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1980 NHL Draft

Jari Kurri in the 1980 NHL Draft

Edmonton Oilers selected Jari Kurri 69th overall in the 1980 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 4.

He was the first of the 4 Finns selected that year. It was the third of the 8 picks Edmonton Oilers made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 1980, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 1251, and only one has scored more points than his 1398.

Overall pick
69
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 6
Drafting team
EDMEdmonton Oilers
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 66–72 in the 1980 draft

  1. 66Jay MillerL446 GP · 84 PQUE
  2. 67Carey WilsonC552 GP · 427 PCHI
  3. 68Monty TrottierCNYI
  4. 69Jari KurriR1251 GP · 1398 PEDM
  5. 70Marc CrawfordL176 GP · 50 PVAN
  6. 71Kevin McClellandR588 GP · 180 PHFD
  7. 72Tony FeltrinD48 GP · 6 PPIT

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1980 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1980 class

1st
of 4 Finns selected
41st
of 121 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 69Jari KurriR1251 GP · 1398 PEDM
  2. 89Timo BlomqvistD243 GP · 57 PWSH
  3. 119Reijo RuotsalainenD446 GP · 344 PNYR
  4. 146Jari PaavolaGBUF
Every pick from Finland in the 1980 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jari Kurri made his NHL debut on October 10, 1980, 121 days after the draft.

1251
Games
601
Goals
797
Assists
1398
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Edmonton Oilers picks in the 1980 draft

  1. 6Paul CoffeyD1409 GP · 1531 PEDM
  2. 48Shawn BabcockREDM
  3. 69Jari KurriR1251 GP · 1398 PEDM
  4. 90Walt PoddubnyL468 GP · 422 PEDM
  5. 111Mike WintherCEDM
  6. 132Andy MoogG713 GP · 372 WEDM
  7. 153Tuin PolmanGEDM
  8. 174Lars-Gunnar PetterssonLEDM