| Round | Overall |
| 1 | 10 |
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Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1967-68 | Niagara Falls | OHA | 54 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 75 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Won Memorial Cup with Niagara Falls in 1968. ... Played center until the 1967-68 season. ... A star baseball catcher who was drafted by the Detroit Tigers, but he did not sign because he did not feel he would ever pass Bill Freehan on depth chart.
Career Vitals
| First contract: | 1968 |
| Debut: | October 11, 1970 (Toronto at Vancouver) |
| Final NHL game: | April 12, 1980 (playoffs) (Los Angeles vs. N.Y. Islanders) |
| Retired: | 1982 |
| Stanley Cup: | Never won |
| Numbers worn: | 3 (Toronto); 20 (Los Angeles) |
Career NHL Statistics
Teams: Toronto,
Los Angeles
Years: 1970-1980. Playoffs: 1972-1980
| Regular Season | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 3 years | 163 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 153 |
| Stanley Cup Playoffs | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 2 years | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Complete statistics available at NHL.com | |||||
Career Highlights
Played on 1969-70 Vancouver team that won WHL regular-season title. ... Won WHL Patrick Cup with Vancouver in 1970. ... Won WHL Rookie Award as league's rookie of year with Vancouver in 1969-70. ... Scored a goal in NHL debut on Oct. 11, 1970, at Vancouver. ... Played in first game in New England Whalers WHA history, Oct. 12, 1972, vs. Philadelphia. ... Played on 1972-73 New England team that won WHA regular-season title. ... Led New England (WHA) with 110 penalty minutes in 1972-73. ... Won inaugural WHA World Trophy with New England in 1973. ... Represented New England in the WHA All-Star Games of 1974 and 1975. ...Named to WHA All-Star Third Team with New England in 1973-74. ... Represented Team Canada as one of WHA All-Stars who faced Soviet Union in 1974 Summit Series, appearing in four of the eight games. ... Named OHA Jr. A Coach of Year with Thornhill in 1993-94 and 1994-95, with Aurora in 1997-98 and 1998-99, and with Newmarket in 2000-01. ... Inducted into the Windsor-Essex County Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
Transaction History
May 1969 -- Loaned by Toronto with Rene Robert to Vancouver (WHL) for 1969-70 season in exchange for Ron Ward and right to re-purchase both Selwood and Robert at end of season. May 1970 -- Returned by Vancouver (WHL) to Toronto as part of re-purchase agreement. May 1972 -- Signed WHA contract with New England, making him one of first NHL players to jump to rival league. June 5, 1972 -- NHL rights claimed by Montreal from Toronto in NHL Intra-league Draft. June 9, 1979 -- NHL rights reclaimed by Montreal from Hartford prior to NHL Expansion Draft. Sept. 14, 1979 -- Traded by Montreal with 1982 fourth-round pick (David Gans) to Los Angeles in exchange for 1982 fourth-round pick (John Devoe) and cash. The draft pick swap was listed as future considerations when trade was announced. At time of trade, Selwood had already gone into retirement, but he changed his mind and later came out of retirement to join Los Angeles in November 1979.
Significant Injuries
Missed part of 1970-71 season with fractured lumbar vertebra, suffered during Toronto's Nov. 19, 1970, game at Montreal. ... Missed half of 1975-76 season with broken left ankle. ... Missed part of 1976-77 season with bone spur in left ankle, an injury that required surgery. ... Missed part of 1981-82 season with Achilles tendon injury that helped prompt his January 1982 decision to stop playing and focus on coaching.
Life Outside the NHL
Full Name: Bradley
Wayne Selwood
Nickname: "Rags"
Other Post-Draft Teams: Tulsa (CHL); Vancouver (WHL); New England (WHA); Houston, Fort Worth (CHL); New Haven (AHL)
Career Beyond Hockey: Moved to
Thornhill, Ontario, after his retirement and worked for a car
leasing business in Leaside while coaching in the Thornhill Minor
Hockey program. ... Worked as a youth baseball coach in Thornhill
from 1984 to 1992 and in Leaside from 1993 to 1999.
Family: Husband of Bonnie Murdison
Sellwood, a
former Canadian Olympic water skiier when water skiing was a
demonstration sport at the 1972 Munich Games. ... Father of former
Tier II junior player Kevin Sellwood. ... Brother-in-law of Canadian
Hall of Fame water skiier Andy Murdison.
Non-Playing Career
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COACHING CAREER Named Houston (CHL) player-assistant coach prior to 1980-81 season and remained in that position through 1980-81 season. ... Named New Haven (AHL) player-assistant coach prior to 1981-82 season and remained in position until Jan. 11, 1982. ... Named Los Angeles assistant coach on Jan. 11, 1982, and remained in that position through 1982-83 season. During this time, he served as Kings head coach while Don Perry was suspended for six games in February 1982. ... Named Thornhill (OHA Jr. A) head coach prior to 1993-94 season and remained in that position through 1995-96 season. ... Named London (OHL) head coach prior to 1996-97 season and remained in that position for season's first 50 games. ... Named Aurora (OHA Jr. A) head coach prior to 1997-98 season and remained in that |
position through
1999-00 season. ... Named Newmarket (OHA Jr. A) head coach prior
to 2000-01 season and remained in that position through 2003-04
season. ... Named himself Oshawa (OHL) head coach on May 5,
2006, and remained in that position until Feb. 11, 2008. MANAGEMENT CAREER Was also general manager of Thornhill (OHA Jr. A), Aurora (OHA Jr. A) and Newmarket (OHA Jr. A) teams he coached in 1990s and 2000s. ... Named Oshawa (OHL) vice-president and general manager on May 26, 2004, and remained in that position until May 7, 2008. ... Named president of the Markham Majors and Markham Islanders hockey developmental organizations and GTHL team in 2009 and currently holds the position. |
Miscellaneous:
| Selected by New England Whalers in 1972 WHA Draft, the first WHA Draft, February 1972. | Paired on defense with Jim Dorey for New England (WHA) in 1972-73 and 1973-74. | Played on Los Angeles' charity softball team that won 1982 Molson Slo-Pitch tournament. | Was general manager of Oshawa Generals when team brought John Tavares into OHL. |
| SNAPSHOT '68 | |
| Total Selected: | 24 |
| Forwards: | 13 |
| Defense: | 8 |
| Goaltenders: | 3 |
| Major Junior: | 16 |
| College Players: | 4 |
| Canadian: | 22 |
| USA Citizens: | 2 |
| U.S.-Born: | 1 |
| European: | 0 |
| Reached NHL: | 10 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 2 |
| Hall of Fame: | 0 |
| All-Star Game: | 2 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 0 |
| Olympians: | 0 |
| Picks Traded: | 1 |
| 1968 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Chicago | Detroit |
| Los Angeles | Minnesota | Montreal |
| New York | Oakland | Philadelphia |
| Pittsburgh | St. Louis | Toronto |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1968