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1985 NHL Draft

Nelson Emerson in the 1985 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Nelson Emerson 44th overall in the 1985 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 3.

It was the second of the 11 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1985, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 771 games put him 19th in the class, but only 9 have scored more points than his 488.

Overall pick
44
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 2
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 41–47 in the 1985 draft

  1. 41Todd CarnelleyDEDM
  2. 42Bruce RendallLPHI
  3. 43Dave ThomlinsonL42 GP · 4 PTOR
  4. 44Nelson EmersonR771 GP · 488 PSTL
  5. 45Myles O'ConnorD43 GP · 7 PNJD
  6. 46Shane DoyleDVAN
  7. 47Rocky DundasR5 GP · 0 PMTL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1985 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1985 class

44th
of 252 players selected
27th
of 147 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Wendel ClarkL793 GP · 564 PTOR
  2. 2Craig SimpsonL634 GP · 497 PPIT
  3. 3Craig WolaninD695 GP · 173 PNJD
  4. 4Jim SandlakR549 GP · 229 PVAN
  5. 5Dana MurzynD838 GP · 204 PHFD
  6. 6Brad DalgarnoR321 GP · 120 PNYI
  7. 7Ulf DahlénR966 GP · 655 PNYR
  8. 8Brent FedykL470 GP · 209 PDET
  9. 9Craig DuncansonR38 GP · 9 PLAK
  10. 10Dan GrattonC7 GP · 1 PLAK

+ 242 more

The 1985 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Nelson Emerson made his NHL debut on November 23, 1990, 5 years and 161 days after the draft.

771
Games
195
Goals
293
Assists
488
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 1985 draft

  1. 37Herb RaglanR343 GP · 89 PSTL
  2. 44Nelson EmersonR771 GP · 488 PSTL
  3. 54Ned DesmondDSTL
  4. 100Dan BrooksDSTL
  5. 121Rich BurchillGSTL
  6. 138Pat JablonskiG128 GP · 28 WSTL
  7. 159Scott BrickeyRSTL
  8. 180Jeff UrbanLSTL
  9. 201Vince GuidottiDSTL
  10. 222Ron SaatzerCSTL
  11. 243Dave JechaDSTL