| Round | Overall |
| 3 | 35 |
Ron Wilson
Selected by
Minnesota from Flin Flon (WCHL)
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5-foot-10, 175 pounds
Left-hand shot
Defense
Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1968-69 | Flin Flon | WCHL | 50 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 65 |
| 1969-70 | Flin Flon | WCHL | 59 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 174 |
| 1970-71 | Flin Flon | WCHL | 26 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 97 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Missed most of 1970-71 season with broken leg, suffered in November 1970.
Canadian • Born
August 4, 1951 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan • Hometown:
Prince Albert, Sask.
NEVER PLAYED IN NHL
After the Draft
- Selected by Winnipeg Jets in 1972 WHA
General Player Draft, first draft in league history, February 1972.
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Named to WHL All-Star Second Team with Portland in 1973-74.
- Named to IHL All-Star Second Team with Kalamazoo in 1975-76.
- Served as Kalamazoo captain from 1976-77 through 1978-79
seasons.
- Missed part of 1976-77 season with abdominal muscle tear.
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Named to IHL All-Star First Team with Kalamazoo in 1977-78.
- Was captain of IHL Turner Cup champion Kalamazoo in
Wings 1979.
- Inducted into the Prince Albert Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
Miscellaneous
Full Name:
Ronald Wilson
Nickname: "Red"
Post-Draft Teams: Cleveland (AHL); Fort Wayne (IHL); Jacksonville (AHL); Portland (WHL); New Haven (AHL); Kalamazoo (IHL)
| SNAPSHOT '71 | |
| Total Selected: | 117 |
| Forwards: | 63 |
| Defense: | 45 |
| Goaltenders: | 9 |
| Major Junior: | 84 |
| College Players: | 19 |
| Canadian: | 107 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 2 |
| American: | 8 |
| European: | 0 |
| Reached NHL: | 50 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 5 |
| Hall of Fame: | 3 |
| All-Star Game: | 10 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 5 |
| Olympians: | 4 |
| Picks Traded: | 18 |
| 1971 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Buffalo | California |
| Chicago | Detroit | Los Angeles |
| Minnesota | Montreal | New York |
| Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | St. Louis |
| Toronto | Vancouver | |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1971