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| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Paul Messier
Selected in third round
No.
41 overall by Colorado Rockies
Born January 27, 1958
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Center
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Denver (WCHA)
Birthplace: Nottingham, England (Great
Britain)
Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Edmonton | AJHL | 59 |
37 | 39 |
76 | 43 |
| 1974-75 |
Spruce Grove | AJHL |
57 | 45 |
56 | 101 |
48 | | |
Edmonton | WCHL |
1 | 2 |
0 | 2 |
0 | | 1975-76 |
Spruce Grove | AJHL |
44 | 32 |
45 | 77 |
46 | | |
Edmonton | WCHL |
11 | 1 |
12 | 13 |
2 | | 1976-77 |
Denver | WCHA |
30 | 15 |
12 | 27 |
47 | | 1977-78 |
Denver | WCHA |
38 | 20 |
31 | 51 |
53 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Centennial Cup: 1975 (Spruce Grove)
Centennial
Cup All-Star First Team: 1974-75 (Spruce Grove)
AJHL Records:
Most points by a 16-year-old (101 in 1974-75)
AJHL Playoffs
Assists Leader: 1975 (Spruce Grove) (13 assists, tie), 1976 (Spruce Grove)
(12 assists) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1978 (Colorado at
Vancouver)
Numbers: 28 (Colorado)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1990 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1978 |
Colorado | 9 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 4 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Attended Edmonton's 1980 training camp. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Philadelphia (AHL); Tulsa,
Ft. Worth, Birmingham, Wichita (CHL); Binghamton, Moncton (AHL); Iserlohn,
Mannheim (West Germany); Bolzano (Italy)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
West Germany Playoffs Goals Leader: 1987 (Mannheim) (10 goals)
Coaching Career: Coached Tampa Bay (RHI, InLine league) during
franchise's lone 1993 season.
Miscellaneous: Missed part of
1978-79 season with separated shoulder. ... Released by Binghamton (AHL) in
June 1982. ... Played on 1982-83 Moncton (AHL) team coached by his father. ...
Toured Europe as an assistant coach with Wayne Gretzky's 99 All-Stars during
NHL lockout in 1994.
Personal: Full name is Paul Edmond
Messier. ... Older brother of NHL player Mark Messier. ... Son of former
minor-league player and coach Doug Messier. ... Second cousin of former NHL
players Joby Messier and Mitch Messier. ... Brother-in-law of former NHL
player John Blum. |
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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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