1981 NHL Entry Draft

Round 1						NHL Totals
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	1	Winnipeg	Dale Hawerchuk	C	Cornwall Royals [QMJHL]	1188	518	891	1409	740
1	2	Los Angeles	Doug Smith	C	Ottawa 67's [OHL]	535	115	138	253	624
1	3	Washington	Bobby Carpenter	C	St. John's Prep [Mass H.S.]	1178	320	408	728	919
1	4	Hartford	Ron Francis	C	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]	1731	549	1249	1798	979
1	5	Colorado	Joe Cirella	D	Oshawa Generals [OHL]	828	64	211	275	1448
1	6	Toronto	Jim Benning	D	Portland Winter Hawks [WHL]	610	52	191	243	461
1	7	Mtl. Canadiens	Mark Hunter	F	Brantford Alexanders [OHL]	628	213	171	384	1428
1	8	Edmonton	Grant Fuhr	G	Victoria Cougars [WHL]	868	0	46	46	120
1	9	NY Rangers	James Patrick	D	Prince Albert Saints [SJHL]	1280	149	490	639	759
1	10	Vancouver	Garth Butcher	D	Regina Pats [WHL]	897	48	158	206	2302
1	11	Quebec	Randy Moller	D	Lethbridge Broncos [WHL]	815	45	180	225	1692
1	12	Chicago	Tony Tanti	L	Oshawa Generals [OHL]	697	287	273	560	661
1	13	Minnesota	Ron Meighan	D	Niagara Falls Flyers [OHL]	48	3	7	10	18
1	14	Boston	Normand Leveille	F	Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL]	75	17	25	42	49
1	15	Calgary	Al MacInnis	D	Kitchener Rangers [OHL]	1416	340	934	1274	1501
1	16	Philadelphia	Steve Smith	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]	18	0	1	1	15
1	17	Buffalo	Jiri Dudacek		Kladno
1	18	Mtl. Canadiens	Gilbert Delorme	D	Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL]	541	31	92	123	520
1	19	Mtl. Canadiens	Jan Ingman		Farjestads BK Karlstad [SEL]
1	20	St. Louis	Marty Ruff	D	Lethbridge Broncos [WHL]
1	21	NY Islanders	Paul Boutilier	D	Sherbrooke Beavers [QMJHL]	287	27	83	110	358

Round 2
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2	22	Winnipeg	Scott Arniel	L	Cornwall Royals [QMJHL]	730	149	189	338	599
2	23	Detroit	Claude Loiselle	C	Windsor Spitfires [OHL]	616	92	117	209	1146
2	24	Toronto	Gary Yaremchuk	C	Portland Winter Hawks [WHL]	34	1	4	5	28
2	25	Chicago	Kevin Griffin	L	Portland Winter Hawks [WHL]
2	26	Colorado	Rich Chernomaz	R	Victoria Cougars [WHL]	51	9	7	16	18
2	27	Minnesota	Dave Donnelly	F	St. Albert Saints [AJHL]	137	15	24	39	150
2	28	Pittsburgh	Steve Gatzos	F	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]	89	15	20	35	83
2	29	Edmonton	Todd Strueby	C	Regina Pats [WHL]	5	0	1	1	2
2	30	NY Rangers	Jan Erixon	L	Skelleftea (Sweden)	556	57	159	216	167
2	31	Minnesota	Mike Sands	G	Sudbury Wolves [OHL]	6	0	0	0	2
2	32	Mtl. Canadiens	Lars Eriksson	G	Brynas
2	33	Minnesota	Tom Hirsch	D	Patrick Henry H.S. (Minn.)	31	1	7	8	30
2	34	Minnesota	Dave Preuss	R	St. Thomas Academy [Minn. H.S.]
2	35	Boston	Luc Dufour	C	Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL]	167	23	21	44	199
2	36	St. Louis	Hakan Nordin		Farjestads BK Karlstad [SEL]
2	37	Philadelphia	Rich Costello	F	Natick H.S. (Mass.)	12	2	2	4	2
2	38	Buffalo	Hannu Virta	D	TPS Turku [FNL]	245	25	101	126	66
2	39	Los Angeles	Dean Kennedy	D	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL]	717	26	110	136	1118
2	40	Mtl. Canadiens	Chris Chelios	D	Moose Jaw Canucks [SJHL]	1644	185	763	948	2891
2	41	Minnesota	Jali Wahlsten	F	TPS Turku [FNL]
2	42	NY Islanders	Gord Dineen	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]	528	16	90	106	695

Round 3
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
3	43	Winnipeg	Jyrki Seppa	D	Ilves Tampere [FNL]	13	0	2	2	6
3	44	Detroit	Corrado Micalef	G	Sherbrooke Beavers [QMJHL]	113	0	5	5	43
3	45	Washington	Eric Calder	D	Cornwall Royals [QMJHL]	2	0	0	0	0
3	46	Mtl. Canadiens	Dieter Hegen	F	Kaufbeuren ESV [1.GBun]
3	47	Philadelphia	Barry Tabobondung	D	Oshawa Generals [OHL]
3	48	Colorado	Uli Hiemer	D	Fuessen EV [1.GBun]	143	19	54	73	176
3	49	Pittsburgh	Tom Thornbury	D	Niagara Falls Flyers [OHL]	14	1	8	9	16
3	50	NY Rangers	Peter Sundstrom	F	Bjorkloven (Sweden)	338	61	84	145	122
3	51	NY Rangers	Mark Morrison	C	Victoria Cougars [WHL]	10	1	1	2	0
3	52	Vancouver	Jean-Marc Lanthier	R	Sorel Black Hawks [QMJHL]	105	16	16	32	29
3	53	Quebec	Jean-Marc Gaulin	R	Sorel Black Hawks [QMJHL]	26	4	3	7	8
3	54	Chicago	Darrell Anholt	D	Calgary Wranglers [WHL]	1	0	0	0	0
3	55	Toronto	Ernie Godden	C	Windsor Spitfires [OHL]	5	1	1	2	6
3	56	Calgary	Mike Vernon	G	Calgary Wranglers [WHL]	781	0	39	39	271
3	57	NY Islanders	Ron Handy	C	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]	14	0	3	3	0
3	58	Philadelphia	Ken Strong	F	Peterborough Petes [OHL]	15	2	2	4	6
3	59	Buffalo	Jim Aldred	L	Kingston Canadians [OHL]
3	60	Buffalo	Colin Chisholm	D	Calgary Wranglers [WHL]	1	0	0	0	0
3	61	Hartford	Paul MacDermid	R	Windsor Spitfires [OHL]	690	116	141	257	1303
3	62	St. Louis	Gord Donnelly	D	Sherbrooke Beavers [QMJHL]	554	28	41	69	2069
3	63	NY Islanders	Neal Coulter	R	Toronto Marlboros [OHL]	26	5	5	10	11

Round 4
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
4	64	Winnipeg	Kirk McCaskill	F	U. of Vermont [NCAA]
4	65	Philadelphia	Dave Michayluk	R	Regina Pats [WHL]	14	2	6	8	8
4	66	Colorado	Gus Greco	L	Windsor Spitfires [OHL]
4	67	Hartford	Mike Hoffman	L	Brantford Alexanders [OHL]	9	1	3	4	2
4	68	Washington	Tony Kellin	D	Grand Rapids H.S. (Minn.)
4	69	Minnesota	Terry Tait	L	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]
4	70	Pittsburgh	Norm Schmidt	D	Oshawa Generals [OHL]	125	23	33	56	73
4	71	Edmonton	Paul Houck	R	Kelowna Buckaroos [BCJHL]	16	1	2	3	2
4	72	NY Rangers	John Vanbiesbrouck	G	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]	882	0	35	35	310
4	73	Vancouver	Wendell Young	G	Kitchener Rangers [OHL]	187	0	10	10	20
4	74	Quebec	Clint Malarchuk	G	Portland Winter Hawks [WHL]	338	0	14	14	134
4	75	Chicago	Perry Pelensky	R	Portland Winter Hawks [WHL]	4	0	0	0	5
4	76	Minnesota	Jim Malwitz	C	Grand Rapids H.S. (Minn.)
4	77	Boston	Scott McLellan	R	Niagara Falls Flyers [OHL]	2	0	0	0	0
4	78	Calgary	Peter Madach		HV 71 Jrs. (Sweden)
4	79	Philadelphia	Ken Latta	R	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]
4	80	Buffalo	Jeff Eatough	R	Cornwall Royals [QMJHL]	1	0	0	0	0
4	81	Los Angeles	Marty Dallman	C	R.P.I. [NCAA]	6	0	1	1	0
4	82	Mtl. Canadiens	Kjell Dahlin	R	Timra Jrs. (Sweden)	166	57	59	116	10
4	83	Buffalo	Anders Wikberg		Timra Jrs. (Sweden)
4	84	NY Islanders	Todd Lumbard	G	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL]

Round 5
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
5	85	Winnipeg	Marc Behrend	G	U. of Wisconsin [NCAA]	38	0	0	0	0
5	86	Detroit	Larry Trader	D	London Knights [OHL]	91	5	13	18	74
5	87	Colorado	Doug Speck	D	Peterborough Petes [OHL]
5	88	Mtl. Canadiens	Steve Rooney		Canton H.S. (Mass.)	154	15	13	28	496
5	89	Washington	Mike Siltala	R	Kingston Canadians [OHL]	7	1	0	1	2
5	90	Toronto	Norman Lefrancois	F	Trois Rivieres Draveurs [QMJHL]
5	91	Washington	Peter Sidorkiewicz	G	Oshawa Generals [OHL]	246	0	9	9	20
5	92	Edmonton	Phil Drouillard	L	Niagara Falls Flyers [OHL]
5	93	Hartford	Bill Maguire	D	Niagara Falls Flyers [OHL]
5	94	NY Islanders	Jacques Sylvestre	F	Sorel Black Hawks [QMJHL]
5	95	Quebec	Ed Lee	W	Princeton University [NCAA]	2	0	0	0	5
5	96	Chicago	Doug Chessell	G	London Knights [OHL]
5	97	Minnesota	Kelly Hubbard	D	Portland Winter Hawks [WHL]
5	98	Boston	Joe Mantione	G	Cornwall Royals [QMJHL]
5	99	Calgary	Mario Simioni	F	Toronto Marlboros [OHL]
5	100	Philadelphia	Justin Hanley		Kingston Canadians [OHL]
5	101	Buffalo	Mauri Eivola		TPS Turku [FNL]
5	102	Toronto	Barry Brigley	C	Calgary Wranglers [WHL]
5	103	Hartford	Dan Bourbonnais	L	Calgary Wranglers [WHL]	59	3	25	28	11
5	104	St. Louis	Mike Hickey	F	Sudbury Wolves [OHL]
5	105	Vancouver	Moe Lemay	F	Ottawa 67's [OHL]	317	72	94	166	442

Round 6
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
6	106	Winnipeg	Bob O'Connor	G	Boston College [NCAA]
6	107	Detroit	Gerard Gallant	L	Sherbrooke Beavers [QMJHL]	615	211	269	480	1674
6	108	Colorado	Bruce Driver	D	U. of Wisconsin [NCAA]	922	96	390	486	670
6	109	Pittsburgh	Paul Edwards	D	Oshawa Generals [OHL]
6	110	Washington	Jim McGeough	C	Billings Bighorns [WHL]	57	7	10	17	32
6	111	Edmonton	Steve Smith	D	London Knights [OHL]	804	72	303	375	2139
6	112	Pittsburgh	Rod Buskas	D	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL]	556	19	63	82	1294
6	113	Edmonton	Marc Habscheid	C	Saskatoon Blades [WHL]	345	72	91	163	171
6	114	NY Rangers	Eric Magnuson	F	R.P.I. [NCAA]
6	115	Vancouver	Stu Kulak	R	Victoria Cougars [WHL]	90	8	4	12	130
6	116	Quebec	Mike Eagles	L	Kitchener Rangers [OHL]	853	74	122	196	928
6	117	Chicago	Bill Schafhauser	D	Northern Michigan University [NCAA]
6	118	Minnesota	Paul Guay	R	Mount St. Charles H.S. (R.I.)	117	11	23	34	92
6	119	Boston	Bruce Milton		Boston University [NCAA]
6	120	Calgary	Todd Hooey	F	Windsor Spitfires [OHL]
6	121	Philadelphia	Andre Villeneuve	D	Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL]
6	122	Buffalo	Ali Butorac	D	Ottawa 67's [OHL]
6	123	Los Angeles	Brad Thompson	D	London Knights [OHL]
6	124	Mtl. Canadiens	Tom Anastos	C	Paddock Pool Saints [GLJHL]
6	125	St. Louis	Peter Aslin	G	AIK Solna [SEL]
6	126	NY Islanders	Chuck Brimmer	L	Kingston Canadians [OHL]

Round 7
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
7	127	Winnipeg	Petter Nilsson	D	Hammarby IK [Sweden]
7	128	Detroit	Greg Stefan	G	Oshawa Generals [OHL]	299	0	15	15	200
7	129	Colorado	Jeff Larmer	L	Kitchener Rangers [OHL]	158	37	51	88	57
7	130	Hartford	John Mokosak	D	Victoria Cougars [WHL]	41	0	2	2	96
7	131	Washington	Risto Jalo	F	Ilves Tampere [FNL]	3	0	3	3	0
7	132	Toronto	Andrew Wright	D	Peterborough Petes [OHL]
7	133	Pittsburgh	Geoff Wilson	R	Winnipeg Warriors [WHL]
7	134	Los Angeles	Craig Hurley	D	Saskatoon Blades [WHL]
7	135	NY Rangers	Mike Guentzel	D	Greenway [Minn H.S.]
7	136	Vancouver	Bruce Holloway	D	Regina Pats [WHL]	2	0	0	0	0
7	137	Philadelphia	Vladimir Svitek	F	Kosice (Czech.)
7	138	Chicago	Marc Centrone	C	Lethbridge Broncos [WHL]
7	139	Minnesota	Jim Archibald	R	Moose Jaw Canucks [SJHL]	16	1	2	3	45
7	140	Boston	Mats Thelin	D	AIK Solna [SEL]	163	8	19	27	176
7	141	Calgary	Rick Heppner		Mount View H.S. (Wisconsin)
7	142	Philadelphia	Gil Hudon	G	Prince Albert Saints [SJHL]
7	143	Buffalo	Heikki Leime	D	TPS Turku [FNL]
7	144	Los Angeles	Peter Sawkins	D	St. Paul Academy (Minn.)
7	145	Mtl. Canadiens	Tom Kurvers	D	U. of Minnesota-Duluth [NCAA]	659	93	328	421	352
7	146	St. Louis	Erik Holmberg		Sodertalje SK [SEL]
7	147	NY Islanders	Teppo Virta		TPS Turku [FNL]

Round 8
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
8	148	Winnipeg	Dan McFall	D	Buffalo Jr. Sabres (NYPJHL)	9	0	1	1	0
8	149	Detroit	Rick Zombo	D	Austin Mavericks [USHL]	652	24	130	154	728
8	150	Colorado	Tony Arima	F	Jokerit Helsinki [FNL]
8	151	Hartford	Denis Dore		Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL]
8	152	Washington	Gaetan Duchesne	L	Quebec Remparts [QMJHL]	1028	179	254	433	617
8	153	Toronto	Richard Turmel	D	Shawinigan Cataractes [QMJHL]
8	154	Pittsburgh	Mitch Lamoureux	C	Oshawa Generals [OHL]	73	11	9	20	59
8	155	Edmonton	Mike Sturgeon	D	Kelowna Buckaroos [BCJHL]
8	156	NY Rangers	Ari Lahtenmaki		HIFK Helsinki [FNL]
8	157	Vancouver	Petri Skriko	F	SaiPa Lappeenranta [FinD1]	541	183	222	405	246
8	158	Quebec	Andre Cote	F	Quebec Remparts [QMJHL]
8	159	Chicago	Johan Mellstron		Falun (Sweden)
8	160	Minnesota	Kari Kanervo		TPS Turku [FNL]
8	161	Boston	Armel Parisee		Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL]
8	162	Calgary	Dale DeGray	D	Oshawa Generals [OHL]	153	18	47	65	195
8	163	Philadelphia	Steve Taylor		Providence College [NCAA]
8	164	Buffalo	Gates Orlando	F	Providence College [NCAA]	98	18	26	44	51
8	165	Los Angeles	Dan Brennan	F	U. of North Dakota [NCAA]	8	0	1	1	9
8	166	Mtl. Canadiens	Paul Gess		Bloomington Jefferson H.S. (Minn.)
8	167	St. Louis	Alain Vigneault	D	Trois Rivieres Draveurs [QMJHL]	42	2	5	7	82
8	168	NY Islanders	Bill Dowd	D	Ottawa 67's [OHL]

Round 9
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
9	169	Winnipeg	Greg Dick		St. Mary's University Minnesota [NCAA]
9	170	Detroit	Don Leblanc	L	Toronto Marlboros [OHL]
9	171	Colorado	Tim Army	F	Providence College [NCAA]
9	172	Hartford	Jeff Poeschl	G	Northern Michigan University [NCAA]
9	173	Washington	George White	F	U. of New Hampshire [NCAA]
9	174	Toronto	Greg Barber	D	Victoria Cougars [WHL]
9	175	Pittsburgh	Dean De Fazio	F	Brantford Alexanders [OHL]	22	0	2	2	28
9	176	Edmonton	Miloslav Horava	D	Poldi Kladno (Czech.)	80	5	17	22	38
9	177	NY Rangers	Paul Reifenberger	L	Anoka H.S. (Minn.)
9	178	Vancouver	Frank Caprice	G	London Knights [OHL]	102	0	3	3	17
9	179	Quebec	Marc Brisebois		Sorel Black Hawks [QMJHL]
9	180	Chicago	John Benns	L	Billings Bighorns [WHL]
9	181	Minnesota	Scott Bjugstad	F	U. of Minnesota [NCAA]	317	76	68	144	144
9	182	Boston	Don Sylvestri	G	Clarkson University [NCAA]	3	0	0	0	2
9	183	Calgary	George Boudreau		Matignon H.S. (Mass.)
9	184	Philadelphia	Len Hachborn	C	Brantford Alexanders [OHL]	102	20	39	59	29
9	185	Buffalo	Venci Sebek	D	Niagara Falls Flyers [OHL]
9	186	Los Angeles	Al Tuer	D	Regina Pats [WHL]	57	1	1	2	208
9	187	Mtl. Canadiens	Scott Ferguson	D	Edina West H.S. (Minn.)
9	188	St. Louis	Dan Wood	R	Kingston Canadians [OHL]
9	189	NY Islanders	Scott MacLellan	D	Burlington Cougars (COJHL)

Round 10
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
10	190	Winnipeg	Vladimir Kadlec		Vitkovice [Czech.]
10	191	Detroit	Robert Nordmark	D	Lulea HF [SEL]	236	13	70	83	254
10	192	Colorado	John Johannson	F	U. of Wisconsin [NCAA]	5	0	0	0	0
10	193	Hartford	Larry Power	C	Kitchener Jr. B
10	194	Washington	Chris Valentine	F	Sorel Black Hawks [QMJHL]	105	43	52	95	127
10	195	Toronto	Marc Magnan	L	Lethbridge Broncos [WHL]	4	0	1	1	5
10	196	Pittsburgh	Dave Hannan	L	Brantford Alexanders [OHL]	841	114	191	305	942
10	197	Edmonton	Gord Sherven	F	Weyburn Beavers [SSHL]	97	13	22	35	33
10	198	NY Rangers	Mario Proulx	G	Providence College [NCAA]
10	199	Vancouver	Rejean Vignola	F	Shawinigan Cataractes [QMJHL]
10	200	Quebec	Kari Takko	G	Assat Pori [FNL]	142	0	2	2	30
10	201	Chicago	Sylvain Roy		Hull Olympiques [QMJHL]
10	202	Minnesota	Steve Kudebeh	G	Minneapolis Breck H.S. (Minn.)
10	203	Boston	Richard Bourque		Sherbrooke Beavers [QMJHL]
10	204	Calgary	Bruce Eakin	C	Saskatoon Blades [WHL]	13	2	2	4	4
10	205	Philadelphia	Steve Tsujiura	C	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL]
10	206	Buffalo	Warren Harper	R	Prince Albert Saints [SJHL]
10	207	Los Angeles	Jeff Baikie	W	Cornell University [NCAA]
10	208	Mtl. Canadiens	Dan Burrows	G	Belleville Bulls [OHL]
10	209	St. Louis	Richard Zemlak	R	Spokane Flyers [WHL]	132	2	12	14	587
10	210	NY Islanders	Dave Randerson	R	Stratford Cullitons (OPJHL)

Round 11
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
11	211	Winnipeg	Dave Kirwin		Irondale H.S. (Minn.)