NHL Entry Draft 1989
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date | June 17, 1989 | ||
place | Bloomington , Minnesota , USA | ||
Round | 12 | ||
Selected players | 252 | ||
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1st position |
Mats Sundin Elected by: Nordiques de Québec |
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2nd position |
Dave Chyzowski Elected By: New York Islanders |
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3rd position |
Scott Thornton Elected By: Toronto Maple Leafs |
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NHL Entry Draft
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The 1989 NHL Entry Draft took place on June 17, 1989 at the Met Center in Bloomington , Minnesota . In the 27th edition of the NHL Entry Draft , the teams of the National Hockey League (NHL) selected a total of 252 players in twelve rounds. Center Mats Sundin from the Nordiques de Québec was chosen as the first overall draft pick as the first Swede ever . Dave Chyzowski for the New York Islanders and Scott Thornton for the Toronto Maple Leafs followed in second and third . The order of the draft resulted from the reversed final table of the past season 1988/89 , with the playoff teams after the teams that had missed the playoffs were in turn.
The Entry Draft in 1989 was strongly influenced by Europe, so Mats Sundin not only became the first European overall first in NHL history, but also provides the previous Hall of Fame members with his compatriot Nicklas Lidström and the two Russians Sergei Fjodorow and Pawel Bure this year. Other notable Europeans include Robert Holík , Olaf Kölzig , Robert Reichel , Josef Beránek , Wladimir Malachow , Artūrs Irbe and Wladimir Konstantinow , while North America includes Stu Barnes , Bill Guerin , Mike Sillinger , Adam Foote , Patrice Brisebois , Byron Dafoe , Kris Draper , Dallas Drake and Donald Audette are well represented.
Draft result
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 each of the categories of games, goals, assists and scorer points as well as the three goalkeepers with the most wins in the NHL. In addition, 113 of the 252 selected players (approx. 45%) 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 1989 on eliteprospects.com (English)
- NHL Entry Draft 1989 on hockeydb.com (English)