National Hockey League 1981 Draft History

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National Hockey League - 1981 Round 1 Entry Draft History

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
1	1	Windsor Spitfires	Dale Hawerchuk	C	Cornwall Royals	QMJHL
1	2	Los Angeles Kings	Doug Smith	C	Ottawa 67's	OHL
1	3	Washington Capitals	Bob Carpenter	C	St. John's Prep	Mass. H.S.
1	4	Hartford Whalers	Ron Francis	C	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
1	5	Colorado Rockies	Joe Cirella	D	Oshawa Generals	OHL
1	6	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jim Benning	D	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
1	7	Montreal Canadiens	Mark Hunter	F	Brantford Alexanders	OHL
1	8	Edmonton Oilers	Grant Fuhr	G	Victoria Cougars	WHL
1	9	New York Rangers	James Patrick	D	Prince Albert Saints	SJHL
1	10	Vancouver Canucks	Garth Butcher	D	Regina Pats	WHL
1	11	Quebec Remparts	Randy Moller	D	Lethbridge Broncos	WHL
1	12	Chicago Blackhawks	Tony Tanti	L	Oshawa Generals	OHL
1	13	Minnesota North Stars	Ron Meighan	D	Niagara Falls Flyers	OHL
1	14	Boston Bruins	Normand Leveille	F	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QMJHL
1	15	Calgary Flames	Al MacInnis	D	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
1	16	Philadelphia Flyers	Steve Smith	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
1	17	Buffalo Sabres	Jiri Dudacek		Kladno	Czech
1	18	Montreal Canadiens	Gilbert Delorme	D	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QMJHL
1	19	Montreal Canadiens	Jan Ingman		Farjestads BK Karlstad	SEL
1	20	St Louis Blues	Marty Ruff	D	Lethbridge Broncos	WHL
1	21	New York Islanders	Paul Boutilier	D	Sherbrooke Beavers	QMJHL

1981 Round 2 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
2	22	Windsor Spitfires	Scott Arniel	L	Cornwall Royals	QMJHL
2	23	Detroit Red Wings	Claude Loiselle	C	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
2	24	Toronto Maple Leafs	Gary Yaremchuk	F	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
2	25	Chicago Blackhawks	Kevin Griffin	F	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
2	26	Colorado Rockies	Rich Chernomaz	R	Victoria Cougars	WHL
2	27	Minnesota North Stars	Dave Donnelly	F	St. Albert Saints	AJHL
2	28	Pittsburgh Penquins	Steve Gatzos	F	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
2	29	Edmonton Oilers	Todd Strueby	F	Regina Pats	WHL
2	30	New York Rangers	Jan Erixon	L	Skelleftea	Sweden
2	31	Minnesota North Stars	Mike Sands	G	Sudbury Wolves	OHL
2	32	Montreal Canadiens	Lars Eriksson	G	Brynas	Sweden
2	33	Minnesota North Stars	Tom Hirsch	D	Patrick Henry H.S.	MN
2	34	Minnesota North Stars	Dave Preuss		St. Thomas Academy	Minn. H.S.
2	35	Boston Bruins	Luc Dufour	C	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QMJHL
2	36	St Louis Blues	Hakan Nordin		Farjestads BK Karlstad	SEL
2	37	Philadelphia Flyers	Rich Costello	F	Natick H.S.	MA
2	38	Buffalo Sabres	Hannu Virta	D	TPS Turku	FNL
2	39	Los Angeles Kings	Dean Kennedy	D	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL
2	40	Montreal Canadiens	Chris Chelios	D	Moose Jaw Canucks	SJHL
2	41	Minnesota North Stars	Jali Wahlsten	F	TPS Turku	FNL
2	42	New York Islanders	Gord Dineen	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL

1981 Round 3 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
3	43	Windsor Spitfires	Jyrki Seppa	D	Ilves Tampere	FNL
3	44	Detroit Red Wings	Corrado Micalef	G	Sherbrooke Beavers	QMJHL
3	45	Washington Capitals	Eric Calder	D	Cornwall Royals	QMJHL
3	46	Montreal Canadiens	Dieter Hegen	F	Kaufbeuren ESV	1.GBun
3	47	Philadelphia Flyers	Barry Tabobondung	D	Oshawa Generals	OHL
3	48	Colorado Rockies	Uli Hiemer	D	Fuessen EV	1.GBun
3	49	Pittsburgh Penquins	Tom Thornbury	D	Niagara Falls Flyers	OHL
3	50	New York Rangers	Peter Sundstrom	F	Bjorkloven	Sweden
3	51	New York Rangers	Mark Morrison	F	Victoria Cougars	WHL
3	52	Vancouver Canucks	Jean-Marc Lanthier	R	Sorel Black Hawks	QMJHL
3	53	Quebec Remparts	Jean-Marc Gaulin	R	Sorel Black Hawks	QMJHL
3	54	Chicago Blackhawks	Darrel Anholt	D	Calgary Wranglers	WHL
3	55	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ernie Godden	C	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
3	56	Calgary Flames	Mike Vernon	G	Calgary Wranglers	WHL
3	57	New York Islanders	Ron Handy	C	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
3	58	Philadelphia Flyers	Ken Strong	F	Peterborough Petes	OHL
3	59	Buffalo Sabres	Jim Aldred	L	Kingston Canadians	OHL
3	60	Buffalo Sabres	Colin Chisholm	D	Calgary Wranglers	WHL
3	61	Hartford Whalers	Paul MacDermid	R	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
3	62	St Louis Blues	Gord Donnelly	D	Sherbrooke Beavers	QMJHL
3	63	New York Islanders	Neal Coulter	R	Toronto Marlboros	OHL

1981 Round 4 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
4	64	Windsor Spitfires	Kirk McCaskill	F	U. of Vermont	NCAA
4	65	Philadelphia Flyers	Dave Michayluk	L	Regina Pats	WHL
4	66	Colorado Rockies	Gus Greco	L	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
4	67	Hartford Whalers	Mike Hoffman	L	Brantford Alexanders	OHL
4	68	Washington Capitals	Tony Kellin	D	Grand Rapids H.S.	MN
4	69	Minnesota North Stars	Terry Tait	L	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
4	70	Pittsburgh Penquins	Norm Schmidt	D	Oshawa Generals	OHL
4	71	Edmonton Oilers	Paul Houck	R	Kelowna Buckaroos	BCJHL
4	72	New York Rangers	John Vanbiesbrouck	G	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
4	73	Vancouver Canucks	Wendell Young	G	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
4	74	Quebec Remparts	Clint Malarchuk	G	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
4	75	Chicago Blackhawks	Perry Pelensky	F	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
4	76	Minnesota North Stars	Jim Malwitz	C	Grand Rapids H.S.	MN
4	77	Boston Bruins	Scott McLellan	R	Niagara Falls Flyers	OHL
4	78	Calgary Flames	Peter Madach		HV 71 Jrs.	Sweden
4	79	Philadelphia Flyers	Ken Latta	R	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
4	80	Buffalo Sabres	Jeff Eatough	R	Cornwall Royals	QMJHL
4	81	Los Angeles Kings	Marty Dallman	C	R.P.I.	NCAA
4	82	Montreal Canadiens	Kjell Dahlin	R	Timra Jrs.	Sweden
4	83	Buffalo Sabres	Anders Wikberg		Timra Jrs.	Sweden
4	84	New York Islanders	Todd Lumbard	G	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL

1981 Round 5 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
5	85	Windsor Spitfires	Marc Behrend	G	U. of Wisconsin	NCAA
5	86	Detroit Red Wings	Larry Trader	D	London Knights	OHL
5	87	Colorado Rockies	Doug Speck	D	Peterborough Petes	OHL
5	88	Montreal Canadiens	Steve Rooney		Canton H.S.	MA
5	89	Washington Capitals	Mike Siltala	R	Kingston Canadians	OHL
5	90	Toronto Maple Leafs	Norman Lefrancois	F	Trois Rivieres Draveurs	QMJHL
5	91	Washington Capitals	Peter Sidorkiewicz	G	Oshawa Generals	OHL
5	92	Edmonton Oilers	Phil Drouillard	L	Niagara Falls Flyers	OHL
5	93	Hartford Whalers	Bill Maguire	D	Niagara Falls Flyers	OHL
5	94	New York Islanders	Jacques Sylvestre	F	Sorel Black Hawks	QMJHL
5	95	Quebec Remparts	Edward Lee	W	Princeton University	NCAA
5	96	Chicago Blackhawks	Doug Chessell	G	London Knights	OHL
5	97	Minnesota North Stars	Kelly Hubbard	D	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
5	98	Boston Bruins	Joe Mantione	G	Cornwall Royals	QMJHL
5	99	Calgary Flames	Mario Simioni	F	Toronto Marlboros	OHL
5	100	Philadelphia Flyers	Justin Hanley		Kingston Canadians	OHL
5	101	Buffalo Sabres	Mauri Eivola		TPS Turku	FNL
5	102	Toronto Maple Leafs	Barry Brigley		Calgary Wranglers	WHL
5	103	Hartford Whalers	Dan Bourbonnais	F	Calgary Wranglers	WHL
5	104	St Louis Blues	Mike Hickey	F	Sudbury Wolves	OHL
5	105	Vancouver Canucks	Moe Lemay	F	Ottawa 67's	OHL

1981 Round 6 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
6	106	Windsor Spitfires	Bob O'Connor	G	Boston College	NCAA
6	107	Detroit Red Wings	Gerard Gallant	L	Sherbrooke Beavers	QMJHL
6	108	Colorado Rockies	Bruce Driver	D	U. of Wisconsin	NCAA
6	109	Pittsburgh Penquins	Paul Edwards	D	Oshawa Generals	OHL
6	110	Washington Capitals	Jim McGeough	C	Billings Bighorns	WHL
6	111	Edmonton Oilers	Steve Smith	D	London Knights	OHL
6	112	Pittsburgh Penquins	Rod Buskas	D	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
6	113	Edmonton Oilers	Marc Habscheid	F	Saskatoon Blades	WHL
6	114	New York Rangers	Eric Magnuson	F	R.P.I.	NCAA
6	115	Vancouver Canucks	Stu Kulak	R	Victoria Cougars	WHL
6	116	Quebec Remparts	Mike Eagles	L	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
6	117	Chicago Blackhawks	Bill Schafhauser	D	Northern Michigan University	NCAA
6	118	Minnesota North Stars	Paul Guay	R	Mount St. Charles H.S.	RI
6	119	Boston Bruins	Bruce Milton		Boston University	NCAA
6	120	Calgary Flames	Todd Hooey	F	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
6	121	Philadelphia Flyers	Andre Villeneuve	D	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QMJHL
6	122	Buffalo Sabres	Ali Butorac	D	Ottawa 67's	OHL
6	123	Los Angeles Kings	Brad Thompson	D	London Knights	OHL
6	124	Montreal Canadiens	Tom Anastos	C	Paddock Pool Saints	GLJHL
6	125	St Louis Blues	Peter Aslin	G	AIK Solna	SEL
6	126	New York Islanders	Chuck Brimmer	L	Kingston Canadians	OHL

1981 Round 7 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
7	127	Windsor Spitfires	Petter Nilsson	D	Hammarby IK	Sweden
7	128	Detroit Red Wings	Greg Stefan	G	Oshawa Generals	OHL
7	129	Colorado Rockies	Jeff Larmer	L	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
7	130	Hartford Whalers	John Mokosak	D	Victoria Cougars	WHL
7	131	Washington Capitals	Risto Jalo	F	Ilves Tampere	FNL
7	132	Toronto Maple Leafs	Andrew Wright	D	Peterborough Petes	OHL
7	133	Pittsburgh Penquins	Geoff Wilson		Winnipeg Warriors	WHL
7	134	Los Angeles Kings	Craig Hurley		Saskatoon Blades	WHL
7	135	New York Rangers	Mike Guentzel	D	Greenway	Minn. H.S.
7	136	Vancouver Canucks	Bruce Holloway	D	Regina Pats	WHL
7	137	Philadelphia Flyers	Vladimir Svitek	F	Kosice	Czech
7	138	Chicago Blackhawks	Marc Centrone		Lethbridge Broncos	WHL
7	139	Minnesota North Stars	Jim Archibald	R	Moose Jaw Canucks	SJHL
7	140	Boston Bruins	Mats Thelin	D	AIK Solna	SEL
7	141	Calgary Flames	Rick Heppner		Mount View H.S.	WI
7	142	Philadelphia Flyers	Gil Hudon	G	Prince Albert Saints	SJHL
7	143	Buffalo Sabres	Heikki Leime	D	TPS Turku	FNL
7	144	Los Angeles Kings	Peter Sawkins	D	St. Paul Academy	MN
7	145	Montreal Canadiens	Tom Kurvers	D	U. of Minnesota-Duluth	NCAA
7	146	St Louis Blues	Erik Holmberg		Sodertalje SK	SEL
7	147	New York Islanders	Teppo Virta		TPS Turku	FNL

1981 Round 8 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
8	148	Windsor Spitfires	Dan McFall	D	Buffalo Jr. Sabres	NYPJHL
8	149	Detroit Red Wings	Rick Zombo	D	Austin Mavericks	USHL
8	150	Colorado Rockies	Tony Arima	F	Jokerit Helsinki	FNL
8	151	Hartford Whalers	Denis Dore		Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QMJHL
8	152	Washington Capitals	Gaetan Duchesne	L	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL
8	153	Toronto Maple Leafs	Richard Turmel	D	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL
8	154	Pittsburgh Penquins	Mitch Lamoureux	C	Oshawa Generals	OHL
8	155	Edmonton Oilers	Mike Sturgeon		Kelowna Buckaroos	BCJHL
8	156	New York Rangers	Ari Lahtenmaki		HIFK Helsinki	FNL
8	157	Vancouver Canucks	Petri Skriko	F	SaiPa Lappeenranta	FinD1
8	158	Quebec Remparts	Andre Cote	F	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL
8	159	Chicago Blackhawks	Johan Mellstron		Falun	Sweden
8	160	Minnesota North Stars	Kari Kanervo		TPS Turku	FNL
8	161	Boston Bruins	Armel Parisee		Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QMJHL
8	162	Calgary Flames	Dale DeGray	D	Oshawa Generals	OHL
8	163	Philadelphia Flyers	Steve Taylor		Providence College	NCAA
8	164	Buffalo Sabres	Gates Orlando	F	Providence College	NCAA
8	165	Los Angeles Kings	Dan Brennan	F	U. of North Dakota	NCAA
8	166	Montreal Canadiens	Paul Gess		Bloomington Jefferson H.S.	MN
8	167	St Louis Blues	Alain Vigneault	D	Trois Rivieres Draveurs	QMJHL
8	168	New York Islanders	Bill Dowd	D	Ottawa 67's	OHL

1981 Round 9 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
9	169	Windsor Spitfires	Greg Dick		St. Mary's University Minnesota	NCAA
9	170	Detroit Red Wings	Don Leblanc	L	Toronto Marlboros	OHL
9	171	Colorado Rockies	Tim Army	F	Providence College	NCAA
9	172	Hartford Whalers	Jeff Poeschl	G	Northern Michigan University	NCAA
9	173	Washington Capitals	George White	F	U. of New Hampshire	NCAA
9	174	Toronto Maple Leafs	Greg Barber		Victoria Cougars	WHL
9	175	Pittsburgh Penquins	Dean Defazio	F	Brantford Alexanders	OHL
9	176	Edmonton Oilers	Miloslav Horava	D	Poldi Kladno	Czech
9	177	New York Rangers	Paul Reifenberger	L	Anoka H.S.	MN
9	178	Vancouver Canucks	Frank Caprice	G	London Knights	OHL
9	179	Quebec Remparts	Marc Brisebois		Sorel Black Hawks	QMJHL
9	180	Chicago Blackhawks	John Benns		Billings Bighorns	WHL
9	181	Minnesota North Stars	Scott Bjugstad	F	U. of Minnesota	NCAA
9	182	Boston Bruins	Don Sylvestri	G	Clarkson University	NCAA
9	183	Calgary Flames	George Boudreau		Matignon H.S.	MA
9	184	Philadelphia Flyers	Len Hachborn	C	Brantford Alexanders	OHL
9	185	Buffalo Sabres	Venci Sebek	D	Niagara Falls Flyers	OHL
9	186	Los Angeles Kings	Allan Tuer	D	Regina Pats	WHL
9	187	Montreal Canadiens	Scott Ferguson		Edina West H.S.	MN
9	188	St Louis Blues	Dan Wood	R	Kingston Canadians	OHL
9	189	New York Islanders	Scott MacLellan	D	Burlington Cougars	COJHL

1981 Round 10 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
10	190	Windsor Spitfires	Vladimir Kadlec		Vitkovice	Czech
10	191	Detroit Red Wings	Robert Nordmark	D	Lulea HF	SEL
10	192	Colorado Rockies	John Johannson	F	U. of Wisconsin	NCAA
10	193	Hartford Whalers	Larry Power	C	Kitchener Jr. B
10	194	Washington Capitals	Chris Valentine	F	Sorel Black Hawks	QMJHL
10	195	Toronto Maple Leafs	Marc Magnan	L	Lethbridge Broncos	WHL
10	196	Pittsburgh Penquins	Dave Hannan	L	Brantford Alexanders	OHL
10	197	Edmonton Oilers	Gord Sherven	F	Weyburn Beavers	SSHL
10	198	New York Rangers	Mario Proulx	G	Providence College	NCAA
10	199	Vancouver Canucks	Rejean Vignola	F	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL
10	200	Quebec Remparts	Kari Takko	G	Assat Pori	FNL
10	201	Chicago Blackhawks	Sylvain Roy		Hull Olympiques	QMJHL
10	202	Minnesota North Stars	Steve Kudebeh	G	Minneapolis Breck H.S.	MN
10	203	Boston Bruins	Richard Bourque		Sherbrooke Beavers	QMJHL
10	204	Calgary Flames	Bruce Eakin	F	Saskatoon Blades	WHL
10	205	Philadelphia Flyers	Steve Tsujiura	C	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
10	206	Buffalo Sabres	Warren Harper	R	Prince Albert Saints	SJHL
10	207	Los Angeles Kings	Jeff Baikie	W	Cornell University	NCAA
10	208	Montreal Canadiens	Dan Burrows	G	Belleville Bulls	OHL
10	209	St Louis Blues	Richard Zemlak	F	Spokane Flyers	WHL
10	210	New York Islanders	Dave Randerson	R	Stratford Cullitons	OPJHL

1981 Round 11 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
11	211	Windsor Spitfires	Dave Kirwin		Irondale H.S.	MN