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| 1976 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Rick Hodgson
Selected in third round
No.
46 overall by Atlanta Flames
Born May 23, 1956
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-0 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Calgary (WCHL)
Birthplace: Medicine Hat, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Medicine Hat, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Kamloops | BCJHL |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1973-74 |
Calgary | WCHL |
65 | 8 |
44 | 52 |
174 | | 1974-75 |
Calgary | WCHL |
56 | 7 |
36 | 43 |
221 | | 1975-76 |
Calgary | WCHL |
50 | 7 |
48 | 55 |
168 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1975 (silver) (unofficial tournament)
Calgary Captain: 1975-76
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
WCHL's No. 18 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. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 11, 1979 (Hartford at
Vancouver)
Numbers: 32, 33 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1980 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1979 |
Hartford | 6 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 6 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1980 | Hartford | 1 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Hartford Whalers NHL team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Tulsa (CHL); Springfield (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1976 (by San Diego,
No. 65 overall in Round 6)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1976-77
season with hernia.
Personal: Full name is Richard S.
Hodgson. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| EXPANSION: Atlanta left Hodgson unprotected
for the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft, and he was claimed by Hartford on June 13,
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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