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| 1976 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Brian Sutter
Selected in second round
No.
20 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born October 7, 1956
 | Position: Left Wing
Height:
5-11 Weight: 173
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Lethbridge (WCHL)
Birthplace: Viking, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Viking, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Red Deer | AJHL | 51 |
27 | 40 |
67 | 54 | | 1973-74 |
Red Deer | AJHL |
59 | 42 |
54 | 96 |
139 | | 1974-75 |
Lethbridge | WCHL |
53 | 34 |
47 | 81 |
134 | | 1975-76 |
Lethbridge | WCHL |
72 | 36 |
56 | 92 |
233 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1975 (silver) (unofficial tournament)
AJHL Championship: 1974 (Red Deer)
AJHL All-Star First Team: 1973-74 (Red Deer)
Lethbridge Captain: 1975-76
AJHL Assists Leader: 1973-74 (Red Deer) (54 assists)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
WCHL's No. 14 prospect for the 1976 NHL draft. ... Invited back to play in Red
Deer (AJHL) during 1972-73 season after being cut from team's training camp.
... 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. ...
Attended Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School in Red Deer, Alberta. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 4, 1976 (Atlanta at St.
Louis)
Numbers: 11 (St. Louis) (number retired)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired June 20, 1988 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1976-1988 |
St. Louis | 779 |
303 | 333 |
636 | 1,786 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A | TP |
PIM | | 1977-1988 |
St. Louis | 65 |
21 | 21 |
42 | 249 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Jack Adams Award (Coach of Year): 1990-91 (St. Louis)
All-Star Game: 1982, 1983, 1985
St. Louis MVP: 1983-84
St. Louis Captain: September 1979 to June 21, 1988
St. Louis
Records: Most career penalty minutes (1,786), most career playoffs penalty
minutes (249), most assists in a game (5 vs. Toronto on Nov. 22, 1983, shares
record), most major penalties in a season (26 in 1980-81), most assists in a
season by a left wing (51 in 1983-84), most penalty minutes in a season by a
left wing (254 in 1982-83), most goals in a four-game playoff series (7 vs.
Winnipeg in 1982)
St.
Louis Goals Leader: 1978-79 (41), 1981-82 (39), 1982-83 (46)
St.
Louis Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1977-78 (123), 1978-79 (165), 1979-80 (156),
1980-81 (232), 1981-82 (239), 1982-83 (254)
St.
Louis Playoffs Goals Leader: 1977 (1, tie), 1982 (8), 1983 (2, tie), 1985
(2)
St.
Louis Playoffs PIM Leader: 1981 (77), 1982 (49), 1988 (49)
Coaching
Career: Named St. Louis head coach on June 20, 1988, and remained in that
position until May 1, 1992. ... Named Boston head coach on June 9, 1992, and
remained in that position until May 17, 1995. ... Named Calgary head coach on
July 3, 1997, and remained in that position until April 11, 2000. ... Named
Chicago head coach on May 3, 2001, and remained in position until June 21,
2005.
Miscellaneous: Played on "Kid Line" with Bernie Federko and Rick
Bourbonnais for St. Louis in 1976-77. ... Played on "Kid Line" with Bernie
Federko and Wayne Babych from 1978-79 season through 1981-82 season. ...
Became youngest captain in St. Louis history at age 22 years, 11 months. ...
Set St. Louis record (since broken) with 17 power-play goals in 1980-81. ...
Served as co-captain of 1982 Campbell Conference All-Star team. ... Set St.
Louis record (since broken) for goals by a left wing in one season with 46 in
1982-83. ... Became first player in St. Louis history to score 40 or more
goals in two seasons when he achieved feat in 1983. ... Became St. Louis'
career penalty-minutes leader during 1982-83 season. ... Missed part of
1983-84 season with hairline fracture of pelvis, an injury suffered during St.
Louis' Nov. 3, 1983, game at Boston. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with
fractured left scapula, an injury suffered during St. Louis' Jan. 16, 1986,
game at Minnesota. Returned to action vs. Vancouver on March 8, 1986, and
re-injured shoulder. ... Briefly held St. Louis record for career games played
during 1985-86 season before he was passed by Bernie Federko while sitting out
with shoulder injury. ... Worked as unofficial assistant coach for St. Louis
while he was injured. ... Missed remainder of 1986-87 season with damaged soft
tissue around left shoulder blade, an injury suffered in November 1986. ... Signed a three-year contract to be St. Louis' head coach
when he retired as a player in June 1988. At age 31, he was the NHL's youngest
coach at that time and the youngest in St. Louis history. ... Set St. Louis
coaching record (since broken) for career victories with 153. ... Runner-up
for Jack Adams Award with Boston in 1992-93. ... St. Louis retired Sutter's No. 11 on Dec. 30, 1988. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Kansas City (CHL)
Canada Cup: 1991
(second place) (as assistant coach)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Alberta Sports Hall of Fame Achievement Award: 2000
WHA Draft Pick: 1976 (by Edmonton,
No. 36 overall in Round 4)
1976-77: Played on Kansas City team
that won CHL regular-season and playoff titles, but was not with team during
postseason.
Miscellaneous: Helped found Sutter Foundation, an
Alberta charity for underprivileged children.
Personal: Nicknamed "Sudsy." ... Full name is Brian Louis
Allen Sutter. ... Older brother of former NHL players Darryl Sutter, Duane
Sutter, Brent Sutter, Ron Sutter and Rich Sutter. ... Father of minor-leaguer
Shaun Sutter. ... Uncle of junior hockey player Brett Sutter. ... Descended from same ancestry as Gen. John A. Sutter, the
man whose discovery of gold in California led to the famous 1848 gold rush. |
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SNAPSHOT '76 | | Total Selected: |
135 | | Forwards: |
83 | | Defense: |
39 | | Goaltenders: |
13 | | Major Junior: |
97 | | College Players: |
26 |
| Canadian: |
103 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
1 | | USA Citizens: |
23 | | U.S.-Born: |
23 |
| European: |
8 |
| Reached NHL: |
73 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
12 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
2 |
| Olympians: |
6 |
| Picks Traded: |
15 |
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