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| 1982 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Dave Ellett
Selected in
fourth round
No. 75 overall by Winnipeg Jets
Born
March 30, 1964
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-2 Weight: 200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Ottawa (COJHL)
Birthplace:
Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Hometown: Kanata, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-82 |
Ottawa | COJHL |
50 | 9 |
35 | 44 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Spent parts of childhood in Cleveland, Houston, Salt
Lake City, Seattle and Rochester, while father pursued minor-league
playing career. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 14, 1984 (Toronto at
Winnipeg)
Numbers: 2 (Winnipeg); 4 (Toronto); 2 (New
Jersey); 44 (Boston);
6 (St. Louis)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status:
Retired September 7, 2000 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1984-2000 |
Winnipeg, Toronto,
N.J., Boston, STL | 1,129 |
153 | 415 |
568 | 985 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1985-2000 |
Winnipeg, Toronto,
N.J., Boston, STL | 116 |
11 | 46 |
57 | 87 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1989 (Winnipeg), 1992 (Toronto)
Winnipeg Emery Edge Award (+/- Leader): 1986-87 (plus-19)
Toronto Records: Most points by a defenseman in one playoff year (18
in 1994), most assists by a defenseman in one playoff year (15 in 1994),
most assists in one period (3 in third period vs. San Jose on Nov. 4, 1991,
shares record)
Winnipeg Playoffs Assists Leader: 1987 (8, tie)
Miscellaneous: Broke nose in fight with Alan Kerr during Winnipeg's Jan.
27, 1987, game at N.Y. Islanders. ... Missed part of 1987-88 season with
bruised thigh, an injury suffered during Winnipeg's March 5, 1988, game at
Toronto. He did not return to action until Winnipeg's March 29, 1988, game
at Vancouver. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season with sprained ankle, an
injury suffered during Winnipeg's Nov. 16, 1988, game vs. Chicago. ...Set
Winnipeg single-season record (since broken) for goals by a defenseman with
22 in 1988-89. ... Left Winnipeg in 1990 with franchise record (since
broken) for career goals by a defenseman (95). ... Named
Toronto Defensive Player of the Month for November 1990. ... Missed part of
1992-93 season with separated shoulder, an injury suffered during Toronto's
March 9, 1993, game at Washington. He did not return to action until
Toronto's April 11, 1993, game at Hartford. ... Missed part of 1993-94
season with strained ribs, an injury suffered during Toronto's Dec. 11,
1993, game vs. Calgary. He did not return to action until Toronto's Jan. 4,
1994, game vs. Tampa Bay. ... Missed remainder of 1993-94 regular season
with second degree shoulder separation, an injury suffered during Toronto's
March 31, 1994, game at San Jose. ... Missed part of 1995 season with
cracked bone in foot, an injury suffered when he was hit by Brett Hull's
slap shot during Toronto's Feb. 27, 1995, game at St. Louis. He did not
return to action until Toronto's April 7, 1995, game vs. Detroit. ... Missed
parts of 1995-96 season with sprained knee, an injury suffered in October
1995, and with the flu, contracted on Jan. 1, 1996. ... Missed parts of
1996-97 season with scratched eye, an injury suffered during Toronto's Dec.
27, 1996, game at St. Louis, and with bruised rib, an injury suffered during
Toronto's Jan. 31, 1997, game at New Jersey. ... Had two assists in his
first game with New Jersey, at N.Y. Islanders on Feb. 26, 1997. ... Signed
multiyear contract with Boston as Group III unrestricted free agent
on July 2, 1997. ... Played his 1,000th career NHL game for Boston on March
1, 1998, at N.Y. Islanders. ... Missed part of 1998-99 season with the flu,
contracted in December 1998. .... Missed part of 1998-99 season with elbow
injury, suffered during Boston's Dec. 31, 1998, game at Dallas. He did not
return to action until Boston's Jan. 28, 1999, game vs. New Jersey. ...
Missed remainder of 1999 playoffs with neck injury, suffered during Game 3
of Boston's first-round series vs. Carolina on April 26, 1999. ... Signed with St. Louis as a Group III unrestricted free
agent on Oct. 20, 1999. ... Missed part of 1999-00 season with strained
groin, an injury suffered during St. Louis' Feb. 21, 2000, game at Anaheim. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Bowling Green (CCHA)
Canada Cup: 1987 (fifth place) (reserve, did
not play)
World Championships: 1989 (Canada) (silver medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA Championship: 1984
(Bowling Green)
NCAA Tournament All-Star First Team:
1984 (Bowling Green)
CCHA Tournament All-Star First Team: 1984
(Bowling Green)
CCHA All-Star Second Team: 1983-84 (Bowling Green)
Bowling Green Athletic Hall of Fame: Inducted 1998
Miscellaneous:
Never played in minor leagues. ... Competed in 1983
U.S. National Sports Festival. ... Was on Bowling Green team that beat Minnesota-Duluth
5-4 in four overtimes of NCAA championship game on March 24, 1984, in the
process setting NCAA record (since broken) for the longest single game at 97
minutes, 11 seconds. ... Left Bowling Green after his sophomore season to
enter NHL. He signed first pro contract at the
NHL Entry Draft on June 9, 1984, in Montreal. ... Shared apartment with Jim Kyte during rookie season in Winnipeg.
... Invited to try out for Canada's 1991 Canada Cup team, but did not
make the final tournament roster. ... Active in charitable causes during playing days, including work with Big Brothers.
... Invested in sports bar, the All-Star Saloon, in Almonte, Ontario, during
his playing days. His partner in the restaurant venture was NHL player and
former Bowling Green teammate Garry Galley. They sold the business in 2000.
... Moved to Cave Creek, Ariz., after retirement, enabling his wife to
continue training as a cowboy mounted shooter (riding a horse around
obstacles and shooting at balloon targets). Although the Ellett's had a
summer home in Kingston, Ontario, Annie Ellett, a native of Texas, needed to
conduct her training in the United States due to Canada's stricter laws
against the use of handguns. Within a year of the move, Dave Ellett also
began competing as a mounted shooter.
Personal:
Full name is David John George Ellett. ... Son of former minor-league player and major-junior hockey coach Bob Ellett, who was
with
Cleveland (AHL) when Dave was born. Bob Ellett had been a minor-league
teammate of John Ferguson, the future Winnipeg general manager who drafted Dave Ellett
roughly 20 years later. ... Husband of women's world champion cowboy mounted
shooter Annie Bianco Ellett, who competes under the nickname "Outlaw Annie." |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Winnipeg traded Ellett and Paul Fenton to Toronto in exchange for Ed Olczyk
and Mark Osborne on November 10, 1990. |
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SNAPSHOT '82 | | Total Selected: |
252 | | Forwards: |
152 | | Defense: |
82 | | Goaltenders: |
18 | | Major Junior: |
129 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
27/4 | | College Players: |
20 | | High School: |
37 |
| Canadian: |
152 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
62 |
| European: |
35 |
| Reached NHL: |
109 |
| Stanley Cup: |
18 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
37 |
| Picks Traded: |
50 |
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