 4, 1992. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Sudbury, Cornwall (OHL); New Haven (AHL); Moncton, Baltimore, Binghamton (AHL);
Orlando, Fort Wayne, Cincinnati (IHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Binghamton Hockey Hall of Fame: Inducted
2001
OHL All-Star Third Team: 1985-86 (Sudbury-Cornwall)
1992-93: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Binghamton).
Coaching Career: Named Laurentian (OUAA)
head coach prior to 1997-98 season and remained in that position until May
2000, when Laurentian dropped its varsity hockey program due to budget cuts.
Miscellaneous: Played on line with
Ken McRae and Jeff Brown for Sudbury (OHL) in 1985-86. ... Traded by Sudbury
(OHL) with Sean Evoy to Cornwall in exchange for Jeff Smith, Mike Rouleau
and Mike Patrick in December 1985. ... Played on line with Mike Stapleton
and Ray Sheppard for Cornwall in 1985-86. The three were the league's
highest-scoring line for that season. ... Finished seventh in OHL with 110
points in 1985-86. ... Named OHL Leyden Division's second-best defensive
forward and third-best checker in 1985-86 poll of league coaches. ...
Assigned to New Haven for 1986 AHL playoffs after playing last two games of
1985-86 regular-season with Los Angeles. ... Missed part of 1986-87 season
with deep bruise in leg, an injury suffered during Cornwall's Nov. 23, 1986,
game at Hamilton. ... Led Cornwall with seven points and tied for lead with
four goals in 1987 OHL playoffs. ... Loaned by Washington organization to
Winnipeg organization on Feb. 26, 1992, so that he could complete his
1991-92 AHL season with Moncton.
Personal: Older brother of former
major junior and Canadian university player Clarke Duncanson. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Los Angeles traded Duncanson to Minnesota in exchange for Daniel Berthiaume
on September 6, 1990. The deal was part of a three-way trade with Winnipeg,
which then traded Brian Hunt to Minnesota in exchange for Duncanson, also on
September 6, 1990. |
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