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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Don Ashby
Selected in first round
No.
6 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born March 8, 1955.
Died May 30, 1981
 | Position:
Center / Left Wing
Height: 6-1 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Calgary (WCHL)
Birthplace: Kamloops, British Columbia (Canada)
Hometown:
Kamloops, British Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Kamloops | BCJHL |
28 |
22 | 22 |
44 | -- | | |
Calgary | WCHL |
36 | 10 |
12 | 22 |
0 | | 1973-74 |
Calgary | WCHL |
68 | 30 |
38 | 68 |
52 | | 1974-75 |
Calgary | WCHL |
70 | 52 |
68 | 120 |
71 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1975 (Chicago at Toronto)
Numbers:
8, 9, 20 (Toronto); 12
(Colorado); 19 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won
Playing Status: Died while still active in minor leagues |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1975-1980 |
Toronto, Colorado, Edmonton |
188 | 40 |
56 | 96 |
40 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1977-1980 |
Toronto, Edmonton | 12 |
1 | 0 | 1 |
4 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Edmonton Oilers NHL
team.
Miscellaneous: Played left wing on line with Wayne Gretzky
during his six games with Edmonton in 1979-80. ... Had six points (three
goals, three assists) in Edmonton's March 29, 1980, game at Toronto. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Oklahoma City (CHL); Dallas
(CHL); New Brunswick (AHL); Fort Worth (CHL); Wichita (CHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL All-Star First Team: 1980-81 (Wichita)
WHA Draft Pick: 1975 (by
Baltimore, No. 3 overall in Round 1)
Miscellaneous: Selected by
Baltimore (WHA) team that folded shortly after the 1975 WHA draft. His rights
were claimed by Calgary during June 1975 special draft of players from defunct
WHA teams. ... Sat out
most of 1978-79 season in retirement. He started season in minors, was called
up to Toronto, then chose to announce retirement rather than return to minors.
Came out of retirement after Toronto traded him to Colorado. ... Was
second-leading scorer in 1981 CHL playoffs. ... Died from injuries suffered in
a head-on car-crash in Summerland, B.C., on May 30, 1981. The accident took
place 12 days after Ashby's Wichita team lost to Salt Lake in the CHL
championship series. Ashby, 26, had returned home to British Columbia for the
summer. ... The CHL renamed its Iron Man Award the Don Ashby Memorial Trophy
in 1981. ... Wichita (CHL) players wore a patch honoring Ashby's No. 18 for
the 1981-82 season.
Personal: Nicknamed "Ants." ... Full name is
Donald Allan Ashby. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Toronto traded Ashby and Trevor
Johansen to Colorado in exchange for Paul Gardner on March 13, 1979. |
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SNAPSHOT '75 | | Total Selected: |
217 | | Forwards: |
126 | | Defense: |
65 | | Goaltenders: |
26 | | Major Junior: |
135 | | College Players: |
61 |
| Canadian: |
162 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
46 | | U.S.-Born: |
45 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
87 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
6 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
11 |
| Picks Traded: |
21 |
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