1983 NHL Entry Draft

Montreal, Quebec - June 8, 1983

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUND	TO NHL	GP	FWD	DEF	GOA..
Round 1	100.00%	687.9	76.2%	19.0%	4.8%	76.2%	23.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 2	80.95%	312.1	76.2%	23.8%	0.0%	81.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.0%	4.8%	4.8%
Round 3	65.00%	239.2	50.0%	45.0%	5.0%	75.0%	10.0%	5.0%	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%
Round 4	45.00%	147.3	60.0%	20.0%	20.0%	60.0%	25.0%	5.0%	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%
Round 5	40.00%	187.3	50.0%	40.0%	10.0%	55.0%	30.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	15.0%
Round 6	55.00%	171.9	60.0%	25.0%	15.0%	55.0%	35.0%	0.0%	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%
Round 7	25.00%	82.7	55.0%	35.0%	10.0%	60.0%	25.0%	0.0%	5.0%	5.0%	5.0%
Round 8	40.00%	125.7	45.0%	45.0%	10.0%	75.0%	10.0%	10.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 9	20.00%	32.1	45.0%	50.0%	5.0%	55.0%	35.0%	0.0%	0.0%	5.0%	5.0%
Round 10	30.00%	78.8	55.0%	40.0%	5.0%	35.0%	35.0%	15.0%	5.0%	0.0%	10.0%
Round 11	30.00%	48.1	50.0%	30.0%	15.0%	60.0%	15.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%
Round 12	25.00%	49.3	50.0%	40.0%	10.0%	30.0%	40.0%	10.0%	10.0%	0.0%	10.0%
TOTAL¹		182.8	56.2%	34.3%	9.1%	59.9%	24.4%	4.1%	2.1%	3.7%	5.8%
TO NHL²	46.69%		50.0%	42.2%	45.5%	53.1%	25.4%	50.0%	60.0%	77.8%	42.9%

¹⁾ Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 59.9% of all drafted players were Canadian).
²⁾ Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 53.1% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).

Summary statistics on team draft performance

					OVERALL				PER DRAFT PICK
Rk	TEAM	WAPP¹	PICKS	TO NHL	GP	G	A	P	GP	G	A	P
1	Minnesota North Stars	11.43	13	38.5%	1313	148	262	410	101.0	11.4	20.2	31.5
2	Hartford Whalers	20.24	14	28.6%	1930	317	446	763	137.9	22.6	31.9	54.5
3	New York Islanders	26.93	14	28.6%	2352	655	874	1529	168.0	46.8	62.4	109.2
4	Buffalo Sabres	28.65	15	73.3%	4400	626	1133	1759	293.3	41.7	75.5	117.3
5	Detroit Red Wings	32.97	13	53.9%	5068	1323	1714	3037	389.8	101.8	131.8	233.6
6	New Jersey Devils	37.69	10	70.0%	2687	497	770	1267	268.7	49.7	77.0	126.7
7	Winnipeg Jets	40.14	13	61.5%	2545	227	443	670	195.8	17.5	34.1	51.5
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	43.66	11	54.6%	1768	379	570	949	160.7	34.5	51.8	86.3
9	Vancouver Canucks	51.38	12	33.3%	2091	618	532	1150	174.3	51.5	44.3	95.8
10	Pittsburgh Penguins	54.32	10	50.0%	1142	173	224	397	114.2	17.3	22.4	39.7
11	New York Rangers	55.80	12	41.7%	1042	329	422	751	86.8	27.4	35.2	62.6
12	Montreal Canadiens	56.08	14	42.9%	2297	569	649	1218	164.1	40.6	46.4	87.0
13	Calgary Flames	66.24	14	42.9%	2451	655	1103	1758	175.1	46.8	78.8	125.6
14	Chicago Black Hawks	72.00	12	66.7%	3394	322	502	824	282.8	26.8	41.8	68.7
15	Edmonton Oilers	74.43	11	36.4%	1810	301	550	851	164.5	27.4	50.0	77.4
16	Boston Bruins	79.97	12	33.3%	937	72	133	205	78.1	6.0	11.1	17.1
17	Quebec Nordiques	89.82	11	63.6%	1416	102	357	459	128.7	9.3	32.5	41.7
18	Philadelphia Flyers	99.90	11	36.4%	3148	861	1327	2188	286.2	78.3	120.6	198.9
19	Los Angeles Kings	107.58	12	41.7%	2256	474	905	1379	188.0	39.5	75.4	114.9
20	Washington Capitals	138.31	8	37.5%	194	17	26	43	24.3	2.1	3.3	5.4

¹⁾ The Weighted Average Pick Position (WAPP) is determined using a harmonic mean, which gives the highest weight to the first overall pick, the second highest to the second overall pick, etc. The thinking behind this approach is that the relative difference between the first and the fifth pick is much higher than the difference between e.g. the 130th and 135th pick. The smallest number is granted to the team with the lowest overall pick position in the draft.

Round 1

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
1	Brian Lawton	1965	Minnesota North Stars	F	483	112	154	266	401	-44
2	Sylvain Turgeon	1965	Hartford Whalers	F	669	269	226	495	691	-108
3	Pat Lafontaine	1965	New York Islanders	F	865	468	545	1013	552	-6
4	Steve Yzerman	1965	Detroit Red Wings	F	1514	692	1063	1755	924	184
5	Tom Barrasso	1965	Buffalo Sabres	G	777	0	48	48	437
6	John MacLean	1964	New Jersey Devils	F	1194	413	429	842	1328	43
7	Russ Courtnall	1965	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	1029	297	447	744	557	-3
8	Andrew McBain	1965	Winnipeg Jets	F	608	129	172	301	631	-145
9	Cam Neely	1965	Vancouver Canucks	F	726	395	299	694	1241	83
10	Normand Lacombe	1964	Buffalo Sabres	F	319	53	62	115	196	-5
11	Adam Creighton	1965	Buffalo Sabres	F	708	187	216	403	1077	-18
12	Dave Gagner	1964	New York Rangers	F	946	318	401	719	1018	-65
13	Dan Quinn	1965	Calgary Flames	F	805	266	419	685	531	-125
14	Bobby Dollas	1965	Winnipeg Jets	D	646	42	96	138	467	37
15	Bob Errey	1964	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	895	170	212	382	1005	57
16	Gerald Diduck	1965	New York Islanders	D	932	56	156	212	1612	88
17	Alfie Turcotte	1965	Montreal Canadiens	F	112	17	29	46	49	-22
18	Bruce Cassidy	1965	Chicago Black Hawks	D	36	4	13	17	10	-10
19	Jeff Beukeboom	1965	Edmonton Oilers	D	804	30	129	159	1890	115
20	David Jensen	1965	Hartford Whalers	F	69	9	13	22	22	-10
21	Nevin Markwart	1964	Boston Bruins	F	309	41	68	109	794	-6

Round 2

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
22	Todd Charlesworth	1965	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	93	3	9	12	47	-37
23	Ville Siren	1964	Hartford Whalers	D	290	14	68	82	276	15
24	Shawn Evans	1965	New Jersey Devils	D	9	1	0	1	2	-2
25	Lane Lambert	1964	Detroit Red Wings	F	283	58	66	124	521	-20
26	Claude Lemieux	1965	Montreal Canadiens	F	1215	379	407	786	1777	14
27	Sergio Momesso	1965	Montreal Canadiens	F	710	152	193	345	1557	9
28	Jeff Jackson	1965	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	263	38	48	86	313	-41
29	Brad Berry	1965	Winnipeg Jets	D	241	4	28	32	323	-15
30	David Bruce	1964	Vancouver Canucks	F	234	48	39	87	338	-57
31	John Tucker	1964	Buffalo Sabres	F	656	177	259	436	285	-9
32	Yves Heroux	1965	Quebec Nordiques	F	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	Randy Heath	1964	New York Rangers	F	13	2	4	6	15	0
34	Richard Hajdu	1965	Buffalo Sabres	F	5	0	0	0	4	2
35	Todd Francis	1965	Montreal Canadiens	F
36	Malcolm Parks	1965	Minnesota North Stars	F
37	Garnet McKechney	1965	New York Islanders	F
38	Frantisek Musil	1964	Minnesota North Stars	D	797	34	106	140	1241	93
39	Wayne Presley	1965	Chicago Black Hawks	F	684	155	147	302	953	-39
40	Mike Golden	1965	Edmonton Oilers	F
41	Peter Zezel	1965	Philadelphia Flyers	F	873	219	388	607	435	42
42	Greg Johnston	1965	Boston Bruins	F	187	26	29	55	124	-6

Round 3

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
43	Peter Taglianetti	1963	Winnipeg Jets	D	451	18	74	92	1106	22
44	Derrick Smith	1965	Philadelphia Flyers	F	537	82	92	174	373	-14
45	Daniel Letendre	1965	Montreal Canadiens	F
46	Bob Probert	1965	Detroit Red Wings	F	935	163	221	384	3300	-31
47	Bruce Shoebottom	1965	Los Angeles Kings	D	35	1	4	5	53	1
48	Allan Bester	1964	Toronto Maple Leafs	G	219	0	8	8	32
49	Vesa Salo	1965	New York Rangers	D
50	Scott Tottle	1965	Vancouver Canucks	F
51	Brian Bradley	1965	Calgary Flames	F	651	182	321	503	528	-66
52	Bruce Bell	1965	Quebec Nordiques	D	209	12	64	76	113	27
53	Gord Walker	1965	New York Rangers	F	31	3	4	7	23	-8
54	Iiro J�rvi	1965	Quebec Nordiques	F	116	18	43	61	58	-24
55	Perry Berezan	1964	Calgary Flames	F	378	61	75	136	277	-4
56	Mitch Messier	1965	Minnesota North Stars	F	20	0	2	2	11	-10
57	Mike Neill	1965	New York Islanders	D
58	Mike Rowe	1965	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	11	0	0	0	11	-10
59	Marc Bergevin	1965	Chicago Black Hawks	D	1191	36	145	181	1090	-70
60	Mike Flanagan	1965	Edmonton Oilers	D
61	Leif Carlsson	1965	Hartford Whalers	D
62	Greg Puhalski	1965	Boston Bruins	F

Round 4

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
63	Frank Pietrangelo	1964	Pittsburgh Penguins	G	141	0	3	3	36
64	Dave MacLean	1965	Hartford Whalers	F
65	Mikko M�kel�	1965	New York Islanders	F	423	118	147	265	139	-4
66	John Bekkers	1965	Calgary Flames	F
67	Guy Benoit	1965	Los Angeles Kings	F
68	Dave Korol	1965	Detroit Red Wings	D
69	Bob Essensa	1965	Winnipeg Jets	G	446	0	15	15	26
70	Tim Lorenz	1965	Vancouver Canucks	F
71	Kevan Guy	1965	Calgary Flames	D	156	5	20	25	138	-20
72	Ron Chyzowski	1965	Hartford Whalers	F
73	Peter Andersson	1965	New York Rangers	D	47	6	13	19	20	-4
74	Daren Puppa	1965	Buffalo Sabres	G	429	0	18	18	48
75	Tim Bergland	1965	Washington Capitals	F	182	17	26	43	75	-22
76	Brian Durand	1965	Minnesota North Stars	F
77	Bill Claviter	1965	Calgary Flames	F
78	John Kordic	1965	Montreal Canadiens	F	244	17	18	35	997	-30
79	Tarek Howard	1965	Chicago Black Hawks	D
80	Esa Tikkanen	1965	Edmonton Oilers	F	877	244	386	630	1077	82
81	Allen Bourbeau	1965	Philadelphia Flyers	F
82	Allan LaRochelle	1964	Boston Bruins	G

Round 5

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
83	Dan Hodgson	1965	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	114	29	45	74	64	-9
84	Bob Caulfield		New York Islanders	F
85	Chris Terreri	1964	New Jersey Devils	G	406	0	13	13	37
86	Petr Kl�ma	1964	Detroit Red Wings	F	786	313	260	573	671	-122
87	Bob Laforest	1963	Los Angeles Kings	F	5	1	0	1	2	-4
88	Joey Kocur	1964	Detroit Red Wings	F	820	80	82	162	2519	-99
89	Harry Armstrong	1965	Winnipeg Jets	D
90	Doug Quinn	1965	Vancouver Canucks	D
91	Igor Liba	1960	Calgary Flames	F	37	7	18	25	36	-3
92	Luc Guenette	1964	Quebec Nordiques	G
93	Jim Andonoff	1965	New York Rangers	F
94	Jayson Meyer	1965	Buffalo Sabres	D
95	Martin Bouliane	1965	Washington Capitals	F
96	Rich Geist	1964	Minnesota North Stars	F
97	Ron Viglasi	1965	New York Islanders	D
98	Dan Wurst	1964	Montreal Canadiens	D
99	Kevin Robinson	1964	Chicago Black Hawks	F
100	Garry Galley	1963	Los Angeles Kings	D	1149	125	475	600	1218	1
101	Jerome Carrier	1965	Philadelphia Flyers	D
102	Allen Pedersen	1965	Boston Bruins	D	428	5	36	41	487	-4

Round 6

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
103	Patrick Emond	1965	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
104	Brian Johnson	1965	Hartford Whalers	F
105	Gord Mark	1964	New Jersey Devils	D	85	3	10	13	187	-29
106	Chris Pusey	1965	Detroit Red Wings	G	1	0	0	0	0
107	Dave Lundmark	1965	Los Angeles Kings	D
108	Kevin Stevens	1965	Los Angeles Kings	F	874	329	397	726	1470	-103
109	Joel Baillargeon	1964	Winnipeg Jets	F	20	0	2	2	31	-6
110	Dave Lowry	1965	Vancouver Canucks	F	1084	164	187	351	1191	-87
111	Grant Blair	1964	Calgary Flames	G
112	Brad Walcot	1965	Quebec Nordiques	D
113	Bob Alexander	1964	New York Rangers	F
114	Jim Hofford	1964	Buffalo Sabres	D	18	0	0	0	47	0
115	Jari Torkki	1965	Chicago Black Hawks	F	4	1	0	1	0	-2
116	Tom McComb	1965	Minnesota North Stars	D
117	Darin Illikainen	1965	New York Islanders	F
118	Arto Javanainen	1959	Montreal Canadiens	F	14	4	1	5	2	2
119	Mark Lavarre	1965	Chicago Black Hawks	F	78	9	16	25	58	2
120	Don Barber	1964	Edmonton Oilers	F	115	25	32	57	64	-6
121	Rick Tocchet	1964	Philadelphia Flyers	F	1144	440	512	952	2970	84
122	Terry Taillefer	1965	Boston Bruins	G

Round 7

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
123	Paul Ames	1965	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
124	Joe Reekie	1965	Hartford Whalers	D	902	25	139	164	1326	150
125	Greg Evtushevski	1965	New Jersey Devils	F
126	Bob Pierson	1964	Detroit Red Wings	F
127	Tim Burgess	1965	Los Angeles Kings	D
128	Cam Plante	1964	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
129	Iain Duncan	1963	Winnipeg Jets	F	127	34	55	89	149	-19
130	Terry Maki	1965	Vancouver Canucks	F
131	Jeff Hogg	1965	Calgary Flames	G
132	Craig Mack	1965	Quebec Nordiques	D
133	Steve Orth	1965	New York Rangers	F
134	Christian Ruuttu	1964	Buffalo Sabres	F	621	134	298	432	714	40
135	Dwaine Hutton	1965	Washington Capitals	F
136	Sean Toomey	1965	Minnesota North Stars	F	1	0	0	0	0	-1
137	Jim Sprenger	1965	New York Islanders	D
138	Vladislav Tretiak	1952	Montreal Canadiens	G
139	Scott Birnie	1965	Chicago Black Hawks	F
140	Dale Derkatch	1964	Edmonton Oilers	F
141	Bobby Mormina	1963	Philadelphia Flyers	F
142	Ian Armstrong	1965	Boston Bruins	D

Round 8

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
143	Christian DuPerron	1965	Hartford Whalers	D
144	Jamie Falle	1964	Hartford Whalers	G
145	Vyacheslav Fetisov	1958	New Jersey Devils	D	546	36	192	228	656	114
146	Craig Butz	1965	Detroit Red Wings	D
147	Ken Hammond	1963	Los Angeles Kings	D	193	18	29	47	290	-73
148	Paul Bifano	1965	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
149	Ron Pesetti	1965	Winnipeg Jets	D
150	John Labatt	1965	Vancouver Canucks	F
151	Chris MacDonald	1963	Calgary Flames	D
152	Tommy Albelin	1964	Quebec Nordiques	D	952	44	211	255	417	52
153	Pete Markov	1965	New York Rangers	F
154	Don McSween	1964	Buffalo Sabres	D	47	3	10	13	55	2
155	Marty Abrams	1965	Washington Capitals	G
156	Don Biggs	1965	Minnesota North Stars	F	12	2	0	2	8	-4
157	Dale Henry	1964	New York Islanders	F	132	13	26	39	263	3
158	Rob Bryden	1963	Montreal Canadiens	F
159	Kent Paynter	1965	Chicago Black Hawks	D	37	1	3	4	69	-22
160	Ralph Vos	1964	Edmonton Oilers	F
161	Pelle Eklund	1963	Philadelphia Flyers	F	594	120	335	455	109	11
162	Francois Olivier	1965	Boston Bruins	F

Round 9

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
163	Marty Ketola	1965	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
164	Bill Fordy	1965	Hartford Whalers	F
165	Jay Octeau	1965	New Jersey Devils	D
166	Dave Sikorski	1965	Detroit Red Wings	D
167	Bruce Fishback	1965	Los Angeles Kings	F
168	Cliff Abrecht	1963	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
169	Todd Flichel	1964	Winnipeg Jets	D	6	0	1	1	4	-5
170	Allan Measures	1965	Vancouver Canucks	D
171	Rob Kivell	1965	Calgary Flames	D
172	Wayne Groulx	1965	Quebec Nordiques	F	1	0	0	0	0	0
173	Paul Jerrard	1965	New York Rangers	F	5	0	0	0	4	1
174	Tim Hoover	1965	Buffalo Sabres	D
175	Dave Cowan	1965	Washington Capitals	F
176	Paul Pulis	1965	Minnesota North Stars	F
177	Kevin Vescio	1965	New York Islanders	D
178	Grant McKay	1965	Montreal Canadiens	D
179	Brian Noonan	1965	Chicago Black Hawks	F	629	116	159	275	518	-37
180	Dave Roach	1965	Edmonton Oilers	G
181	Robbie Nichols	1964	Philadelphia Flyers	F
182	Harri Laurila	1965	Boston Bruins	D

Round 10

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
183	Alex Haidy	1965	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
184	Greg Rolston	1965	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
185	Alexander Chernykh	1965	New Jersey Devils	F
186	Stu Grimson	1965	Detroit Red Wings	F	729	17	22	39	2113	-41
187	Thomas �hl�n	1959	Los Angeles Kings	D
188	Brian Ross	1965	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
189	Kory Wright	1965	Winnipeg Jets	F
190	Roger Grillo	1964	Vancouver Canucks	D
191	Tom Pratt	1965	Calgary Flames	D
192	Scott Shaunessy	1964	Quebec Nordiques	D	7	0	0	0	23	-1
193	Reine Landgren	1965	Hartford Whalers	F
194	Mark Ferner	1965	Buffalo Sabres	D	91	3	10	13	51	-23
195	Yves Beaudoin	1965	Washington Capitals	D	11	0	0	0	5	-9
196	Milos Riha	1958	Minnesota North Stars	F
197	Dave Shellington	1965	New York Islanders	F
198	Thomas Rundqvist	1960	Montreal Canadiens	F	2	0	1	1	0	1
199	Dominik Hasek	1965	Chicago Black Hawks	G	735	0	19	19	170
200	Warren Yadlowski	1965	Edmonton Oilers	F
201	Bill McCormack	1964	Philadelphia Flyers	F
202	Paul Fitzsimmons	1963	Boston Bruins	D

Round 11

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
203	Garth Hildebrand	1964	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
204	Allan Acton	1965	Hartford Whalers	F
205	Alan Stewart	1964	New Jersey Devils	F	64	6	4	10	243	-11
206	Jeff Frank	1965	Detroit Red Wings	F
207	Jan Blaha	1965	Los Angeles Kings	F
208	Mike Tomlak	1965	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	141	15	22	37	103	-6
209	Eric Cormier		Winnipeg Jets
210	Steve Kayser	1965	Vancouver Canucks	D
211	Jaroslav Benak	1962	Calgary Flames	D
212	Oldrich Valek	1960	Minnesota North Stars	F
213	Bryan Walker	1965	New York Rangers	D
214	Uwe Krupp	1965	Buffalo Sabres	D	729	69	212	281	660	97
215	Alain Raymond	1965	Washington Capitals	G	1	0	0	0	0
216	Anders Huss	1964	Washington Capitals	F
217	John Bjorkman	1965	New York Islanders	F
218	Jeff Perpich	1965	Montreal Canadiens	D
219	Steve Pepin	1965	Chicago Black Hawks	F
220	John Miner	1965	Edmonton Oilers	D	14	2	3	5	16	-4
221	Brian Jopling	1964	Philadelphia Flyers	G
222	Norm Foster	1965	Boston Bruins	G	13	0	0	0	2

Round 12

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
223	Dave Goertz	1965	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	2	0	0	0	2	-1
224	Darcy Kaminski	1964	Hartford Whalers	D
225	Alexei Kasatonov	1959	New Jersey Devils	D	383	38	122	160	326	52
226	Chuck Chiatto	1964	Detroit Red Wings	F
227	Chad Johnson	1964	Los Angeles Kings	F
228	Ron Choules	1963	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
229	Jamie Husgen	1964	Winnipeg Jets	D
230	Jay Mazur	1965	Vancouver Canucks	F	47	11	7	18	20	-1
231	Sergei Makarov	1958	Calgary Flames	F	424	134	250	384	317	67
232	Bo Berglund	1955	Quebec Nordiques	F	130	28	39	67	40	5
233	Ulf Nilsson	1965	New York Rangers	G
234	Marc Hamelin	1963	Buffalo Sabres	G
235	Kermit Salfi		Buffalo Sabres	F
236	Paul Roff		Minnesota North Stars	F
237	Peter McGeough	1965	New York Islanders	D
238	Jean-Guy Bergeron	1965	Montreal Canadiens	D
239	Jindrich Kokrment	1957	Quebec Nordiques	F
240	Steven Woodburn	1963	Edmonton Oilers	D
241	Harold Duvall	1964	Philadelphia Flyers	F
242	Greg Murphy	1965	Boston Bruins	D

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