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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Jiri Dudacek
Selected in first round
No.
17 overall by Buffalo Sabres
Born 1962
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Right Wing
Height: 5-9 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kladno (Czechoslovakia)
Birthplace: Kladno, Czechoslovakia
Hometown:
Kladno, Czech Republic |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM |
| 1977-78 |
Kladno | Czech. |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
| 1978-79 |
Kladno | Czech. |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
| 1979-80 |
Kladno | Czech. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1980-81 |
Kladno | Czech. |
44 | 10 |
18 | 28 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Jr. Championships: 1980 (fourth place), 1981 (fourth place)
Czechoslovakian Championship: 1978, 1980 (Kladno)
Miscellaneous: Was widely considered best pro prospect, among all North
American and European junior players, by
NHL scouts in 1981. |
| NHL CAREER |
| Never played in NHL. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Kladno, Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)
Canada Cup: 1981
(third place), 1984 (fifth place)
World Junior Championships: 1982
(silver medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Czechoslovakian Championship: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 (Jihlava)
Miscellaneous: Was first Czechoslovakian/Czech Republic player ever
selected in first round of an NHL draft. ... Was youngest player in
Czechoslovakian history to play in Canada Cup when he competed in tournament
as a 19-year-old in 1981. ... Tied for Czechoslovakia's scoring lead at 1981
Canada Cup with six points, scoring two goals in team's 4-4 tie with Canada on
Sept. 5, 1981, at Winnipeg. ... Became active in Czech Republic Oldtimers'
hockey after his retirement.
Stuck in Czechoslovakia: After drafting
Dudacek in 1981, Buffalo was eager to bring him to North America. The Sabres,
however, chose not to do what Quebec had done to get the Stastny brothers,
because Buffalo ownership did not like the idea of arranging or being party to
a defection from a Communist country. Instead of going the defection route,
Buffalo general manager Scotty Bowman believed he could convince
Czechoslovakian authorities to give up Dudacek in return for money. By 1986,
Bowman claimed he had agreed to a deal with the Czechs and Dudacek's Kladno
club team, but the Czechoslovakian sports minister vetoed the move because he
said Dudacek was too young to leave the country, unlike some of the older
Czech veterans who had been released to NHL teams during the early 1980s.
Personal: Son of a high-ranking Communist party member. |
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SNAPSHOT '81 | | Total Selected: |
211 | | Forwards: |
119 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
25 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
10/4 | | College Players: |
21 | | High School: |
18 |
| Canadian: |
139 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
32 |
| Reached NHL: |
114 |
| Stanley Cup: |
17 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
30 |
| Picks Traded: |
38 |
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