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| 1983 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Jim Hofford
Selected in
sixth round
No. 114 overall by Buffalo Sabres
Born October
4, 1964
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Windsor (OHL)
Birthplace:
Sudbury, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Willowdale, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1980-81 |
Sudbury | Ont. AAA |
52 | 18 |
39 | 57 |
-- | | 1981-82 |
Windsor | OHL |
67 | 5 |
9 | 14 |
214 | | 1982-83 |
Windsor | OHL |
63 | 8 |
20 | 28 |
171 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was Windsor's fifth-round pick, No. 63 overall, in 1981 OHL
priority selection. ... Missed part of 1982-83 season with broken nose, an
injury suffered in September 1982. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 10, 1985 (Buffalo at Quebec)
Numbers: 33, 3 (Buffalo); 14
(Los Angeles)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1990 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1985-1988 |
Buffalo, Los Angeles | 18 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 47 |
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| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Windsor (OHL); Rochester (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1987
(Rochester)
Windsor Captain: 1983-84
Miscellaneous: Missed remainder of
1983-84 season and entire 1984 with knee injury, suffered during Windsor's
Sept. 29, 1983, season-opener vs. Sudbury. ... Missed half of 1985-86 season
with shoulder injury. ... Missed parts of 1987-88 season with concussion, an
injury suffered in November 1987, and with broken jaw, an injury suffered in
January 1988. ... Remained in Rochester area after his retirement and became
general manager of the Greece Ridge Center shopping mall.
Personal: Full name is James
Hofford. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WAIVER DRAFT: Buffalo left Hofford
unprotected for the 1988 NHL Waiver Draft, and he was claimed by Los Angeles
on October 3, 1988. Just 17 days later, Buffalo got Hofford back when the
Kings placed him on waivers, and the Sabres reclaimed him on October 20,
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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