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| 1984 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Doug Bodger
Selected in first round
No.
9 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins
Born June
18, 1966
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kamloops (WHL)
Birthplace:
Chemainus, B.C. (Canada)
Hometown: Chemainus, British Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-82 |
Cowichan Valley | B.C. AAA |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1982-83 |
Kamloops | WHL |
72 | 26 |
66 | 92 |
98 | | 1983-84 |
Kamloops | WHL |
70 | 21 |
77 | 98 |
90 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WHL West All-Star First Team: 1983-84 (Kamloops)
WHL All-Star
Second Team: 1982-83 (Kamloops)
Kamloops Best Defenseman:
1982-83, 1983-84
Miscellaneous: Ranked by NHL Central Scouting Bureau as No. 7 overall
prospect for the 1984 NHL draft. ... Rated in The Hockey News draft
preview issue as No. 2 defense prospect for 1984 NHL draft. ... Finished
second to Dan Hodgson for 1982-83 WHL Rookie of Year. ...
Scored 92 points for Kamloops in 1982-83, one short of WHL record for
points by a rookie defenseman. ... Served as Kamloops captain for part of
1983-84 season. ... Also starred as a baseball player during his youth,
having pitched in British Columbia Babe Ruth league finals. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1984 (Pittsburgh at
Boston)
Numbers: 33, 3 (Pittsburgh); 8
(Buffalo); 5, 3 (San Jose); 5 (N.J.);
8 (Los Angeles); 3 (Vancouver)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status:
Retired December 14, 1999 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1984-2000 |
Pitt., Buffalo, S.J.,
N.J., L.A., Van. | 1,071 |
106 | 422 |
528 | 1,007 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1989-1998 | Buffalo, New Jersey |
47 | 6 |
18 | 24 |
25 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Buffalo Horton Award (Unsung Hero): 1992-93
Buffalo
Alka-Seltzer Plus Award (+/- Leader): 1992-93 (plus-14)
Pittsburgh Records: Most power-play goals by a defenseman in one
season (13 in 1987-88, shares record)
Buffalo Playoffs Assists Leader: 1990 (5, tie), 1995 (4)
Miscellaneous: Made his NHL debut in the game that also was Mario
Lemieux's debut. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season with mild shoulder
separation, suffered in Pittsburgh's Jan. 5, 1985, game vs. Quebec. He did
not return until Pittsburgh's Jan. 19, 1985, game vs. Chicago. ... Missed
remainder of 1984-85 season with bone chip near big toe on left foot, an
injury suffered in Pittsburgh's March 19, 1985, game vs. Philadelphia. The
injury required season-ending surgery in April 1985. ... Missed part of
1986-87 season with bruised left shoulder, an injury suffered in
Pittsburgh's Oct. 18, 1986, game vs. New Jersey. He did not return until
Pittsburgh's Oct. 25, 1986, game vs. Philadelphia. ... Missed parts of
1986-87 season with bruised chest, suffered during Pittsburgh's Dec. 5,
1986, game vs. Edmonton, and with broken nose, an injury suffered during
Pittsburgh's Jan. 17, 1987, game at Boston. ... Missed part of 1987-88
season with sprained right knee, suffered during
Pittsburgh's Nov. 11, 1987, game vs. Washington. ... Missed part of 1987-88
season with sprained left knee, suffered in Pittsburgh's Dec.
2, 1987, game vs. N.Y. Islanders. He did not return to action until
Pittsburgh's Dec. 27, 1987, game at Buffalo. ... Missed start of 1988-89
season with strained left knee, suffered during Pittsburgh's
training camp in September 1988. He did not make his 1988-89 season
debut until Pittsburgh's Oct. 11, 1988, game vs. Washington. ... Missed part
of 1988-89 season with strained stomach muscle, suffered during
Pittsburgh's Oct. 21, 1988, game at New Jersey. He did not return to action
until Pittsburgh's Nov. 1, 1988, game vs. Vancouver. ... Had assist in his
first game with Buffalo, vs. Edmonton on Nov. 13, 1988. ... Missed part of
1989-90 season with sprained left knee, an injury suffered in Buffalo's
Oct. 18, 1989, game at Hartford. He did not return to action until Buffalo's
Nov. 8, 1989, game at Hartford. ... Missed part of 1990-91 season with
bruised shoulder, suffered during Buffalo's Dec. 28, 1990, game vs. Chicago.
He did not return to action until Buffalo's Jan. 8, 1991, game at Vancouver.
... Missed part of 1990-91 season with separated left shoulder, an injury
suffered in collision with Jiri Hrdina during Buffalo's Feb. 19, 1991, game
at Pittsburgh. He did not return to action until Buffalo's March 30, 1991,
game at Hartford. ... Missed remainder of 1990-91 regular season with
re-aggravation of left shoulder injury, suffered in first period of
Buffalo's March 30, 1991, game at Hartford. He did not return to action
until Game 3 of Buffalo's first-round playoff series vs. Montreal on April
7, 1991. ... Missed part of 1991-92 season with left eye injury, suffered
when he was hit by the puck during Buffalo's Feb. 11, 1992, game at
Hartford. Doctors found that he had blood behind his eye, and Bodger did not
return to action until Buffalo's March 1, 1992, game vs. Chicago. ... Missed
part of 1993-94 season with back injury, suffered during Buffalo's Oct. 15,
1993, game vs. N.Y. Rangers. He did not return to action until Buffalo's
Oct. 22, 1993, game vs. Pittsburgh. ... Missed part of 1993-94 season with
re-aggravation of back injury, suffered during Buffalo's Dec. 2, 1993, game
at Florida. He did not return to action until Buffalo's Dec. 13, 1993, game
at N.Y. Rangers. ... Missed part of 1995 season with the flu, an illness
contracted in March 1995. ... Missed remainder of 1995 regular season with
bruised shoulder, an injury suffered during Buffalo's April 28, 1995, game
at Washington. He did not return until Game 1 of Buffalo's first-round
playoff series at Philadelphia on May 7, 1995. ... Missed part of 1995-96
season with twisted right knee, suffered in San Jose's Jan. 17, 1996, game
at Tampa Bay. He did not return to action until San Jose's Jan. 30, 1996,
game vs. Hartford. He tied a San Jose single-game record (since broken) with
a plus-5 rating in that game. ... Missed part of 1995-96 season with
strained groin, suffered during San Jose's Feb. 23, 1996, game at Vancouver.
He did not return to action until San Jose's March 5, 1996, game at
Colorado. ... Missed part of 1996-97 season with the flu, an illness
contracted following a warm-ups prior to San Jose's April 4, 1997, game vs.
Colorado. ... Missed part of 1997-98 season with shoulder injury, suffered
during San Jose's Nov. 8, 1997, game vs. Montreal. He did not return to
action until San Jose's Nov. 12, 1997, game vs. Vancouver. ... Missed part
of 1997-98 season with broken tip of right index finger, an injury suffered
when he went down to block a puck during New Jersey's Feb. 25, 1998, game at
Florida. He did not return to action until New Jersey's March 2, 1998, game
vs. Philadelphia. ... Played in his 1,000th NHL game for Los Angeles on Oct.
25, 1998, at Carolina. ... Missed part of 1998-99 season with broken left
hand, an injury suffered during Los Angeles' Nov. 1, 1998, game vs. Phoenix.
He did not return until Los Angeles' Nov. 28, 1998, game vs.
Phoenix. ... Missed part of 1998-99 season with bruised right shoulder and
neck,
suffered when he was hit from behind by Dallas Drake in Los Angeles' Dec. 28, 1998, game at Phoenix.
Drake was suspended four games for the hit, and Bodger did not
return until Los Angeles' Jan. 14, 1999, game vs. Calgary. ...
Signed one-year, $700,000 contract, plus option year, with Vancouver as a
Group III unrestricted free agent on Aug. 4, 1999. ... Opted to retire at
age 33 rather than accept a demotion to Syracuse (AHL). Bodger was ticketed
to go down to the minor leagues for the first time in his career because he
had cleared waivers. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
None
World Championships: 1987 (fourth), 1989 (silver), 1996
(silver)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Never played in
minor leagues. ... Owned and operated a sporting goods store called Eddy's
in Duncan, British
Columbia, during off-seasons of his playing days. Opened second store in
Nanaimo in 1997, and continued to oversee the stores after his retirement
from NHL. ... Was active in charitable causes during his playing days,
including work with Children's Hospital of Buffalo. ... Became active in Oldtimers' charity hockey after his retirement.
Personal: Younger brother of Cowichan (B.C.)
News-Leader/Pictorial sports editor Don Bodger. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Pittsburgh traded Bodger and Darrin Shannon to Buffalo in exchange for Tom
Barrasso and 1990 third-round pick (Joe Dziedzic) on November 12, 1988. |
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SNAPSHOT '84 | | Total Selected: |
250 | | Forwards: |
142 | | Defense: |
88 | | Goaltenders: |
20 | | Major Junior: |
110 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
16/9 | | College Players: |
23 | | High School: |
47 | | Midget: |
4 | | U.S. Junior B: |
1 |
| Canadian: |
145 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
63 |
| European: |
41 |
| Reached NHL: |
102 |
| Stanley Cup: |
20 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
18 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
31 |
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