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| 1983 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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David Jensen
Selected in first round
No.
20 overall by Hartford Whalers
Born August
19, 1965
 | Position:
Center
Height: 6-1 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Lawrence Academy (Mass. H.S.)
Birthplace:
Newton, Massachusetts (USA)
Hometown: Needham, Massachusetts |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1980-81 |
Belmont Hill | Mass. H.S. |
-- | -- |
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-- | | 1981-82 |
Belmont Hill | Mass. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1982-83 |
Lawrence Acad. | Mass. H.S. |
25 | 41 |
48 | 89 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Minnesota-Mass. Super Series MVP: 1983 (Team
Massachusetts)
Mass. High School All-State First Team: 1981-82
(Belmont Hill), 1982-83 (Lawrence Academy)
New England Independent
School All-Star First Team: 1981-82 (Belmont Hill), 1982-83 (Lawrence
Academy)
Miscellaneous: Attended Belmont Hill School in Belmont, Mass., before
entering Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass., as junior. ... Had a hat trick
and five points in Massachusetts' High School All-Stars' 6-2 victory over
Minnesota High School All-Stars in 1983 Super Series. ... Led Lawrence
Academy with 89 points in 1982-83. ... Old enough for 1983 draft even though
he had year of high school eligibility remaining. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1984 (Hartford at N.Y.
Rangers)
Numbers: 7 (Hartford); 9
(Washington)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1992 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | |
1984-1987 |
Hartford, Washington | 69 |
9 | 13 |
22 | 22 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1986-1987 |
Washington | 11 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was first player drafted in first round of NHL
draft prior to senior year of high school. ... Also played left wing and
right wing in his NHL career. ... Had assist
in his first NHL game. ... Played on line with Ron Francis for Hartford in
1984-85. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season with back injury,
suffered in November 1984. ... Missed start of 1985-86 season recovering from off-season knee surgery, performed in September 1985. He did
not make his 1985-86 season debut until Washington's Nov. 15, 1985, game vs.
Vancouver. He scored his first NHL goal in that game, which was also his first in a
Capitals uniform.
... Missed part of 1986-87 season with separated shoulder, an injury suffered in February 1987. ...
Released by Washington on June 30, 1988. ... Signed with Boston as
an unrestricted free agent
on July 1, 1988, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Team USA; Binghamton (AHL); Fort Wayne (IHL); Maine (AHL); Cortina d'Ampezzo
(Italy)
Olympics: 1984 (seventh place)
Canada Cup: 1984
(fourth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1984-85: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Binghamton).
Miscellaneous: Competed in 1983
U.S. National Sports Festival, where he led all scorers with seven points.
... Left high school after his junior year to join Team USA for 1983-84
pre-Olympic tour and 1984 Olympics. ... Played right wing on "Diaper
Line" with Pat LaFontaine and Ed Olczyk for Team USA in 1983-84. ...
Switched from his natural position of center to left wing after joining Team
USA for 1983-84 pre-Olympic tour. ... Played right wing on line with Pat
LaFontaine and Paul Guay in 1984 Olympics. ... Finished third on Team USA
with eight points in 1984 Olympics. He scored the team's only two
game-winning goals in the tournament in games vs. Norway and Austria. ...
Honored by Massachusetts Legislature in 1984 for playing on U.S. Olympic
team as an 18-year-old. ... Played in pro-am summer league in Quincy, Mass.,
during summer of 1984 as he prepared for first NHL training camp. ... Missed
most of 1988-89 season with shoulder injury that required surgery on Oct. 7,
1988.
Personal:
Full name is David Allan Jensen. ... Also known as Dave Jensen during his
playing days. ... Was known as David A. Jensen for
several years after the 1983 draft so that he could be distinguished from
his 1984 U.S. Olympic teammate David H. Jensen. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Hartford traded Jensen to Washington in exchange for Dean Evason and Peter
Sidorkiewicz on March 12, 1985. |
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SNAPSHOT '83 | | Total Selected: |
242 | | Forwards: |
134 | | Defense: |
86 | | Goaltenders: |
22 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
19/5 | | College Players: |
15 | | High School: |
47 |
| Canadian: |
148 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
60 | | U.S.-Born: |
60 |
| European: |
34 |
| Reached NHL: |
113 |
| Stanley Cup: |
21 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
20 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
34 |
| Picks Traded: |
41 |
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