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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Ken Strong
Selected in third round
No.
58 overall by Philadelphia Flyers
Born May 9, 1963
 | Position:
Left Wing / Center
Height: 5-11 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Peterborough (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-80 |
Mississauga | MTJHL |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | |
Streetsville | Jr. B |
35 | 47 |
51 | 98 |
116 | | 1980-81 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
64 | 17 |
36 | 53 |
52 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as No.
12 OMJHL prospect for the 1981 NHL draft. ... Was Peterborough's first-round
pick, No. 13 overall, in 1980 OMJHL priority selection. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: April 2, 1983 (Philadelphia at
Toronto)
Numbers: 23, 32 (Toronto)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1997 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1983-1985 |
Toronto | 15 |
2 | 2 |
4 | 6 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Played first NHL game in his hometown of Toronto. ...
Missed part of 1984-85 season with shoulder and resulting back injury, suffered in January 1985.
... Rejected efforts by Toronto coaches to turn him into a fighter, and then
fell out of favor with management for questioning Toronto team doctor's
diagnosis of his shoulder injury and seeking a second opinion from the St.
Catharines (AHL) team doctor. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Peterborough (OHL); St. Catharines, Chur (Switzerland);
Adirondack (AHL); Martigny (Switzerland); Villach (Austria); Val Gardena (Italy); Kafenberg (Austria)
Olympics: 1994
(Austria) (12th place)
World Championships: 1992 (Austria) (first place,
Pool B), 1994 (Austria) (eighth place), 1995 (Austria) (11th place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Austrian Championship:
1992, 1993 (Villach)
Austria Points Leader: 1988-89 (Villach) (99 points)
Austria Goals Leader:
1990-91 (Villach) (40 goals)
Austria Assists
Leader: 1988-89 (Villach) (57 assists)
Miscellaneous: Missed start of
1981-82 season with back injury, suffered in Philadelphia's training camp in September 1981. ... Missed part
of 1982-83 season with pulled hamstring, an injury suffered in January 1983.
... Left Toronto organization after 1985-86 season to continue career in
Europe. ... Released by Chur (Switzerland) in December 1986. He returned to North
America and signed with Adirondack (AHL) as an unrestricted free agent for the
balance of the 1986-87 season before returning to Europe for good. ... Gained
Austrian citizenship in 1992, enabling him to represent that nation in
international play. ... Returned to Toronto area in 1998 to coach his son's
minor hockey team and pursue a career as a financial planner.
Personal:
Named one of his children Steven after former Peterborough teammate Steve
Yzerman. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Philadelphia sent Strong to Toronto to
complete the Jan. 20, 1982, deal in which Toronto traded Darryl Sittler to
Philadelphia in exchange for Rich Costello, Hartford's 1982 second-round pick
(Peter Ihnacak) and future considerations. Strong, the future considerations
portion of the Sittler deal, became Toronto property in March 1982. |
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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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