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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Dean Willers
Selected in 13th round
No.
175 overall by Detroit Red Wings
Born December
28, 1957
 | Position:
Right Wing / Left Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight:
175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Union (ECAC Division II)
Birthplace: Southend-on-Sea, England (Britain)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1975-76 |
Wexford | OPJHL | 4 |
1 | 0 |
1 | 12 | | |
Markham | OPJHL |
31 | 12 |
10 | 22 |
41 | | |
Toronto | OMJHL |
1 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1976-77 |
Union | ECAC-II |
26 | 19 |
24 | 43 |
28 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Recruited by coach Ned Harkness' to play at Union College
prior to Harkness' second of three seasons at the school. Harkness
had gone to Union to resurrect the hockey program after losing his job as
Detroit Red Wings general manager. |
| NHL CAREER |
| Never played in NHL. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Union (ECAC-II), Kalamazoo,
Toledo (IHL); Johnstown (NEHL/EHL); Utica (EHL); Port Huron (IHL); Schenectady
(AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1978-79: Played 12 regular-season games for Kalamazoo team that went on
to win IHL playoff title, but was not with team in postseason.
Miscellaneous: Left Union College in December 1977 as a show of support
for coach Ned Harkness, who had quit his job because he felt he was not
treated fairly by Union administrators. Harkness had been recruiting
academically unqualified players with the permission of Union president Thomas
Bonner, who wanted the team to win at all costs. However, Union
officials embarrassed Harkness by putting four players on academic
probation for their poor grades. Harkness responded by quitting as coach, and
Willers and his teammates quit in solidarity with Harkness. Union was forced
to finish the season with JV players, and the incident led to Bonner's
resignation. ... Traded by Kalamazoo (IHL) with Fred Berry and Alan Stoneman
to Toledo in exchange for Peter Crawford and Randy Mohns in December 1978. ...
Was on Schenectady (ACHL) team that folded on November 16, 1981. |
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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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