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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mike Crombeen
Selected in first round
No.
5 overall by Cleveland Barons
Born April 16, 1957
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kingston (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Sarnia, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Sarnia, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Sarnia | Jr. B | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1973-74 |
Kingston | OMJHL |
69 |
19 | 29 |
48 | 59 | | 1974-75 |
Kingston | OMJHL |
69 |
56 | 58 |
114 | 50 | | 1975-76 |
Kingston | OMJHL |
57 | 43 |
39 | 82 |
65 | | 1976-77 |
Kingston | OMJHL |
49 | 42 |
36 | 78 |
16 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
OMJHL All-Star Second Team: 1975-76, 1976-77 (Kingston)
OMJHL All-Star Game: 1977
(Kingston)
Kingston
MVP: 1975-76, 1976-77
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
OMJHL's No. 4 prospect for the 1977 NHL draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 12, 1977 (Cleveland at Los
Angeles)
Numbers: 14 (Cleveland); 26 (St. Louis); 18
(Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1985 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1977-1985 | Cleveland, St. Louis, Hartford |
475 | 55 | 68 |
123 | 218 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1980-1983 | St. Louis |
27 | 6 | 2 |
8 | 32 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Scored series-winning goal
for St. Louis at 5:16 of double overtime in Game 5 vs. Pittsburgh on April 14,
1981. The 4-2 victory sent St. Louis into the second round of the 1981 Stanley
Cup playoffs. ... Missed parts of 1983-84 season with fractured right wrist,
suffered during Hartford's Feb. 23, 1984, game vs. Buffalo, back spasms and
knee injury. ... Released by Hartford in August 1985. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Salt Lake (CHL); Binghamton
(AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1977 (by Edmonton,
No. 4 overall in Round 1)
1978-79: Played on CHL
regular-season champion (Salt Lake).
1984-85: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (Binghamton).
Miscellaneous: Was an avid fly
fisherman during his playing days. ... Worked as instructor at Christian
hockey camps during off-seasons of his later playing days. ... Moved to Denver
after his retirement and became a salesman. After one year in Denver, he
relocated to Newmarket, Ontario and became a sales representative for adidas
Canada. ... Coached both of his sons in minor hockey.
Personal: Full name is Michael
Joseph Crombeen. ... Older brother of former
major-junior players Brian Crombeen and Pat Crombeen.
... Father of Canadian university player Ryan Crombeen and major junior player
B.J. Crombeen. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FRANCHISE FOLDED: Crombeen was on the
Cleveland team that folded after the 1977-78 season and merged with Minnesota.
He was left unprotected for the 1978-79 Cleveland-Minnesota Dispersal Draft
and claimed by St. Louis on June 15, 1978. |
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SNAPSHOT '77 | | Total Selected: |
185 | | Forwards: |
104 | | Defense: |
57 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
123 | | College Players: |
51 |
| Canadian: |
141 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
5 |
| Reached NHL: |
97 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
9 |
| Picks Traded: |
37 |
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