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| 1976 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mike McEwen
Selected in third round
No.
42 overall by New York Rangers
Born August 10, 1956
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Defense
Height: 6-1 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Toronto (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Hornepayne, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Hornepayne, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Toronto | OMJHL |
68 | 5 |
32 | 37 |
81 | | 1974-75 |
Toronto | OMJHL |
68 | 18 |
63 | 81 |
52 | | 1975-76 |
Toronto | OMJHL |
65 | 23 |
40 | 63 |
63 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1975 (Toronto)
Toronto MVP: 1975-76
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
OMJHL's No. 18 prospect for the 1976 NHL draft. ... Paired on defense with
Trevor Johansen for Toronto in 1974-75 and 1975-76. ... Also played baseball for
junior team in Canada, where he was star pitcher. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 6, 1976 (Minnesota at N.Y.
Rangers)
Numbers: 27, 6 (N.Y. Rangers); 4 (Colorado); 2
(N.Y. Islanders); 2 (Los Angeles); 2 (Washington); 7 (Detroit); 25
(Hartford)
Stanley Cup: 1981, 1982, 1983.
Playing Status:
Retired 1992 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
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1976-1988 | NYR, Colorado, NYI, L.A.,
Washington,
Detroit, Hartford | 748 | 116 | 169 | 285 | 484 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1979-1988 |
NYR, NYI, WAS, HAR | 78 |
12 | 36 | 48 |
48 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1980 (Colorado)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1979 (N.Y. Rangers)
Colorado Assists Leader: 1979-80 (40)
Miscellaneous: Had assist in first NHL game. ... Paired on defense with
Carol Vadnais for N.Y. Rangers in 1976-77. ... Set N.Y. Rangers record (since
broken) for goals by a rookie defenseman with 14 in 1976-77. ... Set N.Y.
Rangers single-season playoff records (since broken) for points (13) and
assists (11) by a defenseman in 1979. ... Missed part of 1981-82 season with
broken nose, an injury suffered when he was struck by Jim Peplinski's errant
stick during N.Y. Islanders' Nov. 2, 1981, game vs. Calgary. ... Named N.Y.
Islanders player representative in 1981-82 season and remained in that
position until he left team in November 1983. ... Missed parts of 1982-83
season with separated shoulder, an injury suffered in November 1982, and
sprained left ankle, an injury suffered during a N.Y. Islanders practice in
February 1983. ... Missed part of 1983-84 season with separated shoulder, an
injury suffered in November 1983. ... Wore No. 2 in Detroit's 1985 training
camp.
McEwen and Cherry: McEwen had a major fallout with then
Colorado coach Don Cherry in March 1980, which led to his walking out on the
team after Cherry allegedly used physical force against him on the bench. He
sat out two games before returning to the team on March 16, 1980. The dispute
began after Colorado's March 7, 1980, game vs. Chicago, when Cherry blamed
McEwen's play for the Rockies' loss. McEwen was so offended by the comments
that he refused to continue playing for Cherry and demanded a trade before the
trading deadline. Colorado did not trade McEwen, so he returned home to
Toronto. Colorado management questioned Cherry about the incident and then
suspended McEwen without pay. The situation was later resolved during a
meeting with McEwen in Hartford. It later turned out that McEwen had been
asking for a trade since March 4, when he decided his playing style was
incompatible with Cherry's coaching system. On March 7, Cherry, already aware
of McEwen's demands, grabbed and shook McEwen after he was on the ice for a
Chicago goal. He berated McEwen for staying out on the ice too long instead of
coming to the bench for a change. Cherry had already expressed anger at McEwen
for a practice collision with Rene Robert that ended Robert's season. McEwen
felt Cherry was playing mind games with him by limiting his ice time and
trying to break his confidence in the weeks after he had returned from the NHL
All-Star Game. McEwen ended up being the survivor as Cherry was fired at
season's end. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: New Haven (AHL); Binghamton
(AHL); Sierre (Switzerland); Olten (Switzerland)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1976 (by Toronto,
No. 71 overall in Round 7)
1984-85: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (Binghamton).
1992-93: Coached CHL
regular-season champion (Oklahoma City).
Coaching Career: Named
Oklahoma City (CHL) head coach prior to 1992-93 season and remained in position through 1994-95 season.
Miscellaneous: Was friendly with
rock star Billy Joel during his playing days with N.Y. Islanders. ... Played
for N.Y. Islanders' off-season charity softball team. ... Remained in Oklahoma
City after his retirement from the pro coaching ranks and became director of
the Iceland Sports Center youth hockey program. ... Also coached women's
hockey in Oklahoma City.
Personal: Nicknamed "Q." ... Full
name is Michael Todd McEwen. ... Also known as Michael McEwen during his
playing days. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE (2): N.Y. Rangers traded McEwen, Lucien
DeBlois, Pat Hickey, Dean Turner and future considerations (Bobby Crawford) to
Colorado for Barry Beck on November 2, 1979. Six years later, N.Y. Rangers got
McEwen back from Detroit in exchange for Steve Richmond on December 26, 1985.
N.Y. Rangers lost McEwen again when they traded him to Hartford for Bob
Crawford on March 11, 1986. |
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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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