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| 1975 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Willi Plett
Selected in fifth round
No.
80 overall by Atlanta Flames
Born June 7, 1955
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-3 Weight: 205
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
St. Catharines (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Asuncion, Paraguay
Hometown:
St. Catharines, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Niagara Falls | SOJHL |
-- | 16 |
22 | 38 |
-- | | |
St. Catharines | OMJHL |
22 | 6 |
8 | 14 |
63 |
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PRE-DRAFT
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Did not begin playing hockey
until he was age 12. ... Was a star lacrosse player during his high school
years. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 17, 1975 (Atlanta at
Minnesota)
Numbers: 22, 25
(Atlanta/Calgary); 24 (Minnesota); 25 (Boston)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status: Retired September 5, 1988 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A | TP |
PIM | | 1975-1988 |
ATL/CGY, MIN, BOS | 834 |
222 | 215 |
437 | 2,572 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1977-1988 |
ATL/CGY, MIN, BOS | 83 |
24 | 22 |
46 | 466 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Calder Trophy
(Rookie of Year):
1976-77 (Atlanta)
Sporting News Rookie of Year: 1976-77 (Atlanta)
Stanley Cup Finals
(Lost): 1988 (Boston)
Atlanta Goals Leader: 1976-77 (33)
Atlanta/Calgary Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1976-77 (123), 1977-78 (171),
1978-79 (213), 1979-80 (231), 1980-81 (239), 1981-82 (288)
Calgary Playoffs Goals Leader: 1981 (8, tie)
Atlanta/Calgary Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1979 (29), 1980 (15),
1981 (89), 1982 (39)
Minnesota Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1982-83 (170), 1983-84 (316), 1985-86
(231), 1986-87 (263)
Minnesota Playoffs Goals Leader: 1984 (6)
Minnesota Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1983 (38), 1984 (51), 1985
(67), 1986 (45)
Miscellaneous: Played on "Downtown Connecters" Line with Eric Vail and
Tom Lysiak for Atlanta from 1976 to 1978. ... Set Atlanta/Calgary single-season
records (since broken) for points (56), goals (33) and penalty minutes (123)
by a right wing in 1976-77. ... Tied Atlanta/Calgary record (since broken) with
nine-game point-scoring streaks in 1976-77 and 1977-78. ... Set
Atlanta/Calgary single-season record (since broken) with 171 penalty minutes
in 1977-78. ... Missed end of
1977-78 season and 1978 playoffs with knee injury. ... Missed part of 1978-79
season with knee injury. ... Set Atlanta/Calgary single-season record (since
broken) with 213 penalty minutes in 1978-79. ... Set Atlanta/Calgary
single-season record (since broken) with 233 penalty minutes in 1979-80. ... Was on Atlanta team that relocated to Calgary on June
24, 1980. ... Set Calgary single-season record (since broken) with 239 penalty
minutes in 1980-81. ... Played on line with Jim Peplinski and Eric Vail for
Calgary in 1980-81. ... Missed part of 1980-81 season with shoulder injury
suffered in January 1981. ... Set Atlanta/Calgary single-season record (since
broken) for goals by a right wing (38) in 1980-81. ... Suspended for Game 6 of
Calgary's 1981 playoff quarterfinal series vs. Philadelphia. ... Set
Atlanta/Calgary single-season record (since broken) with 288 penalty minutes
in 1981-82. ... Left Calgary in 1982 with franchise record (since broken) for
career penalty minutes (1,267). ... Suspended seven games by NHL for swinging
his stick at Detroit goaltender Greg Stefan during Minnesota's Oct. 8, 1982,
game vs. Detroit. He received a match penalty on the play. ... Set
Minnesota/Dallas single-season record (since broken) with 316 penalty minutes
in 1983-84. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season with dislocated shoulder, an
injury suffered during a fight with Don Jackson in Minnesota's Oct. 18, 1984,
game vs. Edmonton. ... Missed part of 1983-84 season with severe groin pull.
... Missed part of 1985-86 season with separated shoulder, an injury suffered
during Minnesota's Oct. 19, 1985, game at Philadelphia. He dislocated the
shoulder again during a Jan. 21, 1986, game at Philadelphia. ... Missed part
of 1985-86 season with bruised shoulder, an injury suffered during Minnesota's
March 11, 1986, game vs. Edmonton. ... Missed start of 1986-87 season with
pulled back muscle, an injury suffered during Minnesota's training camp in
September 1986. ... Traded to N.Y. Rangers by Minnesota in exchange for Pat Price on
Sept. 8, 1987, but never played for parent team. ... Wore No. 25 in N.Y.
Rangers 1987 training camp. ... Left unprotected by N.Y.
Rangers in 1987 NHL Waiver Draft and claimed by Boston on Oct. 5, 1987. ...
Retired with NHL record (since broken) for career playoffs penalty minutes
(466). |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Tulsa (CHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL Adams Cup: 1976 (Tulsa)
CHL
Playoffs Goals Leader: 1976 (Tulsa) (5 goals, tie)
1975-76: Played on CHL regular-season champion (Tulsa).
Miscellaneous:
Returned to Atlanta area after his retirement and went opened a restaurant and entertainment center called Willi's.
Personal: Also known as Bill Plett
during his playing days. ... One of seven children. ... Parents were born in Soviet Union
(Russia) of German
ancestry. They went to Paraguay at the start of World War II to escape
war-torn Europe and then moved to Canada when Willi was a boy. ... His father
worked as a bricklayer to support the family. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Calgary traded Plett and its 1982
fourth-round pick (Dusan Pasek) to Minnesota in exchange for Steve Christoff,
Bill Nyrop and St. Louis' 1982 second-round pick (Dave Reierson) on June 7,
1982. |
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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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