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| 1973 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Darcy Rota
Selected in first round
No. 13 overall
by Chicago Black Hawks
Born February 16, 1953
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Right Wing
Height:
5-11 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Edmonton (WCHL)
Birthplace: Vancouver, B.C. (Canada)
Hometown:
Prince George, British Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1970-71 |
Edmonton | WCHL | 64 |
43 | 39 |
82 | 60 | | 1971-72 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
67 | 51 |
54 | 105 |
68 | | 1972-73 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
68 | 73 |
56 | 129 |
104 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHL All-Star First Team: 1972-73 (Edmonton)
WCHL All-Star Second
Team: 1971-72 (Edmonton)
Edmonton Northwest Trust Award (Most Popular): 1972-73
WCHL Goals Leader: 1972-73 (Edmonton) (73 goals) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1973 (Chicago at Los
Angeles)
Numbers: 18 (Chicago); 18
(Atlanta); 18 (Vancouver)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status: Retired December 4, 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1973-1984 |
Chicago, Atlanta, Vancouver | 794 |
256 | 239 | 495 |
973 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974-1984 |
Chicago, Atlanta, Vancouver | 60 |
14 | 7 | 21 |
147 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1984
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1982 (Vancouver)
Vancouver Records: Most points in one season by a left wing (81 in
1982-83), most goals in one season by a left wing (42 in 1982-83)
Chicago
Goals Leader: 1976-77 (24, tie)
Chicago
Playoffs Goals Leader: 1976 (1, tie)
Vancouver Goals Leader:
1982-83 (42)
Vancouver Playoffs Goals Leader: 1980 (2), 1981 (2)
Management Career: Began working in Vancouver community relations and
public relations department after his retirement in December 1984 and remained
in that position through 1984-85 season. ... Named Vancouver Director of
Player Development on June 25, 1985, and remained in that position through
1987-88 season. ... Named Vancouver Director of Media Relations prior to
1987-88 season and remained in that position through 1989-90 season. ... Named
special assistant to NHL president John Ziegler in 1991 and remained in that
position through 1991-92 season.
Broadcasting Career: Named Vancouver TV color commentator in 1994
season and remained in that position through 1995-96 season.
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in his first NHL game. ... Missed part of
1981-82 season with sprained knee, suffered in October 1981, and sprained
ankle. ... Scored series-winning goal to beat Los Angeles in 1982 Smythe
Division finals. ... Scored key third-period goal in Game 5 of the 1982
Campbell Conference finals against Chicago, sending Vancouver to the Stanley
Cup Finals. ... Missed part of 1982-83 season with separated shoulder,
suffered in December 1982. ... Set Vancouver record (since broken) with 42
goals in 1982-83. ... Set Vancouver record (since broken) with 14-game scoring
streak in 1982-83. ... Tied Vancouver record (since broken) with six-game
goal-scoring streak in 1982-83. ... Led Vancouver in plus-minus rating with
plus-13 in 1982-83. ... Named NHL's Player of Week for week of March 21, 1983.
... Tied for NHL shooting percentage lead with 24.3 in 1982-83. ... Missed
part of 1983-84 season with hyperextended right knee, suffered in January
1984. ... Injured neck in game vs. Los Angeles in February 1984, when he was
checked by Jay Wells in front of the Kings' net. He aggravated the injury in a
fight in March 1984 and suffered recurring neck spasms, but made it back
in time for the playoffs. The injury, however, never fully healed, and
required off-season spinal fusion surgery in June 1984. He was slated to miss
the first 4-6 weeks of the 1984-85 season, but three doctors told him he would
risk permanent damage to the neck if he returned to the NHL, and he elected to
retire in December 1984. ... Never missed playoffs during his 11-year NHL career. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: None
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame:
Inducted 2002
WHA Draft Pick: 1973 (by Houston, No. 9 overall in
Round 1)
Management Career: Was one of the original investors
in the WPHL in 1995. ... Purchased share
in expansion Coquitlam (BCHL) team in 2000, became team's president and general manager, and
remained in position through inaugural 2001-02 season.
Coaching Career:
Head coach of Burnaby (BCHL) from 1998 to February 2000. Was first head coach
in franchise history.
Miscellaneous: Never played in
minor leagues. ... Opened gym in Chicago during his playing days. ... An
avid golfer, he played in the 1982 British Columbia Open. ... Established a
Christian Athletes' hockey camp in Vancouver area during his playing days. ...
Played on Canucks Oldtimers team following his retirement. ... Organized
annual Darcy Rota Golf Tournament in 1989 to benefit Red Cross. In 1994, the
tournament's name was changed to the Dave Barr/Darcy Rota/Boston Pizza Foundation
Invitational Golf Tournament. ... Served as instructor at Richard Brodeur's
King Richard's Hockey School.
Personal: Cousin of former NHL
player Randy Rota. ... Cousin of former college hockey player and
minor-leaguer Fred Mattersdorfer and former major-junior player and
minor-leaguer Darcy Mattersdorfer. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Chicago traded Rota, Ivan Boldirev and
Phil Russell to Atlanta in exchange for Tom Lysiak, Pat Ribble, Harold Phillipoff,
Greg Fox and Miles Zaharko on March 13, 1979. |
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SNAPSHOT '73 | | Total Selected: |
168 | | Forwards: |
103 | | Defense: |
53 | | Goaltenders: |
12 | | Major Junior: |
131 | | College Players: |
28 |
| Canadian: |
151 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
14 | | U.S.-Born: |
14 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
70 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
4 |
| Picks Traded: |
35 |
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