1981 NHL Draft
Claude Loiselle in the 1981 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Claude Loiselle 23rd overall in the 1981 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 2.
It was the first of the 8 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 1981, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 616 games put him 25th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 23
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 2
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 20–26 in the 1981 draft
- 20Marty RuffDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 21Paul BoutilierD288 GP · 110 PNYINew York Islanders
- 22Scott ArnielL730 GP · 338 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 23Claude LoiselleC616 GP · 209 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 24Gary YaremchukC34 GP · 5 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 25Kevin GriffinLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 26Richard ChernomazR51 GP · 16 PCLRColorado Rockies
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1981 class
23rd
of 211 players selected
11th
of 119 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Dale HawerchukC1188 GP · 1409 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 2Doug SmithC535 GP · 253 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 3Bobby CarpenterC1178 GP · 728 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 4Ron FrancisC1731 GP · 1798 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 5Joe CirellaD828 GP · 275 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 6Jim BenningD605 GP · 243 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 7Mark HunterR628 GP · 383 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Grant FuhrG868 GP · 403 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 9James PatrickD1280 GP · 639 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Garth ButcherD897 GP · 206 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Claude Loiselle made his NHL debut on February 7, 1982, 242 days after the draft.
616
Games
92
Goals
117
Assists
209
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1981 draft
- 23Claude LoiselleC616 GP · 209 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 44Corrado MicalefG113 GP · 26 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 86Larry TraderD91 GP · 18 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 107Gerard GallantL615 GP · 480 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 128Greg StefanG299 GP · 115 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 149Rick ZomboD652 GP · 154 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 170Donald LeblancLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 191Robert NordmarkD236 GP · 83 PDETDetroit Red Wings