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| 1983 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Nevin Markwart
Selected in first round
No.
21 overall by Boston Bruins
Born December 9, 1964
 | Position:
Left Wing
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Regina (WHL)
Birthplace:
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Regina, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1980-81 |
Regina | Sask. AAA |
65 | 43 |
78 | 121 |
193 | | 1981-82 |
Regina | SJHL |
45 | 18 |
36 | 54 |
185 | | |
Regina | WHL |
25 | 2 |
12 | 14 |
56 | | 1982-83 |
Regina | WHL |
43 | 27 |
39 | 66 |
91 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Ranked by NHL Central Scouting Bureau as No. 16 overall
prospect for 1983 NHL draft. ... Missed part of 1982-83 season with
separated shoulder, suffered in January 1983. ... Nicknamed "Kamikaze Kid"
during playing days in Regina. ... Studied computer science at the
University of Regina during his major-junior career. ... Turned down offer
to attend Princeton to instead play major-junior hockey. ... Began minor
hockey career as a goaltender at age 6. ... Grew up in Regina, Sask.,
where his father worked in a local steel mill. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 6, 1983 (Quebec at Boston)
Numbers:
22, 17 (Boston); 23
(Calgary)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1993 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1983-1992 |
Boston, Calgary | 309 |
41 | 68 |
109 | 794 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1985-1991 |
Boston | 19 |
1 | 0 |
1 | 33 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1988 (Boston)
Boston Penalty-Minutes
Leader: 1985-86 (207), 1986-87 (225)
1989-90: Played eight
regular-season games for Boston team that went to 1990 Stanley Cup Finals,
but missed playoffs due to injury.
Miscellaneous: Played on line with Barry Pederson and Rick Middleton for
Boston in early part of 1983-84 season. ... Hampered during 1983-84 season
with broken right pinkie finger, suffered during Boston's Dec. 10, 1983, vs.
Buffalo. He did not miss any games with the injury. ... Missed part of
1983-84 season with sprained ligaments in right knee, and injury suffered
during Boston's March 8, 1984, game vs. Calgary. ... Missed entire 1984
playoffs with bruised left shoulder, an injury suffered during Boston's
March 31, 1984, game vs. Montreal. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season with
bruised hip, an injury suffered during Boston's Oct. 11, 1984, season-opener
vs. Pittsburgh. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with hip pointer injury,
suffered during Boston's Dec. 28, 1985, game at St. Louis. ... Missed
remainder of 1985-86 regular season and entire 1986 playoffs with strained
ligament in right knee, an injury suffered during Boston's March 22, 1986,
game vs. N.Y. Islanders. ... Missed Boston's entire 1986 training camp and
start of 1986-87 season due to contract dispute. He finally signed a
one-year contract in October 1986 and spent his first three games of 1986-87
season on conditioning assignment in Moncton (AHL). He did not make his
1986-87 NHL season debut until Boston's Oct. 30, 1986, game vs. Montreal.
... Missed part of 1987-88 season with dislocated left shoulder, an injury
suffered during Boston's Oct. 15, 1987, game at Los Angeles. He did not
return until Boston's Nov. 5, 1987, game vs. Toronto. ... Missed half of
1987-88 season with re-aggravation of left shoulder injury, suffered during
Boston's Nov. 12, 1987, game vs. Montreal. The injury required surgery on
Nov. 18, 1987, and Markwart did not return to action until Boston's Feb. 21,
1988, game at New Jersey. ... Missed remainder of 1987-88 regular season and
most of 1988 playoffs with strained groin, an injury suffered during
Boston's March 26, 1988, game vs. Quebec. He did not return to action until
Game 1 of Boston's first-round playoff series vs. Buffalo on April 6, 1988,
but re-aggravated the injury in that game. He did not return to action again
until Game 4 of Boston's Stanley Cup Finals series vs. Edmonton on May 24,
1988. ... Missed Boston's entire 1988 training camp and start of 1988-89
season while recovering from Sept. 17, 1988, arthroscopic surgery on left
knee. ... Missed all of 1988-89 regular season and entire 1989 playoffs with
strained abdominal muscle, an injury suffered during the 1987-88 season
which flared up after Markwart returned to Bruins on Oct. 29, 1988. He
played one game with Maine (AHL) before pain in the abdomen forced him out
of the lineup. The injury required surgery in July 1989. ... Missed Boston's
entire 1989 training camp and start of 1989-90 season while recovering from
abdominal surgery. He did not make his 1989-90 season debut until Boston's
Oct. 13, 1989, game at Edmonton. ... Missed remainder of 1989-90 season and
entire 1990 playoffs with dislocated left shoulder, an injury suffered
during Boston's Oct. 29, 1989, game at Montreal. He re-aggravated the
injury, fracturing the shoulder, during Boston's practice on Nov. 13, 1989,
and required season-ending surgery on Nov. 18, 1989. Additional surgery was
performed on Feb. 20, 1990. ... Missed part of 1991-92 season with twisted
knee, suffered prior to joining Calgary in February 1992. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Hershey (AHL); Moncton (AHL); Maine (AHL); Biel-Bienne (Switzerland);
Springfield (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Education: Earned Executive MBA degree at
Northeastern University after his retirement, graduating in 1994.
Miscellaneous: Missed part of
1990-91 season with torn abdominal muscle, suffered while playing
for Maine (AHL) in November 1990. ... Missed part of 1990-91 season with
broken ankle, an injury suffered while playing for Maine (AHL). ... Remained
in Boston area after retirement, living in Hanover, Mass. ... Was active in
Oldtimers' charity hockey after retirement, playing on Boston Bruins Alumni
team.
Personal: Full name is Nevin G.
Markwart. ... Named after former NHL player Bob Nevin, who scored a goal
during a Maple Leafs game on the night of Markwart's birth in Toronto. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WAIVERS: Boston place Markwart on waivers,
and he was claimed by Calgary on February 14, 1992. |
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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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