Tom Mellor
| Tom Mellor | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
January 27, 1950 Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||
| Position | Defense | |||||||||||||||
| Shot | Right | |||||||||||||||
| Played for | Detroit Red Wings | |||||||||||||||
| National team |
 United States | |||||||||||||||
| NHL Draft |
68th overall, 1970 Detroit Red Wings | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1973–1977 | |||||||||||||||
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Thomas Robert Mellor (born January 27, 1950) is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman.
Playing career[]
Before being drafted by the Detroit Red Wings, Mellor played hockey for Boston College. In the 1968–69 season, he scored nine goals and 19 points in his 17-game rookie season. In his sophomore season, he scored 21 goals and 44 points in 26 games. He scored a hat trick for Boston College in a 13–6 win over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[1] In his junior year in the NCAA he had 40 points in 25 games for the Boston Eagles.[2] During his years at Boston College, he led Boston College in assists on two occasions (1971: 30; 1973: 45) and was ranked third for most assists in a season at Boston College. He was also a two-time recipient (1971, 1973) of Boston College's Norman F. Dailey Memorial Award as the team's Most Valuable Player. He was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980.[3]
Mellor was drafted 68th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in 1970 NHL Amateur Draft and played 26 regular season games in the National Hockey League for Detroit between 1973 and 1975. Mellor also played in the American Hockey League for the Virginia Wings; in the International Hockey League for the Toledo Goaldiggers; and in the Swedish Elitserien with Västra Frölunda. As a player in the IHL, he was named to the First-Team All-Star Team, he won the James Gatschene Memorial Trophy and the Governor's Trophy in 1977, his last season as a professional player before retiring.[3]
As an amateur, Mellor represented the United States national team at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, winning a silver medal.[4] Mellor also played in the 1971, 1972 and 1973 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments.[2]
Awards and honors[]
| Award | Year | Ref |
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| All-ECAC Hockey Second Team | 1969–70 | [5] |
| All-ECAC Hockey Second Team | 1970–71 | [5] |
| All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 1972–73 | [5] |
| AHCA East All-American | 1972–73 | [6] |
References[]
- ^ "Tom Mellor". Hockey Draft Central.
- ^ a b "Tom Robert Mellor". Hockey Hall of Fame.com.
- ^ a b "Mellor, Tom - Boston College - Defenseman - (1969-71, 1973)". ecachockey.com.
- ^ Jessi Pierce (October 9, 2013). "1972 Olympics: Silver Medals and Friends of Gold". USAHockeyFoundation.com.
- ^ a b c "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Tom Mellor @ hockeydraftcentral.com
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