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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Larry Melnyk
Selected in
fourth round
No. 78 overall by Boston Bruins
Born February 21, 1960
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Defense
Height: 6-0 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
New Westminster (WHL)
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada)
Hometown:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1977-78 |
Abbotsford | BCJHL |
39 | 10 |
9 | 19 |
100 | | |
New Westminster | WCHL |
44 | 3 |
22 | 25 |
71 | | 1978-79 |
New Westminster | WHL |
71 | 7 |
33 | 40 |
142 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1979 (fifth place)
Memorial Cup:
1978 (New Westminster) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 12, 1980 (Montreal at Boston)
Numbers: 33 (Boston); 28
(Edmonton); 30 (NYR); 24 (Vancouver)
Stanley Cup: 1984, 1985.
Status: Retired September 5, 1990 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1980-1990 |
BOS, EDM, NYR, VAN | 432 |
11 | 63 |
74 | 686 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1982-1989 |
BOS, EDM, NYR, VAN | 66 |
2 | 9 |
11 | 127 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
N.Y. Rangers Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1986-87 (182)
N.Y. Rangers
Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1986 (46)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1981-82 season with sprained left knee, an
injury suffered in March 1982. ... Wore No. 29 in Boston's 1982 training camp.
... Joined Edmonton for 1984 playoff run to Stanley Cup. Did
not appear in Stanley Cup Finals, but had his name engraved on Cup because he
had played in postseason games. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season with twisted
knee, an injury suffered during Edmonton's Jan. 16, 1985, game vs. N.Y.
Islanders. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with separated shoulder, an
injury suffered in December 1985. ... Suspended twice by NHL for total of
three games during 1986-87 season. ... Missed part of 1987-88 season with
concussion and fractured orbital bone above left eye, an injury suffered while
blocking a slap shot by Randy Carlyle during Vancouver's Nov. 9, 1987, game at
Winnipeg. ... Severed tendon in right arm during Vancouver's final 1987-88
regular-season game, vs. Minnesota on April 1, 1988. ... Missed part of
1988-89 season with twisted knee, an injury suffered in February 1989. ...
Missed part of 1989 playoffs with knee injury, suffered during Game 3 of
Vancouver's first-round playoff series vs. Calgary on April 8, 1989. ...
Retired two days before start of Vancouver's 1990 training camp due to chronic
back problems. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: New Westminster (WHL);
Binghamton (AHL); Springfield (AHL); Erie (AHL); Baltimore, Hershey, Moncton (AHL);
Nova Scotia (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Took business
classes during off-seasons of his playing days. ... Came out of
retirement in 1994-95 to play for Los Angeles Bandits of Pacific
Southwest Hockey League, a senior-level league also known as the Southern
California Senior Hockey League.
Personal: Full name is Larry Joseph
Melnyk. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Boston traded Melnyk to Edmonton in
exchange for John Blum on March 6, 1984. |
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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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