| 1983 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | Gord
Walker
Selected in third round
No.
53 overall by New York Rangers
Born August
12, 1965
 | Position:
Left Wing / Center
Height: 6-0 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Portland (WHL)
Birthplace:
Castlegar, British Columbia (Canada)
Hometown: Castlegar,
British Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-82 |
Drumheller | AJHL |
60 | 35 |
44 | 79 |
90 | | 1982-83 |
Portland | WHL |
66 | 24 |
30 | 54 |
95 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1983 (Portland)
Miscellaneous: Attended Stanley Humphries Secondary School in Castlegar,
British Columbia. ... Also played varsity golf for Stanley Humphries
Secondary School and was runner-up for the 1981 B.C. Secondary School Golf
Association individual championship. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: April 4, 1987 (N.Y. Rangers at
Hartford)
Numbers: 14, 36 (N.Y. Rangers); 45, 14
(Los Angeles)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1991 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1987-1989 |
N.Y. Rangers, L.A. | 31 |
3 | 4 |
7 | 23 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in his first NHL game. The goal beat Hartford
goaltender Mike Liut at 14:37 of the first period, giving the Rangers their
first goal and cutting Hartford's lead to 2-1 in a game the Whalers
eventually won 5-3. ... Shifted from his natural position of left wing to
right wing after joining Los Angeles organization in 1988. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Portland, Kamloops (WHL); New Haven (AHL); Colorado (IHL); Team Canada;
Iserlohn (Germany); San
Diego (IHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHL All-Star First Team (West Division): 1984-85 (Kamloops)
Kamloops Armstrong Award (Playoffs MVP): 1985 (co-winner)
WHL Playoffs Goals Leader: 1985 (Kamloops) (13 goals)
Miscellaneous: Traded by Portland (WHL)
with Craig Benning to Kamloops in exchange for Brad Werenka in September
1984.
Personal: Full name is Gordon
Walker. ... Also known as Gordon Walker and Gordie
Walker during his playing days. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
N.Y. Rangers traded Walker and Mike Siltala to Los Angeles in exchange for
Joe Paterson on January 21, 1988. |
