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| 1982 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Jeff Parker
Selected in
sixth round
No. 111 overall by Buffalo Sabres
Born
September 7, 1964
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-3 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Mariner (Minnesota High School)
Birthplace:
St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)
Hometown: White Bear Lake, Minnesota |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-82 |
Mariner | Minn. H.S. |
28 | 8 |
13 | 21 |
32 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 9, 1986 (Buffalo at Detroit)
Numbers: 29, 28 (Buffalo); 25
(Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1991 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1986-1991 |
Buffalo, Hartford | 141 |
16 | 19 |
35 | 163 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1989 |
Buffalo | 5 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 26 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Had goal and assist in his first NHL game. The goal, at
11:24 of the first period, beat Detroit goaltender Glen Hanlon. Hall of
Famer Clark Gillies and Phil Housley assisted on the goal, which gave
Buffalo at 2-0 lead in what ended a 5-5 tie. ... Missed parts of 1988-89
season with sprained knee, suffered in Buffalo's Nov. 13,
1988, game vs. Edmonton, with finger injury, suffered in December 1988, and
with sprained knee, an injury suffered in March 1989. ... Missed remainder
of 1989-90 season and entire 1990 playoffs with sprained back, an injury
suffered during Buffalo's March 16, 1990, game vs. Toronto. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
White Bear Lake Mariner (Minn. H.S.); Michigan State (WCHA); Rochester (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup:
1987 (Rochester)
NCAA Championship: 1986 (Michigan State)
NCAA Tournament All-Star First Team:
1986 (Michigan State)
Minnesota High School All-State Second Team:
1982-83 (Mariner)
Minnesota High School Senior All-Star Team: 1983
(Mariner)
Michigan State Outstanding Defensive
Player: 1985-86
Michigan State Goofus Award (Team Humorist):
1984-85
Education: Majored in business at
Michigan State University.
Miscellaneous: Named to his high
school's all-conference team in 1982-83. ... Switched from his natural
position of defense and began playing right wing upon entering college
hockey. He would play right wing and center for remainder of his college and
pro career. ... Scored goal and had
assist for Michigan State in 6-5 NCAA title game win over Harvard on March
29, 1986, in Providence, R.I. It was also his last college hockey game. ...
Left Michigan State after his junior year to pursue pro hockey career. ...
Missed nearly half of 1987-88 season with back injury, suffered in December
1987. ... Left Rochester (AHL) in October 1988 because he had been demoted
by Buffalo in the first week of the 1988-89 season and was unhappy under coach John Van Boxmeer. He went home to Minnesota and asked the Sabres
to trade him The situation was resolved in short order when Parker returned
to Rochester and was then recalled for good by Buffalo on Oct. 28, 1988.
Personal:
Full name is Jeffrey Lee Parker. ... Younger brother of former Division II
college hockey player Scott Parker. ... Older brother of former college
hockey player John Parker. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Buffalo traded Parker, Phil Housley, Scott Arniel and 1990 first-round
pick (Keith Tkachuk) to Winnipeg in exchange for Dale Hawerchuk, 1990 first-round pick
(Brad May) and future considerations on June 16, 1990. Parker refused to
play for the Jets organization after being assigned to the team's AHL
affiliate in Moncton out of training camp. Winnipeg finally waived him in February 1991. He
promptly signed a tryout contract
with the Pittsburgh organization on February 5, 1991, but never
played for the Penguins parent team before being traded with John Cullen and Zarley
Zalapski to Hartford in exchange for Ron Francis, Grant Jennings and Ulf Samuelsson on
March 4, 1991. |
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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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