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1986 NHL Draft

Joe Murphy in the 1986 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Joe Murphy first overall in the 1986 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 12 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1986, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 779, and only 7 have scored more points than his 528.

Overall pick
1
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 1
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–4 in the 1986 draft

  1. 1Joe MurphyR779 GP · 528 PDET
  2. 2Jimmy CarsonC626 GP · 561 PLAK
  3. 3Neil BradyC89 GP · 31 PNJD
  4. 4Zarley ZalapskiD637 GP · 384 PPIT

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1986 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1986 class

1st
of 252 players selected
1st
of 145 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Joe MurphyR779 GP · 528 PDET
  2. 2Jimmy CarsonC626 GP · 561 PLAK
  3. 3Neil BradyC89 GP · 31 PNJD
  4. 4Zarley ZalapskiD637 GP · 384 PPIT
  5. 5Shawn AndersonD255 GP · 62 PBUF
  6. 6Vincent DamphousseC1378 GP · 1205 PTOR
  7. 7Dan WoodleyR5 GP · 2 PVAN
  8. 8Pat ElynuikR506 GP · 342 PWIN
  9. 9Brian LeetchD1205 GP · 1028 PNYR
  10. 10Jocelyn LemieuxR598 GP · 164 PSTL

+ 242 more

The 1986 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Joe Murphy made his NHL debut on October 11, 1986, 112 days after the draft.

779
Games
233
Goals
295
Assists
528
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1986 draft

  1. 1Joe MurphyR779 GP · 528 PDET
  2. 22Adam GravesL1152 GP · 616 PDET
  3. 43Derek MayerD17 GP · 4 PDET
  4. 64Tim CheveldaeG340 GP · 149 WDET
  5. 85Johan GarpenlövL609 GP · 311 PDET
  6. 106Jay StarkDDET
  7. 127Pär DjoosD82 GP · 33 PDET
  8. 148Dean MortonD1 GP · 1 PDET
  9. 169Marc PotvinR121 GP · 8 PDET
  10. 190Scott KingG2 GP · 0 WDET
  11. 211Tom BissettL5 GP · 0 PDET
  12. 232Peter EkrothDDET