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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Pelle Lindbergh
Selected in second round
No. 35 overall by Philadelphia Flyers
Born May 24,
1959. Died November 13, 1985
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Goaltender
Height: 5-9 Weight: 160
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Solna (Sweden)
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Hometown:
Stockholm, Sweden |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | W-L-T |
GAA | SO |
SV% | | 1975-76 |
Solna | Sweden Jr. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1976-77 |
Solna | Sweden Jr. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1977-78 |
Solna | Sweden Jr. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1978-79 |
Solna | Sweden |
6 | n/a |
6.33 | 0 |
n/a |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Championships: 1979 (bronze medal)
World Junior Championships: 1978 (silver), 1979 (bronze)
European Junior Championships: 1976 (silver), 1977 (gold)
World Junior Championships Best Goaltender: 1979
European Junior Championships Best Goaltender: 1976, 1977
World Junior Championships All-Star First Team: 1979
Sweden World All-Star First Team: 1978-79 (Solna)
Miscellaneous: Grew up idolizing Bernie Parent, who would later be his
goaltending coach in Philadelphia. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 1, 1981 (Philadelphia at
Buffalo)
Numbers: 31 (Philadelphia)
Stanley
Cup: Never won. Playing Status: Career ended by death |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP |
W-L-T | GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1981-1985 |
Philadelphia | 157 |
87-49-15 | 3.30 |
7 | n/a |
| | CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | W-L |
GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1983-1985 |
Philadelphia | 23 |
12-10 | 3.11 | 3 |
n/a |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Vezina Trophy: 1984-85 (Philadelphia)
NHL All-Star First Team: 1984-85 (Philadelphia)
NHL All-Rookie First Team: 1982-83 (Philadelphia)
All-Star Game: 1983, 1985 (Philadelphia)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1985 (Philadelphia)
Philadelphia Clarke Trophy (MVP): 1984-85 (first winner)
NHL Wins Leader: 1984-85 (Philadelphia) (40 wins)
NHL Goalie Games-Played Leader: 1984-85 (Philadelphia) (65)
NHL Minutes Leader: 1984-85 (Philadelphia) (3,858 minutes)
NHL Playoffs Shutouts Leader: 1985 (Philadelphia) (3 shutouts)
NHL Playoffs Goalie Games-Played Leader: 1985 (Phila.) (18)
NHL Playoffs Goals-Against Average Leader: 1985 (2.50 GAA)
NHL Playoffs Save-Percentage Leader: 1985 (.914)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1982-83 season with broken wrist, an
injury suffered during Philadelphia' Jan. 6, 1983, exhibition game vs. touring
Soviet all-star team. ... Named NHL's top rookie goaltender by virtue of his
selection to All-Rookie team in 1982-83. ...
Was winning goaltender for Wale Conference in 1985 NHL All-Star Game in
Calgary. ... Missed part of 1985 playoffs with knee injury, suffered in May
1985. ... Philadelphia named an annual trophy for its most improved player the Pelle Lindbergh Trophy in his memory prior to the 1993-94 season. ... Although
Lindbergh's No. 31 was never officially retired, no Flyers player has
worn the number since Lindbergh's death.
The Death of Pelle Lindbergh: Many hockey fans can remember where they
were on the day they learned that Lindbergh, the hottest young goaltender in
the NHL, had died in an automobile accident in Somerdale, N.J. Lindbergh, 26,
died from injuries suffered in the Nov. 9, 1985, accident just three days
after being declared brain dead. He had been on life support since the
accident at 5:45 a.m. on a Sunday morning. The horror unfolded after Lindbergh
crashed his customized Porsche 930 into a wall after missing a sharp turn on
the way home from a night of celebration. The out-of-control car crossed a
street, hit a curb and slammed into a retaining wall in front of an elementary
school at roughly 60 miles per hour in an area where the speed limit was 35
mph. Lindbergh had two passengers in the car. Ed Parvin Jr. suffered brain
damage, while Parvin's girlfriend, Kathy McNeil, suffered injuries to her
spleen and liver. Lindbergh's blood-alcohol content was an astounding .24
percent. The legal limit for driving at the time was .10 percent, but
teammates who saw Lindbergh get into his car said they had no idea he was so
heavily intoxicated. Not known as a drinker, he was out celebrating a
10-game Philadelphia winning streak and did not have practice the following
day. Although he hadn't played in the Nov. 8, 1985, win over Boston, Lindbergh
went out drinking with some teammates at a sports complex
called The Coliseum. Lindbergh remained on life support until his father
arrived from Sweden and made the decision to remove the life support
apparatus. One of the causes of Lindbergh's death was the car itself. His
Porsche, which cost over $100,000, had been customized to make it beyond
street-legal in terms of its potential speed. Lindbergh had a history of
driving it at extremely high speeds, and team officials had asked him to slow
down rather than risk his health. Philadelphia had a 35-minute
ceremony as a tribute to Lindbergh on Nov. 14, 1985, prior to a game against
Edmonton, and players wore a black
No. 31 on the shoulders of their uniforms to honor Lindbergh for the remainder
of the 1985-86 season. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Solna (Sweden); Maine (AHL);
Springfield (AHL)
Olympics: 1980 (bronze medal)
Canada Cup: 1981
(fifth place),
World Championships: 1983 (fourth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Cunningham Award (MVP): 1980-81 (Maine)
AHL Garrett Award
(Rookie of Year): 1980-81 (Maine)
AHL Holmes Award (Lowest Team
GAA): 1980-81 (Maine) (shared with Robbie Moore)
AHL All-Star First
Team: 1980-81 (Maine)
Sweden World All-Star First Team: 1979-80
(Solna), 1982-83 (Phil.)
AHL Playoffs Wins Leader: 1981 (Maine) (10 wins)
AHL Playoffs Goalie
Games-Played Leader: 1981 (Mained) (20)
AHL Playoffs Minutes Leader:
1981 (Maine) (1,120 min.)
Miscellaneous: Set Maine (AHL) single-season records for wins (31),
games played by a goaltender (51), saves (1,379), consecutive wins (7) and
assists by a goaltender (5) in 1980-81. ... Set Maine (AHL) single-year
playoff records for games played by a goaltender (20) and wins by a goaltender
(10) in 1981
Personal: Full name is Per-Eric Lindbergh. |
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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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