Stan Drulia
Stan Drulia | |||
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Born |
Elmira, New York, USA | January 5, 1968||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
NHL draft |
214th overall, 1986 Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
Playing career | 1989–2001 |
Stanley W. Drulia (born January 5, 1968) is an American-born Canadian former professional right winger and a scout for the Nashville Predators of the NHL as of December, 2018.
Playing career
Prior to his mid-season hiring in Milwaukee he was the head coach of the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL where he led the Nailers to a combined 49-35-0-5 record during his tenure there. He was drafted in the eleventh round, 214th overall, by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. He played 126 games in the National Hockey League, all with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He scored 15 goals and 27 assists in the NHL. Drulia was born in Elmira, New York, but grew up in Fort Erie, Ontario.
Drulia played junior ice hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the Belleville Bulls, Hamilton Steelhawks, and the Niagara Falls Thunder. Drulia holds the OHL record for most career points with 479.[1] Drulia won the Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy as the top scoring right winger, and the Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy as overage Player of the Year in the 1988–89 OHL season.
While playing in the International Hockey League, Drulia won the Turner Cup playing for the Atlanta Knights and was playoff MVP winning the Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy in 1993–94. Drulia won another Turner Cup in 1996–97 with the Detroit Vipers. Drulia won the Poile Trophy again in 1997–98 with the Detroit Vipers, even though the Vipers lost in 7 games to the Chicago Wolves.
Personal life
After his playing career, Drulia has served as head coach of the Orlando Seals of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League, the Augusta Lynx of the ECHL, and the Port Huron Icehawks of the International Hockey League. On July 1, 2010, Drulia was named head coach of the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL.[2]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1984–85 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 63 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | ||
1985–86 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 66 | 43 | 37 | 80 | 73 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 15 | ||
1986–87 | Hamilton Steelhawks | OHL | 55 | 27 | 51 | 78 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||
1987–88 | Hamilton Steelhawks | OHL | 65 | 52 | 69 | 121 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 12 | ||
1988–89 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1988–89 | Niagara Falls Thunder | OHL | 47 | 52 | 93 | 145 | 59 | 17 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 18 | ||
1989–90 | Cape Breton Oilers | AHL | 31 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1989–90 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 16 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | Knoxville Cherokees | ECHL | 64 | 63 | 77 | 140 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
1991–92 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 77 | 49 | 53 | 102 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
1992–93 | Atlanta Knights | IHL | 47 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
1992–93 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Atlanta Knights | IHL | 79 | 54 | 60 | 114 | 70 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 8 | ||
1994–95 | Atlanta Knights | IHL | 66 | 41 | 49 | 90 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
1995–96 | Atlanta Knights | IHL | 75 | 38 | 56 | 94 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | ||
1996–97 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 73 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 42 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 14 | ||
1997–98 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 58 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 50 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | ||
1998–99 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 82 | 23 | 52 | 75 | 64 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | ||
1999–00 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 68 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 34 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 126 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |
References
- ^ "OHL Network". Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "Nailers Name Drulia New Head Coach". WTRF-TV. Wheeling, West Virginia: West Virginia Media Holdings. July 2, 2010.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1968 births
- American men's ice hockey right wingers
- Atlanta Knights players
- Belleville Bulls players
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Cape Breton Oilers players
- Detroit Vipers players
- ECHL coaches
- Hamilton Steelhawks players
- Ice hockey people from New York (state)
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Knoxville Cherokees players
- Living people
- Maine Mariners players
- New Haven Nighthawks players
- Niagara Falls Thunder players
- Sportspeople from Elmira, New York
- Sportspeople from Fort Erie, Ontario
- Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players
- Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks
- Tampa Bay Lightning players