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1977 NHL DRAFT PICK
Benoit Gosselin
Selected in fifth round
No. 80 overall by New York Rangers

Born July 19, 1957
Position: Left Wing
Height: 5-11   Weight: 190
BEFORE THE DRAFT
Last Team: Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)                     
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec
PRE-DRAFT STATISTICS
Year TeamLeague GPG ATP PIM
1973-74 ShawiniganQMJHL 64 1217 29134
1974-75 ShawiniganQMJHL 6048 4997 153
1975-76 SorelQMJHL 6340 5292 144
1976-77 Trois-RivieresQMJHL 7464 62126 145

PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
QMJHL All-Star Third Team:
1976-77 (Trois-Rivieres)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as QMJHL's No. 10 prospect for the 1977 NHL draft.
NHL CAREER
Debut: November 4, 1977 (N.Y. Rangers at Vancouver)
Numbers:  11 (N.Y. Rangers)
Stanley Cup: Never won.  Playing Status: Retired 1984
CAREER NHL STATISTICS
YearsTeamsGPGATPPIM
1977-78 N.Y. Rangers7 000 33

NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous:
Fought Vancouver's Jack McIlhargey during third period of his first NHL game. ... Signed with Winnipeg as unrestricted free agent on Sept. 25, 1979, but never played for parent team.
NON-NHL CAREER
Post-Draft Teams: New Haven (AHL); Toledo, Kalamazoo, Dayton (IHL); Tulsa (CHL); Sherbrooke (AHL); Caen (France)
NON-NHL AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup:
1979 (Kalamazoo)
WHA Draft Pick: 1977 (by Quebec, No. 20 overall in Round 2)
Miscellaneous: Traded by Toledo to Kalamazoo for Greg Neeld in November 1978. ... Missed part of 1981 CHL playoffs with shoulder injury suffered in Tulsa's April 8, 1981, playoff game at Oklahoma City.
Personal: Also known as Ben Gosselin during his playing days.

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SNAPSHOT '77
Total Selected: 185
Forwards: 104
Defense: 57
Goaltenders: 24
Major Junior: 123
College Players: 51
Canadian: 141
Euro-Canadian: 2
USA Citizens: 37
U.S.-Born: 36
European: 5
Reached NHL: 97
Won Stanley Cup: 8
Hall of Fame: 2
All-Star Game: 13
Year-end All-Star: 5
Olympians: 9
Picks Traded: 37
 
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