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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Dave Donnelly
Selected in second round
No.
27 overall by Minnesota North Stars
Born
February 2, 1962
 | Position:
Center / Left Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
St. Albert (AJHL)
Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Edmonton, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-80 |
St. Albert | AJHL |
59 | 27 |
33 | 60 |
146 | | 1980-81 |
St. Albert | AJHL |
53 | 39 |
55 | 94 |
243 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
AJHL All-Star First Team: 1980-81 (St. Albert)
St. Albert MVP: 1980-81
St. Albert Leading Scorer Award:
1980-81 (94 points)
St. Albert Rookie of Year: 1979-80
AJHL Points Leader: 1980-81 (94 points)
AJHL Playoffs Points
Leader: 1981 (34 points)
AJHL Playoffs Goals Leader: 1981 (20
goals)
AJHL Playoffs Assists Leader: 1981 (14 assists)
Miscellaneous: Not selected in 1980 NHL Entry Draft despite being
eligible. ... Was a Boston Bruins fan growing up in Edmonton. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: March 1, 1984 (Los Angeles at Boston)
Numbers: 29 (Boston); 10
(Chicago); 34 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1992 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP | PIM |
| 1984-1987 | Boston, Chicago, Edmonton |
137 | 15 |
24 | 39 |
150 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP | PIM |
| 1984-1987 | Boston, Chicago |
5 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1987-88: Played four regular-season games for Edmonton team that won
Stanley Cup, but was not with team during postseason.
Miscellaneous: Joined Boston for balance of 1983-84 season after competing
in 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. ... Had assist in his first NHL game. ...
Played left wing on line with Rick Middleton and Barry Pederson for Boston in 1983-84.
... Missed part of 1984-85 season with charley horse in left leg.
... Traded by Boston to Detroit in
exchange for Dwight Foster on March 11, 1986, but never played for parent
team. ... Released by Detroit after 1985-86 season. ... Attended Chicago's
1986 training camp on tryout basis and earned spot on roster. ... Played all
three forward positions for Chicago in 1986-87. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: North Dakota (WCHA); Team
Canada; Hershey (AHL); Kuopio (Finland); Landshut (Germany); Maine (AHL)
Olympics: 1984
(fourth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA Championship: 1982
(North Dakota)
North Dakota Records: Most penalties on one game (7 vs. Minnesota on
Dec. 4, 1982, shares record)
Finland Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1988-89 (Kuopio) (98 PIM)
Germany
Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1989-90 (Landshut) (87 PIM)
Education:
Majored in management at University of North Dakota.
Miscellaneous:
Missed remainder of 1981-82 season with broken foot, suffered in March 1982.
The injury kept him out of the 1982 NCAA title game. He came onto the ice in
street clothes to celebrate the victory with his college teammates.
Personal: Full name is David M.
Donnelly. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Minnesota traded Donnelly and Brad
Palmer to Boston in exchange for promise that Boston would not draft Brian
Bellows with its No. 1 overall pick in the 1982 draft on June 9, 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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