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1981 NHL Draft

Garth Butcher in the 1981 NHL Draft

Vancouver Canucks selected Garth Butcher 10th overall in the 1981 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 9 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 1981, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 8 of them have played more games than his 897.

Overall pick
10
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 10
Drafting team
VANVancouver Canucks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 7–13 in the 1981 draft

  1. 7Mark HunterR628 GP · 383 PMTL
  2. 8Grant FuhrG868 GP · 403 WEDM
  3. 9James PatrickD1280 GP · 639 PNYR
  4. 10Garth ButcherD897 GP · 206 PVAN
  5. 11Randy MollerD815 GP · 225 PQUE
  6. 12Tony TantiR697 GP · 560 PCHI
  7. 13Ron MeighanD48 GP · 10 PMNS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1981 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1981 class

10th
of 211 players selected
4th
of 67 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Dale HawerchukC1188 GP · 1409 PWIN
  2. 2Doug SmithC535 GP · 253 PLAK
  3. 3Bobby CarpenterC1178 GP · 728 PWSH
  4. 4Ron FrancisC1731 GP · 1798 PHFD
  5. 5Joe CirellaD828 GP · 275 PCLR
  6. 6Jim BenningD605 GP · 243 PTOR
  7. 7Mark HunterR628 GP · 383 PMTL
  8. 8Grant FuhrG868 GP · 403 WEDM
  9. 9James PatrickD1280 GP · 639 PNYR
  10. 10Garth ButcherD897 GP · 206 PVAN

+ 201 more

The 1981 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Garth Butcher made his NHL debut on January 7, 1982, 211 days after the draft.

897
Games
48
Goals
158
Assists
206
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Vancouver Canucks picks in the 1981 draft

  1. 10Garth ButcherD897 GP · 206 PVAN
  2. 52Jean-Marc LanthierR105 GP · 32 PVAN
  3. 73Wendell YoungG187 GP · 59 WVAN
  4. 105Moe LemayL317 GP · 166 PVAN
  5. 115Stu KulakR90 GP · 12 PVAN
  6. 136Bruce HollowayD2 GP · 0 PVAN
  7. 157Petri SkrikoL541 GP · 405 PVAN
  8. 178Frank CapriceG102 GP · 31 WVAN
  9. 199Rejean VignolaCVAN