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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Blake Wesley
Selected in second round
No.
22 overall by Philadelphia Flyers
Born July 10, 1959
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-1 Weight: 200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Portland (WHL)
Birthplace: Red Deer, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Red Deer, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Red Deer | AJHL |
3 | 1 |
0 | 1 |
4 | | 1975-76 |
Red Deer | AJHL |
55 | 19 |
41 | 60 |
199 | | 1976-77 |
Portland | WCHL |
63 | 8 |
25 | 33 |
111 | | 1977-78 |
Portland | WCHL |
67 | 7 |
37 | 44 |
190 | | 1978-79 |
Portland | WHL |
69 | 10 |
42 | 52 |
292 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WHL All-Star Second Team: 1978-79 (Portland)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
No. 11 prospect (among players born in 1959) for the 1979 NHL draft. ... Took
cooking classes during his junior playing days and exhibited remarkable skill
as a chef. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 13, 1979 (Philadelphia at
Atlanta)
Numbers: 8, 6 (Philadelphia); 6
(Hartford); 25 (Quebec); 28 (Toronto)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1988 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1986 |
PHI, HAR, QUE, TOR | 298 |
18 | 46 | 64 |
486 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1983-1985 |
Quebec | 19 | 2 |
2 | 4 | 30 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played two regular-season games for Philadelphia team that
went to Stanley Cup Finals, but was not with team in postseason.
Miscellaneous: Had assist in first NHL game. ... Missed part of 1983-84
season with knee injury. ... Signed with Boston as unrestricted free agent in
August 1987, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Maine (AHL); Fredericton (AHL);
St. Catharines-
Newmarket (AHL)
InLine Hockey: Portland (RHI)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Maine Rookie of Year: 1979-80
Coaching
Career: Named Tri-City (WHL) assistant coach on Dec. 19, 2001, and
remained in that position until June 25, 2002. ... Named Portland (WHL)
assistant coach on June 25, 2002, and remained in that position through
2002-03 season.
Miscellaneous: Came out of retirement at age 34 to
play one game for Portland (RHI, InLine league) during RHI's inaugural 1993
season. ... Ran off-season hockey school in Portland during off-seasons of his
playing days. ... Returned to Portland after his retirement and went to work
for local Pepsi-Cola bottling facility until entering coaching ranks.
Personal: Full name is Trevor Blake
Wesley. ...
Older brother of NHL player Glen Wesley. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Philadelphia traded Wesley, Rick
MacLeish, Don Gillen, 1982 first-round pick (Paul Lawless), 1982 second-round
pick (Mark Paterson) and 1982 third-round pick (Kevin Dineen) to Hartford in
exchange for Ray Allison, Fred Arthur, 1982 first-round pick (Ron Sutter) and 1982 third-round pick (Miroslav
Dvorak) on July 3, 1981. |
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SNAPSHOT '79 | | Total Selected: |
126 | | Forwards: |
74 | | Defense: |
41 | | Goaltenders: |
11 | | Major Junior: |
97 | | College Players: |
15 |
| Canadian: |
109 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
1 | | USA Citizens: |
10 | | U.S.-Born: |
10 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
103 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
23 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
23 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
10 |
| Olympians: |
15 |
| Picks Traded: |
17 |
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