Miscellaneous

• Was first player from Clarkson officially drafted by an NHL team, since the previous year's choice of Jerry Kemp had been voided due to an eligibility ruling.
  
  
• Played one game for Peterborough (OHA) in 1967-68.
  
  
• Was also a star for Clarkson's lacrosse team during his years at the school and was co-captain as a senior in 1972.
  
  
• Scored final goal for Clarkson in 6-4 loss to Cornell in NCAA championship game on March 21, 1970, at Lake Placid, N.Y.
  
  
• Named to ECAC All-Tournament team with Clarkson as freshman in 1970 and again as sophomore in 1971.
  
  
• Served as Clarkson alternate captain in 1971-72.
  
  
• Named to RPI Invitational All-Tournament first team in December 1971.
  
  
• Selected by New England Whalers in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, the first draft in league history, in February 1972.
  
  
• Led Clarkson with 35 assists in 1971-72.
  
  
• Completed his college career with 21 goals and 73 assists in 94 games. The team went 72-22-1 with him on its roster.
  
  
• Was co-winner of Clarkson's Outstanding Senior Athlete award (across all sports) for 1971-72.
  
  
• Named to NCAA All-America East First Team with Clarkson in 1971-72.
  
  
• ECAC All-Star First Team with Clarkson in 1971-72.
  
  
• WHA rights traded by New England to Ottawa in July 1972
  
  
• Signed WHA contract with Ottawa on Aug. 3, 1972.
  
  
• Played on first Ottawa Nationals team in WHA's inaugural 1972-73 season and appeared in the first game in WHA history on Oct. 11, 1972, vs. Alberta.
  
  
• Was on Ottawa (WHA) team that relocated to Toronto after a sale to John Bassett in May 1973.
  
  
• Claimed by Phoenix from Toronto in WHA Expansion Draft on May 30, 1974.
  
  
• Won Clarkson's Arnold H Barben Award (hockey alumnus recognized for professional achievement) in 1991.
  
  
• Inducted into the Clarkson Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.

Additional Facts

Full Name: Stephen J. Warr

Post-Draft Teams: Clarkson (ECAC); Ottawa/
Toronto (WHA); Jacksonville (AHL); Syracuse (AHL)

Education: Graduated from Clarkson College in 1972. ... Returned to Clarkson after retirement to earn a master's degree in 1978.

Career Beyond Hockey: Remained in Potsdam, N.Y., area after completing his education and became part of the local business community, while also working for many years as a local youth-hockey coach and administrator. He was named to the Board of Directors of the Potsdam Youth Hockey Association in 1978 and continues to be poart of the PYHA. He was also honored in Potsdam as the local Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year, served as the Chamber of Commerce's president, and has been a driving force behind the growth of youth lacrosse in the community since founding the Potsdam Youth Lacrosse Program for kids age 10 to 13 in 1988. He also spent 12 years as a Clarkson assistant lacrosse coach before taking over as the Potsdam High School boys' lacrosse coach, a position he held for many more years.

Family: Son of Peterborough hockey executive Herbert V. Warr, who served as president of Peterborough Petes (OHA) during his son's college years and was in Petes' front office for more than 35 years. Herb Warr was inducted into the Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame in its builders' category in 1994.

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