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1989 NHL Draft

Arturs Irbe in the 1989 NHL Draft

Minnesota North Stars selected Arturs Irbe 196th overall in the 1989 NHL Draft, with the 7th pick of round 10.

He was the first of the 2 Latvians selected that year. It was the eleventh of the 13 picks Minnesota North Stars made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1989, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. His 568 games put him 29th in the class.

Overall pick
196
Round and pick
Round 10, pick 7
Drafting team
MNSMinnesota North Stars
Date
Age at the draft
22 years

The picks around it

Picks 193–199 in the 1989 draft

  1. 193Joseph LarsonCWIN
  2. 194Mark AstleyD75 GP · 23 PBUF
  3. 195Matthew SaundersLCHI
  4. 196Arturs IrbeG568 GP · 218 WMNS
  5. 197Gus MorschauserGVAN
  6. 198John ValoDSTL
  7. 199Trevor BuchananLHFD

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1989 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1989 class

1st
of 2 Latvians selected
14th
of 19 goaltenders selected

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

First Latvians selected

  1. 196Arturs IrbeG568 GP · 218 WMNS
  2. 238Helmut BalderisR26 GP · 9 PMNS
Every pick from Latvia in the 1989 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Arturs Irbe made his NHL debut on November 8, 1991, 2 years and 144 days after the draft.

568
Games
218
Wins
33
Shutouts
.899
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Minnesota North Stars picks in the 1989 draft

  1. 7Doug ZmolekD467 GP · 64 PMNS
  2. 28Mike CraigR423 GP · 168 PMNS
  3. 60Murray GarbuttLMNS
  4. 75Jean-Francois QuintinL22 GP · 10 PMNS
  5. 87Pat MacleodD53 GP · 18 PMNS
  6. 91Bryan SchoenGMNS
  7. 97Rhys HollymanDMNS
  8. 112Scott CashmanGMNS
  9. 154Jonathan PrattLMNS
  10. 175Kenneth BlumCMNS
  11. 196Arturs IrbeG568 GP · 218 WMNS
  12. 217Tom PedersonD240 GP · 69 PMNS
  13. 238Helmut BalderisR26 GP · 9 PMNS