1985 NHL Draft
Jiri Sejba in the 1985 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Jiri Sejba 182nd overall in the 1985 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 9.
He was the sixth of the 7 Czechs selected that year. It was the ninth of the 12 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1985, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 11 games put him 88th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 182
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 14
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 22 years
The picks around it
Picks 179–185 in the 1985 draft
- 179Richard LaplanteCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 180Jeff UrbanLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 181Rich WiestCNYINew York Islanders
- 182Jiri SejbaL11 GP · 2 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 183Brit PeerRQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 184Roger BeedonGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 185Darryl OlsenD1 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1985 class
6th
of 7 Czechs selected
106th
of 147 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 88Robert KronC771 GP · 338 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 93Petr PrajzlerD46 GP · 13 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 104Thomas KapustaCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 106Jiri LatalD92 GP · 48 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 109Martin HrstkaLVANVancouver Canucks
- 182Jiri SejbaL11 GP · 2 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 216Ladislav LubinaLMNSMinnesota North Stars
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jiri Sejba made his NHL debut on November 21, 1990, 5 years and 159 days after the draft.
11
Games
0
Goals
2
Assists
2
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1985 draft
- 14Calle JohanssonD1109 GP · 535 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 35Benoit HogueL863 GP · 543 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 56Keith GretzkyCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 77Dave MoylanDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 98Ken PriestlayC168 GP · 61 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 119Joe ReekieD902 GP · 164 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 140Petri MatikainenDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 161Trent KaeseR1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 182Jiri SejbaL11 GP · 2 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 203Boyd SuttonCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 224Guy LaroseC70 GP · 19 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 245Ken BaumgartnerL696 GP · 54 PBUFBuffalo Sabres