1981 NHL Draft
Mats Thelin in the 1981 NHL Draft
Boston Bruins selected Mats Thelin 140th overall in the 1981 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 7.
He was the eleventh of the 14 Swedes selected that year. It was the sixth of the 9 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 1981, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 163 games put him 48th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 140
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 14
- Drafting team
- BOSBoston Bruins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 137–143 in the 1981 draft
- 137Vladimir SvitekRPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 138Marc CentroneCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 139Jim ArchibaldR16 GP · 3 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 140Mats ThelinD163 GP · 27 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 141Richard HeppnerDCGYCalgary Flames
- 142Gil HudonGPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 143Heikki LeimeDBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1981 class
11th
of 14 Swedes selected
44th
of 67 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 19Jan IngmanLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 30Jan ErixonL556 GP · 216 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 32Lars ErikssonGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 36Hakan NordinDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 50Peter SundströmL338 GP · 144 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 78Peter MadachCCGYCalgary Flames
- 82Kjell DahlinC166 GP · 116 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 83Anders WikbergLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 125Peter AslinGSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 127Peter NilssonLWINWinnipeg Jets
+ 4 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mats Thelin made his NHL debut on October 11, 1984, 3 years and 123 days after the draft.
163
Games
8
Goals
19
Assists
27
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Boston Bruins picks in the 1981 draft
- 14Normand LeveilleL75 GP · 42 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 35Luc DufourL167 GP · 44 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 77Daniel McLellanR2 GP · 0 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 98Joe MantioneGBOSBoston Bruins
- 119Bruce MiltonDBOSBoston Bruins
- 140Mats ThelinD163 GP · 27 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 161Armel PariseeDBOSBoston Bruins
- 182Don SylvestriG3 GP · 0 WBOSBoston Bruins
- 203Richard BourqueLBOSBoston Bruins