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| 1983 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Vladislav Tretiak
Selected in seventh round
No. 138 overall by Montreal Canadiens
Born April
25, 1952
 | Position:
Goaltender
Height: 6-1 Weight: 200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Moscow CSKA (USSR)
Birthplace:
Dmitrovo, Russia (USSR)
Hometown: Dmitrovo, Russia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | W-L-T |
GAA | SO |
SV% | | 1968-69 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
3 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1969-70 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
34 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1970-71 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
40 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1971-72 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
30 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1972-73 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
30 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1973-74 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
27 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1974-75 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
35 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1975-76 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
33 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1976-77 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
35 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1977-78 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
29 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1978-79 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
40 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1979-80 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
36 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1980-81 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
18 | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1981-82 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
41 | 34-4-3 |
1.70 | 6 |
n/a | | 1982-83 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
29 | 25-3-1 |
1.46 | 6 |
n/a |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Olympics: 1972 (gold), 1976 (gold), 1980 (silver)
NHL-USSR Summit Series: 1972
WHA Canada-Soviet Summit Series: 1974
USSR Championship: 1970 (Moscow CSKA), 1971 (Moscow CSKA), 1972
(Moscow CSKA), 1973 (Moscow CSKA), 1975 (Moscow CSKA), 1977 (Moscow CSKA),
1978 (Moscow CSKA), 1979 (Moscow CSKA), 1980 (Moscow CSKA), 1981 (Moscow
CSKA), 1982 (Moscow CSKA), 1983 (Moscow CSKA)
Challenge Cup: 1979
Canada Cup:
1976 (third place), 1981 (first place)
World
Championships: 1970 (gold), 1971 (gold), 1972 (silver),
1973 (gold), 1974 (gold), 1975 (gold), 1976 (silver), 1977 (silver), 1978
(gold), 1979 (gold), 1981 (gold), 1982 (gold), 1983 (gold)
European
Junior Championships: 1969 (gold medal)
Canada Cup MVP: 1981
World Championships Best Goaltender: 1974, 1979, 1981, 1983
European Championships Best Goalie: 1974, 1979, 1981, 1983
Canada Cup All-Star First Team: 1981
World Championships
All-Star First Team: 1975, 1979, 1983
USSR MVP: 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1980-81, 1982-83 (CSKA)
USSR All-Star First Team: 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74,
1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82,
1982-83 (Moscow CSKA)
USSR Merited Sports Master: 1970-71 (Moscow CSKA)
Miscellaneous:
Was eligible for the draft at age 31 because NHL had ruled that all
Europeans, regardless of age, would have to enter the league through the
entry draft, rather than as unrestricted free agents. ... Was married just a
few days before start of 1972 Summit Series, when he burst onto the
international scene at age 20, helping Russia nearly upset team of NHL
All-Stars. ... Played all eight games in 1972 Summit Series, allowing 31
goals. ... Was Soviet Union's starting goaltender in 1980 Olympic "Miracle
on Ice" game in which Team USA upset USSR 4-3 at Lake Placid, N.Y. He was
pulled from the game after the first period with the score tied 2-2. Soviet
coach Viktor Tikhonov had pulled Tretiak for allowing a soft goal to Mark
Johnson late in the first period of that game. ... Was three-time winner of
the Golden Stick award as European Player of Year. |
| NHL CAREER |
Never played in NHL.
NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
HOCKEY HALL OF FAME:
Inducted 1989
Coaching Career: Named Chicago goaltending consultant prior to
1990-91 season and remained in that position through 1991-92 season. ...
Named Chicago goaltending coach prior to 1992-93 season and remained in that
position through 1999-00 season. ... Named Chicago goaltending consultant
prior to 2000-01 season and remained in that position through 2003-04
season.
Miscellaneous: Became the first
European-born player without any NHL experience and first Russian player
ever elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.
The Tretiak Affair: After
drafting Tretiak in 1983, Montreal general manager Serge Savard made a real
effort to convince Soviet authorities to release him to the Canadiens after
the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The Soviets, locked in the Cold
War with the U.S., would never have considered releasing a player to a
U.S.-based NHL team, but Montreal was another story. Savard found that the
Soviets were willing to entertain the unprecedented offer, since Tretiak,
then 32, was clearly in the twilight of his European career and was no
longer showing the skill that had once made him the world's best goaltender. Savard went to Moscow
four times during the winter of 1984, hoping to secure Tretiak's
release. Many North American newspapers were reporting that Tretiak was
expected to play in the NHL for the last part of the 1983-84 season. But
even though Tretiak, a lieutenant-colonel in the Soviet
army, was prepared to leave his homeland to play in the NHL, Soviet
officials ultimately vetoed Tretiak's transfer, however, amid concerns about
what it would mean to let a Russian soldier, whose father held the
prestigious rank of major in the Soviet army, enter the NHL. Tretiak later
said he could never forgive the Soviets for that veto and said his
subsequent decision to retire was his only way to get back at the people who
prevented him from playing for the Canadiens. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Moscow CSKA (USSR)
Olympics: 1984
(gold medal), 2002 (bronze medal) (assistant coach)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IIHF Hall of Fame: Inducted 1997
(inaugural-year honoree)
USSR Championship:
1984 (Moscow CSKA)
USSR All-Star First Team: 1983-84 (Moscow CSKA)
Miscellaneous:
Retired in 1984 at age 32. ... Is only hockey player in Olympic history to
win three gold medals and a silver and only goalie to win three gold medals. ... Published his biography, Tretiak,
The Legend, in 1987. ... Ran goalie camps in Russia and North
America, as well as prestigious sports academy in Moscow
after his retirement. ... Moscow CSKA (former Soviet Red Army) retired
Tretiak's No. 20 during 1993-94 season. ... Named best Russian hockey player of the 20th
century by the IIHF and Russian hockey federation in 2000. |
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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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