1981 NHL Entry Draft -- Corrado Micalef
| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Corrado Micalef Selected in third round No. 44 overall by Detroit Red Wings Born April 20, 1961
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS Memorial Cup: 1981 (Cornwall) World Junior Championships: 1981 (seventh place) Memorial Cup Emms Trophy (Outstanding Goalie): 1981 (Corn.) QMJHL Plante Trophy (GAA Leader): 1979-80 (Sherbrooke) (4.20) Memorial Cup All-Star First Team: 1981 (Cornwall) QMJHL All-Star First Team: 1980-81 (Sherbrooke) QMJHL All-Star Second Team: 1979-80 (Sherbrooke) Memorial Cup Goals-Against Average Leader: 1981 (Corn.) (2.57) Memorial Cup Wins Leader: 1981 (Cornwall) (3 wins) QMJHL Shutouts Leader: 1980-81 (Sherbrooke) (2 shutouts) QMJHL Playoffs GAA Leader: 1981 (Sherbrooke) (3.28) QMJHL Playoffs Shutouts Leader: 1981 (Sherbrooke) (1 shutout) Miscellaneous: Not selected in 1980 NHL Entry Draft despite being eligible. ... Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as the No. 1 QMJHL goaltender prospect for the 1981 NHL draft. ... Loaned by Sherbrooke to Cornwall for 1981 Memorial Cup tournament. ... Grew up speaking fluent Italian as well as French and English because most of his family members came to Montreal from Italy and Malta. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Debut: October 17, 1981 (Detroit at
Hartford) Numbers: 30, 31, 1 (Detroit) Stanley Cup: Never won. Playing Status: Retired 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NHL AWARDS AND HONORS Detroit Rookie of Year: 1982-83 Miscellaneous: Pulled during second period of his first NHL game after he gave up four goals in first 28 minutes of an 8-1 loss. ... Named NHL Player of Week for week ending Dec. 12, 1982. ... Allowed Steve Thomas' first NHL goal in Detroit's March 30, 1985, game at Toronto. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Post-Draft Teams: Adirondack (AHL); Kalamazoo
(IHL); Fribourg-Gotteron (Switzerland); Villard-de-Lans, Briacon (France);
Varese, Courmaosta (Italy); San Francisco (IHL); Trier, Braunlage, Erfurt,
Bayreuth, Ravensburg (Germany) World Championships: 1986 (bronze) (spare goalie, did not play) InLine Hockey: Montreal, Orlando, San Jose (RHI) NON-NHL AWARDS AND HONORS Germany Division II Top Goaltender: 1998-99 (Braunlage) Germany Division II Shutouts Leader: 1998-99 (Braunlage) (5 shutouts), 1999-00 (Erfurt) (6 shutouts) Coaching Career: Named San Jose (RHI, InLine league) assistant coach prior to 1999 season and remained in that position through 1999 season. ... Named Erfurt (Germany) player-head coach prior to 1999-00 season and remained in that position through 1999-00 season. Miscellaneous: Played for Montreal (RHI, InLine league) in 1994 and 1995. ... Played for Orlando (RHI, InLine league) in 1996. ... Played for San Jose (RHI, InLine league) in 1997. |
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| SNAPSHOT '81 | |
| Total Selected: | 211 |
| Forwards: | 119 |
| Defense: | 67 |
| Goaltenders: | 25 |
| Major Junior: | 122 |
| Tier II/Jr. B: | 10/4 |
| College Players: | 21 |
| High School: | 18 |
| Canadian: | 139 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 3 |
| USA Citizens: | 37 |
| U.S.-Born: | 36 |
| European: | 32 |
| Reached NHL: | 114 |
| Stanley Cup: | 17 |
| Hall of Fame: | 2 |
| All-Star Game: | 14 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 7 |
| Olympians: | 30 |
| Picks Traded: | 38 |