Gord Kluzak Gordon Glen Kluzak ( born March 4 , 1964 in Climax , Saskatchewan ) is a retired NHL defenseman who played his entire career for the Boston Bruins . Playing career . 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 . This injury would be the first of many knee problems for Kluzak . The injury did not hurt his draft placing 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 that year in the 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 two players : Brad Palmer and Dave Donnelly . Minnesota did end up picking Bellows , who went on to become a star in the NHL and finished his career with 485 goals and 1022 points . Nylund was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs and ended his career with 608 games under his belt . Other notable NHL players drafted after Kluzak include Scott Stevens ( 5th ) , Phil Housley ( 6th ) , Dave Andreychuk ( 16th ) , Tomas Sandstrom ( 36th ) , Pat Verbeek ( 43rd ) , and Doug Gilmour ( 134th ) . Kluzak on the other hand was out of hockey at the age of 27 - felled by knee injuries . He managed to avoid knee injuries for his first two NHL seasons . However on Oct . 7 , 1984 , Kluzak tore ligaments in his left knee when he collided in mid - ice with Devils defenceman Dave Lewis . This required major reconstructive surgery and forced Kluzak to miss the entire 1984 – 85 regular season and 1985 playoffs . He would re - injure the knee again in September 1986 and miss another season . His best year in the NHL may have been 1987 – 88 . Kluzak managed to play 66 of Boston ' s 80 games during the 1987 – 88 season and all 23 playoff games , as Boston went to the Stanley Cup Finals . After that Kluzak ' s career stalled due to chronic knee problems that resulted in 11 surgeries , and he would play in only 13 more games , his last being on Nov . 5 , 1990 , against the New York Rangers . He announced his retirement on Nov . 12 , 1990 . Gord Kluzak holds the distinction of playing in the fewest games ( 299 ) of any first overall draft pick in NHL history ( of players taken first overall before the 2000 NHL Entry Draft ) . International play . In 1982 Kluzak was chosen to represent Canada at the World Junior Championships . Prior to 1982 , Canada had sent the defending Memorial Cup champions to represent the country at the world juniors . However because of the lack of success , 1982 became the first year that the top players in the country were sent . Led by Kluzak and Kingston Canadians goaltender Mike Moffat , the Canadians outscored the opposition 45 – 14 , including a 7 – 0 rout of the Soviet Union , en route to the country ' s first gold medal at the event . In perhaps one of the most memorable moments in tournament history , Kluzak and his teammates stood at the blue line and sang the Canadian national anthem . Apparently , the organizers in Rochester , Minnesota had not expected Canada to win and did not have a recording of " O Canada " . Post - retirement . Kluzak graduated from Harvard University in 1994 with a degree in Economics , and spent two years as the Chief of Staff for the state lottery . He then returned to Harvard , earning an MBA in 1998 . Since then , he has worked for Goldman Sachs . Gord also worked as a color commentator on Bruins telecasts from 1995 – 96 through 2003 – 04 . He now works for NESN as a studio analyst .