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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Rik Wilson
Selected in first round
No.
12 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born June 17,
1962
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-0 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kingston (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Long Beach, California (USA)
Hometown:
Kingston, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1978-79 |
Kingston | Jr. B |
44 | 18 |
33 | 51 |
-- | | 1979-80 |
Kingston | OMJHL |
67 | 15 |
38 | 53 |
75 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was Kingston's first-round pick, No. 4 overall in 1979
OMJHL priority selection. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 24, 1981 (Montreal at St.
Louis)
Numbers: 4 (St. Louis); 32
(Calgary); 3, 44 (Chicago)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1991 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP | PIM |
| 1981-1988 | St. Louis, Calgary, Chicago |
251 | 25 |
65 | 90 |
220 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP | PIM |
| 1982-1985 | St. Louis |
22 | 0 |
4 | 4 |
23 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1985-86: Played two regular-season games for Calgary team that went to
1986 Stanley Cup finals, but was not with team during postseason.
Miscellaneous: Was first 1962-born player selected in 1980 NHL Entry Draft
and was youngest player ever drafted by St. Louis up to that point in time
(record since broken). He was still 17 on draft day. ... Missed start of
1982-83 season with sprained ankle, an injury suffered during St. Louis' final
preseason game at Chicago on Oct. 3, 1982. ... Missed parts of 1984-85 season
with bruised knee, an injury suffered in December 1984, and with sprained
ankle, an injury suffered in February 1985. ... Wore No. 25 in Chicago's 1987
training camp. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Kingston (OMJHL); Salt Lake
(CHL); Montana (CHL); Flint, Salt Lake (IHL); Nova Scotia (AHL); Moncton (AHL);
Saginaw (IHL); Villach (Austria); Kaufbeuren (Germany); Peoria (IHL); New
Haven (AHL); Fort Wayne (IHL)
InLine Hockey: St. Louis (RHI)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL Adams Cup: 1981 (Salt
Lake)
OMJHL All-Star First Team: 1980-81
(Kingston)
RHI (InLine League) All-Star Game: 1995
(St. Louis)
1992-93: Played two regular-season
games for Fort Wayne team that went on to win IHL playoff title, but was not
with team during playoffs.
Miscellaneous: Joined Salt Lake for
1981 CHL playoffs. ... Missed part of 1986-87 season with shoulder injury,
suffered in November 1986. ... Played on St. Louis' off-season charity
softball team. ... Came out of retirement to play briefly for Fort Wayne
(IHL) in 1992-93. ... Came out of retirement to join St. Louis (RHI,
InLine League) for inaugural 1993 season and played with team through 1996
season.
Personal: Full name is Richard William Wilson. ... Also
known as Rick Wilson during his playing days. ... Older brother of former
college and European hockey player Dave Wilson. ... Uncle of U.S. junior
player Jordan Fox. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: St. Louis traded Wilson, Joe Mullen
and Terry Johnson to Calgary for Eddy Beers, Charlie Bourgeois and Gino
Cavallini on February 1, 1986. Three years later, St. Louis got Wilson back
when he signed with Blues as unrestricted free agent on July 19, 1989. |
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SNAPSHOT '80 | | Total Selected: |
210 | | Forwards: |
122 | | Defense: |
71 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
138 | | Tier II Junior: |
7 | | College Players: |
42 | | High School: |
8 |
| Canadian: |
159 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
35 | | U.S.-Born: |
35 |
| European: |
13 |
| Reached NHL: |
132 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
24 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
17 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
19 |
| Picks Traded: |
25 |
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