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In the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft, he was passed over by twelve teams, with the New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs ignoring him twice.
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1977 and NHL
In the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft, Torrey had the 15th pick and had to make a tough decision between right winger Mike Bossy and another forward.
NHL owners voted down a 1977 plan to merge six WHA teams ( the Edmonton Oilers, New England Whalers, Quebec Nordiques, Cincinnati Stingers, Houston Aeros, and Winnipeg Jets ) into the NHL before a 1979 merger was approved.
It has been awarded 34 times to 22 different players since the 1977 – 78 NHL season.
The trophy was first awarded at the end of the 1977 – 78 NHL season.
* Played in 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 NHL All-Star Games.
* Selected to NHL First All-Star Team in 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979.
A left-handed shot, Langway was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL in 1977 and by the Birmingham Bulls of the WHA in the same year.
He played one season for the Bulls ( 1977 – 78 ) before joining the Canadiens for the 1978 – 79 NHL season, and would win the Stanley Cup that year.
He led the NHL in points in 1976, 1977, and 1978.
He won six Stanley Cups with the Canadiens 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, and also has the NHL record for playing 20 consecutive seasons in the playoffs, 17 of them with the Canadiens.
The NHL single game plus minus record is + 10 held by Tom Bladon on Dec 11, 1977.
Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla (; born July 1, 1977 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League ( NHL ).
Marc Denis ( born August 1, 1977 ) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, who last played with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ( NHL ).
This incident, as well as the ending of Gerry Desjardin's career when a puck struck his eye in 1977, lead many NHL goalies to switch from fibreglass facemasks toward the cage and helmet style, and resulted in many amateur and junior leagues banning fibreglass masks altogether, mandating the helmet / cage combo.
* Played in 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, and 1977 NHL All-Star Games.
While the 1977 – 78 season was Bossy's rookie year, the Trio Grande at one point led the NHL in scoring above the top lines of the Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Rockies.
It was the first of three consecutive 40-goal seasons for McDonald, and he finished in the top ten in NHL scoring in both 1977 – 78 and 1978 – 79.
In his NHL career, McDonald led his team in goal scoring six times: 1976 – 77, 1977 – 78 and 1978 – 79 with Toronto, 1980 – 81 with Colorado, and 1981 – 82 and 1982 – 83 in Calgary.
In 1977, Ziegler became the fourth president of the NHL, succeeding Clarence Campbell.
Campbell was a sick man by the time he retired as NHL president in 1977.
Originally drafted by the Atlanta Flames with the 72nd pick in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft, Craig joined the Flames shortly after the Olympics and won his first game as an NHL professional.
He is one of only six NHL players to have scored two Stanley Cup winning goals, achieving the feat in both 1977 and 1979.
1977 and Amateur
In 1977, he won the National Amateur Athletic Union Light Welterweight Championship, defeating Bobby Joe Young of Steubenville, Ohio, in the finals.
* U. S. Women's Amateur Public Links – popularly known as the " Women's Publinx "; women with a handicap index of 18. 4 or less, established in 1977
Winner of the 1977 Canadian Women's Amateur and 1978 U. S. Women's Amateur
A former postman, insurance salesman, miner and bus conductor, he had a long amateur career, winning the Welsh Amateur Championship in 1975 and the English Amateur Championship in 1977 and 1978 before turning professional.
Dyce ( Aberdeen ) Amateur Swimming Club ( Est 1977 ), which runs its own Swim School for those wishing to learn to swim, is based at the Dyce Academy swimming pool.
* 1977 Brabazon Trophy, British Youths Open Amateur Championship
* British Amateur Press Association-an unreleated British comics APA ( 1977 – 2004 )
Following a memorable 1976 – 77 season in which he set WCHL records for defenders with 105 assists and 127 points ( later broken by Cam Plante ), he was selected in the first round ( 17th overall ) in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers.
* 1977 South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Daniel won the U. S. Women's Amateur in 1975 and 1977, the Women's Western Amateur in 1978, and was on the U. S. Curtis Cup teams in 1976 and 1978 ( going 4-0 in 1976 ).
* Mike Brown ( ice hockey b. 1957 ), American defenceman drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft
Sevigny's play at the international level caught the attention of the Montreal Canadiens and in 1977, he was selected 124th overall in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft.
* Dorothy Germain Porter ; Class of 1943: Amateur golfer, winner-U. S. Women's Amateur in 1949, U. S. Senior Women's Amateur in 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983.
The analogous event for women is the U. S. Women's Amateur Public Links, established in 1977.
At least two specific contests have used the term radiosport in their event names ; the IARU HF World Championship, a worldwide contest sponsored by the International Amateur Radio Union, was known as the IARU Radiosport Championship from its inception in 1977 until the name of the contest changed in 1986.
Côté was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in 3rd round ( 43rd overall ) in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft and by the Quebec Nordiques in the 5th round ( 47th overall ) in the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft.
1977 and Draft
Despite his offensive statistics, two teams bypassed him in the 1977 OMJHL Midget Draft of 16-year-olds.
* John Celestand ( born 1977 ), 30th Pick of 1999 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.
He played collegiately at Rice University and was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round ( 27th overall ) of the 1977 NFL Draft after being named MVP of the 1977 Senior Bowl.
Dorsett was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys with the second pick of the first round of the 1977 NFL Draft.
In the 1977 Report of the committee of inquiry on industrial democracy the Government proposed, in line with the new German Codetermination Act 1976, and mirroring an EU Draft Fifth Company Law Directive, that the board of directors should have an equal number of representatives elected by employees as there were for shareholders.
Davis was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round ( 15th pick overall ) of the 1977 NBA Draft.
Hanlon was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft, in the third round ( 40th overall pick ).
* Telleen, Maurice ( 1977 ), The Draft Horse Primer: A Guide to the Care and Use of Work Horses and Mules, Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, ISBN 0-87857-161-2
Prior to the 1976 NFL Draft, Plunkett was traded to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for QB Tom Owen, two first round picks in 1976, and a first and second round pick in 1977.
The Montreal Expos selected Raines in the fifth round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft.
Not classically athletic, he went undrafted in the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft, and was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
Wilson was drafted by the Mets in the 2nd round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft.
Klecko was drafted by the New York Jets in the sixth round ( 144th overall ) of the 1977 NFL Draft.
Billick was selected in the 11th round of the 1977 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers but was cut by the 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys, and never played in the NFL.
* Mike Martone ( ice hockey ) ( born 1977 ), ice hockey player, see 1996 NHL Entry Draft
O ' Callahan was drafted 96th overall in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Black Hawks.
Jordan was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 1977 NBA Draft ( 33rd overall ), and was acquired by the New Jersey Nets halfway through his rookie season.
Bernard King attended college at the University of Tennessee and was selected 7th overall in the 1977 NBA Draft by the New York Nets, who months later relocated from Uniondale, New York to New Jersey and became known as the New Jersey Nets.
Upon completion of his career at Charlotte, Maxwell was the 12th overall pick in the 1977 NBA Draft.
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