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1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Ken Ellacott Selected in third round
No. 47 overall by Vancouver Canucks Born March
3,
1959
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Goaltender Height: 5-8 Weight: 155
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BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Peterborough (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Paris, Ontario (Canada) Hometown:
Paris, Ontario |
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PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | Year |
Team | League |
GP | W-L-T |
GAA | SO |
SV% | 1976-77 |
Hespeler | Jr. B |
41 | n/a |
5.27 | 0 |
n/a | 1977-78 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
55 | n/a |
3.65 | 0 |
n/a | 1978-79 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
48 | n/a |
3.53 | 3 |
n/a |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1979 (Peterborough)
Memorial Cup Emms Trophy (Top Goalie): 1978 (Peterborough)
OMJHL Moore Trophy (Lowest Rookie GAA): 1977-78 (Pete.) (3.56)
Memorial Cup All-Star First Team: 1978 (Peterborough)
OMJHL All-Star First Team: 1978-79 (Peterborough)
OMJHL All-Star Third Team: 1977-78 (Peterborough)
Memorial Cup GAA Leader: 1978 (Peterborough) (3.39)
Memorial Cup Wins Leader: 1978 (Pete.) (3), 1979 (Pete.) (3)
Memorial Cup Shutouts Leader: 1978 (Peterborough) (1 shutout)
OMJHL Playoffs Wins Leader: 1978 (Peterborough) (11 wins)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
No. 14 overall prospect and No. 1 goalie prospect (among players born in 1959)
for the 1979 NHL draft. ... Was Peterborough's fourth pick, selected in Round
3, of 1977 OMJHL midget draft. |
NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 20, 1982 (Vancouver at N.Y.
Rangers) Numbers: 1 (Vancouver) Stanley
Cup: Never won. Playing Status: Retired 1986 |
CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
Years | Teams |
GP |
W-L-T | GAA |
SO | SV% |
1982-83 |
Vancouver | 12 |
2-3-4 | 4.43 |
0 | .867 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS Miscellaneous: Was pulled after second period of his first NHL game,
with Vancouver trailing 5-4 at Madison Square Garden in New York. |
NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Dallas (CHL); Fredericton (AHL);
Montana (CHL); Flamboro (OHA Sr.) NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS CHL Sawchuk Trophy (Lowest Team GAA): 1980-81 (Dallas) (co-winner with
Paul Harrison)
CHL Shutouts Leader: 1979-80 (Dallas) (4 shutouts)
CHL Goalie Games-Played Leader: 1979-80 (Dallas) (54 GP)
1981-82 (Dallas) (68 GP)
CHL Minutes Leader: 1979-80 (Dallas) (3,155 min.), 1981-82 (Dallas)
(3,742 min.)
CHL Playoffs Goalie Games-Played Leader: 1982 (Dallas) (16)
CHL Playoffs Minutes Leader: 1982 (Dallas) (1,015 minutes)
CHL Goals-Allowed Leader: 1981-82 (Dallas) (282 GA)
1980-81: Played on CHL regular-season champion (Dallas).
Miscellaneous: Was invited to try out for Canada's
1980 Olympic team in August 1978, but turned down invitation because he was
working at a hockey school in Kitchener, Ontario.
Personal: Full name is Kenneth George Ellacott. |
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SNAPSHOT '79 | Total Selected: |
126 | Forwards: |
74 | Defense: |
41 | Goaltenders: |
11 | Major Junior: |
97 | College Players: |
15 |
Canadian: |
109 |
Euro-Canadian: |
1 | USA Citizens: |
10 | U.S.-Born: |
10 |
European: |
6 |
Reached NHL: |
103 |
Won Stanley Cup: |
23 | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
All-Star Game: |
23 |
Year-end All-Star: |
10 |
Olympians: |
15 |
Picks Traded: |
17 |
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