1969 NHL Amateur Draft Pick
Round Overall
3 33
Wayne Hawrysh
Selected by Detroit from Flin Flon (WCHL)
Detroit Red Wings Flin Flon Bombers
Wayne Hawrysh
 

5-foot-11, 178 pounds

Right-hand shot

Right Wing

Pre-Draft Statistics

Year Team League GP G A TP PIM
1967-68Dauphin MJHL 60 29 45 74 159
1968-69 Flin Flon WCHL 58 31 37 68 187

Pre-Draft Notes

Also played center. ... Was teammate of Bobby Clarke with Flin Flon in 1968-69.
Canadian • Born July 1, 1949 in Dauphin, Manitoba • Hometown: Dauphin, Man. • Died Oct. 31, 2015
NEVER PLAYED IN NHL

After the Draft

  • Selected by Salt Lake (CHL) from Detroit reserve list in Reverse Draft on June 10, 1970.

  • Missed part of 1970-71 season with eye injury.

  • Was playing for Jacksonville (EHL) when team folded on Dec. 13, 1971. His rights were sold to New Jersey, where spent remainder of the 1971-72 season.

  • Selected by Winnipeg Jets in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, the first draft in that league's history.

  •  Playing rights sold by Suncoast (SHL) to Cape Cod (NAHL) in November 1973.

  • Playing rights sold by Cape Cod (NAHL) to Binghamton (NAHL) in February 1974.

  • Retired rather than report to Johnstown (NAHL) after a trade from Binghamton.

Miscellaneous

Post-Draft Teams: Flin Flon (WCHL); Jacksonville, New Jersey (EHL); Richmond (AHL); Long Island (NAHL); Suncoast (SHL); Cape Cod, Binghamton (NAHL)

Coaching Career: Served as Dauphin (MJHL) assistant coach in 1974-75. ... Served as Dauphin (MJHL) head coach in 1975-76. ... Moved to The Pas, Manitoba, and worked as a front-office executive and assistant coach for OCN Blizzard (MJHL). The OCN Blizzard team is owned by the Opaskwayak Cree Nation.

Career Beyond Hockey: Became insurance adjuster and director of youth hockey leagues in The Pas, Manitoba, after retirement as player.

Family: Son of former minor-leaguer, MJHL executive, and Detroit Red Wings scout Steve "Boomer" Hawrysh, a member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in the builders' category. ... Older brother of former MJHL junior players Ed Hawrysh and Raymond Hawrysh.

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


OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1969

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