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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Ron Meighan
Selected in first round
No.
13 overall by Minnesota North Stars
Born May
26, 1963
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-3 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Niagara Falls (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Gloucester, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1978-79 |
South Ottawa | Ont. AAA |
55 | 16 |
34 | 50 |
-- | | 1979-80 |
Niagara Falls | OMJHL |
61 | 3 |
10 | 13 |
20 | | 1980-81 |
Niagara Falls | OMJHL |
63 | 8 |
27 | 35 |
92 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
No. 15 overall prospect and No. 6 OMJHL prospect for the 1981 NHL draft. ...
Was Niagara Falls' first-round pick, No. 12 overall, in 1979 OMJHL priority
selection. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 27, 1981 (Minnesota at
Winnipeg)
Numbers: 28, 23 (Minnesota); 5
(Pittsburgh)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1981-1983 |
Minnesota, Pittsburgh | 48 |
3 | 7 |
10 | 18 |
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| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Niagara Falls/North Bay (OHL);
Baltimore (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
OHL Kaminsky Trophy (Outstanding
Defenseman): 1981-82 (NF)
OHL All-Star First Team: 1981-82 (Niagara Falls)
1983-84: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Baltimore).
Personal: Full name is Ron James
Meighan. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Minnesota traded Meighan, Anders
Hakansson and 1983 first-round pick (Bob Errey) to Pittsburgh in exchange for
George Ferguson and 1983 first-round pick (Brian Lawton) on October 28, 1982. |
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SNAPSHOT '81 | | Total Selected: |
211 | | Forwards: |
119 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
25 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
10/4 | | College Players: |
21 | | High School: |
18 |
| Canadian: |
139 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
32 |
| Reached NHL: |
114 |
| Stanley Cup: |
17 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
30 |
| Picks Traded: |
38 |
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