1989 NHL Draft

Pavel Bure in the 1989 NHL Draft

Vancouver Canucks selected Pavel Bure 113th overall in the 1989 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 6.

He was the second of the 16 Russians selected that year. It was the fourth of the 11 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1989, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. His 702 games put him 23rd in the class, but only 4 have scored more points than his 779.

Overall pick: 113
Round and pick: Round 6, pick 8
Drafting team: VANVancouver Canucks
Date: June 17, 1989
Age at the draft: 18 years

The picks around it

Picks 110–116 in the 1989 draft

110David EmmaC34 GP · 11 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
111Tommi PullolaCCHIChicago Blackhawks
112Scott CashmanGMNSMinnesota North Stars
113Pavel BureR702 GP · 779 PVANVancouver Canucks
114David RobertsL125 GP · 53 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
115Jerome BechardLHFDHartford Whalers
116Dallas DrakeR1009 GP · 477 PDETDetroit Red Wings

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

2nd

of 16 Russians selected

63rd

of 153 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

74Sergei FedorovC1248 GP · 1179 PDETDetroit Red Wings
113Pavel BureR702 GP · 779 PVANVancouver Canucks
120Anatoli SemenovC362 GP · 194 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
127Sergei MylnikovG10 GP · 1 WQUEQuebec Nordiques
141Sergei YashinLEDMEdmonton Oilers
152Sergei StarikovD16 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
169Viacheslav BykovCQUEQuebec Nordiques
189Sergei GomolyakovCCGYCalgary Flames
190Andrei KhoumutovRQUEQuebec Nordiques
191Vladimir MalakhovD712 GP · 346 PNYINew York Islanders

+ 6 more

Every pick from Russia in the 1989 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Pavel Bure made his NHL debut on November 5, 1991, 2 years and 141 days after the draft.

702

Games

437

Goals

342

Assists

779

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Vancouver Canucks picks in the 1989 draft

8Jason HerterD1 GP · 1 PVANVancouver Canucks
29Robert WoodwardLVANVancouver Canucks
71Brett HauerD37 GP · 8 PVANVancouver Canucks
113Pavel BureR702 GP · 779 PVANVancouver Canucks
134James RevenbergRVANVancouver Canucks
155Robert SangsterLVANVancouver Canucks
176Sandy MogerR236 GP · 79 PVANVancouver Canucks
197Gus MorschauserGVANVancouver Canucks
218Hayden O'RearDVANVancouver Canucks
239Darcy CahillCVANVancouver Canucks
248Jan BergmanDVANVancouver Canucks