1987 NHL Entry Draft

Detroit, Michigan - June 13, 1987

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUND	TO NHL	GP	FWD	DEF	GOA..
Round 1	90.48%	645.2	42.9%	52.4%	4.8%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 2	80.95%	300.5	33.3%	52.4%	14.3%	81.0%	9.5%	9.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 3	47.62%	150.0	61.9%	33.3%	4.8%	81.0%	4.8%	4.8%	0.0%	0.0%	9.5%
Round 4	47.62%	111.6	66.7%	14.3%	19.0%	42.9%	42.9%	9.5%	0.0%	4.8%	0.0%
Round 5	23.81%	129.3	52.4%	47.6%	0.0%	28.6%	52.4%	4.8%	0.0%	4.8%	9.5%
Round 6	42.86%	158.7	47.6%	38.1%	14.3%	33.3%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	9.5%
Round 7	19.05%	1.7	66.7%	28.6%	4.8%	23.8%	57.1%	4.8%	0.0%	4.8%	9.5%
Round 8	23.81%	111.7	61.9%	33.3%	4.8%	23.8%	52.4%	4.8%	4.8%	4.8%	9.5%
Round 9	19.05%	10.3	52.4%	38.1%	9.5%	33.3%	47.6%	0.0%	0.0%	9.5%	9.5%
Round 10	4.76%	3.1	42.9%	47.6%	9.5%	52.4%	47.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 11	9.52%	8.8	47.6%	33.3%	19.0%	9.5%	61.9%	9.5%	0.0%	0.0%	19.0%
Round 12	19.05%	4.0	42.9%	38.1%	19.0%	28.6%	38.1%	23.8%	4.8%	0.0%	4.8%
TOTAL¹		136.3	51.6%	38.1%	10.3%	44.8%	39.3%	6.0%	0.8%	2.4%	6.7%
TO NHL²	35.71%		37.7%	30.2%	46.2%	46.0%	26.3%	40.0%	50.0%	33.3%	17.7%

¹⁾ Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 44.8% of all drafted players were Canadian).
²⁾ Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 46.0% 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	Buffalo Sabres	11.42	13	30.8%	1444	516	822	1338	111.1	39.7	63.2	102.9
2	New Jersey Devils	16.39	10	60.0%	2857	747	962	1709	285.7	74.7	96.2	170.9
3	Boston Bruins	25.92	13	46.2%	3337	342	792	1134	256.7	26.3	60.9	87.2
4	Los Angeles Kings	27.96	10	40.0%	586	13	61	74	58.6	1.3	6.1	7.4
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	36.50	12	33.3%	1788	306	452	758	149.0	25.5	37.7	63.2
6	Minnesota North Stars	42.17	12	25.0%	501	60	78	138	41.8	5.0	6.5	11.5
7	Toronto Maple Leafs	45.01	12	50.0%	3948	358	587	945	329.0	29.8	48.9	78.8
8	Quebec Nordiques	45.22	12	41.7%	2364	721	1240	1961	197.0	60.1	103.3	163.4
9	Chicago Blackhawks	48.13	12	33.3%	654	13	37	50	54.5	1.1	3.1	4.2
10	Detroit Red Wings	56.20	13	23.1%	549	39	199	238	42.2	3.0	15.3	18.3
11	New York Rangers	58.27	14	21.4%	1303	83	143	226	93.1	5.9	10.2	16.1
12	New York Islanders	61.57	11	36.4%	1639	110	198	308	149.0	10.0	18.0	28.0
13	Montreal Canadiens	64.28	14	42.9%	4602	982	1923	2905	328.7	70.1	137.4	207.5
14	Calgary Flames	65.81	13	38.5%	2076	606	830	1436	159.7	46.6	63.8	110.5
15	St. Louis Blues	68.28	13	46.2%	793	15	84	99	61.0	1.2	6.5	7.6
16	Winnipeg Jets	69.64	11	27.3%	947	42	147	189	86.1	3.8	13.4	17.2
17	Hartford Whalers	72.33	10	40.0%	2043	239	382	621	204.3	23.9	38.2	62.1
18	Philadelphia Flyers	74.81	12	25.0%	263	13	37	50	21.9	1.1	3.1	4.2
19	Edmonton Oilers	83.53	13	46.2%	1602	125	322	447	123.2	9.6	24.8	34.4
20	Vancouver Canucks	86.62	12	25.0%	918	110	171	281	76.5	9.2	14.3	23.4
21	Washington Capitals	100.92	10	20.0%	121	9	18	27	12.1	0.9	1.8	2.7

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	Pierre Turgeon	1969	Buffalo Sabres	F	1294	515	812	1327	452	139
2	Brendan Shanahan	1969	New Jersey Devils	F	1524	656	698	1354	2489	151
3	Glen Wesley	1968	Boston Bruins	D	1457	128	409	537	1045	66
4	Wayne McBean	1969	Los Angeles Kings	D	211	10	39	49	168	-72
5	Chris Joseph	1969	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	510	39	112	151	567	-71
6	Dave Archibald	1969	Minnesota North Stars	F	323	57	67	124	139	-75
7	Luke Richardson	1969	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	1417	35	166	201	2055	-119
8	Jim Waite	1969	Chicago Blackhawks	G	106	0	1	1	10
9	Bryan Fogarty	1969	Quebec Nordiques	D	156	22	52	74	119	-83
10	Jayson More	1969	New York Rangers	D	406	18	54	72	702	-78
11	Yves Racine	1969	Detroit Red Wings	D	508	37	194	231	439	-39
12	Keith Osborne	1969	St. Louis Blues	F	16	1	3	4	16	-3
13	Dean Chynoweth	1968	New York Islanders	D	241	4	18	22	667	-22
14	Stephane Quintal	1968	Boston Bruins	D	1037	63	180	243	1320	-89
15	Joe Sakic	1969	Quebec Nordiques	F	1378	625	1016	1641	614	30
16	Bryan Marchment	1969	Winnipeg Jets	D	926	40	142	182	2307	31
17	Andrew Cassels	1969	Montreal Canadiens	F	1015	204	528	732	410	-73
18	Jody Hull	1969	Hartford Whalers	F	831	124	137	261	156	-10
19	Bryan Deasley	1968	Calgary Flames	F
20	Darren Rumble	1969	Philadelphia Flyers	D	193	10	26	36	216	-72
21	Peter Soberlak	1969	Edmonton Oilers	F

Round 2

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
22	Brad Miller	1969	Buffalo Sabres	D	82	1	5	6	321	-13
23	Ricard Persson	1969	New Jersey Devils	D	229	10	44	54	262	16
24	Rob Murphy	1969	Vancouver Canucks	F	125	9	12	21	152	-54
25	Stephane Matteau	1969	Calgary Flames	F	848	144	172	316	742	41
26	Rick Tabaracci	1969	Pittsburgh Penguins	G	286	0	8	8	72
27	Mark Fitzpatrick	1968	Los Angeles Kings	G	329	0	12	12	85
28	Daniel Marois	1968	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	350	117	93	210	419	-60
29	Ryan McGill	1969	Chicago Blackhawks	D	151	4	15	19	391	1
30	Jeff Harding	1969	Philadelphia Flyers	F	15	0	0	0	47	0
31	Daniel Lacroix	1969	New York Rangers	F	188	11	7	18	379	-5
32	Gord Kruppke	1969	Detroit Red Wings	D	23	0	0	0	32	-2
33	John Leclair	1969	Montreal Canadiens	F	967	406	413	819	501	204
34	Jeff Hackett	1968	New York Islanders	G	500	0	9	9	62
35	Scott McCrady	1968	Minnesota North Stars	D
36	Jeff Ballantyne	1969	Washington Capitals	D
37	Patrik Erickson	1969	Winnipeg Jets	F
38	Eric Desjardins	1969	Montreal Canadiens	D	1143	136	439	575	757	198
39	Adam Burt	1969	Hartford Whalers	D	737	37	115	152	961	-52
40	Kevin Grant	1969	Calgary Flames	D
41	Bob Wilkie	1969	Detroit Red Wings	D	18	2	5	7	10	-4
42	Brad Werenka	1969	Edmonton Oilers	D	320	19	61	80	299	44

Round 3

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
43	Ross Wilson	1969	Los Angeles Kings	F
44	Mathieu Schneider	1969	Montreal Canadiens	D	1289	223	520	743	1245	66
45	Steve Veilleux	1969	Vancouver Canucks	D
46	Simon Gagne	1968	New York Rangers	F
47	Jamie Leach	1969	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	81	11	9	20	12	-9
48	Kevin Kaminski	1969	Minnesota North Stars	F	139	3	10	13	528	-8
49	John McIntyre	1969	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	351	24	54	78	516	-32
50	Cam Russell	1969	Chicago Blackhawks	D	396	9	21	30	872	8
51	Jim Sprott	1969	Quebec Nordiques	D
52	Dennis Holland	1969	Detroit Red Wings	F
53	Andrew MacVicar	1969	Buffalo Sabres	F
54	Kevin Miehm	1969	St. Louis Blues	F	22	1	4	5	8	-2
55	Dean Ewen	1969	New York Islanders	F
56	Todd Lalonde	1969	Boston Bruins	F
57	Steve Maltais	1969	Washington Capitals	F	120	9	18	27	53	-34
58	Francois Gravel	1968	Montreal Canadiens	G
59	Robert Nordmark	1962	St. Louis Blues	D	236	13	70	83	254	-36
60	Mike Dagenais	1969	Chicago Blackhawks	D
61	Scott Mahoney	1969	Calgary Flames	F
62	Martin Host�k	1967	Philadelphia Flyers	F	55	3	11	14	24	0
63	Geoff Smith	1969	Edmonton Oilers	D	462	18	73	91	282	-20

Round 4

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
64	Peter Eriksson	1965	Edmonton Oilers	F	20	3	3	6	24	-1
65	Brian Sullivan	1969	New Jersey Devils	F	2	0	1	1	0	-1
66	Doug Torrel	1969	Vancouver Canucks	F
67	Darwin McPherson	1968	Boston Bruins	D
68	Risto Kurkinen	1963	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
69	Mike Sullivan	1968	New York Rangers	F	709	54	82	136	203	-105
70	Tim Harris	1967	Calgary Flames	F
71	Joe Sacco	1969	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	738	94	119	213	421	-44
72	Kip Miller	1969	Quebec Nordiques	F	449	74	165	239	105	-32
73	John Weisbrod	1968	Minnesota North Stars	F
74	Mark Reimer	1967	Detroit Red Wings	G
75	Darin Smith	1967	St. Louis Blues	F
76	George Maneluk	1967	New York Islanders	G	4	0	0	0	2
77	Matt Delguidice	1967	Boston Bruins	G	11	0	0	0	2
78	Tyler Larter	1968	Washington Capitals	F	1	0	0	0	0	-1
79	Don McLennan	1968	Winnipeg Jets	F
80	Kris Miller	1969	Montreal Canadiens	D
81	Terry Yake	1968	Hartford Whalers	F	403	77	120	197	220	-3
82	Andy Rymsha	1968	St. Louis Blues	D	6	0	0	0	23	-3
83	Tomaz Eriksson	1967	Philadelphia Flyers	F
84	John Bradley	1968	Buffalo Sabres	G

Round 5

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
85	Dave Pergola	1969	Buffalo Sabres	F
86	Kevin Dean	1969	New Jersey Devils	D	331	7	48	55	138	15
87	Sean Fabian	1969	Vancouver Canucks	D
88	Teppo Kivel�	1967	Minnesota North Stars	F
89	Jeff Waver	1968	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
90	Mike Vukonich	1968	Los Angeles Kings	F
91	Mike Eastwood	1967	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	783	87	149	236	354	-40
92	Ulf Sandstr�m	1967	Chicago Blackhawks	F
93	Robert Mendel	1968	Quebec Nordiques	D
94	Eric O'Borsky	1968	New York Rangers	F
95	Radomir Brazda	1967	Detroit Red Wings	D
96	Ken Gernander	1969	Winnipeg Jets	F	12	2	3	5	6	-4
97	Petr Vlk	1964	New York Rangers	F
98	Ted Donato	1969	Boston Bruins	F	796	150	197	347	396	-2
99	Pat Beauchesne	1967	Washington Capitals	D
100	Darrin Amundson	1968	Winnipeg Jets	F
101	Steve McCool	1968	Montreal Canadiens	D
102	Mark Rousseau	1968	Hartford Whalers	D
103	Tim Corkery	1969	Calgary Flames	D
104	Bill Gall	1968	Philadelphia Flyers	D
105	Shaun Van Allen	1967	Edmonton Oilers	F	794	84	185	269	481	54

Round 6

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
106	Chris Marshall	1968	Buffalo Sabres	F
107	Ben Hankinson	1969	New Jersey Devils	F	43	3	3	6	45	-3
108	Garry Valk	1967	Vancouver Canucks	F	777	100	156	256	747	-1
109	Darcy Norton	1967	Minnesota North Stars	F
110	Shawn McEachern	1969	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	911	256	323	579	506	26
111	Greg Batters	1967	Los Angeles Kings	F
112	Damian Rhodes	1969	Toronto Maple Leafs	G	309	1	6	7	34
113	Mike McCormick	1968	Chicago Blackhawks	F
114	Garth Snow	1969	Quebec Nordiques	G	368	0	5	5	190
115	Ludek Cajka	1963	New York Rangers	D
116	Sean Clifford	1967	Detroit Red Wings	D
117	Rob Robinson	1967	St. Louis Blues	D	22	0	1	1	8	-4
118	Rob Dimaio	1968	New York Islanders	F	894	106	171	277	840	-85
119	Matthew Glennon	1968	Boston Bruins	F	3	0	0	0	2	0
120	Rich DeFreitas	1969	New York Rangers	D
121	Joe Harwell	1968	Winnipeg Jets	D
122	Les Kuntar	1969	Montreal Canadiens	G	6	0	0	0	2
123	Jeff St. Cyr	1967	Hartford Whalers	D
124	Joseph A. Aloi	1968	Calgary Flames	D
125	Tony Link	1969	Philadelphia Flyers	D
126	Radek Toupal	1966	Edmonton Oilers	F

Round 7

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
127	Paul Flanagan	1969	Buffalo Sabres	D
128	Tom Neziol	1967	New Jersey Devils	F
129	Todd Fanning	1968	Vancouver Canucks	G
130	Timo Kulonen	1967	Minnesota North Stars	D
131	Jim Bodden	1967	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
132	Ky�sti Karjalainen	1967	Los Angeles Kings	F	28	1	8	9	12	4
133	Trevor Jobe	1967	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
134	Steve Tepper	1969	Chicago Blackhawks	F	1	0	0	0	0	0
135	Tim Hanus	1969	Quebec Nordiques	F
136	Clint Thomas	1969	New York Rangers	D
137	Mike Gober	1967	Detroit Red Wings	F
138	Todd Crabtree	1968	St. Louis Blues	D
139	Knut Walbye	1968	New York Islanders	F
140	Rob Cheevers	1968	Boston Bruins	F
141	Devon Oleniuk	1968	Washington Capitals	D
142	Tod Hartje	1968	Winnipeg Jets	F
143	Robert Kelley	1969	Montreal Canadiens	F
144	Gregg Wolf	1969	Hartford Whalers	D
145	Peter Ciavaglia	1969	Calgary Flames	F	5	0	0	0	0	1
146	Marc Strapon		Philadelphia Flyers	F
147	Tomas Srsen	1966	Edmonton Oilers	F	2	0	0	0	0	0

Round 8

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
148	Sean Dooley	1969	Buffalo Sabres	D
149	Jim Dowd	1968	New Jersey Devils	F	728	71	168	239	390	-13
150	Viktor Tyumenev	1957	Vancouver Canucks	F
151	Don Schmidt	1968	Minnesota North Stars	D
152	Jiri Kucera	1966	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
153	Tim Roberts	1969	Buffalo Sabres	D
154	Chris Jensen	1968	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
155	John Reilly	1968	Chicago Blackhawks	F
156	Jake Enebak	1968	Quebec Nordiques	F
157	Chuck Wiegand	1968	New York Rangers	F
158	Kevin Scott	1967	Detroit Red Wings	F
159	Guy Hebert	1967	St. Louis Blues	G	491	0	6	6	22
160	Jeff Saterdalen	1969	New York Islanders	F
161	Chris Winnes	1968	Boston Bruins	F	33	1	6	7	6	-4
162	Thomas Sj�gren	1968	Washington Capitals	F
163	Markku Kyll�nen	1962	Winnipeg Jets	F	9	0	2	2	2	-3
164	William Geist	1969	Montreal Canadiens	D
165	John Moore	1967	Hartford Whalers	F
166	Theoren Fleury	1968	Calgary Flames	F	1084	455	633	1088	1840	145
167	Darryl Ingham		Philadelphia Flyers	D
168	�ge Ellingsen	1962	Edmonton Oilers	D

Round 9

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
169	Grant Tkachuk	1968	Buffalo Sabres	F
170	John Blessman	1967	New Jersey Devils	D
171	Craig Daly	1969	Vancouver Canucks	D
172	Jarmo Myllys	1965	Minnesota North Stars	G	39	0	1	1	4
173	John MacDougall	1966	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
174	Jeff Gawlicki	1968	Los Angeles Kings	F
175	Brian Blad	1967	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
176	Lance Werness	1969	Chicago Blackhawks	F
177	Jaroslav Sevcik	1965	Quebec Nordiques	F	13	0	2	2	2	-5
178	Eric Burrill		New York Rangers	F
179	Mikko Haapakoski	1967	Detroit Red Wings	D
180	Rob Dumas	1969	St. Louis Blues	D
181	Shawn Howard	1968	New York Islanders	F
182	Paul Ohman	1969	Boston Bruins	D
183	Ladislav Tresl	1961	Quebec Nordiques	F
184	Jim Fernholz	1969	Winnipeg Jets	F
185	Eric Tremblay	1968	Montreal Canadiens	D
186	Joe Day	1968	Hartford Whalers	F	72	1	10	11	87	-17
187	Mark Osiecki	1968	Calgary Flames	D	93	3	11	14	43	-24
188	Bruce MacDonald	1967	Philadelphia Flyers	F
189	Gavin Armstrong	1968	Edmonton Oilers	G

Round 10

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
190	Ian Herbers	1967	Buffalo Sabres	D	65	0	5	5	79	-12
191	Peter Fry	1967	New Jersey Devils	G
192	John Fletcher	1967	Vancouver Canucks	G
193	Larry Olimb	1969	Minnesota North Stars	D
194	Daryn McBride	1968	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
195	John Preston	1968	Los Angeles Kings	F
196	Ron Bernacci	1967	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
197	Dale Marquette	1968	Chicago Blackhawks	F
198	Darren Nauss	1967	Quebec Nordiques	F
199	Dave Porter	1967	New York Rangers	F
200	Darin Bannister	1967	Detroit Red Wings	D
201	David Marvin	1968	St. Louis Blues	D
202	John Herlihy		New York Islanders	F
203	Casey Jones	1968	Boston Bruins	D
204	Chris Clarke	1967	Washington Capitals	D
205	Brett Barnett	1967	New York Rangers	F
206	Barry McKinlay	1967	Montreal Canadiens	D
207	Andy Cesarski	1968	St. Louis Blues	D
208	Bill Sedergren	1969	Calgary Flames	D
209	Steve Morrow	1968	Philadelphia Flyers	D
210	Mike Tinkham	1969	Edmonton Oilers	F

Round 11

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
211	David Littman	1967	Buffalo Sabres	G	3	0	0	0	0
212	Alain Charland	1967	New Jersey Devils	F
213	Roger Hansson	1967	Vancouver Canucks	F
214	Marc Felicio	1968	Minnesota North Stars	G
215	Mark Carlson	1969	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
216	Rostislav Vlach	1962	Los Angeles Kings	F
217	Ken Alexander	1967	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
218	Bill LaCouture	1968	Chicago Blackhawks	F
219	Mike Williams	1967	Quebec Nordiques	G
220	Lance Marciano	1969	New York Rangers	D
221	Craig Quinlan	1969	Detroit Red Wings	D
222	Daniel Rolfe	1967	St. Louis Blues	D
223	Mike Erickson	1969	New York Islanders	D
224	Eric Lemarque	1969	Boston Bruins	F
225	Milos Vanik	1968	Washington Capitals	F
226	Roger Rougelot	1968	Winnipeg Jets	G
227	Ed Ronan	1968	Montreal Canadiens	F	182	13	23	36	101	3
228	Kevin Sullivan	1968	Hartford Whalers	F
229	Peter Hasselblad	1966	Calgary Flames	D
230	Darius Rusnak	1959	Philadelphia Flyers	F
231	Jeff Pauletti	1968	Edmonton Oilers	D

Round 12

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
232	Al MacIsaac	1967	Buffalo Sabres	D
233	Neil Eisenhut	1967	Vancouver Canucks	F	16	1	3	4	21	0
234	Matt Evo	1968	Vancouver Canucks	F
235	David Shields	1967	Minnesota North Stars	F
236	�ke Lilljebj�rn	1962	Pittsburgh Penguins	G
237	Mikael Lindholm	1964	Los Angeles Kings	F	18	2	2	4	2	2
238	Alex Weinrich	1969	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
239	Mike Lappin	1969	Chicago Blackhawks	F
240	Dan Brettschneider	1968	Washington Capitals	F
241	Jesper Duus	1967	Edmonton Oilers	D
242	Tomas Jansson	1967	Detroit Red Wings	D
243	Ray Savard	1967	St. Louis Blues	F
244	Will Averill	1968	New York Islanders	D
245	Sean Gorman	1969	Boston Bruins	D
246	Ryan Kummu	1967	Washington Capitals	D
247	Hans-G�ran Elo	1966	Winnipeg Jets	G
248	Bryan Herring	1969	Montreal Canadiens	F
249	Steve Laurin	1967	Hartford Whalers	G
250	Magnus Svensson	1963	Calgary Flames	D	46	4	14	18	31	4
251	Dale Roehl	1968	Philadelphia Flyers	G
252	Igor Vyazmikin	1966	Edmonton Oilers	F	4	1	0	1	0	0

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