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| 1976 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Rob Flockhart
Selected in third round
No.
44 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Born February
6, 1956
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kamloops (WCHL)
Birthplace: Smithers, British Columbia (Canada)
Hometown:
Sicamous, British Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Revelstoke | KIJHL |
44 |
41 | 47 |
88 | 54 | | 1972-73 |
The Pass | AJHL | 44 |
35 | 45 |
80 | 92 | | 1973-74 |
Kamloops | WCHL |
67 | 13 |
16 | 29 |
49 | | 1974-75 |
Kamloops | WCHL |
36 | 19 |
20 | 39 |
52 | | 1975-76 |
Kamloops | WCHL |
72 | 51 |
47 | 98 |
91 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1975 (silver) (unofficial tournament)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
WCHL's No. 11 prospect for the 1976 NHL draft. ... 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. ...
Missed part of 1974-75 season with knee injury that required surgery. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 24, 1977 (Vancouver at Los
Angeles)
Numbers: 12, 18, 28 (Vancouver); 20 (Minnesota)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1985 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1977-1981 |
Vancouver, Minnesota | 55 |
2 | 5 | 7 |
14 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1980 | Minnesota |
1 | 1 | 0 |
1 | 2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1980-81: Played two games for Minnesota team that went on to 1981
Stanley Cup finals, but was not with team during postseason.
Miscellaneous: Missed part of Vancouver's 1977 training camp with
bruised chest. ... Scored goal for Minnesota in his only NHL playoff game
on May 8, 1980 at Philadelphia. ... Signed with Chicago as free
agent on Dec. 1, 1982, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Tulsa (CHL); Dallas (CHL);
Oklahoma City, Nashville (CHL); Springfield (AHL); Toledo (IHL); New Haven (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL Adams Cup: 1979 (Dallas)
CHL All-Star First Team:
1979-80 (Oklahoma City)
WHA Draft Pick: 1976 (by Cleveland,
No. 63 overall in Round 6)
CHL Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader:
1979 (Dallas) (34 PIM)
Miscellaneous:
Missed part of 1976-77 season with separated shoulder.
Personal: Full name is Robert
Walker Flockhart. ... Older brother of former NHL player Ron Flockhart. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: Vancouver did not offer
Flockhart a contract after the 1978-79 season, and he became an unrestricted
free agent. He signed with Minnesota on October 12, 1979. |
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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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