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National Hockey League - 1983 Round 1 Entry Draft History

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
1	1	Minnesota North Stars	Brian Lawton	L	Mount St. Charles H.S.	RI
1	2	Hartford Whalers	Sylvain Turgeon	L	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL
1	3	New York Islanders	Pat LaFontaine	C	Verdun Juniors	QMJHL
1	4	Detroit Red Wings	Steve Yzerman	C	Peterborough Petes	OHL
1	5	Buffalo Sabres	Tom Barrasso	G	Acton-Boxboro H.S.	MA
1	6	New Jersey Devils	John MacLean	R	Oshawa Generals	OHL
1	7	Toronto Maple Leafs	Russ Courtnall	R	Victoria Cougars	WHL
1	8	Windsor Spitfires	Andrew McBain	R	North Bay Centennials	OHL
1	9	Vancouver Canucks	Cam Neely	F	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
1	10	Buffalo Sabres	Normand Lacombe	R	U. of New Hampshire	NCAA
1	11	Buffalo Sabres	Adam Creighton	C	Ottawa 67's	OHL
1	12	New York Rangers	Dave Gagner	C	Brantford Alexanders	OHL
1	13	Calgary Flames	Dan Quinn	C	Belleville Bulls	OHL
1	14	Windsor Spitfires	Bobby Dollas	D	Laval Voisins	QMJHL
1	15	Pittsburgh Penquins	Bob Errey	L	Peterborough Petes	OHL
1	16	New York Islanders	Gerald Diduck	D	Lethbridge Broncos	WHL
1	17	Montreal Canadiens	Alfie Turcotte	C	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
1	18	Chicago Blackhawks	Bruce Cassidy	D	Ottawa 67's	OHL
1	19	Edmonton Oilers	Jeff Beukeboom	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
1	20	Hartford Whalers	David Jensen	F	Lawrence Academy	MA
1	21	Boston Bruins	Nevin Markwart	F	Regina Pats	WHL

1983 Round 2 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
2	22	Pittsburgh Penquins	Todd Charlesworth	D	Oshawa Generals	OHL
2	23	Hartford Whalers	Ville Siren	D	Ilves Tampere	FNL
2	24	New Jersey Devils	Shawn Evans	D	Peterborough Petes	OHL
2	25	Detroit Red Wings	Lane Lambert	R	Saskatoon Blades	WHL
2	26	Montreal Canadiens	Claude Lemieux	R	Trois Rivieres Draveurs	QMJHL
2	27	Montreal Canadiens	Sergio Momesso	L	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL
2	28	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jeff Jackson	L	Brantford Alexanders	OHL
2	29	Windsor Spitfires	Brad Berry	D	St. Albert Saints	AJHL
2	30	Vancouver Canucks	David Bruce	L	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
2	31	Buffalo Sabres	John Tucker	C	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
2	32	Quebec Remparts	Yves Heroux	R	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QMJHL
2	33	New York Rangers	Randy Heath	F	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
2	34	Buffalo Sabres	Richard Hajdu	R	Kamloops Junior Oilers	WHL
2	35	Montreal Canadiens	Todd Francis	R	Brantford Alexanders	OHL
2	36	Minnesota North Stars	Malcolm Parks	F	St. Albert Saints	AJHL
2	37	New York Islanders	Garnet McKechney	R	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
2	38	Minnesota North Stars	Frantisek Musil	D	Pardubice HC	Czech
2	39	Chicago Blackhawks	Wayne Presley	R	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
2	40	Edmonton Oilers	Mike Golden	F	Reading H.S.	MA
2	41	Philadelphia Flyers	Peter Zezel	C	Toronto Marlboros	OHL
2	42	Boston Bruins	Greg Johnston	R	Toronto Marlboros	OHL

1983 Round 3 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
3	43	Windsor Spitfires	Peter Taglianetti	D	Providence College	NCAA
3	44	Philadelphia Flyers	Derrick Smith	C	Peterborough Petes	OHL
3	45	Montreal Canadiens	Daniel Letendre	F	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL
3	46	Detroit Red Wings	Bob Probert	L	Brantford Alexanders	OHL
3	47	Los Angeles Kings	Bruce Shoebottom	D	Peterborough Petes	OHL
3	48	Toronto Maple Leafs	Allan Bester	G	Brantford Alexanders	OHL
3	49	New York Rangers	Vesa Salo	D	Lukko Rauma	FNL
3	50	Vancouver Canucks	Scott Tottle	R	Peterborough Petes	OHL
3	51	Calgary Flames	Brian Bradley	C	London Knights	OHL
3	52	Quebec Remparts	Bruce Bell	D	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
3	53	New York Rangers	Gord Walker	F	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
3	54	Quebec Remparts	Iiro Jarvi	F	HIFK Helsinki	FNL
3	55	Calgary Flames	Perry Berezan	C	St. Albert Saints	AJHL
3	56	Minnesota North Stars	Mitch Messier	R	Notre Dame Academy	SK
3	57	New York Islanders	Mike Neill	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
3	58	Pittsburgh Penquins	Mike Rowe	D	Toronto Marlboros	OHL
3	59	Chicago Blackhawks	Marc Bergevin	D	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QMJHL
3	60	Edmonton Oilers	Mike Flanagan		Acton-Boxboro H.S.	MA
3	61	Hartford Whalers	Leif Karlsson		Mora	Sweden
3	62	Boston Bruins	Greg Puhalski	C	Kitchener Rangers	OHL

1983 Round 4 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
4	63	Pittsburgh Penquins	Frank Pietrangelo	G	U. of Minnesota	NCAA
4	64	Hartford Whalers	Dave MacLean	R	Belleville Bulls	OHL
4	65	New York Islanders	Mikko Makela	L	Ilves Tampere	FNL
4	66	Calgary Flames	John Bekkers	F	Regina Pats	WHL
4	67	Los Angeles Kings	Guy Benoit	F	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL
4	68	Detroit Red Wings	Dave Korol	D	Winnipeg Warriors	WHL
4	69	Windsor Spitfires	Bob Essensa	G	Henry Carr H.S.	Toronto
4	70	Vancouver Canucks	Tim Lorenz		Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
4	71	Calgary Flames	Kevan Guy	D	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
4	72	Hartford Whalers	Ron Chyzowski	C	St. Albert Saints	AJHL
4	73	New York Rangers	Peter Andersson	D	Orebro IK	Sweden
4	74	Buffalo Sabres	Daren Puppa	G	Kirkland Lake Intermediates
4	75	Washington Capitals	Tim Bergland	R	Lincoln H.S.	MN
4	76	Minnesota North Stars	Brian Durand		Cloquet H.S.	MN
4	77	Calgary Flames	Bill Claviter		Virginia H.S.	MN
4	78	Montreal Canadiens	John Kordic	D	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
4	79	Chicago Blackhawks	Tarek Howard	D	Olds Grizzlys	AJHL
4	80	Edmonton Oilers	Esa Tikkanen	L	HIFK Helsinki	FNL
4	81	Philadelphia Flyers	Allen Bourbeau	C	Acton-Boxboro H.S.	MA
4	82	Boston Bruins	Allan LaRochelle	G	Saskatoon Blades	WHL

1983 Round 5 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
5	83	Toronto Maple Leafs	Dan Hodgson	F	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL
5	84	New York Islanders	Bob Caulfield		Detroit Lakes H.S.	MN
5	85	New Jersey Devils	Chris Terreri	G	Providence College	NCAA
5	86	Detroit Red Wings	Petr Klima	L	Czech National Team	Intl
5	87	Los Angeles Kings	Bob LaForest	R	North Bay Centennials	OHL
5	88	Detroit Red Wings	Joe Kocur	R	Saskatoon Blades	WHL
5	89	Windsor Spitfires	Harry Armstrong		Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL
5	90	Vancouver Canucks	Doug Quinn	D	Nanaimo Islanders	WHL
5	91	Calgary Flames	Igor Liba	L	Kosice	Czech
5	92	Quebec Remparts	Luc Guenette	G	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL
5	93	New York Rangers	Jim Andonoff	R	Belleville Bulls	OHL
5	94	Buffalo Sabres	Jason Meyer	D	Regina Pats	WHL
5	95	Washington Capitals	Martin Bouliane		Granby Bisons	QMJHL
5	96	Minnesota North Stars	Rich Geist		St. Paul Academy	MN
5	97	New York Islanders	Ron Viglasi		Victoria Cougars	WHL
5	98	Montreal Canadiens	Dan Wurst		Edina H.S.	MN
5	99	Chicago Blackhawks	Kevin Robinson	L	Toronto Marlboros	OHL
5	100	Los Angeles Kings	Garry Galley	D	Bowling Green State University	NCAA
5	101	Philadelphia Flyers	Jerome Carrier	D	Verdun Juniors	QMJHL
5	102	Boston Bruins	Allen Pedersen	D	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL

1983 Round 6 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
6	103	Pittsburgh Penquins	Patrick Emond	C	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL
6	104	Hartford Whalers	Brian Johnson	C	Silver Bay H.S.	MN
6	105	New Jersey Devils	Gordon Mark	D	Kamloops Junior Oilers	WHL
6	106	Detroit Red Wings	Chris Pusey	G	Brantford Alexanders	OHL
6	107	Los Angeles Kings	Dave Lundmark	D	Virginia H.S.	MN
6	108	Los Angeles Kings	Kevin Stevens	L	Silver Lake H.S.	MA
6	109	Windsor Spitfires	Joel Baillargeon	L	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL
6	110	Vancouver Canucks	Dave Lowry	L	London Knights	OHL
6	111	Calgary Flames	Grant Blair	G	Harvard University	NCAA
6	112	Quebec Remparts	Brad Walcot	D	Kingston Canadians	OHL
6	113	New York Rangers	Bob Alexander		Rosemount H.S.	MN
6	114	Buffalo Sabres	Jim Hofford	D	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
6	115	Chicago Blackhawks	Jari Torkki	L	Lukko Rauma	FNL
6	116	Minnesota North Stars	Tom McComb		Mount St. Charles H.S.	RI
6	117	New York Islanders	Darin Illikainen	W	Hermantown H.S.	MN
6	118	Montreal Canadiens	Arto Javanainen	F	Assat Pori	FNL
6	119	Chicago Blackhawks	Mark LaVarre	R	Stratford Jr. B	OPJHL
6	120	Edmonton Oilers	Don Barber	R	Kelowna Buckaroos	BCJHL
6	121	Philadelphia Flyers	Rick Tocchet	R	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
6	122	Boston Bruins	Terry Taillefer	G	St. Albert Saints	AJHL

1983 Round 7 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
7	123	Pittsburgh Penquins	Paul Ames		Billerica H.S.	MA
7	124	Hartford Whalers	Joe Reekie	D	North Bay Centennials	OHL
7	125	New Jersey Devils	Greg Evtushevski	F	Kamloops Junior Oilers	WHL
7	126	Detroit Red Wings	Bob Pierson	L	London Knights	OHL
7	127	Los Angeles Kings	Tim Burgess	D	Oshawa Generals	OHL
7	128	Toronto Maple Leafs	Cam Plante	D	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL
7	129	Windsor Spitfires	Iain Duncan	L	North York Rangers	OHA-A
7	130	Vancouver Canucks	Terry Maki	L	Brantford Alexanders	OHL
7	131	Calgary Flames	Jeff Hogg	G	Oshawa Generals	OHL
7	132	Quebec Remparts	Craig Mack		East Grand Forks H.S.	MN
7	133	New York Rangers	Steve Orth		St. Cloud Tech H.S.	MN
7	134	Buffalo Sabres	Christian Ruuttu	C	Assat Pori	FNL
7	135	Washington Capitals	Dwaine Hutton	C	Kelowna Wings	WHL
7	136	Minnesota North Stars	Sean Toomey	C	St. Paul Cretin H.S.	MN
7	137	New York Islanders	Jim Sprenger	D	Cloquet H.S.	MN
7	138	Montreal Canadiens	Vladislav Tretiak	G	CSKA Moscow	Russia
7	139	Chicago Blackhawks	Scott Birnie	R	Cornwall Royals	OHL
7	140	Edmonton Oilers	Dale Derkatch	F	Regina Pats	WHL
7	141	Philadelphia Flyers	Bob Mormina	F	Longueuil Chevaliers	QMJHL
7	142	Boston Bruins	Ian Armstrong	D	Peterborough Petes	OHL

1983 Round 8 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
8	143	Hartford Whalers	Chris Duperron	D	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QMJHL
8	144	Hartford Whalers	Jamie Falle	G	Clarkson University	NCAA
8	145	New Jersey Devils	Viacheslav Fetisov	D	CSKA Moscow	Russia
8	146	Detroit Red Wings	Craig Butz		Kelowna Wings	WHL
8	147	Los Angeles Kings	Ken Hammond	D	R.P.I.	NCAA
8	148	Toronto Maple Leafs	Paul Bifano		Burnaby Bluehawks	BCJHL
8	149	Windsor Spitfires	Ron Pesetti	D	Western Michigan University	NCAA
8	150	Vancouver Canucks	John Labatt		Minnetonka H.S.	MN
8	151	Calgary Flames	Chris MacDonald	D	Western Michigan University	NCAA
8	152	Quebec Remparts	Tommy Albelin	D	Djurgardens IF Stockholm	SEL
8	153	New York Rangers	Pete Marcov		Welland	Jr. B
8	154	Buffalo Sabres	Don McSween	D	Redford Royals (Mich.)	NAJHL
8	155	Washington Capitals	Marty Abrams	G	Pembroke Lumber Kings	CJAHL
8	156	Minnesota North Stars	Don Biggs	C	Oshawa Generals	OHL
8	157	New York Islanders	Dale Henry	L	Saskatoon Blades	WHL
8	158	Montreal Canadiens	Rob Bryden		Henry Carr H.S.	Toronto
8	159	Chicago Blackhawks	Kent Paynter	D	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
8	160	Edmonton Oilers	Ralph Vos	L	Abbotsford Flyers	BCJHL
8	161	Philadelphia Flyers	Pelle Eklund	C	AIK Solna	SEL
8	162	Boston Bruins	Francois Olivier		St. Jean Beavers	QMJHL

1983 Round 9 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
9	163	Pittsburgh Penquins	Marty Ketola		Cloquet H.S.	MN
9	164	Hartford Whalers	Bill Fordy	L	Guelph Platers	OHL
9	165	New Jersey Devils	Jay Octeau	D	Mount St. Charles H.S.	RI
9	166	Detroit Red Wings	Dave Sikorski	D	Cornwall Royals	OHL
9	167	Los Angeles Kings	Bruce Fishback		St. Paul Mariner H.S.	MN
9	168	Toronto Maple Leafs	Cliff Abrecht	D	Princeton University	NCAA
9	169	Windsor Spitfires	Todd Flichel	D	Gloucester	OPJHL
9	170	Vancouver Canucks	Allan Measures	D	Calgary Wranglers	WHL
9	171	Calgary Flames	Rob Kivell	D	Victoria Cougars	WHL
9	172	Quebec Remparts	Wayne Groulx	C	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
9	173	New York Rangers	Paul Jerrard	D	Notre Dame Academy	SK
9	174	Buffalo Sabres	Tim Hoover	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
9	175	Washington Capitals	Dave Cowan		Minneapolis Washburn H.S.	MN
9	176	Minnesota North Stars	Paul Pulis		Hibbing H.S.	MN
9	177	New York Islanders	Kevin Vescio	D	North Bay Centennials	OHL
9	178	Montreal Canadiens	Grant Mckay		U. of Calgary	CIAU
9	179	Chicago Blackhawks	Brian Noonan	R	Archbishop Williams H.S.	MA
9	180	Edmonton Oilers	Dave Roach	G	New Westminster Royals	BCJHL
9	181	Philadelphia Flyers	Robbie Nichols	R	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
9	182	Boston Bruins	Harri Laurila	D	Reipas Lahti	FinD1

1983 Round 10 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
10	183	Pittsburgh Penquins	Alex Haidy	R	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
10	184	Toronto Maple Leafs	Greg Rolston	F	Flint Power H.S.	MI
10	185	New Jersey Devils	Alexander Chernykh	F	Soviet Jr. National Team
10	186	Detroit Red Wings	Stu Grimson	L	Regina Pats	WHL
10	187	Los Angeles Kings	Thomas Ahlen		Skelleftea AIK	Sweden
10	188	Toronto Maple Leafs	Brian Ross	D	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
10	189	Windsor Spitfires	Kory Wright	F	Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL
10	190	Vancouver Canucks	Roger Grillo		U. of Maine	NCAA
10	191	Calgary Flames	Tom Pratt	D	Kimball Union Academy	NY
10	192	Quebec Remparts	Scott Shaunessy	D	St. John's Prep	Mass. H.S.
10	193	Hartford Whalers	Reine Karlsson		Sodertalje SK	SEL
10	194	Buffalo Sabres	Mark Ferner	D	Kamloops Junior Oilers	WHL
10	195	Washington Capitals	Yves Beaudoin	D	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL
10	196	Minnesota North Stars	Milos Riha		Czech National Team	Intl
10	197	New York Islanders	Dave Shellington	L	Cornwall Royals	OHL
10	198	Montreal Canadiens	Thomas Rundqvist	F	Sweden National Team
10	199	Chicago Blackhawks	Dominik Hasek	G	Pardubice HC	Czech
10	200	Edmonton Oilers	Warren Yadlowski		Calgary Wranglers	WHL
10	201	Philadelphia Flyers	Bill McCormack		Westminster H.S.	CT
10	202	Boston Bruins	Paul Fitzsimmons		Northeastern University	NCAA

1983 Round 11 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
11	203	Pittsburgh Penquins	Garth Hildebrand		Calgary Wranglers	WHL
11	204	Hartford Whalers	Allan Acton	L	Saskatoon Blades	WHL
11	205	New Jersey Devils	Allan Stewart	L	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL
11	206	Detroit Red Wings	Jeff Frank		Regina Pats	WHL
11	207	Los Angeles Kings	Jan Blaha		Czech National Team	Intl
11	208	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mike Tomlak	C	Cornwall Royals	OHL
11	209	Windsor Spitfires	Eric Cormier		St. George's H.S.	QC
11	210	Vancouver Canucks	Steve Kayser	D	U. of Vermont	NCAA
11	211	Calgary Flames	Jaroslav Benak		Dukla Jihlava	Czech
11	212	Minnesota North Stars	Oldrich Valek		Czech National Team	Intl
11	213	New York Rangers	Bryan Walker	D	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
11	214	Buffalo Sabres	Uwe Krupp	D	Cologne EC	1.GBun
11	215	Washington Capitals	Alain Raymond	G	Trois Rivieres Draveurs	QMJHL
11	216	Washington Capitals	Anders Huss		Brynas IF Gavle	SEL
11	217	New York Islanders	John Bjorkman		Warroad H.S.	MN
11	218	Montreal Canadiens	Jeff Perpich		Hibbing H.S.	MN
11	219	Chicago Blackhawks	Steve Pepin	F	St. Jean Beavers	QMJHL
11	220	Edmonton Oilers	John Miner	D	Regina Pats	WHL
11	221	Philadelphia Flyers	Brian Jopling	G	Williston Academy	MA
11	222	Boston Bruins	Norm Foster	G	Penticton Knights	BCJHL

1983 Round 12 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
12	223	Pittsburgh Penquins	Dave Goertz	D	Regina Pats	WHL
12	224	Hartford Whalers	Darcy Kaminski	D	Lethbridge Broncos	WHL
12	225	New Jersey Devils	Alexei Kasatonov	D	CSKA Moscow	Russia
12	226	Detroit Red Wings	Chuck Chiatto		Cranbrook H.S.	MI
12	227	Los Angeles Kings	Chad Johnson		Roseau H.S.	MN
12	228	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ron Choules		Trois Rivieres Draveurs	QMJHL
12	229	Windsor Spitfires	Jamie Husgen	D	Des Moines Buccaneers	USHL
12	230	Vancouver Canucks	Jay Mazur	R	Breck School	MN
12	231	Calgary Flames	Sergei Makarov	R	CSKA Moscow	Russia
12	232	Quebec Remparts	Bo Berglund	F	Djurgardens IF Stockholm	SEL
12	233	New York Rangers	Ulf Nilsson	D	Sweden Junior National Team
12	234	Buffalo Sabres	Marc Hamelin	G	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL
12	235	Buffalo Sabres	Kermit Salfi		Northwood Prep	NY
12	236	Minnesota North Stars	Paul Roff		Edina H.S.	MN
12	237	New York Islanders	Peter McGeough		Bishop Hendricken H.S.	RI
12	238	Montreal Canadiens	Jean-Guy Bergeron	D	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL
12	239	Quebec Remparts	Jindrich Kokrment		Czech National Team	Intl
12	240	Edmonton Oilers	Steve Woodburn	D	Verdun Juniors	QMJHL
12	241	Philadelphia Flyers	Harold Duvall		Belmont Hill H.S.	MA
12	242	Boston Bruins	Greg Murphy		Trinity-Pawling H.S.	NY