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| 1976 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Greg Hotham
Selected in fifth round
No.
84 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born March 7, 1956
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Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 183
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kingston (OMJHL)
Birthplace: London, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Aurora, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Aurora | OPJHL | 44 |
10 | 22 |
32 | 120 | | 1974-75 |
Aurora | OPJHL |
27 | 14 |
10 | 24 |
46 | | |
Kingston | OMJHL |
31 | 1 |
14 | 15 |
49 | | 1975-76 |
Kingston | OMJHL |
49 | 10 |
32 | 42 |
72 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1979 (N.Y. Rangers at
Toronto)
Numbers: 2, 4, 8 (Toronto); 6 (Pittsburgh)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1990 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1985 |
Toronto, Pittsburgh | 230 |
15 | 74 | 89 |
139 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1982 | Pittsburgh | 5 |
0 | 3 | 3 |
6 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Had assist in his first NHL game.
... Paired on defense with Dave Burrows for Toronto in 1979-80. ... Missed
parts of 1982-83 season with sprained knee, an injury suffered in November
1982, separated shoulder and back injury. ... Missed part of 1983-84 season
with broken nose, an injury suffered in fight with New Jersey's Jan Ludvig.
... Missed start of 1984-85 season with mononucleosis, which was diagnosed in
September 1984. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Saginaw (IHL); Dallas (CHL);
New Brunswick (AHL); Cincinnati (CHL); Baltimore, Newmarket (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup: 1977 (Saginaw)
IHL All-Star Second Team: 1977-78
(Saginaw)
CHL All-Star Game: 1982 (Cincinnati)
1976-77: Played on IHL
regular-season champion (Saginaw).
Miscellaneous: Called up from
Saginaw to play for Toronto in Maple Leafs' exhibition game vs.
Czechoslovakian national team during 1977-78 season. ... Was one of Mario
Lemieux's first professional hockey teammates with Pittsburgh in 1984-85. ...
Returned to Ontario and began career in sales after his retirement. ...
Coached minor hockey and became active in Oldtimers' charity hockey after his
retirement.
Personal: Full name is Gregory S.
Hotham. ... Father of major-junior player Scott Hotham. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Toronto traded Hotham to Pittsburgh in
exchange for future draft considerations -- 1982 sixth-round pick (Craig Kales)
-- on February 3, 1982. |
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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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