1987 NHL Draft
Kip Miller in the 1987 NHL Draft
Quebec Nordiques selected Kip Miller 72nd overall in the 1987 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 4.
It was the fourth of the 12 picks Quebec Nordiques made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1987, 90 have played in the NHL regular season. His 449 games put him 30th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 72
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 9
- Drafting team
- QUEQuebec Nordiques
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 69–75 in the 1987 draft
- 69Mike SullivanC709 GP · 136 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 70Tim HarrisRCGYCalgary Flames
- 71Joe SaccoL738 GP · 213 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 72Kip MillerC449 GP · 239 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 73John WeisbrodRMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 74Mark ReimerGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 75Darin SmithLSTLSt. Louis Blues
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1987 class
72nd
of 252 players selected
37th
of 133 forwards 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
Kip Miller made his NHL debut on February 7, 1991, 3 years and 239 days after the draft.
449
Games
74
Goals
165
Assists
239
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Quebec Nordiques picks in the 1987 draft
- 9Bryan FogartyD156 GP · 74 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 15Joe SakicC1378 GP · 1641 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 51James SprottDQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 72Kip MillerC449 GP · 239 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 93Robert MendelDQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 114Garth SnowG368 GP · 135 WQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 135Timothy HanusLQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 156Jake EnebakLQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 177Jaroslav SevcikL13 GP · 2 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 183Ladislav TreslCQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 198Darren NaussLQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 219Michael WilliamsGQUEQuebec Nordiques