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1983 NHL DRAFT PICK
Tom Barrasso
Selected in first round
No. 5 overall by Buffalo Sabres

Born March 31, 1965
Position: Goaltender
Height: 6-3   Weight: 195
BEFORE THE DRAFT
Last Team: Acton-Boxborough (Mass. H.S.)       
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
Hometown: Stow, Massachusetts
PRE-DRAFT STATISTICS
Year TeamLeague GPW-L-T GAASO SV%
1979-80 Acton-Box.Mass. H.S. ---- ---- --
1980-81 Acton-Box.Mass. H.S. ---- ---- --
1981-82 Acton-Box.Mass. H.S. 23-- 1.867 n/a
1982-83 Acton-Box.Mass. H.S. 2322-1-0 0.9910 n/a

PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships:
1983 (fifth place)
Mass. High School All-Scholastic First Team: 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83 (Acton-Boxborough)
Miscellaneous: Rated by NHL Central Scouting Bureau as the No. 1 goaltender prospect for the 1983 NHL draft.
NHL CAREER
Debut: October 5, 1983 (Hartford at Buffalo)
Numbers:  30 (Buffalo); 31, 35 (Pittsburgh); 35 (Ottawa); 35 (Carolina);
30 (Toronto); 30 (St. Louis)
Stanley Cup: 1991, 1992.  Playing Status: Retired June 18, 2003
CAREER NHL STATISTICS
YearsTeams GP W-L-TGAA SOSV%
1983-2002 BUF, PIT, OTT,
CAR, TOR, STL
777 369-277-863.24 38.892
CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS
YearsTeams GPW-L GAA SOSV%
1984-2000 Buff., Pitt., Ottawa119 61-543.016 .902

NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
Vezina Trophy:
1983-84 (Buffalo)
Calder Trophy: 1983-84 (Buffalo)
Jennings Trophy (Team GAA): 1984-85 (Buffalo) (with Bob Sauve)
Hockey News Rookie of Year: 1983-84 (Buffalo)
Hockey News Comeback Player of Year: 1997-98 (Pittsburgh)
NHL All-Star First Team: 1983-84 (Buffalo)
NHL All-Star Second Team: 1984-85 (Buffalo), 1992-93 (Pittsburgh)
Sporting News All-Star First Team: 1992-93 (Pittsburgh)
Sporting News All-Star Second Team: 1983-84, 1984-85, 1987-88 (Buffalo)
NHL All-Rookie Team: 1983-84 (Buffalo)
All-Star Game: 1985 (Buffalo)
Buffalo Larkin Trophy (MVP): 1984-85, 1987-88
Buffalo Star of Stars Trophy (Home 3-Stars Leader): 1987-88
Buffalo Hunt Trophy (Rookie of Year): 1983-84
Pitt. DeBartolo Award (Community Service): 1993-94 (co-winner)
NHL Records: Most wins by a goaltender in one playoff year (16 for Pittsburgh in 1992, shares record), most consecutive playoff wins (14 for Pittsburgh from 1992 into 1993), most consecutive wins in one playoff year (11 for Pittsburgh in 1992, shares record), most career points by a goaltender (48), most career assists by a goaltender (48), most career games played by a U.S.-born goaltender (777), most career wins by a U.S.-born goaltender (369)
Buffalo Records: Most career assists by a goaltender (17), most career penalty minutes by a goaltender (182), most assists by a goaltender in one season (6 in 1984-85), most penalty minutes by a goaltender in one season (50 in 1987-88), fewest saves in a shutout (14, three times, shares record)
Pittsburgh Records: Most career games played by a goaltender (458), most career minutes played by a goaltender (25,883), most career goals allowed (1,409), most career shutouts (22), most career wins 226), most career losses (153), most career ties (53), most career saves (12,070), most wins in one season (43 in 1992-93), most consecutive wins (14 from March 9, 1993, until April 9, 1993), most consecutive road wins (6 from March 14, 1993, until April 9, 1993), most shutouts in one season (7 in 1997-98), most road games played by a goaltender in one season (32 in 1997-98), most minutes played on the road by a goalie in one season (1,932 in 1997-98), most home wins in one season (24 in 1992-93), most road wins in one season (19 in 1992-93), most road shutouts in one season (6 in 1997-98), most home shutouts in one season (3 in 1998-99, shares record), best winning percentage in one season (.734 in 1992-93), lowest goals-against average in one season (2.07 in 1997-98), lowest road goals-against average in one season (1.83 in 1997-98), most career playoff games played by a goalie (101), most career playoff wins (56), most career playoff minutes played by a goalie (5,918), most career playoff shutouts (6), most career playoff saves (2,523), most career playoff goals allowed (286), most career playoff losses (42), most games played by a goalie in one playoff year (21 in 1992), most minutes played by a goalie in one playoff year (1,233 in 1992), most wins by a goalie in one playoff year (16 in 1992), most saves by a goalie in one playoff year (578 in 1991), most saves in one game (57 at Chicago on March 12, 1989), most assists by a goalie in one season (8 in 1992-93), most consecutive wins in one playoff year (11 in 1992), most consecutive playoff wins (14 from 1992-1993)
NHL Goals-Against Average Leader: 1984-85 (Buffalo) (2.66 GAA)
NHL Wins Leader: 1992-93 (Pittsburgh) (43 wins)
NHL Shutouts Leader: 1984-85 (Buffalo) (5 shutouts)
NHL Playoffs Goalie Games-Played Leader: 1992 (Pittsburgh) (21)
NHL Playoffs Minutes Leader: 1992 (Pittsburgh) (1,233 minutes)
NHL Playoffs Goals-Against Average Leader: 1991 (Pitt.) (2.60)
NHL Playoffs Wins Leader: 1992 (Pittsburgh) (16 wins)
NHL Playoffs Shutouts Leader: 1990 (Pit.) (1, tie), 1993 (Pit.) (2, tie)
NHL Playoffs Save Percentage Leader: 1991 (Pittsburgh) (.919)
Miscellaneous: Was first U.S. high school hockey goaltender to be selected in first round of an NHL draft. ... Beat out veteran Jacques Cloutier to win spot on Buffalo's roster out of training camp in 1984. ... Started Buffalo's 1983-84 season-opener at age 18 and made 21 saves in a 5-3 victory over Hartford, becoming youngest goaltender to win an NHL game since Harry Lumley in 1944. ... Shared goaltending duties with Bob Sauve for Buffalo in 1983-84. ... Named NHL Rookie of Month in October 1983 and January 1984. ... Named NHL Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 15, 1984. ... Set Buffalo single-season record (since broken) for penalty minutes by a goaltender with 20 in 1983-84. ... Named NHL Player of Week for week ending Dec. 31, 1984. ... Voted by fans as starting goalie for Wales Conference in 1985 NHL All-Star Game in Calgary. ... Missed remainder of 1984-85 season with allergic reaction on lower left leg, a condition that led to hospitalization on April 2, 1985. ... Set Buffalo single-season record (since broken) for penalty minutes by a goaltender with 41 in 1984-85. ... Tied Buffalo single-season record (since broken) with five shutouts in 1984-85. ... Was runner-up to Pelle Lindbergh for 1984-85 Vezina Trophy. ... Finished eighth in voting for 1984-85 Hart Trophy. ... Missed part of 1987-88 season with chip fracture of ankle, an injury suffered during Buffalo's Nov. 7, 1987, game at Edmonton. He did not return to action until Buffalo's Nov. 25, 1987, game at Philadelphia. ... Named NHL Player of Month for January 1988, becoming first Buffalo player to achieve that feat. ... Missed part of 1988 playoffs with pulled groin, an injury suffered during Game 3 of Buffalo's first-round series vs. Boston on April 9, 1988. ... Was runner-up to Grant Fuhr for 1987-88 Vezina Trophy. ... Missed parts of 1988-89 season with pulled groin, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's Jan. 17, 1989, game at N.Y. Islanders. He did not return to action until Pittsburgh's Feb. 3, 1989, game vs. St. Louis. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season with shoulder injury, suffered during Pittsburgh's March 25, 1989, game vs. New Jersey. ... Set Pittsburgh single-season record (since broken) for assists by a goalie with five in 1988-89. ... Tied with Ron Hextall for NHL lead in assists by a goalie (8) in 1988-89. ... Missed part of 1989-90 season with right wrist injury, suffered when hit by a Russ Courtnall slap shot during Pittsburgh's Oct. 14, 1989, game vs. Montreal. He re-aggravated the injury during Pittsburgh's Oct. 25, 1989, game vs. Toronto, and doctors discovered that the wrist was actually broken. The injury required surgery to remove a bone fragment on Oct. 30, 1989, and Barrasso did not return until Pittsburgh's Dec. 14, 1989, game at Minnesota. ... Missed part of 1989-90 season with pulled groin, an injury suffered in Pittsburgh's Jan. 28, 1990, game at Buffalo. ... Named NHL Player of Month for December 1990. ... Missed parts of 1990-91 season with finger, foot and groin injuries. ... Set Pittsburgh single-season record (since broken) with 27 wins in 1990-91. ... Tied Pittsburgh records (since broken) for road wins (10), consecutive wins (7) and assists by a goalie (5) during 1990-91 season. ... Set Pittsburgh playoff records (since broken) for games played by a goalie in one year (20), wins by  goalie in one year (12) and minutes played by a goalie in one year (1,175) in 1991. ... Missed parts of 1991-92 season with bruised right hand, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's Oct. 29, 1991, game vs. Washington, with bruised right ankle, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's Dec. 26, 1991, game vs. Toronto, and with back spasms, an injury suffered in March 1992. ... Became Pittsburgh's all-time wins leader when he passed Denis Herron with his 89th win on Nov. 20, 1992, at New Jersey. ... Missed part of 1992-93 season with chicken pox, an illness contracted on Jan. 14, 1993. He did not return to action until Pittsburgh's Feb. 8, 1993, game vs. Boston. ... Tied Pittsburgh record (since broken) for games played by a goalie in one season with 63 in 1992-93. ... Ranked third in NHL with 3.01 GAA and fourth with .901 save percentage in 1992-93. ... Was runner-up to Ed Belfour for 1992-93 Vezina Trophy. ... Missed part of 1993-94 season with strained groin, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's Oct. 7, 1993, game vs. Montreal. He did not return to action until Pittsburgh's Oct. 16, 1993, game vs. Hartford. ... Missed part of 1993-94 season with left hip injury, suffered during Pittsburgh's Nov. 18, 1993, game vs. Washington -- the game in which he recorded career victory No. 250. He did not return to action until Pittsburgh's Dec. 28, 1993, game vs. Philadelphia. Just 6:37 into that game, he sprained his left knee. He did not return to action from the knee injury until Pittsburgh's Feb. 4, 1994, game at Detroit. ... Set NHL record for wins by a U.S. born goaltender when he passed Frank Brimsek with his 253rd win vs. Winnipeg on Feb. 15, 1994. ... Missed most of 1995 season while recovering from surgery to repair tendon and cartilage damage in right wrist. The injury, dating back to the 1994 playoffs, was discovered after the 1994-95 NHL lockout, during a Pittsburgh practice in mid-January 1995. Surgery was performed on Jan. 20, 1995, and Barrasso did not make his 1995 season debut until Pittsburgh's April 26, 1995, game at New Jersey ... Missed parts of 1995-96 season with back injury, suffered during Pittsburgh's Dec. 3, 1995, game at Tampa Bay, and with pulled groin, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's Dec. 7, 1995, game vs. Montreal. He did not return to action from the groin injury until Pittsburgh's Dec. 30, 1995, game vs. Florida. ... Missed part of 1995-96 season with shoulder injury, suffered during Pittsburgh's Feb. 3, 1996, game at Detroit. He did not return to action until Pittsburgh's Feb. 16, 1996, game at Winnipeg. ... Missed part of 1996 playoffs with back spasms, an injury suffered during Game 4 of Pittsburgh's first-round series at Washington, on April 24, 1996. ... Missed remainder of 1996-97 regular season and entire 1997 playoffs with re-aggravation of shoulder injury, suffered in October 1996. He made his last start of the season in Pittsburgh's Nov. 1, 1996, game at Washington, and did not play again after that due to pain in the shoulder. The injury required season-ending surgery on Jan. 3, 1997. ... Won his 300th career NHL game for Pittsburgh on Oct. 19, 1997, at Florida. In the process, he became the first U.S.-born goalie to win 300 games. ... Missed parts of 1997-98 season with strained leg muscle, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's Nov. 1, 1997, game vs. Vancouver, with strained quadriceps muscle, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's Dec. 29, 1997, game vs. N.Y. Islanders, with hyper-extended elbow, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's March 5, 1998, game vs. Chicago, with the flu, an illness contracted in late March 1998, with bruised knee, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's April 7, 1998, game vs. Phoenix, and with bruised finger, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's April 15, 1998, game vs. Tampa Bay. ... Ranked third in NHL with 2.07 goals-against average and tied for second in NHL with .922 save percentage in 1997-98. ... Missed parts of 1998-99 season with strained groin, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's Oct. 17, 1998, game vs. N.Y. Rangers, with strained hip, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's Dec. 21, 1998, game at Toronto, with strained neck, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's Jan. 26, 1999, game vs. Carolina, and with strained hip flexor, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's Feb. 11, 1999, game vs. Vancouver. ... Became NHL's all-time highest-scoring goaltender when he recorded his 48th career assist during Pittsburgh's Jan. 5, 1999, game vs. Calgary. ... Missed part of 1998-99 season with broken wrist, an injury suffered when he was hit by Shayne Corson's slap shot during Pittsburgh's March 3, 1999, game vs. Montreal. He did not return to action until Pittsburgh's April 11, 1999, game at Detroit. ... Missed part of 1999-00 season with sprained knee, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's Oct. 7, 1999, game at New Jersey. He did not return to action until Pittsburgh's Nov. 26, 1999, game vs. Ottawa. He won that game with a 5-0 shutout. ... Suspended four games by NHL during 1999-00 season for slashing Yanic Perreault during second period of Pittsburgh's Dec. 4, 1999, game at Toronto. Barrasso's slash broke Perreault's left arm. No penalty was called on the play, but Toronto submitted the game tape to the NHL for review, and the league announced Barrasso's suspension on Dec. 6, 1999. ... Missed part of 1999-00 season with back injury, suffered during Pittsburgh's Dec. 18, 1999, game vs. Florida. He did not return to action until Pittsburgh's Jan. 13, 2000, game at Colorado. ... Won his 350th career NHL game for Pittsburgh on Jan. 31, 2000, vs. Atlanta. ... Traded by Pittsburgh to Ottawa in exchange for Ron Tugnutt and Janne Laukkanen at the trading deadline on March 14, 2000, because he was due to become a Group III unrestricted free agent at the end of the 1999-00 season and agreed to waive his no-trade clause. ... Missed remainder of 1999-00 regular season with bruised left index finger, an injury suffered during the warm-ups before Ottawa's April 4, 2000, game vs. Washington. ... Was represented by player agent Steve Reich during latter part of his career. ... Signed one-year contract with Carolina as Group III unrestricted free agent on July 17, 2001. ... Missed part of 2001-02 season with strained hamstring, an injury suffered during Toronto's March 30, 2002, game vs. New Jersey. ... Signed with St. Louis as a Group III unrestricted free agent on Nov. 1, 2002. ... Released by St. Louis on Dec. 28, 2002. ... Signed with Pittsburgh as a Group III unrestricted free agent on June 18, 2003, enabling him to retire as member of Penguins organization.
The Amazing Jump: Tom Barrasso achieved something in 1983 that will likely never again take place in the NHL. Namely, Barrasso jumped straight from an American high school hockey program to the National Hockey League, bypassing college or major junior hockey. No goaltender before had managed to do this, and none has done it since. In fact, Barrasso didn't just reach the NHL. He became a first-team All-Star as a rookie, while winning both the Calder Trophy as the NHL rookie of the year and the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goalie. This feat had only been achieved twice before, by Frank Brimsek and Tony Esposito, both in years when the Vezina went to the team with the lowest goals-against average rather than the best individual goalie. Barrasso's achievement was later matched by Ed Belfour in 1990-91. By winning the Calder Trophy, Barrasso became the first American to win it since former Bruins goalie Brimsek won the award in 1938-39 and the first goaltender to win the award since Ken Dryden in 1971-72.
Long Leave of Absence: On July 1, 1989, Barrasso's 2-year-old daughter, Ashley, was diagnosed with cancer and given only a 15 percent chance of long-term survival. As the family dealt with the shock of the illness, Barrasso attempted to play the season without letting outsiders know about the illness. But as Ashley's condition worsened and it became evident she needed advanced chemotherapy and radiation treatments, Barrasso was given permission to leave the Penguins and be with his daughter as she underwent the treatments in Los Angeles. He left the team on Feb. 9, 1990, and did not return to Pittsburgh until March 19, 1990, just three days before Ashley was released from Los Angeles Children's Hospital with a much better prognosis. By the time Barrasso made his next start on March 29, 1990, he had missed 23 games. The team, however, had offered to let him miss the rest of the season and playoffs if he felt it necessary.
A Season Without Hockey: Barrasso sat out the entire 2000-01 NHL season in order to spend the year at home with his family. The 1999-00 season had been a particularly tough year for Barrasso. His father had died of cancer, and his daughter, Ashley, continued to have her own problems with neuroblastoma cancer. Barrasso, an unrestricted free agent, at first planned to play in 2000-01, and he reportedly told Ottawa he wanted $7 million for a two-year contract. Ottawa balked at the offer, and Barrasso began looking for a new team. However, he told all potential new teams that he would have to be a No. 1 goaltender if he signed. Unable to get his demands met, and deciding he would rather be at home, Barrasso chose not to sign with any NHL team for 2000-01. He made a comeback by signing with Carolina in July 2001.
NON-NHL CAREER
Post-Draft Teams: Team USA; Rochester (AHL)
Olympics: 2002 (silver medal)
Canada Cup: 1984 (fourth place), 1987 (fifth place)
World Championships: 1986 (sixth place)
NON-NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
Acton-Boxborough Colonial Club (Hall of Fame):
Inducted 1993
Miscellaneous: Suffered twisted knee while playing for Sabres in July 1985 Molson Softball Tournament at Niagara Falls, Ontario. ... Demoted to Rochester (AHL) from Oct. 27, 1984, to Nov. 3, 1984, for the only minor-league stint of his career. He had been sent down after losing to the Red Wings in Detroit. ... Played on Buffalo's off-season charity softball team. ... Active in charitable causes during his playing days in Buffalo, including work on New York Governor Mario Cuomo's Athletes Against Drunk Driving program. ... Founded the Ashley Barrasso Cancer Research Fund during the 1990s after his daughter survived bout with cancer. ... Named one of Ten Outstanding Young Americans by United States Jaycees in January 1994.
So Long, Team USA: After the 1983 draft, Barrasso initially planned to spend the 1983-84 season with the 1984 U.S. Olympic team that would compete in the Sarajevo Winter Games. In July 1983, he reported to the team's training camp and spent at least four weeks with the team. Reports surfaced that Barrasso was unpopular with other Team USA players due to his allegedly arrogant attitude at the training camp. The opportunity to sign a lucrative contract with the Sabres was a definite distraction, and on Aug. 30, 1983, Barrasso told Team USA coach Lou Vairo that he would leave the Olympic team to attend Buffalo's training camp. Barrasso denied that his decision to leave had anything do with disliking the Team USA atmosphere, and said he would not have left if he didn't feel the team already had two good goaltenders in Marc Behrend and Bob Mason. Barrasso said he understood that Vairo planned to alternate goalies for the pre-Olympic tour and then play the hottest goaltender in the Olympics. He said he had not demanded any guarantee that he would be the No. 1 goalie.
Personal: Full name is Thomas Patrick Barrasso.
HOW HE GOT AWAY
TRADE: Buffalo traded Barrasso and 1990 third-round pick (Joe Dziedzic) to Pittsburgh in exchange for Doug Bodger and Darrin Shannon on November 12, 1988.

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SNAPSHOT '83
Total Selected: 242
Forwards: 134
Defense: 86
Goaltenders: 22
Major Junior: 122
Tier II/Jr. B: 19/5
College Players: 15
High School: 47
Canadian: 148
Euro-Canadian: 0
USA Citizens: 60
U.S.-Born: 60
European: 34
Reached NHL: 113
Stanley Cup: 21
Hall of Fame: 4
All-Star Game: 20
Year-end All-Star: 7
Olympians: 34
Picks Traded: 41
 
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