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1985 NHL Draft

Anssi Melametsa in the 1985 NHL Draft

Winnipeg Jets selected Anssi Melametsa 249th overall in the 1985 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 12.

He was the fourth of the 4 Finns selected that year. It was the twelfth and last of the 12 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1985, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 27 games put him 78th in the class.

Overall pick
249
Round and pick
Round 12, pick 18
Drafting team
WINWinnipeg Jets
Date
Age at the draft
23 years

The picks around it

Picks 246–252 in the 1985 draft

  1. 246Jean BoisLQUE
  2. 247John FergusonLMTL
  3. 248Bill GregoireDCGY
  4. 249Anssi MelametsaR27 GP · 3 PWIN
  5. 250Frank DimuzioCWSH
  6. 251John HaleyGEDM
  7. 252Paul MauriceDPHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1985 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1985 class

4th
of 4 Finns selected
146th
of 147 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 101Esa KeskinenCCGY
  2. 140Petri MatikainenDBUF
  3. 197Erik HamalainenDDET
  4. 249Anssi MelametsaR27 GP · 3 PWIN
Every pick from Finland in the 1985 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Anssi Melametsa made his NHL debut on October 11, 1985, 118 days after the draft.

27
Games
0
Goals
3
Assists
3
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Winnipeg Jets picks in the 1985 draft

  1. 18Ryan StewartC3 GP · 1 PWIN
  2. 39Roger OhmanDWIN
  3. 60Daniel BerthiaumeG215 GP · 81 WWIN
  4. 81Fredrik OlaussonD1022 GP · 581 PWIN
  5. 102John BorrellRWIN
  6. 123Danton ColeR318 GP · 118 PWIN
  7. 144Brent MoweryLWIN
  8. 165Tom DraperG53 GP · 19 WWIN
  9. 186Nevin KardumCWIN
  10. 207Dave QuigleyGWIN
  11. 228Chris NortonDWIN
  12. 249Anssi MelametsaR27 GP · 3 PWIN