1981 NHL Draft
Miloslav Horava in the 1981 NHL Draft
Edmonton Oilers selected Miloslav Horava 176th overall in the 1981 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 9.
He was the second of the 3 Czechs selected that year. It was the eighth of the 9 picks Edmonton Oilers made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 1981, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 80 games put him 68th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 176
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 8
- Drafting team
- EDMEdmonton Oilers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 173–179 in the 1981 draft
- 173George WhiteLWSHWashington Capitals
- 174Greg BarberDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 175Dean DefazioL22 GP · 2 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 176Miloslav HoravaD80 GP · 22 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 177Paul ReifenbergerCNYRNew York Rangers
- 178Frank CapriceG102 GP · 31 WVANVancouver Canucks
- 179Marc BriseboisRQUEQuebec Nordiques
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1981 class
2nd
of 3 Czechs selected
58th
of 67 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 17Jiri DudacekRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 176Miloslav HoravaD80 GP · 22 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 190Vladimir KadlecDWINWinnipeg Jets
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Miloslav Horava made his NHL debut on March 1, 1989, 7 years and 264 days after the draft.
80
Games
5
Goals
17
Assists
22
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Edmonton Oilers picks in the 1981 draft
- 8Grant FuhrG868 GP · 403 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 29Todd StruebyL5 GP · 1 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 71Paul HouckR16 GP · 3 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 92Phil DrouillardDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 111Steve SmithD804 GP · 375 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 113Marc HabscheidC345 GP · 163 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 155Michael SturgeonDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 176Miloslav HoravaD80 GP · 22 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 197Gord ShervenC97 GP · 35 PEDMEdmonton Oilers