Alex Pirus

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|1|12|mf=y}}

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| height_ft = 6

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| weight_lb = 195

| position = Centre

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| draft = 41st overall

| draft_year = 1975

| wha_draft = 37th overall

| wha_draft_year = 1975

| wha_draft_team = Calgary Cowboys

| career_start = 1976

| career_end = 1981

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Joseph Alexander Pirus (born January 12, 1955) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre who played 159 NHL games for the Minnesota North Stars and Detroit Red Wings. He was drafted 41st overall in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft from the University of Notre Dame by the North Stars. Pirus was also drafted 37th overall in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft by the Calgary Cowboys but never played in the WHA.

Pirus was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is currently a member of [http://www.hockeyministries.org Hockey Ministries International]

Career statistics

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1972–73 \| Richmond Hill Rams \| OPJAHL \| 44	40	44	84	97 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1973–74 \| University of Notre Dame \| WCHA \| 28	8	16	24	22 \| —	—	—	—	—
1974–75 \| University of Notre Dame \| WCHA \| 37	23	32	55	94 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1975–76 \| University of Notre Dame \| WCHA \| 30	26	18	44	65 \| —	—	—	—	—
1976–77 \| Minnesota North Stars \| NHL \| 79	20	17	37	47 \| 2	0	1	1	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1977–78 \| Fort Worth Texans \| CHL \| 18	9	6	15	4 \| 14	6	2	8	11
1977–78 \| Minnesota North Stars \| NHL \| 61	9	6	15	38 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1978–79 \| Oklahoma City Stars \| CHL \| 51	16	16	32	33 \| —	—	—	—	—
1978–79 \| Minnesota North Stars \| NHL \| 15	1	3	4	9 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1979–80 \| Oklahoma City Stars \| CHL \| 62	23	23	46	49 \| —	—	—	—	—
1979–80 \| Detroit Red Wings \| NHL \| 4	0	2	2	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1980–81 \| Indianapolis Checkers \| CHL \| 79	25	46	71	78 \| 5	3	2	5	4
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 159 !! 30 !! 28 !! 58 !! 94 ! 2 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2

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