1983 NHL Entry Draft
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| date | June 8, 1983 | ||
| place | Montréal , Québec , Canada | ||
| Round | 12 | ||
| Selected players | 242 | ||
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| 1st position |
 Brian Lawton Elected By: Minnesota North Stars |
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| 2nd position |
 Sylvain Turgeon Elected By: Hartford Whalers |
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| 3rd position |
Pat LaFontaine Elected By: New York Islanders |
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NHL Entry Draft
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The 1983 NHL Entry Draft took place on June 8, 1983 in the Forum de Montréal in Montréal in the Canadian province of Québec . In the 21st edition of the NHL Entry Draft , the teams of the National Hockey League (NHL) - apart from the St. Louis Blues - selected a total of 242 players in twelve rounds. As First Overall Draft Pick American US winger became the first ever Brian Lawton by the Minnesota North Stars account. Sylvain Turgeon for the Hartford Whalers and Pat LaFontaine for the New York Islanders followed in second and third . The order of the draft resulted from the reversed final table of the previous season 1982/83 , whereby - as introduced in the previous year - the playoff teams were in turn after the teams that had missed the playoffs.
For the first and only time in NHL history, a team did not participate in the draft with the St. Louis Blues. The owner of the Blues was in litigation with the NHL over the sale of the franchise in Saskatoon , Canada , which they did not approve , so the latter ordered the draft to be boycotted. In advance, the 1983 class was rated as below average, so the Minnesota North Stars took the risk and chose Lawton not only to be the first American in first position, but also to be the only actor in a high school to date . However, given the talents that followed, this didn't pay off in retrospect. In addition, the trend of the previous year continued to secure the rights to stars from communist Eastern Europe, so towards the end of the draft, the later Hall of Fame members Vyacheslav Fetissov , Sergei Makarov , Vladislav Tretyak and Dominik were among others Hašek selected. Other notable players include Pat LaFontaine , Steve Yzerman and Cam Neely , who were also inducted into the Hall of Fame, as well as Tom Barrasso , Claude Lemieux , Bob Probert , Esa Tikkanen , Kevin Stevens , Rick Tocchet , Uwe Krupp and Alexei Kassatonow .
Draft result
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Table of Contents Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9 | Round 10 | Round 11 | Round 12 |
Abbreviations:
position with C = center , LW = left wing , RW = right wing , D = defender , G = goalkeeper
Color Legend:
= players into the Hockey Hall of Fame were taken
Round 1
round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
statistics
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review
All players in this draft year have ended their professional careers. The tables show the five best players in the categories of games, goals, assists and scorer points, as well as the five goalkeepers with the most wins in the NHL. In addition, 113 of the 242 selected players (approx. 47%) have played at least one NHL game.
Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , Pkt = scorer points , S = wins; Fat: best value
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Web links
- NHL Entry Draft 1983 on eliteprospects.com (English)
- Overview and background on hockeydraftcentral.com (English)
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