Born Nov 3 1952 -- Eveleth, MN
Height 5.05 -- Weight 170
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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1972-73 Colorado College NCAA 27 24 28 52 32
1973-74 Colorado College NCAA 32 31 48 79 71
1974-75 St.-Louis Blues NHL 73 14 17 31 19 2 0 0 0 0
1975-76 Providence Reds AHL 55 19 32 51 72 3 1 1 2 2
1976-77 Kansas-City Blues CHL 41 18 34 52 31 -- -- -- -- --
1976-77 St.-Louis Blues NHL 12 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- --
1977-78 SLC Golden Eagles CHL 70 45 56 101 82 6 2 3 5 18
1977-78 St.-Louis Blues NHL 3 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- --
1978-79 SLC Golden Eagles CHL 35 24 32 56 19 10 2 14 16 11
1978-79 St.-Louis Blues NHL 20 2 3 5 4 -- -- -- -- --
1979-80 SLC Golden Eagles CHL 74 48 61 109 62 13 7 7 14 6
1980-81 SLC Golden Eagles CHL 27 16 21 37 57 17 7 11 18 15
1981-82 SLC Golden Eagles CHL 68 34 41 75 44 10 11 6 17 13
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NHL Totals 108 18 20 38 23 2 0 0 0 0
-Doug Palazzari
Doug Palazzari was the sixth born child to Aldo and Lorraine Palazzari (he was the fourth boy). Doug was born in 1952 in the family's hometown of Eveleth, Minnesota. Doug had the standard Eveleth childhood - sports, sports, sports and more sports. If it wasn't hockey it was baseball, and if it wasn't baseball it was football. But hockey was the most important, especially in the Palazzari family. I've heard that all of the boys played hockey. Doug's brother, Tony, even followed his older sibling to Colorado College to play hockey there.
As was common back in the sixties, Eveleth's youth hockey teams were among the best. Doug's bantam team went to the nationals at Lake Placid and placed second!
"I wasn't even considering playing pro hockey, because there weren't many Americans playing professionally then. I just wanted to get a good education."
Like his father, uncle, and brothers before him, Doug played for Eveleth High School's hockey team. In a different time, Eveleth High was THE place to recruit college and even professional players. It was a little different when Doug played there, but not much. After what was probably a very successful career at EHS, Doug earned a scholarship to attend Colorado College in Colorado Springs. This was the big time, WCHA hockey against powerhouses such as Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Doug did very well at CC, earning his place among the very best hockey players the school has had to offer.