Craig Hartsburg
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| Born |
June 29, 1959 Stratford, ON, CAN |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Birmingham Bulls (WHA) Minnesota North Stars |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 6th overall, 1979 Minnesota North Stars |
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| Playing career | 1978–1989 | ||
Craig William Hartsburg (born June 29, 1959) is a retired Canadian professional hockey player and associate coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets. He also coached in the Ontario Hockey League. Hartsburg has previously been an NHL head coach with the Chicago Blackhawks, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Ottawa Senators. He played Defence for ten seasons with the Minnesota North Stars of the NHL from 1979 until 1989, captaining the team for seven of his ten NHL seasons before pursuing a coaching career. Before going to Calgary, Hartsburg was the head coach of the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League.
Hartsburg played three seasons of junior hockey for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, where he was a teammate of Wayne Gretzky's during the 1977–78 season. In Hartsburg's last two seasons with the Greyhounds, he averaged over a point per game. In 1977–78, Hartsburg represented Canada at the World Junior Championships, scoring five points in six games.
Hartsburg skipped his fourth and final junior season, deciding instead to turn pro with the Birmingham Bulls of the WHA in June 1978, as an underage free agent. Hartsburg amassed nine goals and 40 assists in his rookie professional season. With the collapse of the financially troubled WHA in 1979, Hartsburg was drafted sixth overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.
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