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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Kelly Greenbank
Selected in second round
No.
34 overall by Montreal Canadiens
Born November
17, 1955
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Winnipeg (WCHL)
Birthplace: Moosomin, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Wawota, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Melville | SJHL | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1972-73 |
Brandon | WCHL | 67 |
33 | 46 |
79 | 8 | | 1973-74 |
Brandon | WCHL |
17 | 5 |
8 | 13 |
2 | | |
Winnipeg | WCHL |
53 | 26 |
31 | 57 |
13 | | 1974-75 |
Winnipeg | WCHL |
62 | 50 |
51 | 101 |
51 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1975 (silver) (unofficial tournament)
Winnipeg Captain: 1974-75
Miscellaneous: Played in second World Junior Championships in Winnipeg
and Brandon, Manitoba, an unofficial tournament that helped set stage for
first official World Juniors in 1977. |
| NHL CAREER |
| Never played in NHL. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Nova Scotia, Rhode Island (AHL);
Fort Worth, Oklahoma City (CHL); Feldkirch (Austria)
Olympics: 1984
(Austria) (10th place), 1988 (Austira) (ninth place)
World Championships: 1982
(Austria) (second place, Pool B), 1983 (Austria) (third place, Pool B), 1985
(Austria) (fourth place, Pool B), 1986 (Austria) (seventh place, Pool B), 1987
(third place, Pool B)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1976 (Nova Scotia)
CHL
Adams Cup: 1978 (Fort Worth)
Austrian Championship: 1982, 1983, 1984 (Feldkirch) (as player), 1990 (Feldkirch)
(as player-coach)
Austria Vorarlberg Province Athlete of Year: 1992
WHA Draft Pick: 1975 (by Cleveland, No. 20 overall in Round 2)
1975-76: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Nova Scotia).
1976-77: Played 28 games for Nova Scotia team that won AHL
regular-season and playoff titles, but was not with team during postseason.
1977-78: Played on CHL regular-season champion (Fort Worth).
Coaching Career: Served as player-coach of Feldkirch (Austria) from
1988 to 1992. ... Coached minor hockey in Saskatchewan.
Miscellaneous: Loaned to Rhode Island (AHL) by Montreal organization in
December 1976. ... Rights sold by Montreal to Minnesota on waivers in March
1978. ... Scored title-winning goal at 16:19 of overtime as Fort Worth beat
Dallas 5-4 in Game 7 of 1978 CHL Adams Cup finals. ... Left North America to play in Austria during 1979-80 season and
spent next decade in Austria. ... Earned Austrian citizenship in 1981,
enabling him to play internationally. ... Retired and returned to his hometown
of Wawota, Saskatchewan, in October 1992.
Personal: Full name is Kelvin Greenbank. ... Younger brother of former
Saskatchewan Tier II player Greg Greenbank. ... Raised on his family's farm
near Kelso, Saskatchewan. |
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SNAPSHOT '75 | | Total Selected: |
217 | | Forwards: |
126 | | Defense: |
65 | | Goaltenders: |
26 | | Major Junior: |
135 | | College Players: |
61 |
| Canadian: |
162 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
46 | | U.S.-Born: |
45 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
87 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
6 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
11 |
| Picks Traded: |
21 |
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