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| 1973 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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John Wensink
Selected in seventh round
No.
104 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born April 1, 1953
 | Position: Left Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight:
200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Cornwall (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Pincher Creek, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Maxville, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1970-71 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
57 |
11 | 6 |
17 | 151 | | 1971-72 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
60 | 10 |
22 | 32 |
69 | | 1972-73 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
52 | 9 |
26 | 35 |
242 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1972 (Cornwall)
Memorial Cup Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1972 (Cornwall) (39 PIM) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 19,
1974 (Detroit at St. Louis)
Numbers: 21 (St. Louis); 18
(Boston); 18 (Quebec); 18 (Colo./N.J.)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1985 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974-1983 |
STL, BOS, QUE, COL/NJ | 403 |
70 | 68 | 138 |
840 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1977-1981 |
Boston, Quebec | 43 |
2 | 6 | 8 |
86 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1977, 1978 (Boston)
1982-83: Played on first New Jersey Devils team.
Miscellaneous: Wore No. 11 and played on line with Garry Unger at St.
Louis' 1973 training camp. ... Played on line with Terry O'Reilly in Boston in
1978-79. ... Missed part of 1979-80 season with broken toe on left foot, an
injury suffered in March 1980. ... Signed with Philadelphia as free agent in
September 1981, but NHL voided the deal because Wensink's contract with Quebec
was still in effect. ... Served as unofficial assistant coach at Colorado in 1981-82,
working behind bench when he was scratched from lineup. ... Set
Colorado/New Jersey franchise record (since broken) with 35 penalty minutes in
Oct. 20, 1981, game in Pittsburgh. He was given a major, misconduct and double
game misconduct for fighting with Grant Mulvey in the second period. ...
Received automatic two-game suspension in March 1982 for taking his fourth
game misconduct of the season in Colorado's March 20 game vs. Calgary. ... Was
part of Colorado team when franchise relocated to New Jersey on June 30, 1982. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Rochester (AHL); Denver (CHL);
Wichita (CHL); Nijmegen (Netherlands)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Dutch Championship: 1984 (Nijmegen) (as
player-coach)
Glengarry (Ontario) Sports Hall of
Fame: Inducted 1990
WHA Draft Pick: 1973 (by New York,
No. 28 overall in Round 3)
1973-74: Played on AHL regular-season
champion (Rochester).
Coaching Career: Was player-coach at Nijmegen
(Netherlands) from 1983-1985. ... Served as head
coach of St. Louis (NAHL) for two seasons after retirement. ... Coached pee wee and elite
developmental hockey in St. Louis for many years after retirement. ...
Took many St. Louis pee wee teams to annual international tournament in
Quebec.
Miscellaneous: Suspended by AHL for
a total of 15 games during 1973-74 season. First suspension was five games for
excessive violence in a November 1973 fight against Nova Scotia's Len Cunning
in Rochester. Second suspension was 10 games and resulted from his role in a
bench-clearing brawl in Rochester's game at Providence on Dec. 23, 1973. The
league said Wensink was the first player off the Rochester bench during a
fight and also scratched Providence's Bert Wilson near his eyes. The suspension
included a $50 fine. A total of $3,125 in fines were levied for the
incident -- the highest fine total for an AHL game to that date. ... Missed
end of 1974-75 season and entire 1975-76 season while recovering from back
surgery performed in January 1975. ...Went into construction business after
retirement, running a company in St. Charles, Missouri. ... Worked as
regular instructor at St. Louis Blues hockey camp.
Personal: Son of Dutch
immigrants, George Wensink and Nellie Bleyenberg, who moved the family from
Alberta to live on a dairy farm in Maxville, Ontario, when John was a baby. ...
Cousin of former major junior and Dutch League player Bill Wensink, who brought
him to the Netherlands to finish his career. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: St. Louis did not offer Wensink
a contract for the 1976-77 season. He signed with Boston as a free agent on
Oct. 12, 1976, reuniting him with his former Rochester coach, Don Cherry. |
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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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