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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Frank Nigro
Selected in fifth round
No.
93 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born
February 11, 1960
 | Position:
Center
Height: 5-9 Weight: 182
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
London (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Richmond Hill, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1976-77 |
Richmond Hill | OPJHL |
40 | 31 |
35 | 66 |
22 | | |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
4 | 0 |
1 | 1 |
2 | | 1977-78 |
London | OMJHL |
68 | 35 |
52 | 87 |
37 | | 1978-79 |
London | OMJHL |
63 | 33 |
56 | 89 |
64 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
No. 16 prospect (among underage juniors) for the 1979 NHL draft. ... Was
London's first pick in 1977 OMJHL midget draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 23, 1982 (Calgary at Toronto)
Numbers:
32, 16 (Toronto)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1992 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A | TP | PIM | | 1982-1984 |
Toronto | 68 |
8 | 18 |
26 | 39 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A | TP | PIM | |
1983 | Toronto | 3 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Played on line with Dan
Daoust and John Anderson for Toronto in 1982-83. ... Missed part of 1983-84
season with broken wrist, suffered during Toronto's Oct. 29, 1983, game vs.
Los Angeles. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: London (OMJHL); New
Brunswick (AHL); Cincinnati (CHL); St. Catharines (AHL); Gardena-Groden,
Merano, Varese, Bolzano (Italy)
Olympics: 1992 (Italy) (12th place)
World Championships: 1989 (Italy)
(second place, Pool B), 1990 (Italy) (second place, Pool B), 1991 (Italy)
(first place, Pool B)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Italian Championship:
1986 (Merano), 1989 (Varese)
Richmond Hill (Ont.) Sports Hall of Fame:
Inducted 2003
World Championships Pool B Assists Leader: 1990 (Italy) (8)
Miscellaneous:
Missed part of 1979-80 season with broken wrist. ... Missed remainder of
1980-81 season with knee injury, suffered during New
Brunswick's Oct. 7, 1980, season-opener vs. Nova Scotia. ... Was Italy's
second-leading scorer with 132 points in 1985-86. |
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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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