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1982 NHL Draft

Alan Hepple in the 1982 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Alan Hepple 169th overall in the 1982 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 9.

He was the first of the 2 Britons selected that year. It was the ninth of the 12 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1982, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 100th in the class.

Overall pick
169
Round and pick
Round 9, pick 1
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 166–172 in the 1982 draft

  1. 166Thomas KolioupoulosRMTL
  2. 167Dean ClarkL1 GP · 0 PEDM
  3. 168Todd OkerlundD4 GP · 0 PNYI
  4. 169Alan HeppleD3 GP · 0 PNJD
  5. 170Gary CullenCDET
  6. 171Miroslav IhnacakL56 GP · 17 PTOR
  7. 172Kevin SkilliterDHFD

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1982 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1982 class

1st
of 2 Britons selected
58th
of 81 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Britons selected

  1. 169Alan HeppleD3 GP · 0 PNJD
  2. 188Ian WoodGEDM
Every pick from United Kingdom in the 1982 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Alan Hepple made his NHL debut on October 7, 1983, 1 year and 120 days after the draft.

3
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1982 draft

  1. 8Rocky TrottierC38 GP · 10 PNJD
  2. 18Ken DaneykoD1283 GP · 178 PNJD
  3. 43Pat VerbeekR1424 GP · 1062 PNJD
  4. 54David KasperCNJD
  5. 85Scott BrydgesDNJD
  6. 106Mike MoherR9 GP · 1 PNJD
  7. 127Paul FulcherLNJD
  8. 148John HutchingsDNJD
  9. 169Alan HeppleD3 GP · 0 PNJD
  10. 190Brent ShawRNJD
  11. 211Scott FuscoCNJD
  12. 232Dan DorionC4 GP · 2 PNJD