Gord Kluzak
| Gord Kluzak | |||
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| Born |
March 4, 1964 Climax, SK, CAN |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Boston Bruins | ||
| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 1st overall, 1982 Boston Bruins |
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| Playing career | 1982–1991 | ||
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| World Junior Championships | ||
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1982 | Ice hockey |
Gordon Glen Kluzak (born March 4, 1964 in Climax, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian professional hockey player who played for the Boston Bruins of the NHL from 1982 to 1991. He was selected first overall by the Bruins in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. Kluzak currently works as a broadcaster for the Bruins.
Gord Kluzak grew up on a wheat farm in Saskatchewan, and attended high school in Wilcox, Saskatchewan at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame.
Kluzak played junior hockey for two seasons with the WHL's Billings Bighorns, where he was paired on defence with future NHLer Bob Rouse. He missed half of the 1981–82 season and entire 1982 playoffs after he tore ligaments in his left knee in a game against the Medicine Hat Tigers on Feb. 9, 1982, which would be the first of many knee problems for Kluzak.
The injury did not hurt his draft placement however, as he was rated as the No. 3 overall prospect and the No. 2 WHL prospect for the 1982 NHL draft by The Hockey News.
Harry Sinden, the Boston Bruins general manager was sold on the young defenceman, and made him the 1st overall pick in that year's NHL Entry Draft. Sinden passed up on Kitchener Rangers star Brian Bellows, who was the popular choice amongst Bruin fans, and Gary Nylund of the Portland Winter Hawks, who many, including The Hockey News, felt was the better defenceman. Sinden made a deal with the Minnesota North Stars, who had the second pick that year, where he agreed to let them have Bellows with the No. 2 pick in exchange for Brad Palmer and Dave Donnelly.
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