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1989 NHL Draft

Nicklas Lidström in the 1989 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Nicklas Lidström 53rd overall in the 1989 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 3.

He was the third of the 9 Swedes selected that year. It was the third of the 14 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1989, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 1564, and only 2 have scored more points than his 1142.

Overall pick
53
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 11
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 50–56 in the 1989 draft

  1. 50Veli-Pekka KautonenDCGY
  2. 51Pierre SevignyL78 GP · 9 PMTL
  3. 52Blair AtcheynumR196 GP · 60 PHFD
  4. 53Nicklas LidströmD1564 GP · 1142 PDET
  5. 54John TannerG21 GP · 2 WQUE
  6. 55Denny FelsnerL18 GP · 5 PSTL
  7. 56John ThomasR63 GP · 10 PBUF

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1989 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1989 class

3rd
of 9 Swedes selected
19th
of 80 defensemen selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 1Mats SundinC1346 GP · 1349 PQUE
  2. 34Patrik JuhlinR56 GP · 13 PPHI
  3. 53Nicklas LidströmD1564 GP · 1142 PDET
  4. 68Niklas AnderssonL164 GP · 82 PQUE
  5. 117Niklas ErikssonCPHI
  6. 123Daniel RydmarkCLAK
  7. 236Peter LarssonCNJD
  8. 248Jan BergmanDVAN
  9. 252Kenneth KennholtDCGY
Every Swede in the 1989 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Nicklas Lidström made his NHL debut on October 3, 1991, 2 years and 108 days after the draft.

1564
Games
264
Goals
878
Assists
1142
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1989 draft

  1. 11Mike SillingerC1049 GP · 548 PDET
  2. 32Bob BoughnerD630 GP · 72 PDET
  3. 53Nicklas LidströmD1564 GP · 1142 PDET
  4. 74Sergei FedorovC1248 GP · 1179 PDET
  5. 95Shawn McCoshC9 GP · 1 PDET
  6. 116Dallas DrakeR1009 GP · 477 PDET
  7. 137Scott ZygulskiDDET
  8. 158Andy SuhyDDET
  9. 179Robert JonesDDET
  10. 200Greg BignellDDET
  11. 204Rick JudsonLDET
  12. 221Vladimir KonstantinovD446 GP · 175 PDET
  13. 242Joseph FrederickRDET
  14. 246Jason GlickmanGDET