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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Hector Marini
Selected in third round
No.
50 overall by New York Islanders
Born January
27, 1957
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-1 Weight: 205
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Sudbury (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Timmins, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Timmins, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Sudbury | OMJHL |
69 | 12 |
19 | 31 |
70 | | 1975-76 |
Sudbury | OMJHL |
66 | 32 |
45 | 77 |
102 | | 1976-77 |
Sudbury | OMJHL |
64 | 32 |
58 | 90 |
89 |
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PRE-DRAFT
AWARDS AND HONORS
OMJHL All-Star Game: 1977 (Sudbury) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: March 7, 1979 (N.Y. Islanders at St.
Louis)
Numbers: 29 (N.Y. Islanders); 20 (New Jersey)
Stanley Cup:
1981.
Status: Retired due to injury in December 1985 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1984 |
N.Y. Islanders, New Jersey | 154 |
27 | 46 | 73 |
246 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1981 |
N.Y. Islanders | 10 |
3 | 6 | 9 |
14 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1983 (New Jersey)
1981-82: Played 30 regular-season games for N.Y. Islanders team that
went on to win Stanley Cup, but was not with team during postseason.
1982-83: Played on first New Jersey Devils team.
Miscellaneous: Injured knee during N.Y. Islanders' 1979 training camp.
... Missed part of 1980-81 season with bruised shoulder. ... Broke bone in his
left little finger while fighting Jack McIlhargey during N.Y. Islanders' Oct.
29, 1981, game at Hartford. ... Became first New Jersey Devils player to play
in an NHL All-Star Game when he achieved feat in 1983. ... Became first New
Jersey Devils player to record a point in an NHL All-Star Game with assist on
Feb. 9, 1983. ... Injured knee during New Jersey's 1984 training camp. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Muskegon (IHL); Fort Worth,
Indianapolis (CHL); Maine (AHL); Fort Wayne (IHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Indianapolis Captain: 1979-80
1977-78: Played
two games for Fort Worth team that won CHL regular-season and playoff titles,
but was not with team during postseason.
1983-84: Played 17 games
for Maine team that went on to win AHL playoff title, but was not with team
during postseason.
1985-86: Played on IHL regular-season champion
(Fort Wayne).
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1984-85 season with knee
injury.
The Loss of an Eye: At age 28, Marini suffered
a career-ending eye injury during Fort Wayne's Dec. 5, 1985, IHL game vs.
Indianapolis. He was hit in the left eye by a power-play point shot from
teammate Doug Rigler during the first period of a 7-4 win. Marini's eye was so
severely damaged that doctors at Indianapolis' Methodist Hospital were forced
to surgically remove it on Dec. 10, 1985. The impact of the shot had destroyed
the left eye's iris, cornea and lens, while causing a massive detachment of
the retina. After the game, Marini had emergency surgery to save the eye, and
he claimed he could detect light at first. By Dec. 7, 1985, Marini reported
that he was totally blind. This prompted doctors to remove the eye and later
insert an artificial one.
Personal: Nicknamed "The
Wreaker." ... Full name is Joseph Hector Marini. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: N.Y. Islanders traded Marini to New
Jersey in exchange for the option to switch 1983 fourth-round draft picks on
October 1, 1982. N.Y. Islanders exercised this option and drafted Mikko Makela,
while New Jersey traded its fourth-round pick to Philadelphia. |
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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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