1987 NHL Draft
Gordon Kruppke in the 1987 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Gordon Kruppke 32nd overall in the 1987 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 13 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1987, 90 have played in the NHL regular season. His 23 games put him 67th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 32
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 11
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 29–35 in the 1987 draft
- 29Ryan McGillD151 GP · 19 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 30Jeff HardingR15 GP · 0 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 31Daniel LacroixC188 GP · 18 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 32Gordon KruppkeD23 GP · 0 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 33John LeClairL967 GP · 819 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 34Jeff HackettG500 GP · 166 WNYINew York Islanders
- 35Scott McCradyDMNSMinnesota North Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1987 class
32nd
of 252 players selected
15th
of 93 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Pierre TurgeonC1294 GP · 1327 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 2Brendan ShanahanL1524 GP · 1354 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 3Glen WesleyD1457 GP · 537 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 4Wayne McbeanD211 GP · 49 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 5Chris JosephD510 GP · 151 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 6Dave ArchibaldC323 GP · 124 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 7Luke RichardsonD1417 GP · 201 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 8Jimmy WaiteG106 GP · 28 WCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Bryan FogartyD156 GP · 74 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 10Jayson MoreD406 GP · 72 PNYRNew York Rangers
+ 242 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Gordon Kruppke made his NHL debut on January 30, 1991, 3 years and 231 days after the draft.
23
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1987 draft
- 11Yves RacineD508 GP · 231 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 32Gordon KruppkeD23 GP · 0 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 41Bob WilkieD18 GP · 7 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 52Dennis HollandCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 74Mark ReimerGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 95Radomir BrazdaDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 116Sean CliffordDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 137Michael GoberLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 158Kevin ScottCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 179Mikko HaapakoskiDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 200Darin BannisterDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 221Craig QuinlanDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 242Tomas JanssonDDETDetroit Red Wings