Miles Zaharko (born April 30, 1957 in

Mannville, Alberta Mannville is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located at the intersection of the Yellowhead Highway and Highway 881, approximately west of Vermilion, Alberta, Vermilion and east of Edmonton, Alberta, Edmonton. Its primary industry is ...

) is a Canadian professional

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player whose career lasted from 1977 to 1984. He played in the

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with the

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and

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Playing career

A native of Mannville, a small farming village in northern

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Miles Zaharko was drafted as a

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by the

in the second round, 20th overall, of the 1977 NHL amateur draft. Miles Zaharko scored 5 goals and 32 assists in the 129 regular-season games in the

which he played with the Flames and the

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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