The 1984 NHL Entry Draft took place on June 9, 1984, at the Montreal Forum in Montreal , Quebec .
The 1984 Entry Draft is noted for the unusually high number of future Hall of Famers picked, particularly in lower rounds. In addition to Mario Lemieux being taken first overall, Patrick Roy was chosen in the third round, Brett Hull in the sixth, and Luc Robitaille in the ninth. In addition, Lemieux, Gary Suter and Robitaille would all go on to win the Calder Memorial Trophy , Lemieux in 1985, Suter in 1986, and Robitaille in 1987, making this a rare draft in which multiple Rookie of the Year winners were produced.
The surprise at the time of the draft was Montreal 's selection of Petr Svoboda at fifth-overall. As a player trained behind the Iron Curtain, very few people expected him to be available for selection in the draft, let alone be actually attending the draft and coming to the podium when his name was announced, as he had only recently defected to West Germany following the 1984 WJHC (only Serge Savard , the then-GM of the Canadiens, had been aware of Svoboda's defection).
In addition to Svoboda, of note is that Tom Glavine , playing centre in high school, who later became a star Major League Baseball pitcher with more than 300 career wins , as well as a 2014 inductee of the Baseball Hall of Fame was chosen in the fourth round (69th overall) by the Los Angeles Kings , ahead of notable players such as future Hall of Famers Brett Hull (117th overall), and Luc Robitaille (171st overall).
Selections by round Below are listed the selections in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.
Round one Round two Round three Pick # Player Position Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 43 David McLay Left Wing Canada Philadelphia Flyers Kelowna Wings (WHL) 44 Neil Davey Defence Canada New Jersey Devils Michigan State (CCHA ) 45 Trent Yawney Defence Canada Chicago Black Hawks Saskatoon Blades (WHL) 46 Ken Hodge, Jr. Centre United States Minnesota North Stars St. John's School (USHS-MA) 47 John Stevens Defence Canada Philadelphia Flyers Oshawa Generals (OHL) 48 John English Defence Canada Los Angeles Kings Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 49 Milan Chalupa Defence Detroit Red Wings HC Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovakia) 50 Toby Ducolon Right Wing United States St. Louis Blues Bellows Free Academy (USHS-VT) 51 Patrick Roy Goaltender Canada Montreal Canadiens Granby Bisons (QMJHL) 52 David Saunders Left Wing Canada Vancouver Canucks St. Lawrence University (ECAC) 53 Robert Dirk Defence Canada St. Louis Blues Regina Pats (WHL) 54 Graeme Bonar Right Wing Canada Montreal Canadiens Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 55 Landis Chaulk Left Wing Canada Vancouver Canucks Calgary Wranglers (WHL) 56 Alan Perry Goaltender United States St. Louis Blues Mount St. Charles Academy (USHS-RI) 57 Steven Finn Defence Canada Quebec Nordiques Laval Voisins (QMJHL) 58 Mike Stevens Centre Canada Vancouver Canucks Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 59 Michal Pivonka Centre Washington Capitals Poldi Kladno (Czechoslovakia) 60 Ray Sheppard Right Wing Canada Buffalo Sabres Cornwall Royals (OHL) 61 Jeff Cornelius Defence Canada Boston Bruins Toronto Marlboros (OHL) 62 Jeff Norton Defence United States New York Islanders Cushing Academy (USHS-MA) 63 Todd Norman Centre United States Edmonton Oilers Hill-Murray High School (USHS-MN) [4]
Round four Round five Round six Round seven Pick # Player Position Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 127 Tom Ryan Defence United States Pittsburgh Penguins Newton North High School (USHS-MA) 128 Ian Ferguson Defence United States New Jersey Devils Oshawa Generals (OHL) 129 Timothy Hanley Centre United States Los Angeles Kings Deerfield Academy (USHS-MA) 130 Joseph MacInnis Centre United States Toronto Maple Leafs Watertown High School (USHS-MA) 131 Mike Vellucci Defence United States Hartford Whalers Belleville Bulls (OHL) 132 Mike Stapleton Centre Canada Chicago Black Hawks Cornwall Royals (OHL) 133 Stefan Larsson Defence Sweden Detroit Red Wings Frölunda (Sweden) 134 Cliff Ronning Centre Canada St. Louis Blues New Westminster Bruins (WHL) 135 Luciano Borsato Centre Canada Winnipeg Jets Bramalea Blues (MetJHL) 136 Blaine Chrest Centre Canada Vancouver Canucks Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) 137 Scott MacTavish Defence Canada Montreal Canadiens Fredericton High School (Canadian HS-NB) 138 Kevan Melrose Defence Canada Calgary Flames Red Deer Rustlers (AJHL) 139 Vladimir Kyhos Left Wing Minnesota North Stars CHZ Litvinov (Czechoslovakia) 140 Thomas Hussey Left Wing Canada New York Rangers St. Andrew's College (Canadian HS-ON) 141 Henrik Cedergren Right Wing Sweden Quebec Nordiques Brynäs IF Gävle (Sweden) 142 Tom Allen Defence Canada Philadelphia Flyers Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 143 Timo Iljina Centre Finland Washington Capitals Kärpät (Finland) 144 Darcy Wakaluk Goaltender Canada Buffalo Sabres Kelowna Wings (WHL) 145 Mark Thietke Centre Canada Boston Bruins Saskatoon Blades (WHL) 146 Kelly Murphy Defence Canada New York Islanders Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL) 147 Heikki Riihijärvi Defence Finland Edmonton Oilers Kiekko-Espoo (Finland) [8]
Round eight Pick # Player Position Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 148 Don Porter Left Wing Canada St. Louis Blues Michigan Technological University (WCHA) 149 Vladimir Kames Centre New Jersey Devils HC Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovakia) 150 Shannon Deegan Centre Canada Los Angeles Kings University of Vermont (ECAC) 151 Derek Laxdal Right Wing Canada Toronto Maple Leafs Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) 152 Lars Karlsson Left Wing Sweden Detroit Red Wings Färjestad BK (Sweden) 153 Glenn Greenough Right Wing Canada Chicago Black Hawks Sudbury Wolves (OHL) 154 Urban Nordin Centre Sweden Detroit Red Wings Modo Hockey (Sweden) 155 Jim Vesey Centre United States St. Louis Blues Columbus High School (USHS-MA) 156 Brad Jones Centre United States Winnipeg Jets University of Michigan (CCHA) 157 Jim Agnew Defence Canada Vancouver Canucks Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) 158 Brad McCaughey Right Wing United States Montreal Canadiens Ann Arbor High School (USHS-MI) 159 Jiri Hrdina Centre Calgary Flames HC Sparta Praha (Czechoslovakia) 160 Darin MacInnis Goaltender United States Minnesota North Stars Kent School (USHS-CT) 161 Brian Nelson Centre United States New York Rangers Willmar High School (USHS-MN) 162 Jyrki Mäki Defence Finland Quebec Nordiques HIFK Helsinki (Finland) 163 Luke Vitale Centre Canada Philadelphia Flyers Henry Carr Crusaders (MetJHL) 164 Frank Joo Defence Canada Washington Capitals Regina Pats (WHL) 165 Orvar Stambert Defence Sweden Buffalo Sabres Djurgårdens IF Hockey (Sweden) 166 Don Sweeney Defence Canada Boston Bruins St. Paul's School (USHS-NH) 167 Franco DeSantis Defence Canada New York Islanders Verdun Juniors (QMJHL) 168 Todd Ewen Right Wing Canada Edmonton Oilers New Westminster Bruins (WHL) [9]
Round nine Pick # Player Position Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 169 John Del Col Left Wing Canada Pittsburgh Penguins Toronto Marlboros (OHL) 170 Mike Roth Defence United States New Jersey Devils Hill-Murray High School (USHS-MN) 171 Luc Robitaille Left Wing Canada Los Angeles Kings Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) 172 Dan Turner Left Wing Canada Toronto Maple Leafs Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) 173 John Devereaux Centre United States Hartford Whalers Scituate High School (USHS-MA) 174 Ralph DiFiore Defence Canada Chicago Black Hawks Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) 175 Bill Shibicky Centre Canada Detroit Red Wings Michigan State University (CCHA) 176 Daniel Jomphe Left Wing Canada St. Louis Blues Granby Bisons (QMJHL) 177 Gord Whitaker Right Wing Canada Winnipeg Jets Colorado College (WCHA) 178 Rex Grant Goaltender Canada Vancouver Canucks Kamloops Jr. Oilers (WHL) 179 Eric Demers Left Wing Canada Montreal Canadiens Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) 180 Gary Suter Defence United States Calgary Flames University of Wisconsin–Madison (WCHA) 181 Duane Wahlin Right Wing United States Minnesota North Stars Johnson High School (USHS-MN) 182 Ville Kentala Left Wing Finland New York Rangers HIFK (Finland) 183 Guy Ouellette Centre Canada Quebec Nordiques Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) 184 Billy Powers Centre United States Philadelphia Flyers Matignon High School (USHS-MA) 185 Jim Thomson Right Wing Canada Washington Capitals Toronto Marlboros (OHL) 186 Invalid Claim[10] Buffalo Sabres 186 Kevin Heffernan Centre United States Boston Bruins Weymouth High School (USHS-MA) 187 Tom Warden Defence Canada New York Islanders North Bay Centennials (OHL) 188 Heinz Ehlers Centre Denmark New York Rangers Leksands IF (Sweden) [11]
Round ten Round eleven Pick # Player Position Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 210 Jim Steen Centre United States Pittsburgh Penguins Moorhead High School (USHS-MN) 211 Jarkko Piiparinen Left Wing Finland New Jersey Devils Kiekko-Reipas (Finland) 212 Paul Kenny Goaltender Canada Los Angeles Kings Cornwall Royals (OHL) 213 Mike Wurst Left Wing United States Toronto Maple Leafs Ohio State University (CCHA) 214 Jim Culhane Defence Canada Hartford Whalers Western Michigan University (CCHA) 215 Bill Brown Centre United States Chicago Black Hawks Simley High School (USHS-MN) 216 Tim Kaiser Right Wing Canada Detroit Red Wings Guelph Platers (OHL) 217 Mark Cupolo Left Wing Canada St. Louis Blues Guelph Platers (OHL) 218 Mike Warus Right Wing Canada Winnipeg Jets Lake Superior State University (CCHA) 219 Doug Clarke Defence Canada Vancouver Canucks Colorado College (WCHA) 220 Dave Tanner Defence Canada Montreal Canadiens Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL) 221 Stefan Jonsson Defence Sweden Calgary Flames Södertälje SK (Sweden) 222 Tom Terwilliger Defence United States Minnesota North Stars Edina High School (USHS-MN) 223 Tom Lorentz Centre United States New York Rangers Brady High School (USHS-MN) 224 David Mackey Left Wing Canada Chicago Black Hawks Victoria Cougars (WHL) 225 ineligible claim Philadelphia Flyers 225 Mikhail Tatarinov Defence Washington Capitals Sokil Kyiv (USSR) 226 Grant Delcourt Right Wing Canada Buffalo Sabres Kelowna Wings (WHL) 227 Bill Kopecky Centre United States Boston Bruins Austin Preparatory School (USHS-MA) 228 Russ Becker Defence United States New York Islanders Virginia High School (USHS-MN) 229 Simon Wheeldon Centre Canada Edmonton Oilers Victoria Cougars (WHL) Reference: "1984 NHL Entry Draft hockeydraftcentral.com" . Retrieved 23 January 2009 .
Round twelve Pick # Player Position Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 230 Mark Ziliotto Centre Canada Pittsburgh Penguins Streetsville Derbys (CJBHL) 231 Chris Kiene Defence United States New Jersey Devils Springfield Olympics (NEJHL) 232 Brian Martin Left Wing Canada Los Angeles Kings Belleville Bulls (OHL) 233 Peter Slanina Defence Toronto Maple Leafs VSZ Košice (Czechoslovakia) 234 Peter Abric Goaltender Canada Hartford Whalers North Bay Centennials (OHL) 235 Dan Williams Defence United States Chicago Black Hawks Oak Park High School (USHS-IL) 236 Tom Nickolau Centre Canada Detroit Red Wings Guelph Platers (OHL) 237 Mark Lanigan Defence United States St. Louis Blues Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL) 238 Jim Edmands Goaltender Canada Winnipeg Jets Cornell University (ECAC) 239 Ed Kister Defence Canada Vancouver Canucks London Knights (OHL) 240 Troy Crosby Goaltender Canada Montreal Canadiens Verdun Juniors (QMJHL) 241 Rudolf Suchanek Defence Calgary Flames Motor-České Budějovice (Czechoslovakia) 242 Mike Nightengale Defence United States Minnesota North Stars Simley High School (USHS-MN) 243 Scott Brower Goaltender Canada New York Rangers Lloydminster Bobcats (AJHL) 244 Peter Loob Defence Sweden Quebec Nordiques Södertälje SK (Sweden) 245 Juraj Bakos Defence Philadelphia Flyers VSZ Košice (Czechoslovakia) 246 Per Schederin Defence Sweden Washington Capitals Brynäs IF (Sweden) 247 Sean Baker Left Wing United States Buffalo Sabres Seattle Breakers (WHL) 248 Jim Newhouse Left Wing United States Boston Bruins Matignon High School (USHS-MA) 249 Allister Brown Defence Canada New York Islanders University of New Hampshire (ECAC) 250 Darren Gani Defence Canada Edmonton Oilers Belleville Bulls (OHL) Reference: "1984 NHL Entry Draft hockeydraftcentral.com" . Retrieved 23 January 2009 .
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