1981 NHL DRAFT

1ST ROUND SELECTIONS
OVERALL PLAYER NAME TEAM POS YL SALARY $/YR
1st Ron Francis Chicago Center 23 $115.68 $5.03
2nd Doug Crossman Red Deer Defense 12 $46.89 $3.91
3rd Joe Mullen Colorado Right Wing 16 $84.07 $5.25
4th Grant Fuhr Houston Goalie 17 $24.18 $1.42
5th Dale Hawerchuk Cleveland (via Uni) Center 16 $64.00 $4.00
6th Brent Sutter Philadelphia Center 17 $63.59 $3.74
7th Reijo Ruotsalainen Red Deer (via Clv) Defense 6 $32.32 $5.39
8th Gilbert Delorme Canmore Defense 9 $18.17 $2.02
9th Paul MacLean Seattle Right Wing 10 $40.44 $4.04
10th Tomas Jonsson Canmore (via LA) Defense 8 $34.76 $4.35
11th Ilkka Sinisalo Atlanta Right Wing 9 $41.95 $4.66
12th Barry Pederson Calgary Center 11 $44.02 $4.00
13th Neal Broten Vancouver Center 16 $51.57 $3.22
14th Charlie Huddy Cleveland (via RD/Vic) Defense 15 $48.66 $3.24
15th Bernie Nicholls Moncton Center 17 $55.29 $3.25
16th Bob Carpenter Creston Center 18 $45.47 $2.53
17th Tim Watters Los Angeles (via Can/Mtl) Defense 13 $13.14 $1.01
18th Rick Wamsley Gloucester Goalie 10 $9.55 $0.96
19th Mike Bullard Miami Center 10 $35.95 $3.60
20th Tom Fergus Quebec Center 11 $36.85 $3.35
21st Mark Pavelich Nunavut Center 5 $24.80 $4.96
22nd Rollie Melanson Red Deer (via Wpg) Goalie 7 $7.16 $1.02
23rd Marian Stastny Seattle (via STC) Right Wing 5 $20.80 $4.16
24th Murray Bannerman Cleveland (via RD/Mich) Goalie 6 $7.03 $1.17
2ND ROUND SELECTIONS
OVERALL PLAYER NAME TEAM POS YL SALARY $/YR
25th Gaetan Duchesne Winnipeg (via RD) Left Wing 14 $39.73 $2.84
26th Rik Wilson Colorado Defense 5 $7.13 $1.43
27th Steve Konroyd Chicago Defense 13 $24.81 $1.91
28th Steve Weeks Uniondale Goalie 9 $5.49 $0.61
29th Aaron Broten Houston Left Wing 11 $24.69 $2.24
30th Thomas Steen Philadelphia Center 14 $35.84 $2.56
31st Andre Dore Cleveland Defense 4 $9.39 $2.35
32nd Marco Baron Canmore Goalie 2 $1.67 $0.84
33rd Timo Blomqvist Seattle Defense 5 $8.72 $1.74
34th Steve Bozek Los Angeles Left Wing 11 $22.46 $2.04
35th Craig Laughlin Atlanta Right Wing 8 $30.79 $3.85
36th Vincent Tremblay Calgary Goalie 1 $1.01 $1.01
37th Bobby Gould Vancouver Right Wing 9 $29.11 $3.23
38th Bob Sauve Victoria Goalie 7 $5.37 $0.77
39th Doug Shedden Moncton Center 7 $13.98 $2.00
40th Mark Hunter Creston Right Wing 10 $26.28 $2.63
41st Ivan Hlinka Colorado (via Mtl) Center 2 $8.69 $4.35
42nd Doug Soetaert Gloucester Goalie 5 $3.49 $0.70
43rd Ron Flockhart Miami Center 7 $22.39 $3.20
44th Al Jensen Quebec Goalie 4 $3.48 $0.87
45th Dave Feamster Nunavut Defense 3 $5.13 $1.71
46th Randy Cunneyworth Colorado (via Wpg) Left Wing 14 $17.82 $1.27
47th Kari Eloranta Steel City Defense 4 $11.38 $2.85
48th Greg Adams Red Deer (via Mich) Left Wing 9 $11.83 $1.31
3RD ROUND SELECTIONS
OVERALL PLAYER NAME TEAM POS YL SALARY $/YR
49th Miroslav Frycer Canmore (via RD) Right Wing 8 $14.09 $1.76
50th Billy Carroll Colorado Center 6 $10.75 $1.79
51st Bruce Crowder Chicago Right Wing 4 $10.66 $2.67
52nd Bill Gardner Uniondale Center 5 $15.97 $3.19
53rd Mikko Leinonen Houston Center 3 $7.59 $2.53
54th Jim Benning Philadelphia Defense 9 $13.86 $1.54
55th Lou Franceschetti Colorado (via Clv) Right Wing 8 $8.83 $1.10
56th Bengt Lundholm Canmore Left Wing 4 $12.13 $3.03
57th Greg Theberge Seattle Defense 2 $5.31 $2.66
58th Hector Marini Los Angeles Right Wing 3 $3.78 $1.26
59th Mark Osborne Cleveland (via Atl) Left Wing 14 $23.94 $1.71
60th Jim Nill Calgary Right Wing 8 $9.75 $1.22
61st Chris Valentine Vancouver Center 3 $5.77 $1.92
62nd Dave Parro Colorado (via Vic) Goalie 1 $1.43 $1.43
63rd Stew Gavin Moncton Left Wing 12 $16.57 $1.38
64th Lars Molin Creston Left Wing 3 $5.05 $1.68
65th Lee Norwood Colorado (via Mtl) Defense 9 $12.05 $1.34
66th Denis Cyr Gloucester Right Wing 4 $7.80 $1.95
67th Doug Keans Miami Goalie 6 $3.10 $0.52
68th Randy Hillier Quebec Defense 11 $9.46 $0.86
69th Tom Roulston Nunavut Center 3 $7.69 $2.56
70th Gilles Gilbert Chicago (via Wpg) Goalie 2 $0.33 $0.17
71st Anders Hakansson Steel City Left Wing 5 $7.20 $1.44
72nd Bill Nyrop Michigan Defense 1 $2.24 $2.24
4TH ROUND SELECTIONS
OVERALL PLAYER NAME TEAM POS YL SALARY $/YR
73rd Dave Keon Red Deer Center 1 $0.26 $0.26
74th Normand Leveille Colorado Left Wing 1 $3.12 $3.12
75th John Wensink Chicago Left Wing 2 $0.33 $0.17
76th Mike Gillis Uniondale Left Wing 2 $3.29 $1.65
77th Jody Gage Houston Right Wing 1 $1.70 $1.70
78th Jiri Bubla Philadelphia Defense 5 $5.41 $1.08
79th Joe Cirella Cleveland Defense 13 $9.22 $0.71
80th Dan Bourbonnais Red Deer (via Can) Left Wing 2 $0.61 $0.31
81st Anders Eldebrink Seattle Defense 1 $1.19 $1.19
82nd Dave Cameron Los Angeles Center 3 $1.65 $0.55
83rd Doug Smith Cleveland (via Atl) Center 9 $6.52 $0.72
84th John Paul Kelly Calgary Left Wing 5 $2.70 $0.54
85th Pierre Aubry Vancouver Left Wing 4 $4.50 $1.13
86th Randy Boyd Victoria Defense 6 $5.39 $0.90
87th Marc Chorney Moncton Defense 3 $0.56 $0.19
88th Fred Boimistruck Creston Defense 2 $2.18 $1.09
89th Bob Hoffmeyer Montreal Defense 4 $4.12 $1.03
90th Larry Hopkins Gloucester Left Wing 1 $2.42 $2.42
91st Marc Crawford Miami Left Wing 4 $2.53 $0.63
92nd Craig Levie Quebec Defense 4 $6.31 $1.58
93rd Rick Chartraw Nunavut Defense 3 $1.79 $0.60
94th Tom Younghans Colorado (via Wpg) Right Wing 1 $0.98 $0.98
95th Tapio Levo Steel City Defense 2 $2.73 $1.37
96th Bob Hess Michigan Defense 1 $1.46 $1.46
5TH ROUND SELECTIONS
OVERALL PLAYER NAME TEAM POS YL SALARY $/YR
97th Don Gillen Red Deer Right Wing 1 $0.17 $0.17
98th Fred Arthur Colorado Defense 1 $0.88 $0.88
99th Charlie Bourgeois Chicago Defense 5 $3.68 $0.74
100th Mark Botell Uniondale Defense 1 $1.50 $1.50
101st Basil McRae Houston Left Wing 11 $1.87 $0.17
102nd Bobby Simpson Philadelphia Left Wing 1 $1.83 $1.83
103rd Norm Aubin Canmore Center 2 $2.73 $1.37
104th Andy Schliebener Seattle Defense 2 $0.91 $0.46
105th Neil Belland Atlanta Defense 2 $2.54 $1.27
106th Dave Hutchison Calgary Defense 3 $0.50 $0.17
107th Pat Graham Vancouver Left Wing 3 $1.04 $0.35
108th Ken Solheim Victoria Left Wing 3 $1.57 $0.52
109th Mark Renaud Moncton Defense 2 $0.64 $0.32
110th Paul Shmyr Creston Defense 1 $0.17 $0.17
111th Jim Korn Montreal Defense 8 $1.97 $0.25
112th Veli-Pekka Ketola Gloucester Center 1 $1.50 $1.50
113th Torrie Robertson Miami Left Wing 8 $1.42 $0.18
114th Peter Wallin Quebec Right Wing 1 $0.44 $0.44
115th Bill Stewart Nunavut Defense 3 $0.72 $0.24
116th Murray Brumwell Philadelphia (via Wpg) Defense 3 $2.55 $0.85
117th John Gibson Michigan Defense 1 $0.17 $0.17
6TH ROUND SELECTIONS
OVERALL PLAYER NAME TEAM POS YL SALARY $/YR
118th Al Hill Red Deer Center 1 $0.80 $0.80
119th Paul Mulvey Colorado Left Wing 1 $0.17 $0.17
120th Jimmy Mann Chicago Right Wing 5 $0.83 $0.17
121st Trevor Johansen Uniondale Defense 1 $0.17 $0.17
122nd Ted Nolan Houston Center 1 $0.19 $0.19
123rd Al Hangsleben Philadelphia Defense 1 $0.27 $0.27
124th Bob McGill Atlanta Defense 11 $4.11 $0.37
125th Jack McIlhargey Calgary Defense 1 $0.19 $0.19
126th Kevin Maxwell Vancouver Center 1 $0.17 $0.17
127th Jim Pavese Victoria Defense 7 $2.48 $0.35
128th Jerome Dupont Moncton Defense 4 $1.62 $0.41
129th Jukka Porvari Creston Right Wing 1 $0.17 $0.17
130th Randy Holt Montreal Defense 3 $0.50 $0.17
131st Barry Melrose Gloucester Defense 3 $0.50 $0.17
132nd Barry Legge Miami Defense 1 $0.17 $0.17
133rd Mickey Volcan Nunavut Defense 2 $0.33 $0.17
134th Gerry Hart Winnipeg Defense 1 $0.17 $0.17
135th Graeme Nicolson Michigan Defense 1 $0.17 $0.17
Los Angeles acquires '81 1st round pick (D Tim Watters) & '82 1st round pick from Canmore for D Tomas Jonsson

Cleveland
acquires LW Brent Ashton, D Darren Veitch & '82 2nd round pick from Canmore for D Dave Langevin

Cleveland acquires two '81 1st round picks (D Charlie Huddy & G Murray Bannerman) from Red Deer for '81 1st round pick (D Reijo Ruotsalainen)

New York acquires D Rod Langway, '82 1st round pick & '82 4th round pick from Cleveland for '81 1st round pick (C Dale Hawerchuk)

Cleveland acquires '81 3rd round pick (LW Mark Osborne) & '81 4th round pick (C Doug Smith) from Atlanta for '82 2nd round pick

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