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| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Danny Geoffrion
Selected in first round
No.
8 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born January 24, 1958
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Right Wing
Height: 5-10 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Cornwall (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Montreal, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
28 | 6 |
5 | 11 |
5 | | 1974-75 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
71 | 33 |
53 | 86 |
70 | | 1975-76 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
53 | 42 |
58 | 100 |
123 | | 1976-77 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
65 | 39 |
57 | 96 |
148 | | 1977-78 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
71 | 68 |
75 | 143 |
183 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
QMJHL All-Star Third Team: 1977-78 (Cornwall)
QMJHL West All-Star
Second Team: 1975-76 (Cornwall)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
the No. 14 overall prospect for the 1978 NHL draft. ... Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
QMJHL's No. 2 prospect for 1978 draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 23, 1979 (Montreal at
Atlanta)
Numbers: 20 (Montreal); 5 (Winnipeg)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1979-1981 |
Montreal, Winnipeg | 111 |
20 | 32 | 52 |
99 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1980 | Montreal | 2 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
7 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Winnipeg/Phoenix Records: Most game-tying goals in one season (3 in
1980-81, shares record)
Miscellaneous: Played for Montreal team coached by his father as a
rookie in
1979-80. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Quebec (WHA); Tulsa (CHL);
Sherbrooke (AHL); Sapporo (Japan)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1978 (by Quebec)
Miscellaneous:
Went straight to WHA after draft, becoming the highest 1978 draft choice to
take that route. ... Went into insurance
business after his retirement, working in Nashville and later in Alabama. ...
Became a minor hockey coach after retirement, helping to grow sport of hockey
in Tennessee.
Personal: Full name is Daniel
Geoffrion. ... Also known as Dan Geoffrion and Daniel Geoffrion during his playing days. ... Son of
Hockey Hall of Famer
and former NHL player Bernie Geoffrion. ...
Younger brother of former minor-leaguer Bob Geoffrion. ... Brother-in-law of
former NHL player Hartland Monahan. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/WAIVER DRAFT: Geoffrion did not sign with
Montreal after the draft, instead jumping to the WHA. He did not enter the NHL until the
1979 NHL-WHA merger. Montreal regained his rights in the NHL Reclaim Draft on
June 9, 1979. The following year, Montreal left Geoffrion unprotected for the
NHL Waiver Draft on October 8, 1980, and he was claimed by Quebec for $100
under terms of the NHL-WHA merger which allowed a former WHA team to reclaim a
player once he was waived by his NHL drafting team. After reclaiming him off
waivers, Quebec sold Geoffrion's rights to
Winnipeg on October 8, 1980. |
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SNAPSHOT '78 | | Total Selected: |
234 | | Forwards: |
143 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
127 | | College Players: |
80 |
| Canadian: |
170 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
47 | | U.S.-Born: |
47 |
| European: |
17 |
| Reached NHL: |
95 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
16 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
18 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
1 |
| Olympians: |
16 |
| Picks Traded: |
46 |
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