1981 NHL Draft
Gerard Gallant in the 1981 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Gerard Gallant 107th overall in the 1981 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 6.
It was the fourth 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 615 games put him 26th in the class, but only 8 have scored more points than his 480.
- Overall pick
- 107
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 2
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 104–110 in the 1981 draft
- 104Michael HickeyCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 105Moe LemayL317 GP · 166 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 106Robert O'ConnorGWINWinnipeg Jets
- 107Gerard GallantL615 GP · 480 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 108Bruce DriverD922 GP · 486 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 109Paul EdwardsDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 110James McGeoughC57 GP · 17 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1981 class
107th
of 211 players selected
63rd
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
Gerard Gallant made his NHL debut on January 22, 1985, 3 years and 226 days after the draft.
615
Games
211
Goals
269
Assists
480
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