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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mike Moller
Selected in second round
No.
41 overall by Buffalo Sabres
Born June 16,
1962
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 189
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Lethbridge (WHL)
Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Red Deer, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1978-79 |
Red Deer | Alb. AAA |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1979-80 |
Lethbridge | WHL |
72 | 30 |
41 | 71 |
55 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 12, 1981 (Washington at
Buffalo)
Numbers: 29, 9, 14 (Buffalo); 15, 25
(Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1990 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1981-1987 |
Buffalo, Edmonton | 134 |
15 | 28 |
43 | 41 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1981 |
Buffalo | 3 |
0 | 1 |
1 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1986-87: Played six regular-season games for Edmonton team that went on
to win Stanley Cup, but was not with team during playoffs.
Miscellaneous: Played on line with Dave Andreychuk and Paul Cyr for
Buffalo in 1983-84. ... Missed remainder of 1983-84 season and entire 1984
playoffs with separated shoulder, an injury suffered during Buffalo's March
25, 1984, game vs. N.Y. Islanders. ... Attended Hartford's 1989 training camp,
but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Lethbridge (WHL); Rochester
(AHL); Nova Scotia (AHL); Team Canada; Binghamton (AHL)
World Junior Championships: 1982
(gold medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1983 (Rochester)
WHL Boucher Trophy (Most
Sportsmanlike): 1981-82 (Lethbridge)
World Junior Championships All-Star
First Team: 1982
WHL All-Star First Team: 1980-81, 1981-82 (Lethbridge)
World Junior Championships Assists
Leader: 1982 (Can.) (9, tie)
1982-83: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (Rochester).
Coaching Career: Named Red Deer
(WHL) assistant coach prior to 1993-94 season and remained in position through
1994-95 season.
Miscellaneous: Played on first
Canadian team to win a gold medal at World Junior Championships in 1982. Led
Canada in scoring with 15 points in the tournament. ... Missed part of 1988-89
season with separated right shoulder, an injury suffered while playing for
Team Canada in October 1988. ... Worked as assistant golf pro in Red Deer,
Alberta, during off-seasons of his playing days. ... Returned to Red Deer,
Alberta, after his retirement and became active in local minor hockey scene,
assuming position on Red Deer Minor Hockey Commission's board of directors
while also coaching in organization for many years. ... Worked as an instructor at
several hockey schools in Red Deer during his playing days and for many years after
retirement.
Personal: Full
name is Michael John Moller. ... Older brother of former NHL player Randy
Moller. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Buffalo traded Moller and Randy
Cunneyworth to Pittsburgh in exchange for Pat Hughes on October 4, 1985. The
deal was part of a three-way exchange in which Edmonton sent Hughes to
Pittsburgh in exchange for future considerations, then Pittsburgh sent Hughes
to Buffalo for Moller and Cunneyworth, then Pittsburgh sent Moller to Edmonton
to complete the earlier trade, also on October 4, 1985. The deal was
orchestrated prior to the 1985 NHL Waiver Draft so that Pittsburgh could
protect Hughes and Moller during the waiver draft, both of whom would likely
have been lost by their respective teams, thereby negating the possibility of
a straight Hughes-for-Moller trade. |
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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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