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| 1974 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Peter Driscoll
Selected in fourth round
No.
67 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born October 27, 1954
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kingston (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Kingston, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Kingston, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
North Bay | NOHA |
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-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1973-74 |
Kingston | OMJHL |
54 | 13 |
21 | 34 |
216 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as No.
85 overall prospect in the 1974 NHL draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1979 (Edmonton at
Chicago)
Numbers: 24 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1982 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1981 |
Edmonton | 60 | 3 |
8 | 11 | 97 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1980 |
Edmonton | 3 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Edmonton Oilers NHL team.
Club records:
His first NHL game was also Wayne Gretzky's first NHL game and the first NHL
game in Edmonton Oilers history. ... Missed part of 1980-81 season with eye
injury after being hit by a deflected puck during Edmonton's Jan. 24, 1981,
game at Minnesota. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Tulsa (CHL);
Vancouver/Calgary, Quebec, Indianapolis, Edmonton (WHA); Houston (CHL);
Wichita (CHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Calgary Captain: January 1977 to May 31,
1977
WHA Draft Pick: 1974 (by Vancouver,
No. 64 overall in Round 5)
1978-79: Played on WHA regular-season
champion (Edmonton).
Miscellaneous: Played on Vancouver
(WHA) team that relocated to Calgary on May 7, 1975. ... Played on Calgary (WHA)
team that folded on May 31, 1977. He signed with Quebec as a free agent. ...
Was one of Wayne Gretzky's first pro teammates at Indianapolis (WHA) in 1978.
... Traded by Indianapolis (WHA) with Gretzky and Ed Mio to Edmonton for
$700,000 and future considerations on Nov. 2, 1978. ... Returned to
Indianapolis after his retirement and became manager of a fitness club while
coaching local youth hockey teams in Carmel, Ind.
Personal:
Nicknamed "Grenade." ... Also known as Pete Driscoll during his playing days. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/EXPANSION: Driscoll never signed with
Toronto and went straight to the WHA. When the NHL and WHA merged in 1979,
Toronto
chose not to take Driscoll in the NHL Reclaim Draft, and his NHL rights remained
with Edmonton, his last WHA team. |
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SNAPSHOT '74 | | Total Selected: |
246 | | Forwards: |
138 | | Defense: |
84 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
171 | | College Players: |
44 |
| Canadian: |
200 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
40 | | U.S.-Born: |
39 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
98 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
15 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
21 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
5 |
| Picks Traded: |
13 |
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