| Round | Overall |
| 2 | 18 |
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Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1967-68 | Peterborough | OHA | 49 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 88 |
| 1968-69 | Peterborough | OHA | 54 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 52 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Named to 1968-69 OHA All-Star Second Team. ... Attended Haliburton Highlands Secondary School. ... Played for Chatham Maroons (OHA Jr. B) in 1966-67.
Career Vitals
| First contract: | 1969 |
| Debut: | October 10, 1970 (Oakland at Detroit) |
| Final NHL game: | April 7, 1982 (playoffs) (Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders) |
| Retired: | September 10, 1982 |
| Stanley Cup: | Never won |
| Numbers worn: | 21 (Oakland/California); 21 (Detroit); 3 (Pittsburgh) |
Career NHL Statistics
Teams:
Oakland/California, Detroit, Pittsburgh
Years: 1970-1982. Playoffs: 1975-1982
| Regular Season | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 12 years | 889 | 87 | 372 | 459 | 824 |
| Stanley Cup Playoffs | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 7 years | 32 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 38 |
| Complete statistics available at NHL.com | |||||
Pre-Draft Highlights
Stopped six penalty shots as a defenseman in an era when any player on
ice (not just goaltender) was allowed to challenge the player taking the
penalty shot. His success prompted the OHA to change the rule, allowing only
goalies to stop penalty shots.
Career Highlights
Set Pittsburgh single-season records (since broken) for assists (45) and points (60) by a defenseman in 1974-75. ... Tied Pittsburgh single-season record (since broken) for goals by a defenseman with 15 in 1974-75. ... Tied for Pittsburgh lead with eight points in 1975 playoffs. ... Named co-winner (with Ron Schock) of Pittsburgh Max Unger Award as team MVP for 1974-75. ... Set Pittsburgh single-game record (still stands) with 14 shots on goal in April 3, 1976, game vs. Washington. ... Set Pittsburgh single-season records (since broken) for assists (60) and points (71) by a defenseman in 1975-76. ... Won Pittsburgh Bill McCracken Award (Unsung Hero) for 1975-76. ... Became first player in Pittsburgh history to score a hat trick on power play when he did it on March 18, 1979 at N.Y. Rangers. ... Led Pittsburgh and finished third in NHL with plus-21 rating in 1978-79. ... Named co-winner (with Orest Kindrachuk) of Pittsburgh Max Unger Award as team MVP for 1978-79. ... Was Pittsburgh's lone representative in 1980 NHL All-Star Game at Detroit and scored third-period goal for Wales Conference All-Stars, who went on to win game. ... Led Pittsburgh and finished fifth in NHL with plus-16 rating in 1979-80. ... Combined with Rick Kehoe to set Pittsburgh record for fastest two goals in a playof game, when he scored first of two goals in a span of seven seconds on April 13, 1980, vs. Boston. ... Named inaugural winer of Pittsburgh Pepsi-Cola Outstanding Defenseman Award in 1979-80. ... Retired in 1982 as Pittsburgh's leader in career games played by a defenseman (621, record since broken), career goals by a defenseman (66, record since broken), career assists by a defenseman (277, record since broken), career points by a defenseman (343, record since broken), and career shots by a defenseman (1,342, record still stands). ... Received Honorable Mention status for Pittsburgh Penguins Trib Total Media All-Time Penguins team in 2013.
The Six-Assist Game
On March 8, 1975, Stackhouse turned in one of the best performances by an NHL defenseman when he erupted for six assists in Pittsburgh's 8-2 home victory over Philadelphia. The six assists set a Pittsburgh record (since tied) and tied the NHL record for assists by a defenseman in one game -- a record that still stands and is also shared by Bobby Orr. Stackhouse also set a single-game Pittsburgh record for assists by a defenseman (record still stands). He had one assist in the first period, four in the second, and one in the third. His four second-period assists came on consecutive goals by Jean Pronovost, J. Bob Kelly, Colin Campbell, and Vic Hadfield in a span of 10:04. The four assists tied the NHL record for assists in one period (since broken) and set Pittsburgh records for assists in one period (since broken) and assists in one period by a defenseman (record since tied).
Transaction History
Oct. 22, 1971 -- Traded by California to Detroit in exchange for Tom Webster. Jan. 17, 1974 -- Traded by Detroit to Pittsburgh in exchange for Jack Lynch and Jim Rutherford.
Significant Injuries
Missed start of 1973-74 season with injury suffered during Detroit's 1973 training camp. ... Missed part of 1977-78 season with separated shoulder. ... Missed part of 1978-79 season with eye injury.
Life Outside the NHL
Full Name: Ronald
Lorne
Stackhouse
Nicknames: "Stack",
"Stacky"
Other Post-Draft Teams: Providence (AHL); Seattle (WHL)
Education: Attended York University
in Toronto following ihs retirement from NHL.
Career Beyond Hockey: Became high
school teacher and hockey school instructor in his native Haliburton
after retirement. He taught at his alma mater, Haliburton Highlands
Secondary School.
Miscellaneous:
| Selected by Miami Screaming Eagles in 1972 WHA Draft, the first WHA Draft, February 1972. | Selected by Cleveland Crusaders in 1973 WHA Draft of established professional players. | Made NHL debut two days after Oakland Seals were unofficially renamed the "Bay Area Seals". | Played 79 games in a 78-game season of 1971-72 due to his trade from California to Detroit. |
| Paired on defense with Thommie Bergman for Detroit during the 1972-73 season. | Scored the game-winning goal in his debut with Pittsburgh on Jan. 18, 1974, at Vancouver. | Played the point opposite Vic Hadfield on power plays for Vancouver in 1974-75 season. | Scored empty-netter that went length of ice for Pittsburgh in 1977 playoff game at Toronto. |
| Unappreciated by Pittsburgh fans, who often booed him for not being more physical player. | Appeared in 235 consecutive games for Pittsburgh -- the fifth-longest streak in team history. | Part of group honored prior to final regular-season game at Mellon Arena (Igloo) in 2010. | Featured in 2014 documentary "There's Something In the Water" about Haliburton hockey. |
| SNAPSHOT '69 | |
| Total Selected: | 84 |
| Forwards: | 58 |
| Defense: | 18 |
| Goaltenders: | 8 |
| Major Junior: | 68 |
| College Players: | 8 |
| Canadian: | 78 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 1 |
| American: | 4 |
| European: | 1 |
| Reached NHL: | 49 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 10 |
| Hall of Fame: | 1 |
| All-Star Game: | 7 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 1 |
| Olympians: | 2 |
| Picks Traded: | 11 |
| 1969 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Chicago | Detroit |
| Los Angeles | Minnesota | Montreal |
| New York | Oakland | Philadelphia |
| Pittsburgh | St. Louis | Toronto |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1969