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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Jim Bennett
Selected in eighth round
No.
133 overall by Atlanta Flames
Born July 26, 1957
 | Position:
Left Wing
Height: 5-10 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Brown (ECAC)
Birthplace: Cranston, Rhode Island (USA)
Hometown:
Cranston, Rhode Island |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Cranston East | R.I. HS |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
| 1974-75 |
Cranston East | R.I. HS |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
| 1975-76 |
Brown | ECAC |
20 | 8 |
13 | 21 |
14 | | 1976-77 |
Brown | ECAC |
27 | 12 |
15 | 27 |
16 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
R.I. High School All-State First Team: 1974-75 (Cranston East)
R.I. High School All-State Second Team: 1973-74 (Cranston East)
Miscellaneous: Grew up in Edgewood neighborhood of Cranston, R.I. ...
Scored goal in his first varsity game at Brown, played at Boston College. ...
Missed part of 1975-76 season with broken thumb. ... Was also an outstanding
tennis player, who played in the People to People Tennis tour of Sweden. ...
Was college friend of Lincoln Chafee, who went on to become a U.S. Senator
from Rhode Island. |
| NHL CAREER |
| Never played in NHL. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Brown (ECAC); Muskegon (IHL);
Birmingham (CHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Ivy League All-Star First Team: 1977-78 (Brown)
Education: Majored in classics at Brown University.
Miscellaneous: Ran for Rhode Island state legislature during his senior
year at Brown University, although he lost the election. ... Worked in
securities firms after his retirement, opening his own securities firm in 1985
before switching to the field of environmental testing, in which had been
investing. ... Founded Mitkem Corp., an environmental testing lab in Warwick,
R.I., in 1994. ... Nominee for small-business person of year by U.S. Small
Business Administration in 1996 and 1997. ... Chaired Rhode Island Convention
Center Authority from 1995 to 2001. ... Went into politics in the 1990s,
running unsuccessfully for state treasurer of Rhode Island in 1998 and for
governor of Rhode Island as a Republican candidate in 2002.
Personal: Also known as Jimmy Bennett during his playing days. ... Son of former NHL
goaltender Harvey Bennett. ... Younger brother of former NHL players Curt
Bennett, Harvey Bennett Jr. and Bill Bennett. ... Younger brother of
former WHA player John Bennett. |
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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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