1969 NHL Amateur Draft Pick
Milt Black
Selected by
Chicago from Winnipeg (WCHL)
5-foot-11, 180 pounds
Right-hand shot
Right Wing
Pre-Draft Statistics
| 1967-68 | Winnipeg |
WCJHL |
60 |
37 |
36 |
73 |
38 |
| 1968-69 |
Winnipeg |
WCHL |
53 |
20 |
44 |
64 |
57 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Played for Team Canada during 1967-68 season but did not make
Olympic team.
Canadian • Born June
20, 1949 in St. Boniface, Manitoba • Hometown:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
NEVER PLAYED IN NHL
After the Draft
-
Selected by Portland (WHL) from Chicago in Reverse Draft of June
1971.
- Missed part of 1971-72 season with broken
arm.
- Played on 1971-72 Dallas team that won CHL
regular-season title.
- Won CHL Adams Cup with
Dallas in 1972.
- Selected by Winnipeg in 1972 WHA
General Player Draft, the first draft in WHA history, in February
1972.
- Signed three-year WHA contract with Winnipeg on June 3 1972. He
was the fourth player to sign with team after it entered the WHA.
- Became first
former Winnipeg Jets WCHL player to play for the Winnipeg Jets of
the WHA when he joined the team for its inaugural 1972-73 season and
played in team's first game on Oct. 12, 1972, at New York.
-
Played on line with Hall of Famer Bobby Hull for Winnipeg in
1972-73.
- Worked
as sanitation engineer in Winnipeg during off-seasons of his early
playing days.
Miscellaneous
Full Name:
Milton James Black
Post-Draft Teams: Winnipeg (WCHL); Dallas (CHL); Winnipeg (WHA); Jacksonville (AHL); Sodertalje (Sweden);
Augsburg (West Germany)
European Career: After three
seasons with his hometown Winnipeg Jets, Black felt he was not enjoying
the game anymore. Taking the advice of an ex-teammate, he went to Sweden
for the 1975-76 season and play for Sodertalje SK. Black and his wife
moved to Sodertalje, where he needed to spend a couple of months
establishing residence before he could appear in Swedish Elitserien
games. Black embraced the new culture and took daily Swedish lessons. He
would spend two full seasons with Sodertalje before moving to West
Germany for another two seasons with Augsburger EV, where he led the West German Second Division with 40 goals and 58 points in 1977-78.
He eventually retired from the game after his final season with Augsburg
in 1978-79.
| 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 |
