1966 NHL Amateur Draft Pick
Ron Dussiaume
Selected by
Chicago from Oshawa (OHA)
5-foot-10, 195 pounds
Left-hand shot
Left Wing
Pre-Draft Statistics
| 1965-66 | Oshawa |
OHA |
34 |
10 |
12 |
22 |
15 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Spent part of 1965-66 season with Oshawa Jr. B team. ... Played in
1966 Memorial Cup tournament with runner-up Oshawa Generals and was
teammate of Bobby Orr.
Canadian • Born July
4, 1948 in Sudbury, Ontario • Hometown:
Sudbury, Ontario • Died Feb. 10, 2007
NEVER PLAYED IN NHL
After the Draft
- Named Laurentian (OUAA) Male Athlete of Year
(across all sports) in 1968-69 as award's inaugural winner.
-
On 1971-72 Dallas team that won CHL
regular-season title.
- Won CHL Adams
Cup with Dallas in 1972.
- Selected by Chicago
Cougars in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, the first draft in the league's history, in February 1972.
- Played
on 1973-74 Rochester team that won AHL regular-season title.
- Claimed by
Los Angeles affiliate, Springfield (AHL), from Chicago in June 1972 Reverse Draft.
- Claimed by Rochester (AHL) from Los Angeles in June 1974 Reverse
Draft.
- Inducted posthumously into the
House of Kin Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame in 2008
Miscellaneous
Full Name:
Joseph Ronald Cyril Dussiaume
Post-Draft Teams: Oshawa (OHA); Laurentian (OUAA); Dallas (CHL); Tidewater, Springfield, Rochester, Syracuse (AHL)
Education: Attended Laurentian
University.
Career Beyond Hockey: Founded
Mitron Sports Enterprises in 1976. Mitron produces high
performance hockey training systems and publishes manuals to assist
coaches at all levels. In 2004, working with Mike Foligno, Dussiaume went on to found Elite
Hockey Education & Development Corporation. ... Was master course
conductor in Canada's national hockey coaching certification program.
... Achieved Advanced Level 5 status (Olympic-level) as a coach, making
him one of only 17 such coaches in Canada at the time of his death.
| Total Selected: |
24 |
| Forwards: |
14 |
| Defense: |
8 |
| Goaltenders: |
2 |
| Major Junior: |
17 |
| College Players: |
0 |
| Canadian: |
24 |
| American: |
0 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 |
|
European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
14 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
3 |
| Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
3 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
1 |
| Olympians: |
0 |
| Picks Traded: |
1 |
