| Round | Overall |
| 7 | 96 |
Doug Keeler
Selected by
New York from Ottawa (OHA)
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5-foot-9, 170 pounds
Right-hand shot
Center
Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1968-69 | Ottawa | OHA | 46 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 47 |
| 1969-70 | Ottawa | OHA | 54 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 33 |
| 1970-71 | Ottawa | OHA | 60 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 28 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Won Memorial Cup as youngest member of Niagara Falls (OHA) team in 1968.
Canadian • Born
August 16, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario • Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario
NEVER PLAYED IN NHL
Miscellaneous
- Led Toronto Butter Beeps midget team
with 35 goals as a 14-year-old in 1965-66.
- Won the 1967
Canadian Centennial Midget national championshp at Kingston,
Ontario, with Toronto Butter Beeps midget team.
- Had four goals, seven points,
and two penalty minutes in 41 games with Niagara Falls in 1967-68.
- Traded by Niagara Falls (OHA) to Peterborough and then traded from
Peterborough to Ottawa during the summer of 1968.
- Loaned by Providence (AHL) to Fort Worth (CHL, Detroit affiliate) for balance of 1972-73 season in February 1973.
Additional Facts
Full Name:
Douglas James Keeler
Post-Draft Teams: Omaha (CHL); Providence (AHL); Fort Worth (CHL); Jacksonville (AHL); Binghamton (NAHL); Orillia (OHA Sr.); Kalamazoo (IHL); Whitby (OHA Sr.)
Education: Graduated from
Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa during his junior career.
Career Beyond Hockey: Settled
in Whitby, Ontario, after his retirement and coached minor hockey. He
later became one of the firstl assistant coaches for the Whitby Dunlops
senior team during its inaugural 2004-05 season.
Family: Younger brother of
former minor-league player Mike Keeler.
| 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