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| 1974 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Robbie Laird
Selected in seventh round
No.
116 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins
Born
December 29, 1954
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Right Wing
Height:
5-9 Weight: 165
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Regina (WCHL)
Birthplace: Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Regina, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Regina | SJHL | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | |
Regina | WCHL |
1 | 1 |
0 | 1 |
0 | | 1972-73 |
Regina | WCHL |
68 | 14 |
18 | 32 |
102 | | 1973-74 |
Regina | WCHL |
68 | 39 |
45 | 84 |
243 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1974 (Regina)
Memorial Cup Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1974 (Regina) (33 PIM)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as No.
41 overall prospect in the 1974 NHL draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 26,
1980 (Vancouver at Minnesota)
Numbers: 21 (Minnesota)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1985 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1980 |
Minnesota | 1 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Scouting Career: Named Los Angeles pro scout
prior to 1997-98 season and remained in that position through 1999-00
season. ... Named Los Angeles pro scout and director of European player
evaluation prior to 2000-01 season and remained in position through 2000-01
season. ... Named Los Angeles director of pro scouting and European player
evaluation prior to 2001-02 season (following death of Ace Bailey) and
remained in that position through 2006-07 season.
Coaching
Career: Named Washington assistant coach prior to 1989-90 season and
remained in that position through 1989-90 season.
Miscellaneous: Broke leg during Pittsburgh's 1974 training camp. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Fort Wayne (IHL); Oklahoma
City, Nashville (CHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Commissioners' Trophy
(Coach of Year): 1985-86 (Fort Wayne)
Hockey News Minor-League Coach
of Year: 1988-89 (Fort Wayne)
Hockey News IHL Coach
of Year: 1985-86, 1988-89 (Fort Wayne)
IHL All-Star First Team: 1978-79
(Fort Wayne)
IHL All-Star Game: 1977, 1979
Fort Wayne Hockey
Hall of Fame: Inducted 2002
WHA Draft Pick: 1974 (by Minnesota,
No. 29 overall in Round 2)
1977-78, 1983-84: Played on IHL
regular-season champ (Fort Wayne).
1985-86, 1986-87: Coached IHL
regular-season champ (Fort Wayne).
Coaching Career: Named Fort Wayne (IHL)
player-head coach prior to 1985-86 season, ceased playing early in 1985-86
season, and
remained team's head coach through 1988-89 season. ... Named Baltimore (AHL)
head coach prior to 1990-91 season and remained in that position through
1991-92 season. ... Named Moncton (AHL) head coach prior to 1992-93 season and
remained in that position through 1993-94 season. ... Named Phoenix (IHL)
head coach prior to 1994-95 season and remained in that position through
1996-97 season.
Management Career: Named Fort
Wayne (IHL) general manager prior to 1985-86 season and held position through 1988-89 season.
Miscellaneous:
Missed part of 1981-82 season with groin injury suffered in December 1981. ... Retired for the
first time in 1982, but came out of retirement to rejoin Fort
Wayne for the 1983-84 season. ... Was last Fort Wayne head coach to play
for the team. ... Became first coach in Winnipeg organization history to take
a minor-league affiliate team to a championship series when he led Moncton (AHL)
to 1994 Calder Cup finals. ... Fought with Detroit (IHL) coach Steve Ludzik
following a March 1997 game vs. Detroit in Phoenix. As the teams were leaving
the ice, Ludzik shoved Laird, who turned around and punched Ludzik. The two
then fought in the runway to the dressing rooms. ... Named to Fort Wayne Komets
50th Anniversary Team by Fort Wayne News-Sentinel in 2001.
Personal:
Full name is Glenn Robert Laird. ... Known as Rob Laird throughout his
coaching and scouting career. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: Laird never signed with
Pittsburgh, instead playing as an amateur with the team's IHL affiliate in
Fort Wayne during the 1974-75 season. He remained with Fort Wayne after
Pittsburgh severed its ties to the Fort Wayne team in 1975 and eventually
signed with Minnesota as an unrestricted free agent on September 15, 1979. |
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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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